2026 ALLERTON: 62ND ALLERTON CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION, CONTROL, AND COMPUTING
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, September 16th Thursday, September 17th Friday, September 18th

Wednesday, September 16th

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08:00-08:30Coffee Break
08:30-10:10 Session CONT01: Information Theory and Wireless Communications
08:30
Energy-Efficient RIS-Assisted User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A Game-Theoretic Framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mohammad Ezaz
08:50
Source-Reliability Weighted Observer Design for Open Client–Server Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amit Dutta
09:10
Information-Theoretic Bounds for Sparse Covariance Estimation in the Vertical-Split Distributed Model (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jing Yee Tan
09:30
Remote IoT Source Monitoring with Delayed Feedback (abstract)
09:50
Semantic-Aware Neural Video Codec for Error-Resilient Low-Latency Transmission (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matin Mortaheb
08:30-10:10 Session GFVV01: Sequential Methods
08:30
Tail-Aware Bandits: Optimal Rules and Algorithm (abstract)
08:50
Sequential Change Detection with Differential Privacy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Liyan Xie
09:10
Robust and Adversarial Sequential Change-Point Detection in High Dimensions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yao Xie
08:30-10:10 Session JSBT01: Learning in Games I
08:30
Convergence of Fictitious Play in a Class of Product Markov Games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ceyhun Eksin
08:50
On the Necessity of Pricing to Steer Nonatomic No-Regret Agents to a Desired Bayes Correlated Equilibrium (abstract)
09:10
Strategically Robust Dynamic Games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eric Mazumdar
09:30
The robustness of games as models in multi-agent control: studying stability and sensitivity to misspecification (abstract)
09:50
Learning to Avoid Tragedies: Feedback-Evolving Games with Heterogeneous Learning Rules (abstract)
08:30-10:10 Session YYLI01: Reinforcement Learning and Diffusion Models I
08:30
On the Efficiency of GRPO and the Generalization of Diffusion Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jiawei Zhang
08:50
Decentralized Diffusion Policy Learning for Enhanced Exploration in Cooperative Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yuyang Zhang
09:10
Cross-Domain Energy-Guided Diffusion Generation for Off-Dynamics Reinforcement Learning (abstract)
08:30-10:10 Session ZZMD01: Diffusion models and inverse problems
08:30
Efficient Approximate Posterior Sampling with Annealed Langevin Monte Carlo (abstract)
08:50
Fast operator learning for mapping correlations (abstract)
09:10
Test-Time Anchoring for Discrete Diffusion Posterior Sampling (abstract)
PRESENTER: Litu Rout
10:10-10:40Coffee Break
10:40-12:20 Session BHRS01: Large-Scale Learning and Networks I
10:40
Local and Global Approaches to Kernelized Bandit Optimization (abstract)
10:40-12:20 Session CONT02: Machine Learning: Classification, Generalization, and Applications
10:40
Quantifying Classification Performance using Combinatorial Geometry and Local Data Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Christopher Lee
11:00
Distributed 20 Questions for Classification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sidharth Jaggi
11:20
Adversarially Robust Multiclass Classification via Error Correction Output Codes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tong Stone
11:40
Cross-Validation Error Dynamics in Smaller Datasets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lev Reyzin
12:00
Information Lattice Learning as Probabilistic Graphical Model Structure Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lav Varshney
10:40-12:20 Session JARZ01: Optimization and High-dimensional Statistics I
10:40
When Does Synthetic Data Augmentation Improve Score-Based Imbalanced Classification? (abstract)
10:40-12:20 Session JSBT02: Learning in Games II
10:40
Kullback-Leibler Divergence Regularized Learning (KLD-RL) Dynamics in Population Games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shinkyu Park
11:00
Learning to Coordinate over Networks with Heterogeneous Rationalities (abstract)
