I am an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
I am currently looking for highly motivated students to work in the areas of game theory, multi-agent systems, control, and security. If you are interested in working with me, please send me an email with your CV and a brief description of your academic background and research interests.
Research Interests: game theory, multi-agent systems, control theory.
Email: kpaarpor at uccs dot edu
CV (updated 7/2025).
Recent News
May 2025 - I presented my research on evolutionary games at the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS25). It was part of a mini-symposium on Modeling and Controlling Human Behavior in Complex Systems. Many thanks to Lorenzo Zino and Alessandro Rizzo for organizing!
Mar 2025 - I presented my research titled "Learning to Avoid Tragedies: Feedback-Evolving Games with Heterogeneous Learning Rules" at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico.
Feb 2025 - I presented my research titled "Beyond Imitation: Heterogeneous Learning Rules in Feedback-evolving Games" at the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation (CCDC) at UC Santa Barbara.
Jan 2025 - I presented my research on "Strategic resource allocation in competitive environments: Recent advances in Colonel Blotto games" at the Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Jan 2025 - Three papers accepted for presentation at ACC 2025! See you in Denver!
Dec 2024 - Our paper, Inefficient Alliance Formation in Coalitional Blotto Games, has appeared in the IEEE Control Systems Letters!
Nov 2024 - Our paper, Incomplete and Asymmetric Information in General Lotto Games, has appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control!
Oct 2024 - Our paper, Preventive-Reactive Defense Tradeoffs in Resource Allocation Contests, has been published in the IEEE Control Systems Letters!
Oct 2024 - Our paper, Reinforcement Strategies in General Lotto Games, has appeared in early access of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control!
Aug 2024 - Now serving as a Faculty Advisor for the Colorado-Washington Security Scholars Program. Looking forward to working with the talented scholars on cybersecurity research!
July 2024 - Two papers accepted to IEEE CDC 2024!