Journal Articles

[1] T. Alpcan, X. Fan, T. Basar, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Power control for multicell CDMA wireless networks: A team optimization approach,” Wireless Networks, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 647-657, October 2008. [ DOI | .pdf ]
[2] X. Fan, T. Alpcan, M. Arcak, and T. Basar, “A passivity approach to game-theoretic CDMA power control,” Automatica, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 1837-1847, November 2006.
[3] T. Alpcan, T. Basar, and S. Dey, “A power control game based on outage probabilities for multicell wireless data networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 890-899, April 2006. [ .pdf ]
[4] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A utility-based congestion control scheme for Internet-style networks with delay,” IEEE Transactions on Networking, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1261-1274, December 2005. [ .pdf ]
[5] T. Alpcan, T. Basar, and R. Tempo, “Randomized algorithms for stability and robustness analysis of high-speed communication networks,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1229-1241, September 2005. [ .pdf ]
[6] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “Global stability analysis of an end-to-end congestion control scheme for general topology networks with delay,” Elektrik, the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Tubitak, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 139-150, November 2004. [ .pdf ]
[7] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A hybrid systems model for power control in multicell wireless data networks,” Performance Evaluation, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 477-495, August 2004. [ DOI | .pdf ]
[8] T. Alpcan, T. Basar, R. Srikant, and E. Altman, “CDMA uplink power control as a noncooperative game,” Wireless Networks, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 659-670, November 2002. [ DOI | .pdf ]
[9] T. Alpcan, J. P. Singh, and T. Basar, “Robust rate control for heterogeneous network access in multi-homed environments,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, (to appear). [ .pdf ]
[10] M. Bloem, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “Optimal and robust epidemic response for multiple networks,” IFAC Control Engineering Practice, (to appear).
[11] J. P. Singh, T. Alpcan, P. Agarwal, and V. Sharma, “A markov decision process based flow assignment framework for heterogenous network access,” Wireless Networks, (to appear). [ .pdf ]
[12] T. Alpcan, P. Wang, P. G. Mehta, and T. Basar, “A non-equilibrium analysis and control framework for active queue management,” Automatica, (online first). [ DOI | .pdf ]

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in Edited Volumes

[1] F. Schneider, S. Agarwal, T. Alpcan, and A. Feldmann, “The new web: Characterizing ajax traffic,” in Proc. of Passive and Active Measurement (PAM) Conf., vol. 4979/2008 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 31-40. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Cleveland, OH, USA, April 2008. [ DOI ]
[2] T. Alpcan, C. Bauckhage, and S. Agarwal, “An efficient ontology-based expert peering system,” in Graph-Based Representations in Pattern Recognition: Proc. 6th IAPR Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GBR), vol. 4538/2007 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS), pp. 273-282. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, June 2007. [ .pdf ]
[3] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A hybrid noncooperative game model for wireless communications,” in Advances in Dynamic Games: Applications to Economics, Finance, Optimization, and Stochastic Control, vol. 9 of Annals of Dynamic Games. Birkhauser, 2006. [ .pdf ]
[4] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “Distributed algorithms for Nash equilibria of flow control games,” in Advances in Dynamic Games: Applications to Economics, Finance, Optimization, and Stochastic Control, vol. 7 of Annals of Dynamic Games, pp. 473-498. Birkhauser, Boston, MA, 2005. [ .pdf ]
[5] F. Metze, C. Bauckhage, and T. Alpcan, “Social and expert search in online communities,” in Semantic Computing, P. Sheu, H. Yu, C. V. Ramamoorthy, A. K. Joshi, and L. A. Zadeh, Eds. IEEE Press/Wiley, (to appear).