11:20
Counterclockwise Dissipativity and Lyapunov Stability in Learning for Large Populations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nuno Martins
11:40
Decentralized Optimal Equilibrium Learning in Stochastic Games via Single-bit Feedback (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muhammed Sayin
12:00
Fictitious Play in Extensive-Form Games of Imperfect Information (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gurdal Arslan
10:40-12:20 Session OMSM01: Ultra-Short Coding Schemes
10:40
Few-Shot Universal Analog Communication (abstract)
11:00
Impact of State Knowledge on Covert Communication in the Presence of Simultaneous Transmission (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aritra Roy
11:20
Improving Confidentiality in Wireless Networks with Non-Linear Relays and Deep-Learning (abstract)
11:40
The Rate-Distortion-Deception Tradeoff (abstract)
PRESENTER: Semih Akkoc
12:00
Stochastic Geometry meets Optimization: Soft Deployment in Cellular Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Abhishek Shukla
14:00-14:30Coffee Break
14:30-16:30 Session ALDG01: Power and Energy Systems I
14:30
Determining and Improving Safety Margins of Parameterized Nonlinear Systems for Vulnerability Assessment and Preventive Action (abstract)
14:50
Copositive characterization of convex hull pricing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Josh Taylor
15:10
Low-Rank and Lifted Semidefinite Programming for Global MINLP Power Grid Optimization (abstract)
15:30
A Single ML Model for Predicting AC Power Flow Solutions under Line Contingencies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vassilis Kekatos
14:30-16:30 Session BHRS02: Large-Scale Learning and Networks II
14:30
Achieving Almost Exact Recovery in Almost Quadratic Time: Rank-Based Graph Matching via Local Tree Correlation Tests (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lei Ying
14:50
Load Balancing with Partial Queue Information: Threshold Optimality and Indexability (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sathwik Chadaga
14:30-16:30 Session CONT03: Theoretical Foundations of Signal Processing and Estimation
14:30
Temporal Rank Statistics under Markov Dependence (abstract)
14:50
Operator-Norm Robust LASSO: A Precise Analysis and an AMP-style Algorithm (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vikrant Malik
15:10
Improved Convex Relaxations for Simultaneously Sparse and Quantized Signal recovery (abstract)
15:30
Adaptive Minimax Estimation Across SNR Regimes (abstract)
15:50
Rank-Adaptive Matrix-Free Atomic Quantum State Tomography (abstract)
16:10
Low-Temperature Sensitivity and Perturbation Stability of Annealed Markov-Chain Ensembles (abstract)
14:30-16:30 Session REBT01: Distributed Computation and Optimization I
14:30
Adaptive Decentralized Learning in Adversary-Dominated Settings (abstract)
PRESENTER: Soheil Mohajer
14:50
Embodied Persuasion: Information Design and Physical Leakage in Markov Games (abstract)
15:10
Adaptive Decentralized Optimization (abstract)
15:30
Pro-KLShampoo: Projected KL-Shampoo with Whitening Recovered by Orthogonalization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ermin Wei
14:30-16:30 Session SBHR01: Operator and Behavioral Models from Data
14:30
Behavioral System Theory for Dynamic Optimization (abstract)
14:50
Data-Efficient Learning for Asymptotically Smooth Integral Operators (abstract)
PRESENTER: Samuel Otto
15:10
Trusting and Adapting Data-Driven Predictors for Control (abstract)
15:30
Limitations and capabilities of autoencoders for learning dynamics (abstract)
15:50
Affiliated operators for classical and quantum control (abstract)
16:10
Koopman Modeling and Stabilization of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Control Systems: Bilinearity on a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (abstract)
PRESENTER: Wentao Tang
Thursday, September 17th

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08:00-08:30Coffee Break
08:30-10:10 Session BCJG01: Economics and Computation
08:30
Informal and Privatized Transit: Incentives, Efficiency and Coordination (abstract)
PRESENTER: Devansh Jalota
08:50
Water-filling is Universally Minimax Optimal (abstract)
09:10
Preference Aggregation in the Age of AI (abstract)
09:30
What Data Enables Optimal Decisions? A Study of Data Informativeness in Optimization Under Uncertainty (abstract)
