Book/Book Chapter

• S.R. Etesami, T. Basar, Network Games, Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory, Chapter 12, Volume 1, Springer International Publishing, pp. 547-593, 2018.

• S.R. Etesami, Potential-Based Analysis of Social, Communication, and Distributed Networks, Springer International Publishing, 2017.

Preprints

• T. Qin and S.R. Etesami, Scalable and Independent Learning of Nash Equilibrium Policies in N-Player Stochastic Games with Unknown Independent Chains, arXiv:2312.01587v1, December 2023.

• A. Bhimaraju, S.R. Etesami, and L.R. Varshney, Dynamic Batching of Online Arrivals to Leverage Economies of Scale, arXiv:2309.16911v1, October 2023.

• A. Anjarlekar, S.R. Etesami, and R. Srikant, Striking a Balance: An Optimal Mechanism Design for Heterogenous Differentially Private Data Acquisition for Logistic Regression, arXiv:2309.10340v1, September 2023.

• M. Bastopcu, S.R. Etesami, and T. Basar, Online and Offline Dynamic Influence Maximization Games Over Social Networks, arXiv:2309.14317v1, September 2023.

• E. Ma, S.R. Etesami, and P. Rathi, Local Environment Poisoning Attacks on Federated Reinforcement Learning, arXiv:2303.02725v1, March 2023.

Journal Articles

• T. Qin, S.R. Etesami, and C.A. Uribe, Faster Convergence of Local SGD for Over-Parameterized Models, Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR), March 2024 (accepted).

• S.R. Etesami, Learning Stationary Nash Equilibrium Policies in N-Player Stochastic Games with Independent Chains, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (SICON), Volume 62(2), pp. 799-825, 2024.

• M. Bastopcu, S.R. Etesami, and T. Basar, The Role of Gossiping in Information Dissemination over a Network of Agents, Entropy, Volume 26(1), 9, pp. 1-22, 2023.

• V. Leon, S.R. Etesami, and R. Nagi, Limited-Trust in Diffusion of Competing Alternatives Over Social Networks, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), Volume 11(1), pp.1320 - 1336, 2023.

• T. Qin, S.R. Etesami, and C.A. Uribe, The Role of Local Steps in Local SGD, Optimization Methods and Software, pp. 1-27, Taylor & Francis, 2023.

• V. Leon and S.R. Etesami, Online Learning in Budget-Constrained Dynamic Colonel Blotto Games, Dynamic Games and Applications, pp. 1-23, Springer, 2023.

• S. Arefizadeh, S. Arefizadeh, S.R. Etesami, and S. Bolouki, Robustness of Dynamics in Games: A Contraction Mapping Decomposition Approach, Automatica, Volume 155, pp. 111142, Elsevier, 2023.

• A. Rahmanian, S. Bolouki, S.R. Etesami, and A. Mohebbi, Partisan Confidence Model for Group Polarization, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), Volume 10(6), pp. 3267-3280, 2023.

• S.R. Etesami, Maximizing Convergence Time in Network Averaging Dynamics Subject to Edge Removal, SIAM Journal on Optimization (SIOPT), Volume 32(4), pp. 2718-2744, 2022.

• S.R. Etesami, An Optimal Control Framework for Online Job Scheduling with General Cost Functions, Operations Research, Volume 70 (5), pp. 2674-2701, 2022.

• S.R. Etesami, Online Assortment and Market Segmentation under Bertrand Competition with Set-Dependent Revenues, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), Volume 36(2), pp. 1436-1466, 2022.

• T. Qin and S.R. Etesami, Optimal Online Algorithms for File-Bundle Caching and Generalization to Distributed Caching, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS), Volume 6(1), pp. 1-23, 2021.

• S.R. Etesami, Open-Loop Equilibrium Strategies for Dynamic Influence Maximization Game Over Social Networks, IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), Volume 6, pp. 1496-1500, 2021.

• S.R. Etesami, N. Kiyavash, V. Leon, and H.V. Poor, Optimal Adversarial Policies in the Multiplicative Learning System with a Malicious Expert, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Volume 16, pp. 2276-2287, 2021.

• S.R. Etesami, Duality and Stability in Complex Multiagent State-Dependent Network Dynamics, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (SICON), Volume 58(6), pp. 3062-3091, 2020.

• T. Qin and S.R. Etesami, A Randomized Algorithm for Generalized Accelerated Projection Method, IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), Volume 5(1), pp. 85-90, 2020.

