General Research Interests:
- Algorithms & complexity; mathematics of operations research
- Game theory; social choice theory; market design
- Multiagent systems; artificial intelligence
Publications
- H. Aziz, F. Brandt and H. G. Seedig. Computing Desirable Partitions in Additively Separable Hedonic Games. Artificial Intelligence (AIJ) (Accepted) [Pdf]
- H. Aziz and Bart de Keijzer. Housing Markets with Indifferences: a Tale of Two Mechanisms. AAAI 2012 (Also to be presented at the Frontiers of Market Design --- Matching Markets Conference).
- H. Aziz, Markus Brill and Paul Harrenstein. Testing Substitutability of Weak Preferences. MATCHUP 2012. [Preprint]
- H. Aziz and F. Brandl. Existence of Stability in Hedonic Coalition Formation Games. AAMAS 2012 (Accepted). [Preprint]
- Haris Aziz, Markus Brill, Felix Fischer, Paul Harrenstein, Jerome Lang, Hans Georg Seedig. Possible and Necessary Winners of Partial Tournaments. AAMAS 2012 (Accepted).
- H. Aziz, P. Harrenstein, and E. Pyrga. Individual-based stability in hedonic games depending on the best or worst players. AAMAS 2012 (extended abstract). [Preprint]
- H. Aziz, F. Brandt and P. Harrenstein. Pareto Optimality in Coalition Formation. Working Paper. [Pdf]
- H. Aziz, F. Brandt and P. Harrenstein. Pareto Optimality in Coalition Formation. SAGT 2011. 4th Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory. [pdf] (Previously as H. Aziz, F. Brandt and P. Harrenstein. Pareto Optimality in Coalition Formation. IJCAI Workshop on Social Choice and Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-COMSOC), 2011.)
- H. Aziz and B. de Keijzer. Complexity of coalition structure generation. AAMAS 2011, The Tenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. [Pdf]
- H. Aziz, F. Brandt and H. G. Seedig. Stable partitions in additively separable hedonic games. AAMAS 2011, The Tenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. [Pdf]
- H. Aziz, Y. Bachrach, E. Elkind and M. Paterson.
False-Name Manipulations in Weighted Voting Games. Journal of Artificial
Intelligence Research (JAIR), 2011. [Link]
- H. Aziz, F. Brandt and H. G. Seedig. Optimal partitions in additively separable hedonic games. IJCAI 2011, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (Previously: COMSOC 2010, 3rd International Workshop on Computational Social Choice; also invited for presentation at EURO 2010, 24th European Conference on Operational Research, ` Combinatorial optimization and cooperative game theory session') [Link | Preprint]
- H. Aziz and T. Sorensen. Path coalitional games. CoopMAS 2011, The Second Workshop on Cooperative Games in Multiagent Systems [Pdf]
- H. Aziz, F. Brandt, and P. Harrenstein. Monotone cooperative games and their threshold versions. AAMAS 2010, The Ninth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. [Venue | Pdf]
- H. Aziz, O. Lachish, M. Paterson and R. Savani. Wiretapping a hidden network. WINE 2009, International Workshop on Internet & Network Economics 2009. LNCS 5929 proceedings. [Link | Preprint]
- H. Aziz, O. Lachish, M. Paterson and R. Savani. Power indices of spanning connectivity games. AAIM 2009, The Fifth International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, LNCS 5564 proceedings. [Link | Proceedings | Preprint]
- H. Aziz and M. Paterson. False name manipulations in weighted voting games: splitting, merging and annexation. AAMAS 2009, The Eighth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. [Link | Proceedings | Pdf]
- H. Aziz, Algorithmic and computational complexity aspects of simple coalitional games. PhD thesis, 2009. [Abstract ]
- D. Leech and H. Aziz. The double majority voting rule
of the EU reform treaty as a democratic, ideal for an enlarging union:
an appraisal using voting power analysis. In W. Slomczynski and K.
Zyczkowski eds., Distribution of Power and voting procedures in the
European Union. Ashgate 2009, ISBN:9780754694960. [Link]
- H. Aziz, Complexity of comparison of influence of players in simple games. COMSOC 2008, 2nd International Workshop on Computational Social Choice, pp 61-72, 2008. [Link | Proceedings | Pdf]
- H. Aziz and M. Paterson. Complexity of some aspects
of control and manipulation in weighted voting games. Annales du
Lamsade, No. 9, pp 1-16, 2008 ISSN 1762-455X. [Link]
- H. Aziz and M. Paterson, Computing voting power in easy weighted voting games, CO 2008 - International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization 2008. [Link | Pdf]).