08:30-10:10 Session BHRS03: Large-Scale Learning and Networks III
08:30
An ODE-based method for resource allocation in a multi-agent systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Swaroop Gopalam
08:50
Prophet Inequalities with Cancellation Costs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rad Niazadeh
09:10
Efficient Concentration through Stein's Method: An Illustration in Abandonment Queues (abstract)
08:30-10:10 Session REBT02: Distributed Computation and Optimization II
08:30
Frechet Regression on Curved Manifolds (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cesar A. Uribe
08:50
Localmax Dynamics for Attention Models (abstract)
09:10
High Probability Bounds for Stochastic Optimization Algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aritra Mitra
09:30
Verifiably Safe Decentralized Control via Event-Triggered Topology Switching (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amber He Wei
08:30-10:10 Session VSGA01: Robust Inference and Learning I
08:30
In-Context Watermarks for Large Language Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yuheng Bu
08:50
Minimizing Convex Risk in Data Fusion via Symmetrization and Martingale Couplings (abstract)
09:10
Compromising Offline RLHF: An Efficient Preference Poisoning Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lifeng Lai
08:30-10:10 Session YYLI02: Reinforcement Learning and Diffusion Models II
08:30
Beyond Photorealism: 3D Reconstruction and Generation with Multimodal and Physical Grounding (abstract)
08:50
Online World Modeling for Closed-Loop Planning Under Partial Observability (abstract)
09:10
Are Normalizing Flows Good Candidates for Interactive World Models? (abstract)
09:30
Toward Compositional Generalization in the Physical World (abstract)
10:10-10:40Coffee Break
10:30-12:10 Session BHRS04: Large-Scale Learning and Networks IV
10:30
Why DDIM Hallucinates More Than DDPM: A Theoretical Analysis of Reverse Dynamics (abstract)
10:50
ECHO: Stackelberg Learning for Entropy Constrained Hierarchical Optimization in Tool Calling Agents (abstract)
11:10
Faster Diffusion Language Models (abstract)
10:30-12:10 Session CONT04: Error Correction Codes and Reliable Transmission
10:30
Constructing Reed–Solomon Codes with Sparse Parity Checks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Barron Han
10:50
Reed-Muller Codes for Joint Random and Stuck-At Error Correction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ivana Djurdjevic
11:10
Secret key-distribution over networks with node-based adversarial errors (abstract)
PRESENTER: Reza Sayyari
11:30
Enhanced Feedback Mechanisms for Resource-Efficient Incremental Redundancy (abstract)
10:30-12:10 Session JARZ02: Optimization and High-dimensional Statistics II
10:30
Universal Parameter-Free First-Order Algorithms for Convex Optimization (abstract)
10:50
Another Look at Log-PCA for Probability Measures: A Dynamical Formulation and Statistical Convergence (abstract)
10:30-12:10 Session SBTB01: Principal-Agent Interactions
10:30
Reasoning and learning to play against passive and reactive agents (abstract)
10:50
Career Concerns and Social Learning in Principal-Agent Environments (abstract)
PRESENTER: Randall Berry
11:10
Optimal Incentive Contracting for Sensing and Searching for Rewards on a Graph (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shreyas Sundaram
11:30
The Price of Transparency in Information Design: Bayesian Persuasion, Signaling, and the Commitment Gap (abstract)
10:30-12:10 Session VSGA02: Robust Inference and Learning II
10:30
PivotRL: High Accuracy Agentic Post-Training at Low Compute Cost (abstract)
10:50
Learnable Chernoff Baselines for Provable Inference-Time Alignment (abstract)
13:00-13:30Coffee Break
13:30-15:30 Session ALDG02: Power and Energy Systems II
13:30
Reconfiguration and Real-Time Control of Networked Microgrids Under Load Uncertainty (abstract)
13:50
A Graph Neural Network Foundation Model for AC Optimal Power Flow (abstract)
14:10
Regret-Optimal Safe Adaptive Control under Chance Constraints: Application to Thermostatically Controlled Loads (abstract)
13:30-15:30 Session CONT05: Neural Networks, Deep Learning, and Representation Learning
13:30
Real vs. Complex Spectral Bases for Neural Operators: The Role of Green's Function Alignment. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jason Sulskis
