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CURRICULUM VITAE
Julio González-Díaz
(March 21, 2008)

1. Personal Data

First Name: Julio    Last Name: González-Díaz
Birth: Lugo (Galicia-Spain) July 9, 1978
Current Position: Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow
Professional Address:
Kellogg School of Management (CMS-EMS)
Northwestern University
5100 Leverone Hall. 2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-2014 (United States)
Phone Number: +1 847 467 1745
Fax: +1 847 491 2530

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2. Academic Data

  • Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research under the supervision of Professors Ignacio García Jurado and Estela Sánchez Rodríguez at the University of Santiago de Compostela, June, 2005. Grade: Sobresaliente cum laude. (The defense met the requirements for the Doctor Europeus)
  • DEA in Statistics
    (Certificate of Advance Studies / Master of Science in Statistics).
    Ph.D. program in Statistics and Operations Research.
    University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Vigo and University of A Coruña.
    September 2003.
  • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
    Major: Statistics and Operations Research.
    Faculty of Mathematics. University of Santiago de Compostela.
    June 2001.

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3. Positions and Grants

  • Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow.
    Kellogg School of Management (CMS-EMS).
    Northwestern University.
    Start: 12/16/2006.
  • Fulbright postdoctoral fellow.
    Kellogg School of Management (CMS-EMS).
    Northwestern University.
    Start: 10/01/2006 End: 12/13/2006 (withdrawn to join the Marie Curie Program).
  • “Juan de la Cierva” research fellow.
    Department d’Economia i d’Història Econòmica.
    Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
    Start: 02/01/2006. End: 08/31/2006 (withdrawn to join the Fulbright Program).
  • F.P.U. Grant (University Professors Formation).
    Department of Statistics and Operations Research.
    University of Santiago de Compostela.
    Institution: Spanish Ministry for Education and Science.
    Start: 01/01/2002.
    Reference number: AP2001-2411.
  • Grant for graduate studies.
    Department of Statistics and Operations Research.
    University of Santiago de Compostela.
    Institution: Xunta de Galicia.
    Start: 10/01/2001 End: 10/31/2001 (withdrawn to join FPU Program).
  • Grant for Colaboration with the Department of Statistics and Operations Research of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
    Institution: Spanish Ministry for Education and Science.
    Academic year 2000/2001.

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4. Publications

Published or Accepted Papers

Working Papers

  • “Essentializing equilibrium concepts”, joint with F. Briata, I. García-Jurado and F. Patrone (2008).
  • “A Formal Definition of Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium for Extensive Games”, joint with M. Meléndez-Jiménez. CMS-EMS Discussion Paper 1446. Kellogg School of Management (2007).
  • “A Unifying Model for Contests: Effort-Prize Games”. Reports in Statistics and Operations Research 06-01. University of Santiago de Compostela (2006).
  • “From set-valued solutions to single-valued solutions: The Centroid and the Core-Center”, joint with E. Sánchez Rodríguez. Reports in Statistics and Operations Research 03-09. University of Santiago de Compostela (2003).
  • “The Core-Center and the Shapley Value: a comparative study”, joint with E. Sánchez-Rodríguez. Reports in Statistics and Operations Research 03-10. University of Santiago de Compostela (2003).

Books

  • An introductory course on mathematical game theory, joint with I. García-Jurado and G. Fiestras-Janeiro (In preparation).
  • Estadística. Ingeniería Técnica en Informática de Sistemas, joint with M. Febrero-Bande, P. Galeano, and Beatriz Pateiro-López. Department of Statistics and Operations Research. University of Santiago de Compostela. ISBN-13: 978-84-691-0974-8, DL: C-351-2008 (2008).
  • Prácticas de Estadística en R. Ingeniería Técnica en Informática de Sistemas, joint with M. Febrero-Bande, P. Galeano, and Beatriz Pateiro-López. Department of Statistics and Operations Research. University of Santiago de Compostela. ISBN-13: 978-84-691-0975-1, DL: C-350-2008 (2008).
  • As matemáticas do veciño. Actas do Seminario de Iniciación á Investigación, Vol. 2, joint with M. Brozos-Vázquez, J. C. Díaz-Ramos, A. B. Rodríguez Raposo and M. T. Sánchez Rúa. Instituto de Matemáticas. University of Santiago de Compostela, D.L. C-680-2007 (2007).
  • As matemáticas do veciño. Actas do Seminario de Iniciación á Investigación, Vol. 1, joint with M. Brozos-Vázquez, J. C. Díaz-Ramos, A. B. Rodríguez Raposo and M. T. Sánchez Rúa. Instituto de Matemáticas. University of Santiago de Compostela, D.L. C-1811-2006 (2006).

