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
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| 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
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| 08:30 | Efficient Approximate Posterior Sampling with Annealed Langevin Monte Carlo (abstract) PRESENTER: Sanjay Shakkottai |
| 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) PRESENTER: Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali |
| 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) PRESENTER: Siddhartan Govindasamy |
| 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) PRESENTER: Nithin Varma Kanumuri |
| 15:30 | Adaptive Minimax Estimation Across SNR Regimes (abstract) PRESENTER: Soroush Mesforush Mashhad |
| 15:50 | Rank-Adaptive Matrix-Free Atomic Quantum State Tomography (abstract) PRESENTER: Amirhossein Taherpour |
| 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
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| 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) PRESENTER: Dimitrios Giannakis |
| 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) PRESENTER: Siva Theja Maguluri |
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) PRESENTER: Bahman Gharesifard |
| 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) PRESENTER: Grigorios Chrysos |
| 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) PRESENTER: Mustafa Cemil Coskun |
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) PRESENTER: Johanna L. Mathieu |
| 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) PRESENTER: Mahnoosh Alizadeh |
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) PRESENTER: Carlo Siebenschuh |
| 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) PRESENTER: Thodoris Lykouris |
| 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) PRESENTER: Praneeth Vepakomma |
| 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