Rakesh Vohra

Rakesh Vohra is the George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the Departments of Economics, Electrical and Systems Engineering, and Computer and Information Science. He serves as Co-director of the Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences.

• Research Areas: Mechanism Design, Auction Theory, Pricing, Game Theory

Key Research Themes include networked systems, financial contagion, resource allocation with indivisibilities, and fairness in algorithmic design. His work bridges economics, computer science, and network theory.

Scientific Awards:

• INFORMS Fredrick W. Lanchester Prize (2023)
• ACM SIGecom Test of Time Award (2020)
• Kravis Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching (2017)
• WINE Best Paper Award (2015)
• Fellow of the Game Theory Society (2014)