- H. Aziz, M. Paterson, D. Leech. Efficient algorithm for Designing Weighted Voting Games. INMIC 2007, Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society, 11th IEEE International Multitopic Conference, 2007. [Pdf]
- D. Leech and H. Aziz. The double majority voting rule
of the EU reform treaty as a democratic ideal for an enlarging union:
an appraisal using voting power analysis. Proceedings of Annual Meeting
of the European Public Choice Society 2008, Jena, Germany. [Link | Pdf ] (Previously
as D. Leech and H. Aziz, 'Some Properties of the Qualified Majority
Voting Provisions of the EU Constitutional Treaty under Various
Enlargement Scenarios', International Workshop on the Distribution of
Voting Power in the EU, Warsaw, 2007 [venue])
- H. Aziz. Social and Economic Networks: a review. ACM Sigecom Exchanges Volume 8.1, 2009 [Link | Pdf]
- H. Aziz and M. Heuer (Editors). 19th Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference (BCC-LMS-DIMAP-OU) Proceedings'. 2008. [Link]
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Is Mathematics Inevitable? A
Miscellany'. 2008. London Mathematical Society Newsletter, Issue 375,
Nov 2008 [Link]
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Algorithmic aspects of graph connectivity (1st ed.)' by H. Nagamochi and T. Ibaraki. ACM Computing Reviews, 2008 [Link]
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Princeton Companion to Mathematics' by Gowers, Barrow-Green and Leader. ACM SIGACT News Vol 41, No. 1, 2010 [Link]
- H. Aziz. Game theoretic reasoning column. The Reasoner, Volume 4, Number 4, 2010. [Link]
- H. Aziz. Modelling Interaction, Dialog, Social Choice, and Vagueness. The Reasoner, Volume 4, Number 5, 2010. [Link]
- H. Aziz. COST-ADT Doctoral School on Computational Social Choice. The Reasoner, Volume 4, Number 7, 2010. [Link]
- H. Aziz. 'Insight into Game Theory', IMA Mathematics Today. Volume 45, Number 1, February 2009, Page 33 [Link | Pdf]
- H. Aziz. Complex graphs and networks (CBMS regional conference series in mathematics): a review. ACM Computing Reviews, 2009. [Link]
- H. Aziz. Algorithmic Game Theory: a review, IMA Mathematics Today. Volume 45, Number 2, 2009, Page 80 [Pdf]
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Encyclopedia of Algorithms' by MY Kao. ACM Computing Reviews, 2009 [Link]
- H. Aziz. Game Theoretic Problems in Network Economics and Mechanism Design: a review. ACM Computing Reviews, 2009 [Link]
- H. Aziz and M. Heuer. Report on the 19th Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference. London Mathematical Society Newsletter, Oct 2008, Issue 374. [Link]
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Multiagent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations' by Y. Shoham and K. Leyton-Brown, ACM SIGACT News Vol 41, No. 1, 2010 [Link]
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Graph Theory: A problem Oriented Approach ' by Daniel Marcus , 2011 ACM SIGACT News.
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Matching Theory' by László Lovász and M. D. Plummer , 2012 ACM SIGACT News (forthcoming).
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Boolean Functions - Theory, Algorithms, and Applications' by Yves Crama and Peter L. Hammer , 2013 ACM SIGACT News (forthcoming).
- H. Aziz. Review of 'In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation' by William J. Cook' by 2013 ACM SIGACT News (forthcoming).
- H. Aziz. Review of 'P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory' by Oded Goldreich, ACM Computing Reviews, 2011 [Link]
- H. Aziz. Review of 'Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook 2009'. ACM Computing Reviews, 2010. [Link]
Scientific services and affiliations
- PC member ACM EC 2012.
- PC member AAAI 2012.
- PC member CoopMAS 2012
- PC member AAMAS 2012.
- PC member & session chair IJCAI 2011.
- In the ESF (European Science Foundation) Pool of Reviewers 2010-2011.
- On the committee of BCTCS (2007-2008), BCC (2007-2008), EASSS10 and EASSS08.
- Reviewer CUP (Cambridge University Press), MR (Mathematical Reviews), DAM (Discrete Applied
Mathematics), IPL (Information Processing Letters), MSS (Mathematical Social
Sciences), EJOR (European Journal of Operations Research), JAIR (Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research), AIJ (Artificial Intelligence Journal), JORS (The Journal of
the Operational Research Society) , Computer Science Review, Artificial
Intelligence (Elsevier), JAAMAS (Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems), Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), ACM Computing Reviews, Computational Intelligence, WINE (International Workshop
on Internet & Network Economics), EC (ACM Conference on Electronic
Commerce), AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAMAS (International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems), SAGT (International
Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory), STACS (Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science), CSR (International Computer
Science Symposium in Russia), ECAI (European Conference on Artificial
Intelligence), COMSOC (International Workshop on Computational Social
Choice), International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP), and ESA (European Symposium on Algorithms).
- Organizer of the 19th Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference, 2008 (PCC08).
- In the organization team for BCTCS2009 (British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science), Mike66 (Theoretical Computer Science workshop), CO2008 (Warwick Business School) and Algorithmic Game Theory Workshop 2008 and member of the 'Mathematics Today' editorial team.
- Memberships: ACM (Association for Computing
Machinery), AMS (American Mathematical Society), AAAI (Association for
the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence), EATCS (European Association
of Theoretical Computer Science), DIMAP (Centre for Discrete
Mathematics and its Applications (DIMAP), IEEE (Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers), INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research
and the Management Sciences), Exeter College (Oxford) and Isaac Newton
Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge).
Teaching
- 2011/2012: Course co-organizer, Multiagent Systems, TU Munich.
- 2011: Course co-organizer, Economics and Computation Seminar, TU Munich.
- 2011: Course guest lecturer, Algorithmic game theory , TU Munich
- 2010/2011: Course guest lecturer, Perlen der Informatik 3 , TU Munich.
- 2010/2011: Course co-organizer, Multiagent Systems, TU Munich.
- On the MSc examination committee of TU Delft, Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI), 2009
- Sept 2006 - June 2009: Seminar Tutor,
Warwick University, Computer Science Department (Courses included
Mathematics for Computer Science 1, Mathematics for Computer Science 2,
Algorithm Design and Data Structures and Algorithms).
- Oct 2002 - Jun 2004: Teaching Assistant, National
Outreach Program (NOP), Pakistan, Mathematics Department (Courses
included Linear Algebra, Electromagnetism, Statistics, Calculus, and
Probability).
- Oct 2002 - Jun 2004: Instructor, National Outreach Program (NOP), National Outreach Program (NOP), Pakistan.
- BSc thesis supervision: Stability in hedonic coalition formation games, TU Munich.
- BSc thesis supervision: A variant of the stable roommate problem, TU Munich.
- MSc thesis supervision: Voting Power in the German Bundestag, TU Munich.
Miscellaneous
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