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Conference Articles

2008

[1] K. C. Nguyen, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “Distributed hypothesis testing with a fusion center: The conditionally dependent case,” in Proc. of 47th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008. [ .pdf ]
[2] A. Al Daoud, T. Alpcan, S. Agarwal, and M. Alanyali, “A stackelberg game for pricing uplink power in wide-band cognitive radio networks,” in Proc. of 47th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008. [ .pdf ]
[3] R. Wetzker, W. Umbrath, L. Hennig, C. Bauckhage, T. Alpcan, and F. Metze, “Tailoring taxonomies for efficient text categorization and expert finding,” in Proc. of Workshop on Optimization-based Data Mining and Web Intelligence (ODM 2008) as part of IEEE/WIC/ACM WI'08 and IAT'08, Sydney, Australia, December 2008.
[4] T. Alpcan and C. Bauckhage, “A discrete-time parallel update algorithm for distributed learning,” in Proc. of 19th Intl. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Tampa, FL, USA, December 2008. [ .pdf ]
[5] Y. Pan, T. Alpcan, and L. Pavel, “Effects of parameters on nash games with OSNR target,” in Proc. of 2nd Intl. Workshop on Game Theory in Communication Networks (GameComm 2008), Athens, Greece, October 2008.
[6] K. C. Nguyen, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “A decentralized bayesian attack detection algorithm for network security,” in Proc. of 23rd Intl. Information Security Conf. (SEC 2008), Milan, Italy, September 2008. [ .pdf ]
[7] S. Buchegger and T. Alpcan, “Security games for vehicular networks,” in Proc. of Allerton Conf. on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, September 2008.
[8] T. Alpcan, S. Kesici, D. Bicher, M. K. Mihcak, C. Bauckhage, and S. A. Camtepe, “A lightweight biometric signature scheme for user authentication over networks,” in Proc. of 4th Intl. Conf. on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm 2008), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2008. [ .pdf ]
[9] H. Yin, P. Wang, T. Alpcan, and P. G. Mehta, “Hopf bifurcation and oscillations in homogeneous communication networks,” in Proc. of 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, July 2008. [ .pdf ]
[10] Y. Pan, T. Alpcan, and L. Pavel, “A distributed optimization approach to constrained OSNR problem,” in Proc. of 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, July 2008. [ .pdf ]

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2007

[1] M. Bloem, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “An optimal control approach to malware filtering,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007. [ .pdf ]
[2] M. Bloem, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “Optimal and robust epidemic response for multiple networks,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007. [ .pdf ]
[3] R. Wetzker, T. Alpcan, C. Bauckhage, W. Umbrath, and S. Albayrak, “An unsupervised hierarchical approach to document categorization,” in Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Web Intelligence (WI'07), Silicon Valley, USA, November 2007. [ .pdf ]
[4] R. Bye, K. Luther, S. A. Camtepe, T. Alpcan, S. Albayrak, and B. Yener, “Decentralized detector generation in cooperative intrusion detection systems,” in 9th Int. Symp. on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS'07), Paris, France, November 2007. [ .pdf ]
[5] J. P. Singh, T. Alpcan, X. Zhu, and P. Agarwal, “Towards heterogeneous network convergence: policies and middleware architecture for efficient flow assignment, rate allocation, and rate control for multimedia applications,” in Proc. MNCNA 2007: Middleware for Next-generation Converged Networks and Applications, Workshop of the 8th Int. Middleware Conf., Newport Beach, CA, November 2007. [ .pdf ]
[6] C. Bauckhage, T. Alpcan, S. Agarwal, F. Metze, R. Wetzker, M. Ilic, and S. Albayrak, “An intelligent knowledge sharing system for Web communities,” in IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2007), Montreal, Canada, October 2007. [ .pdf ]
[7] M. Bloem, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “A stackelberg game for power control and channel allocation in cognitive radio networks,” in Proc. Workshop on Game Theory in Communication Networks (GameComm), Nantes, France, October 2007. [ .pdf ]
[8] T. Alpcan, C. Bauckhage, and E. Kotsovinos, “Towards 3D Internet: why, what, and how?,” in IEEE Int. Conf. on Cyberworlds (CYBERWORLDS 2007), Hannover, Germany, October 2007. [ .pdf ]
[9] S. Schmidt, T. Alpcan, S. Albayrak, T. Basar, and A. Muller, “A malware detector placement game for intrusion detection,” in 2nd International Workshop on Critical Information Infrastructures Security (CRITIS'07), Malaga, Spain, October 2007. [ .pdf ]
[10] M. Bloem, T. Alpcan, S. Schmidt, and T. Basar, “Malware filtering for network security using weighted optimality measures,” in IEEE Conference on Control Applicatons (CCA), Singapore, October 2007. [ .pdf ]
[11] F. Metze, C. Bauckhage, T. Alpcan, K. Dobbrott, and C. Clemens, “A community-based expert finding system,” in IEEE Int. Conf. on Semantic Computing (ISCS 2007), Irvine, CA, September 2007. [ .pdf ]
[12] X. Zhu, P. Agarwal, J. P. Singh, T. Alpcan, and B. Girod, “Rate allocation for multi-user video streaming over heterogeneous access networks,” in Proc. ACM Multimedia [Best Student Paper Award], Augsburg, Germany, September 2007. [ .pdf ]
[13] T. Alpcan, P. Wang, P. G. Mehta, and T. Basar, “A non-equilibrium analysis and control framework for communication networks,” in Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS), Pretoria, South Africa, August 2007. [ .pdf ]
[14] J. P. Singh, T. Alpcan, P. Agarwal, and V. Sharma, “An optimal flow assignment framework for heterogeneous network access,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), Helsinki, Finland, June 2007. [ .pdf ]
[15] K. Luther, R. Bye, T. Alpcan, A. Muller, and S. Albayrak, “A cooperative AIS framework for intrusion detection,” in Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Communication (ICC), Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007, pp. 1409 - 1416. [ .pdf ]
[16] T. Alpcan, J. P. Singh, and T. Basar, “A robust flow control framework for heterogeneous network access,” in Proc. 5th Int. Symp. on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt'07), Limassol, Cyprus, April 2007. [ .pdf ]

