Email: nsauerberg (at) utexas.edu
Department of Computer Science
University of Texas at Austin
As of Fall 2021, I am a Ph.D student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where I'm advised by Prof. Sriram Vishwananth. I'm gratetful to be supported by a PhD Fellowship from the Cooperative AI Foundation. I was previously a scholar in the ML Alignment and Theory scholars (MATS) program, a visiting scholar under Vince Conitzer at the Foundations of Cooperative AI Lab (FOCAL) at CMU, and a summer research fellow at the Center on Longterm Risk (CLR). I recieved my bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from Carleton College in Spring 2020.
I'm broadly interested in algorithmic game theory and cooperative AI. My research is often concerned with ways that strategic interactions involving advanced AI systems could differ from traditional game theoretic interactions (such as those among humans and firms), and when and how these differences can be leveraged to ensure the interactions go well. I'm also interested in theoretical computer science and AI safety more generally.
Publications
Working Papers- Promises Made, Promises Kept: Safe Pareto Improvements via Ex Post Verifiable Commitments To be presented at GAIW'25
- Game Theory with Simulation in the Presence of Unpredictable Randomisation AAMAS'25
- Computing Optimal Commitments to Strategies and Outcome-Conditional Utility Transfers AAMAS'24
- Individually-Fair Auctions for Multi-Slot Sponsored Search FORC'22, Best Student Paper Award
- Getting too personal(ized): The importance of feature choice in online adaptive algorithms EDM'20
- Classifying Wikipedia Article Quality With Revision History Networks OpenSym'20
Teaching
University of Texas (Teaching Assistant):- Fall 2024, Spring 2025: MIS179: Introduction to Blockchain Technology, taught by Joseph Hirsh
- Fall 2023: ECE379K/CS378: Information Theory, Coding, Machine Learning, and Cryptosystems, taught by Sriram Vishwananth
- Spring 2021: CS577: Introduction to Algorithms, taught by Christos Tzamos and Marc Renault
- Fall 2020: CS240: Introduction to Discrete Mathematics, taught by Beck Hasti
- Fall 2018: CS111: Introduction to Computer Science, taught by Amy Csizmar-Dalal
- Winter 2019: CS111: Introduction to Computer Science, taught by Titus Klinghe
- Spring 2019: CS111: Introduction to Computer Science, taught by Titus Klinghe
- Winter 2020: C201: Data Structures, taught by Amy Csizmar-Dalal
- Spring 2020: C201: Data Structures, taught by Anna Rafferty