Publications in non-refereed journals, magazines,

  • “John Von Neumann, a vida dun matemático”, joint with J. M. Alonso-Meijide and B. Casas-Méndez. Gamma 7, 79-82. (2007).
  • “Cen anos do nacemento de John Von Neumann (1903-1957)”, joint with J. M. Alonso-Meijide and B. Casas-Méndez. Informest 20. (2006).

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5. Teaching

  • Subject: Statistics.
    Faculty: Technical Engineering in Computer Systems.
    University of Santiago de Compostela
    Spring 2004 and Spring 2005.
  • Teaching Assistant.
    Subject: Linear and Multilinear Algebra. Faculty of Mathematics
    University of Santiago de Compostela.
    Academic year 1999/2000.

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6. Research Stays

  • Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences.
    Kellogg School of Management. Northwestern University.
    Evanston, Illinois. United States.
    Start: 09/12/2005. End: 12/12/2005.
    Supported by the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science.
  • Department of Economics. Rochester University.
    Rochester, New York. United States.
    Start: 08/19/2004. End: 12/17/2004.
    Supported by the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science.
  • Departamento de Economía e Historia Económica.
    Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
    Barcelona, Spain. Start: 09/9/2003. End: 12/17/2003.
    Supported by the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science.
  • Center for Economic Research (Tilburg University).
    Tilburg, The Netherlands.
    Start: 08/26/2002. End: 11/26/2002.
    Supported by the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science.

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7. Participations in projects

  • “Game theory and costs assignment”.
    Participant institutions: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.
    Scientist in charge: Ignacio García Jurado.
    Financing institution: “Spanish Ministry for Education and Science”.
    Amount: 83.538 Euro. Period: 2006-2008. Code: SEJ2005-07637-C02-02/ECON. Total amount: 43.000 euro. Dates: October 2003-November 2005.
  • “Public economics: group formation, organization and share of the surplus derived from cooperation”
    Participant institutions: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
    Scientist in charge: Inés Macho Stadler.
    Financing institution: “Spanish Ministry for Education and Science”.
    Period: 2003-2006. Code: BEC2003-01132.
  • “Costs assignment in economic problems”.
    Participant institutions: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.
    Scientist in charge: Ignacio García Jurado.
    Financing institution: “Xunta de Galicia”.
    Amount: 23.300 Euro. Period: 2003-2006. Code: PGIDT03PXIC20701PN.
  • “Costs assignment in economic problems”.
    Participant institutions: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.
    Scientist in charge: Ignacio García Jurado.
    Financing institution: “Spanish Ministry for Education and Science”.
    Amount: 65.512 Euro. Period: 2003-2005. Code: BEC2002-04102-C02-02.

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8. Participations in Contracts

  • “Path Allocation Reengineering of Timetable Networks for European Railways (PARTNER)”.
    Contract between the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela and Tilburg University. Supported by: European Union.
    Part of a joint proyect supported by the European Union. Coordinated by: Andreas Lischke (German Aerospace Center).
    Scientific responsible of the contract: Ignacio García Jurado.
    Total amount: 43.000 euro. Dates: October 2003-November 2005.

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9. Patents

  • “Tie-breaking rules for chess tournaments: A breath of fresh air”, joint with M. Brozos-Vázquez, M. Campo-Cabana, and J. C. Díaz-Ramos. Regional office for the intellectual property. Xunta de Galicia (2005). Ref. number SC/236/9.

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10. Conferences

Lectures

  • J. González-Díaz. “A unifying model for contests with perfect discrimination: Bertrand-like games”. XXII European Conference on Operational Research. Prague (Czech Republic ) 2007.
  • J. González-Díaz, E. Sánchez-Rodríguez. “Cores of convex games and Pascal’s triangle”. SING-3 (Spanish Italian Netherlands Meeting on Game Theory). Madrid (Spain) 2007.
    ISBN: 978-84-690-6824-3.
  • J. González-Díaz, F. Briata, I. García-Jurado, F. Patrone. “Essentializing equilibrium concepts”. 5th Conference on Logic, Game Theory and Social Choice. Bilbao (Spain) 2007.
  • J. González-Díaz. “Recent contributions to repeated games”. First Galaico-Duriense Meeting in Game Theory. Oporto (Portugal) 2006.
  • I. García-Jurado, J. González-Díaz. “The virtually subgame perfect equilibrium for extensive games”. XXIX Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa. Tenerife (Spain) 2006.
    ISBN: 84-689-8553-8.
  • J. González-Díaz, E. Sánchez-Rodríguez. “The core-center and the Shapley value: a direct connection for convex games”. I Congresso de Estatística e Investigação Operacional da Galiza e Norte de Portugal e VII Congreso Galego de Estatística e Investigación de Operacións. Guimaraes (Portugal) 2005.
  • I. García-Jurado, J. González-Díaz. “Unilateral commitments in finitely repeated games”. 12th French-German-Spanish Conference on Optimization. Avignon (France) 2004.
  • J. González-Díaz. “Finitely Repeated Games: A Generalized Nash Folk Theorem”. Second World Congress of the Game Theory Society. Marseille (France) 2004.
  • J. González-Díaz, P. Borm, H. Norde. “Sharing a Cake”. VI Spanish Meeting on Game Theory and Practice. Elche (Spain) 2004.
  • J. González-Díaz, E. Sánchez-Rodríguez. “From set-valued solutions to single-valued solutions: The Centroid”. 14th Summer Festival on Game Theory. New York (United States) 2003.
  • I. García-Jurado, J. González-Díaz. “Compromisos unilaterales en juegos repetidos”. XXVII Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa. Lleida (Spain) 2003.
    ISBN: 84-8409-955-5.