13:50
Fisher Simplicity in KANs and MLPs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Meir Feder
14:10
Draining Fictitious Knots: Restoring Distance-Awareness Guarantees for High-Dimensional Spline Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Masoud Ataei
14:30
Observability conditions for neural state-space models with eigenvalues and their roots of unity (abstract)
14:50
From Sequence to Signature: Infinite-Order Signature Kernels for Biological Sequence Learning (abstract)
15:10
Deep Reinforcement Learning for MSense: Learned Destroy–Repair Policies for Diversity-Aware and Heterogeneous Mobile Sensor Routing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Mutembesa
13:30-15:30 Session DALI01: Nonlinear, Switched, and Limited-Data Control
13:30
On data-driven control of linear systems with quantized data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Guosong Yang
13:50
From Echo States to Dominant Manifolds: A Systems-Theoretic View of Reservoir Computing (abstract)
14:10
On Controllability of Diffeomorphisms (abstract)
14:30
A Proximal Descent Method for Nonconvex Policy Optimization (abstract)
14:50
On the Inductive Bias for Learning in Nonlinear Control: Trade-offs and Guarantees (abstract)
15:10
Constrained Dynamic Grasping under Limited Visual Feedback (abstract)
13:30-15:30 Session ISAV01: Recent trends in Wireless Communications
13:30
AI-Native Open RAN: A Roadmap from xApps and rApps to Autonomous Network Agents (abstract)
13:50
$\alpha$-Mutual Information for the Gaussian Noise Channel (abstract)
PRESENTER: Martina Cardone
14:10
Interpreting End-to-End Learned CSI Feedback for Massive MIMO (abstract)
14:30
Near-Field RIS-Assisted In-Cabin 3D Localization and Harmonic-Aware Vital Sign Estimation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alireza Vahid
14:50
A demonstration of information leakage via phase contamination (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aria Nosratinia
15:10
Analysis and Optimization of Age of Information in Large-Scale Random Access Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Igor Kadota
13:30-15:30 Session PMMR01: Learning, Sampling, and Control
13:30
Mean-shift interacting particle systems for sampling and quantization (abstract)
13:50
Feedback Based Sampling using L2 Gradient Flows (abstract)
14:10
Path-Integral Diffusion: From Generative AI and Interacting Agents to Quantum Measurements (abstract)
14:30
Nonlinearity and Interaction in Schrödinger Bridges (abstract)
14:50
Hard-Constrained Sampling in Diffusion and Flow-Matching Models for Safe Control and Beyond (abstract)
Friday, September 18th

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08:00-08:30Coffee Break
08:30-10:10 Session BHRS05: Large-Scale Learning and Networks V
08:30
Wasserstein‑$p$ Central Limit Theorem Rates: From Local Dependence to Markov Chains (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qiaomin Xie
08:50
Optimal Exploration of New Products under Assortment Decisions (abstract)
09:10
Natural Policy Gradient as Doubly Smoothed Policy Iteration: A Unified Bellman-Operator Framework (abstract)
08:30-10:10 Session CONT06: Distributed Optimization, Learning, and Control
08:30
Modulated learning for private and distributed regression with just a single sample per client device (abstract)
08:50
Communication-Efficient Random Spectral Descent for Federated Learning over Noisy Networks (abstract)
09:10
Budget-Constrained Multi-Consensus Decentralized Gradient Descent (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shuyi Ren
09:30
Eigenspace-Based Clustering for Personalized System Identification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Abdulmoneam Ali
08:30-10:10 Session CONT07: Privacy, Security, and Cryptographic Protocols
08:30
Revisiting SPIR-Based PSI: A Computational Perspective (abstract)
PRESENTER: Svenja Lage
08:50
Differentially Private Selection using Enhanced Sensitivity Concepts (abstract)
PRESENTER: Akito Yamamoto
09:10
PIR-DAG: Information-Theoretic Private Evaluation of Boolean Functions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Olsan Ozbay
08:30-10:10 Session SGSG01: Robot Learning
08:30
The Information Needs of Robot Learners (abstract)
08:50
Learning to Design Robots (abstract)
10:10-10:40Coffee Break