Ariel Procaccia
Ariel Procaccia studies the connection between algorithms and social choices. His projects include practical services for fair division and for selecting citizens’ panels. Procaccia’s work includes Spliddit, a nonprofit service for everyday fair division problems. It connects mathematical research with practical allocation tasks. A June 2019 talk describes virtual democracy: learning models of voter preferences from examples and combining predicted preferences through a voting rule. Virtual democracy is a research framework.
Timeline
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2019
Learning collective preferences
In a June 2019 talk, Procaccia described virtual democracy: learning models of voter preferences from examples and combining predicted preferences through a voting rule. Virtual democracy is a research framework.
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2023
Selecting citizens’ panels
His October 2023 ECAI talk describes shared algorithms for selecting representative citizens’ assemblies. It also discusses deploying the open-source Panelot system.
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2024
Research recognition
AAAI elected Ariel Procaccia as a Fellow in 2024.
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2025
Generative social choice
A July 2025 talk describes combining social choice theory with language models to select representative statements. The project includes an algorithm, an implementation, and a pilot.
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As of October 2026
Fair division
Spliddit is a nonprofit service for everyday fair division problems. It connects mathematical research with practical allocation tasks.
Sources and credits
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