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2005-2006

[1] M. Bloem, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “Intrusion response as a resource allocation problem,” in Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 2006, pp. 6283-6288. [ .pdf ]
[2] T. Alpcan, P. G. Mehta, T. Basar, and U. Vaidya, “Control of non-equilibrium dynamics in communication networks,” in Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 2006, pp. 5216-5221. [ .pdf ]
[3] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “An intrusion detection game with limited observations,” in 12th Int. Symp. on Dynamic Games and Applications, Sophia Antipolis, France, July 2006. [ .pdf ]
[4] K. R. Rohloff, T. Alpcan, and T. Basar, “A discrete-event systems model for congestion control,” in Proc. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2005. [ .ps ]
[5] T. Alpcan, X. Fan, T. Basar, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Power control for multicell CDMA wireless networks: A team optimization approach,” in Proc. of the WiOpt'05 Workshop: Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, Riva del Garda, Trentino, Italy, April 2005, pp. 379-388. [ .pdf ]

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2003-2004

[1] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A hybrid noncooperative game model for wireless communications,” in Proc. of 11th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Tuscon, AZ, December 2004. [ .pdf ]
[2] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A game theoretic analysis of intrusion detection in access control systems,” in Proc. of the 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 2004, pp. 1568-1573. [ .pdf ]
[3] T. Alpcan, T. Basar, and S. Dey, “A power control game based on outage probabilities for multicell wireless data networks,” in Proc. of American Control Conference (ACC) 2004, Boston, MA, July 2004, pp. 1661-1666. [ .pdf ]
[4] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A game theoretic approach to decision and analysis in network intrusion detection,” in Proc. of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 2003, pp. 2595-2600. [ .pdf ]
[5] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “Global stability analysis of an end-to-end congestion control scheme for general topology networks with delay,” in Proc. of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 2003, pp. 1092 - 1097. [ .pdf ]
[6] T. Alpcan, T. Basar, and R. Tempo, “Randomized algorithms for stability and robustness analysis of high speed communication networks,” in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA) [Best Student Paper Award], Istanbul, Turkey, June 2003, pp. 397-403. [ .pdf ]
[7] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A hybrid systems model for power control in multicell wireless networks,” in Proc. of the WiOpt'03 Workshop: Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, Sophia-Antipolis, France, April 2003, pp. 65-72. [ .pdf ]
[8] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A utility-based congestion control scheme for Internet-style networks with delay,” in Proc. IEEE Infocom, San Francisco, CA, April 2003, vol. 3, pp. 2039-2048. [ .pdf ]

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1998-2003

[1] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A game-theoretic framework for congestion control in general topology networks,” in Proc. of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, December 2002, pp. 1218-1224. [ .pdf ]
[2] T. Alpcan, T. Basar, R. Srikant, and E. Altman, “CDMA uplink power control as a noncooperative game,” in Proc. of 40th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, December 2001, vol. 1, pp. 197 - 202. [ .pdf ]
[3] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “Real-time algorithms for Nash equilbria,” in Proc. of 7th Int. Symp. on Dynamic Games and Applications, Adelaide, Australia, December 2000.
[4] T. Alpcan and T. Basar, “A variable rate model with QoS guarantees for real-time Internet traffic,” in Proc. of the SPIE Internat. Symp on Information Technologies, Boston, MA, November 2000, vol. 2411, pp. 234-245. [ .pdf ]
[5] T. Alpcan, M. Kesal, and H. Delic, “Wavelet based subband vector quantization algorithm for gray images,” in Proc. of the IASTED Int. Conf. on Signal and Image Processing, Las Vegas, NV, October 1998, pp. 720-724. [ .pdf ]

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MS and PhD Theses

[1] T. Alpcan, Noncooperative Games for Control of Networked Systems, Ph.D. thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, May 2006. [ .pdf ]
[2] T. Alpcan, “A game theoretical framework for variable rate flow control and CDMA uplink power control,” M.S. thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, May 2001. [ .ps ]

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Patents (pending)

  1. Symmetric Cryptosystem Using Cascaded Chaotic Maps.
  2. Method, data processing device, and computer network for anomaly detection.
  3. Method and system for network simulation.
  4. Method and Multi-homed Communication Device for Dynamic Transmission Rate Control.
  5. Method and Communication System for Dynamical Traffic Flow Assignment to a Plurality of Access Networks.
  6. An Intelligent Graph-Based Expert Searching System.

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