• S.R. Etesami, Complexity and Approximability of Optimal Resource Allocation and Nash Equilibrium over Networks, SIAM Journal on Optimization (SIOPT), Volume 30(1), pp. 885-914, 2020.

• S.R. Etesami, W. Saad, N. Mandayam, and H.V. Poor, Smart Routing of Electric Vehicles for Load Balancing in Smart Grids, Automatica, Volume 120, pp. 1-14, 2020.

• S.R. Etesami, A Simple Framework for Stability Analysis of State-Dependent Networks of Heterogeneous Agents, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (SICON), Volume 57(3), pp. 1757–1782, 2019.

• S.R. Etesami and T. Basar, Dynamic Games in Cyber-Physical Security: An Overview, Dynamic Games and Applications (DGAA), Volume 9(4), pp. 884-913, 2019.

• S.R Etesami, S. Bolouki, A. Nedich, T. Basar, and H.V. Poor, Influence of Conformist and Manipulative Behaviors on Public Opinion, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (TCNS), Volume 6(1), pp. 202-214, 2019.

• S.R. Etesami, W. Saad, N. Mandayam, and H.V. Poor, Stochastic Games for Smart Grid Energy Management with Prospect Prosumers, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), Volume 63(8), pp. 2327-2342, 2018.

• S.R. Etesami and T. Basar, Pure Nash Equilibrium in a Capacitated Selfish Resource Allocation Game, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (TCNS), Volume 5, Issue 1, pp. 536-547, March 2018.

• A. Truong, S.R. Etesami, and N. Kiyavash, Learning From Sleeping Experts: Rewarding Informative, Available, and Accurate Experts, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Volume 23(6), pp. 1-18, 2018.

• S.R. Etesami and T. Basar, Price of Anarchy and an Approximation Algorithm for the Binary-Preference Capacitated Selfish Replication Game, Automatica, Volume 76, pp. 153-163, 2017.

• A. Truong, S.R. Etesami, J. Etesami, and N. Kiyavash, Optimal Attack Strategies against Predictors - Learning from Expert Advice, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Volume 13(1), pp. 6-19, January 2017.

• M. Hosseini, G. Kurillo, S.R. Etesami, and J. Yu, Towards Coordinated Bandwidth Adaptations for Hundred-Scale 3D Tele-Immersive Systems, Multimedia Systems, Volume 23(4), pp. 421-434, July 2017.

• G. Rahi, S.R. Etesami, W. Saad, N. Mandayam, and H. V. Poor, Managing Price Uncertainty in Prosumer-Centric Energy Trading: A Prospect-Theoretic Stackelberg Game Approach, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids (TSG), Volume 10(1), pp.702-713, 2017.

• T. Basar, S.R. Etesami, and A. Olshevsky, Convergence Time of Quantized Metropolis Consensus Over Time-Varying Networks, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), Volume 61(12), pp. 4048-4054, 2016.

• S.R. Etesami and T. Basar, Complexity of Equilibrium in Competitive Diffusion Games on Social Networks, Automatica, Volume 68, pp. 100-110, 2016.

• S.R. Etesami and T. Basar, Convergence Time for Unbiased Quantized Consensus Over Static and Dynamic Networks, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), Volume 61(2), pp. 443-455, 2016.

• S.R. Etesami and T. Basar, Game-Theoretic Analysis of the Hegselmann-Krause Model for Opinion Dynamics in Finite Dimensions, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), Volume 60(7), pp. 1886-1897, 2015.

Conference Proceedings

• T. Qin and S.R. Etesami, Learning ϵ-Nash Equilibrium Policies in Stochastic Games with Unknown Independent Chains Using Online Mirror Descent, Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC) Conference, July 15-17, 2024, Oxford, England.

• R.K. Velicheti, M. Bastopcu, S.R. Etesami, and T. Basar, Learning How to Strategically Disclose Information, Proc. 2024 American Control Conference (ACC), July 8-12, 2024, Toronto, Canada.

• S.R. Etesami, Distributed Data Placement and Content Delivery in Web Caches with Non-Metric Access Costs, The Web Conference (ACM), May 13-17, 2024, Singapore.

• V. Leon and S.R. Etesami, Online Reinforcement Learning in Markov Decision Process Using Linear Programming, Proc. 62st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2023, Singapore.

• T. Qin, J. Yevale, and S.R. Etesami, Communication-Efficient Local SGD for Over-parametrized Models with Partial Participation, Proc. 62st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2023, Singapore.

• T. Qin, S.R. Etesami, and C.A. Uribe, Decentralized Federated Learning for Over-Parameterized Models, Proc. 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2022, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 5200-5205.

