Benjamin H. Yolken

Formerly: 

Research Topics

• Game theory in social and computer networks
  
• Optimal data center resource allocation
• User incentives and behavior in cloud computing systems
• Power management for communication devices
• Control and pricing in queuing networks

Dissertation

Publications

Working Papers

• B. Yolken and N. Bambos, "Incentive-Compatible Payments for  Service in Product-Form Queueing Networks." [email for PDF]
  
• B. Yolken, A. Miura-Ko, and N. Bambos, "Equilibria and Free-Riding in Linear Influence Networks." [email for PDF]
• L. Mastroleon, D. O'Neill, B. Yolken, and N. Bambos, "Power Aware Management of Packet Switches." [email for PDF]

Conference Proceedings 

• M. Stokely, J. Winget, E. Keyes, C. Grimes, and B. Yolken, "Using a Market Economy to Provision Compute Resources Across Planet-wide Clusters," to appear at IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), May 2009. [PDF]
• B. Yolken, D. Tsamis, and N. Bambos, "Target-Based Power Control for Queueing Systems with Applications to Packet Switches," IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), New Orleans, LA, November 2008. [PDF]
• B. Yolken and N. Bambos, "Game Based Admission Control for Wireless Systems," ICST International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON), Maui, HI, November 2008. [PDF]
• B. Yolken and N. Bambos, "Game Based Capacity Allocation for Utility Computing Environments," ACM/ICST GameComm, Athens, Greece, October 2008. [PDF]
  
• A. Miura-Ko, B. Yolken, N. Bambos, and J. Mitchell, "Security Investment Games of Interdependent Organizations," Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton, IL, September 2008. [PDF]
  
• A. Miura-Ko, B. Yolken, J. Mitchell, and N. Bambos, "Security Decision-Making Among Interdependent Organizations," IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium (CSFS), Pittsburgh PA, June 2008. [PDF]
  
• B. Yolken and N. Bambos, "Power Management of Packet Switches via Differentiated Delay Targets,''  IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),  Beijing, China, May 2008. [PDF]
• A. Dua, B. Yolken, N. Bambos, W. Oleskinski, H. Eberle, and N. Gura, "Backlog Aware Scheduling for Large Buffered Crossbar Switches,'' IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),  Beijing, China, May 2008. [PDF]
  
• B. Yolken and N. Bambos, "Target-Driven and Incentive-Aligned Power Control for Wireless Networks,''  IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Washington, DC, Nov. 2007. [PDF]
  
• L. Mastroleon,  D. O'Neill, B. Yolken, and N. Bambos, "Power Aware Management of Packet Switches," IEEE Hot Interconnects, Stanford, CA, Aug. 2007. [PDF]
• S. Uttamchandani, K. Voruganti, R. Routray, L. Yin, A. Singh, and B. Yolken, "BRAHMA: Planning Tool for Providing Storage as a Service," IEEE Conference on Services Computing (SCC), Salt Lake City, UT, Jul. 2007. [PDF]
  
• A. Dua, B. Yolken, and N. Bambos, "Power Managed Packet Switching'', IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, Scotland, Jun. 2007. [PDF]

Technical Reports 

• B. Yolken, "Optimality and Geometry of Myopic Policies for Servicing Parallel Queues," May 2005. [PDF]
  
  

Teaching Assistantships

Harvard University

• Computer Science 50 (Introduction to Computer Science) - Fall 2000
• Engineering Sciences 50 (Introduction to Electrical Engineering) - Spring 2003
• Math S-1a (Calculus I) - Summer 2004 

Stanford University 

• Management Science & Engineering 111 (Introduction to Optimization) - Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008
  
  

Contact 

Email: last name at school name dot edu