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11. Seminars

  • “Ranking Participants in Tournaments by means of Rating Functions”. II Encuentro de la Red Española en Elección Social (REES). Gerona (2006).
  • “Unilateral commitments in finitely repeated games”. Departamento de Fundamentos de Análisis Económico. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (2005).
  • “Finitely Repeated Games: A Generalized Nash Folk Theorem”. Séminaire de Théorie des Jeux. Centre De Recherche en Mathématiques de la Decisión (Ceremade). Université de PARIS - DAUPHINE (2005).
  • “Sharing a Cake”. CMS-EMS Theory Workshop. Kellogg School of Management. Northwestern University (2004).
  • “From set-valued solutions to single-valued solutions: The Centroid”. Departamento de Fundamentos de Análisis Económico. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (2003).
  • “From set-valued solutions to single-valued solutions: The Centroid”. Departamento de Fundamentos de Análisis Económico. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (2003).
  • “Finitely Repeated Games”. CentER Game Theory Seminar. Tilburg University (2002).

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12. Other Merits

  • Referee: International Journal of Game Theory, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Mathematical Social Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, and TOP. Reviewer for Zentralblatt MATH.

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13. Complementary Background

Economics and Game Theory

  • Attendance to the course in econometrics “Applied Econometrics”.
    Professor: Scott Stern.
    Kellogg School of Management Ph.D Program.
    Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Evanston 2008.
  • Attendance to the course in probability theory “Probability Theory”.
    Professor: Mark Pinsky.
    Mathematics Ph.D Program.
    Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University. Evanston 2007.
  • Attendance to the course in mathematical analysis “Functional Analysis”.
    Professor: Jared Wunsch.
    Mathematics Ph.D Program.
    Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University. Evanston 2007.
  • Attendance to the course in Economic Theory: “Selected topics in Economic Theory: Repeated Games and Reputations”.
    Professor: Johannes Hörner.
    Economics Ph.D Program.
    Department of Economics, Northwestern University. Evanston 2007.
  • Attendance to the course in Economic Theory “Economic Theory”.
    Professor: Jeffrey Ely.
    Economics Ph.D Program.
    Department of Economics, Northwestern University. Evanston 2005.
  • Attendance to the course in microeconomics “Microeconomics”.
    Professor: Larry Epstein.
    Economics Ph.D Program.
    Department of Economics, University of Rochester. Rochester 2004.
  • Attendance to the course in game theory “Topics in Game Theory”.
    Profesor: William Thomson.
    Economics Ph.D Program.
    Department of Economics, University of Rochester. Rochester 2004.
  • Attendance to the course in political economy “Political Economy I”.
    Professor: John Duggan.
    Economics Ph.D Program.
    Department of Economics, University of Rochester. Rochester 2004.
  • Attendance to the course in microeconomics “Microeconomics I”.
    Professor: Salvador Barberá.
    International PhD program in Economic Analysis (IDEA).
    Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona 2003.

Computer Science

  • Data Bases and Internet: ASP.
    Santiago de Compostela 2001.
    Organizer: University of Santiago de Compostela.
  • Data Analysis with SPSS.
    Santiago de Compostela 1999.
    Organizer: University of Santiago de Compostela.
  • Internet: Global information and communication.
    Santiago de Compostela 1999.
    Organizer: University of Santiago de Compostela.

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14. Skills in Computer Science

  • Advanced user knowledge of the operative systems UNIX, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows XP.
  • Experience programming in C, S, and FORTRAN 77. Experience in functional programming.
  • Experience with statistical software R and S-Plus. Experience in the use of Mathematica.
  • Collaboration with the Students Office of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
    Client/Server programming with SQL Server and Visual Basic.
    Start: 07/01/2000 End: 09/01/2000.
  • Administration of a network domain with 130 users.
    Operative system: Windows NT.
    Academic year 2000/2001.

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15. Languages

  • Mother Tongue: Spanish.
  • Second Language: Galician.
  • Fluent English.

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