• V. Leon, S.R. Etesami, and R. Nagi, Diffusion of Innovation under Limited-Trust Equilibrium, Proc. 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2022, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 3145-3150.

• M. Bastopcu, S.R. Etesami, and T. Basar, The Dissemination of Time-Varying Information Over Networked Agents with Gossiping, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 2022, Espoo, Finland, pp. 934-939.

• V. Leon, S.R. Etesami, Bandit Learning for Dynamic Colonel Blotto Game with a Budget Constraint, Proc. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2021, Austin, Texas, pp. 3818-3823.

• S.R. Etesami, Online Job Scheduling on a Single Machine with General Cost Functions, Proc. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2021, Austin, Texas, pp. 6690-6695.

• T. Qin, S.R. Etesami, C.A. Uribe, Communication-efficient Decentralized Local SGD over Undirected Networks, Proc. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2021, Austin, Texas, pp. 3361-3366.

• S.R. Etesami, Consensus Dynamics under Network Interruption and Effective Resistance Interdiction, Proc. 2021 American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, USA, pp. 814-819.

• A.Truong, S.R. Etesami, N. Kiyavash, Selective Labeling in Learning with Expert Advice, Proc. 2021 American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, USA, pp. 2537-2542.

• Y. Ruan, A. Yekehkhani, S.R. Etesami, Online Learning for Job Scheduling on Heterogeneous Machines, Proc. 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2020, Jiju Island, South Korea, pp. 591-596.

• S.R. Etesami, Dynamic Assortment with Limited Inventories and Set-Dependent Revenue Functions, Proc. 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2020, Jiju Island, South Korea, pp. 3567-3572.

• S.R. Etesami, Sequential Optimization for State-Dependent Opinion Dynamics, Proc. 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), July 2019, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 4422-4427.

• S.R. Etesami, W. Saad, N. Mandayam, H.V. Poor, Smart Routing in Smart Grids, Proc. 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2017, Melbourn, Australia, pp. 2599-2604.

• S.R. Etesami, S. Bolouki, T. Basar, A. Nedic, Evolution of Public Opinion Under Conformist and Manipulative Behaviors, Proc. 20th IFAC World Congress, November 2017, Paris, France, pp. 14344-14349.

• S.N. Ahmadyan, S.R. Etesami, H.V. Poor, A Random Tree Search Algorithm for Nash Equilibrium in Capacitated Selfish Replication Games, Proc. 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 12-14, 2016; Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 4439-4444.

• S.R. Etesami, A. Nedich, T. Basar, Generalization of Accelerated Successive Projection Method for Convex Sets Intersection Problems, Proc. 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 12-14, 2016; Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 4439-4444.

• S.R. Etesami, S. Bolouki, A. Nedich, T. Basar, Conformity versus Manipulation in Reputation Systems, Proc. 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), July 6-8, 2016, Boston, MA, pp. 4422-4427.

• S.R. Etesami, M.A. Maddah-Ali, Design Cost versus Access Cost Trade-off in Distributed Storage Systems, Proc. 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), July 6-8, 2016, Boston, MA, pp. 5322 - 5327.

• S.R. Etesami, T. Basar, An Approximation Algorithm and Price of Anarchy for the Binary-Preference Capacitated Selfish Replication Game, Proc. 54rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 15-18, 2015, Osaka, Japan, pp. 3568-3573.

• M. Hosseini, A. Wang, and S.R. Etesami, Energy-Budget-Compliant Cloud Video Delivery to Mobile Devices, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication Workshop (ICCW), June 2015, London, UK, pp. 1794 - 1799.

• S.R. Etesami, T. Basar, Complexity of Equilibrium in Diffusion Games on Social Networks, Proc. 2014 American Control Conference (ACC), June 4-6, 2014, Portland, OR, pp. 2077-2082.

• T. Basar, S.R. Etesami, A. Olshevsky, Fast Convergence of Quantized Consensus Using Metropolis Chains, Proc. 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 15-17, 2014, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 1458-1463.

• S.R. Etesami, T. Basar, A. Nedich, B. Touri, Termination Time of Multidimensional Hegselmann-Krause Opinion Dynamics, Proc. 2013 American Control Conference (ACC), June 17-19, 2013, Washington, DC, pp. 1257-1262.

• S.R. Etesami, T. Basar, Convergence Time for Unbiased Quantized Consensus, Proc. 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 10-13, 2013, Florence, Italy, pp. 6190-6195.