Plenary Speakers

Title: Secure Information Flow, Coordination and Control in Multi-Agent Networked Systems

Abstract: The recent emergence of multi-agent networks has brought about several non-traditional and non-standard requirements on strategic decision-making, thus challenging the governing assumptions of traditional control and game theory. Some of these requirements stem from factors such as: (i) limitations on memory, (ii) limitations on computation and communication capabilities, (iii) heterogeneity of decision makers (machines versus humans), (iv) heterogeneity and sporadic failure of channels that connect the information sources (sensors) to decision units (strategic agents), (v) limitations on the frequency of exchanges between different decision units and the actions taken by the agents, (vi) operation being conducted in a hostile environment where disturbances are controlled by adversarial agents, (vii) lack of cooperation among multiple decision units, and (viii) lack of a common objective shared by multiple control stations. These all lead to substantial degradation in performance and loss in efficiency if appropriate mechanisms are not in place. The talk will identify the underlying challenges, particularly those that are brought about by the adversarial nature of the environment, and offer solutions in some specific contexts

Biographical Sketch

Tamer Basar has been with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1981, where he holds the academic positions of Swanlund Endowed Chair; Center for Advanced Study Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory; and Professor, Information Trust Institute. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IFAC, Fellow of SIAM, a past president of Control Systems Society (CSS), the founding president of the International Society of Dynamic Games (ISDG), and past president of American Automatic Control Council (AACC). He has received several awards and recognitions over the years, including the highest awards of IEEE CSS, IFAC, AACC, and ISDG, and a number of international honorary doctorates and professorships. Dr. Basar has over 500 publications in systems, control, communications, and dynamic games, including books on non-cooperative dynamic game theory, robust control, network security, and wireless and communication networks. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Automatica and editor of several book series.

Prof Jean Walrand

Title: 4G Upgrade Game

Abstract: This talk considers the timing decision of upgrading from 3G to 4G for competing operators. The decision is formulated as a timing game. The tradeoff is between an early but costly upgrade that may capture a larger market share and a later upgrade. This problem has features that are similar to a duel where one faces a tradeoff between an uncertain early shot and a safer shot that may be too late.

Biographical Sketch

Jean Walrand received his Ph.D. in EECS from UC Berkeley and has been on the faculty of that department since 1982. He is the author of An Introduction to Queueing Networks(Prentice Hall, 1988) and of Communication Networks: A First Course (2nd ed. McGraw-Hill,1998) and co-author ofHigh-Performance Communication Networks (2nd ed, Morgan Kaufman, 2000), of Communication Networks: A Concise Introduction (Morgan & Claypool, 2010), and ofScheduling and Congestion Control for Communication and Processing networks (Morgan & Claypool, 2010). His research interests include stochastic processes, queuing theory, communication networks, game theory and the economics of the Internet. Prof. Walrand is a Fellow of the Belgian American Education Foundation and of the IEEE and a recipient of the Lanchester Prize, the Stephen O. Rice Prize, and the IEEE Kobayashi Award

Prof Sylvain Sorin

Title: Delegation equilibrium in congestion games

Abstract: To be updated

Biographical Sketch

Sylvian Sorin is a professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 and Ecole Polytechnique. Charter member and member of the Council of the "Game Theory Society" (2000-2003). He is also an affiliated member of The Center for Game Theory, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA as well as an editor of the International Journal of Game Theory (2001- 2002)..