Quanyan Zhu
Associate Professor
Studies game theory and multi-agent learning for cybersecurity, including agentic AI and cyber deception.
Quanyan Zhu's lab at NYU works on reasoning & neuro-symbolic AI, learning theory & optimization and planning, control & multi-robot systems. 83 papers since 2023, mostly CDC and IFAC. 15 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 22/ year
- at T1 venues
- 0%
- PhD students
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- MS students
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- alumni listed
- 15
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 23 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 27 papers2025 · T1 0
- 15 papers2024 · T1 0
- 18 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: CDC, IFAC, GLOBECOM
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems22 papers
- Learning theory & optimization21 papers
- Reasoning & neuro-symbolic AI3 papers
- cybersecurity1 paper
- multi-agent learning0 papers
Paper list
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202623 papers
- Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, to appear, .A Games-in-Games Paradigm for Strategic Hybrid Jump-Diffusions: Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs Hierarchy and Spectral Structure (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Control Systems LettersA Unified Variational Design of Predictive Mirror Descent in Convex Games Under Stochastic Feedback (opens in a new tab)
- in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), , to appear. .Actionable Recourse in Competitive Environments: A Dynamic Game of Endogenous Selection (opens in a new tab)
- Machine Learning and Knowledge ExtractionActivityRDI: A Centralized Solution Framework for Activity Retrieval and Detection Intelligence Based on Knowledge Graphs, Large Language Models, and Imbalanced Learning (opens in a new tab)
- IFAC WorkshopAgentomics: Valuation and Pricing of AI Agents in Human–AI Collaboration
- in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), , to appear (invited session).Calibrated Learning of Sequential Equilibrium in Signaling Games
- in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), , to appear.Continuum Aumann–Drèze Value and Exit-and-Join Coalition Dynamics in Nonatomic Cooperative Games
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, early access, .Decentralized No-Regret Frequency-Time Scheduling for FMCW Radar Interference Avoidance (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Control Systems Letters, to appear, .Detection-Control Games under Hidden Modes: Resilience-Induced Blindness Phenomenon (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Control Systems LettersDifferential Privacy in Generative AI Agents: Analysis and Optimal Tradeoffs (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust), Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceEfficiency and Equity in Screening for Participants in Representative Cybersecurity Studies (opens in a new tab)
- Data in Brief, p. 112476, .Guarding against malicious biased threats (GAMBiT) datasets: Revealing cognitive bias in human-subjects red-team cyber range operations (opens in a new tab)
202527 papers
- RADARA Game-Theoretic Approach for High-Resolution Automotive FMCW Radar Interference Avoidance (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Game Theory and AI for Security (GameSec), .A Gestalt Game-Theoretic Framework for Designing Agentic AI Workflows in Cyber Deception (opens in a new tab)
- GameSecA Multi-Resolution Dynamic Game Framework for Cross-Echelon Decision-Making in Cyber Warfare (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and SecurityAdaptive Security Response Strategies Through Conjectural Online Learning (opens in a new tab)
- CDCBilateral Cognitive Security Games in Networked Control Systems under Stealthy Injection Attacks (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsCloud-Fog Automation: The New Paradigm Towards Autonomous Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Game Theory and AI for Security (GameSec), .Consistent Conjectural Approach to Adversarial Intent Tracking Under Sensing Constraints in Multi-Target Defense Differential Games (opens in a new tab)
- American Control Conference (ACC), .Deception in Game Theory and Control: A Tutorial (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsDigital Twin-Based Driver Risk-Aware Predictive Mobility Analytics for Real-Time Situational Awareness Through Cooperative Sensing (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Open Journal of the Communications SocietyDigital Twin-Enhanced Wireless Indoor Navigation: Achieving Efficient Environment Sensing with Zero-Shot Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation ReviewExtending No-Regret Hopping in FMCW Radar Interference Avoidance (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Security & PrivacyGame theory in distributed systems security: Foundations, challenges, and future directions (opens in a new tab)
202415 papers
- MILCOMADAPT: A Game-Theoretic and Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Automated Distributed Adaptive Penetration Testing (opens in a new tab)
- CDCConjectural Online Learning with First-order Beliefs in Asymmetric Information Stochastic Games (opens in a new tab)
- CDCCooperative Nonlinear Distributed Model Predictive Control with Dissimilar Control Horizons (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Control Systems MagazineDisentangling resilience from robustness: Contextual dualism, interactionism, and game-theoretic paradigms (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and SecurityGazeta: Game-theoretic zero-trust authentication for defense against lateral movement in 5G IoT networks (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyGuest Editorial: Special section on Resilient Control of Cyber-Physical Power and Energy Systems (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and SecurityHuman-in-the-loop cyber intrusion detection using active learning (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyIntegrated Cyber-Physical Resiliency for Power Grids Under IoT-Enabled Dynamic Botnet Attacks (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, .MEGA-PT: A Meta-game Framework for Agile Penetration Testing (opens in a new tab)
- Transportation Research Part C: Emerging TechnologiesMultilevel traffic-responsive tilt camera surveillance through predictive correlated online learning (opens in a new tab)
- CDCOn the Variational Interpretation of Mirror Play in Monotone Games (opens in a new tab)
- Workshop on Autonomous Cybersecurity (AutonomousCyber ’24), ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), .PenHeal: A Two-Stage LLM Framework for Automated Pentesting and Optimal Remediation (opens in a new tab)
202318 papers
- International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, .A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Auditing Differentially Private Algorithms with Epistemically Disparate Herd (opens in a new tab)
- International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, .Designing Policies for Truth: Combating Misinformation with Transparency and Information Design (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP), .Detection in Human-Sensor Systems Under Quantum Prospect Theory Using Bayesian Persuasion Frameworks (opens in a new tab)
- IFACFinitely Repeated Adversarial Quantum Hypothesis Testing (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over NetworksGame-theoretic distributed empirical risk minimization with strategic network design (opens in a new tab)
- American Control Conference (ACC), San Diego, CA, USA, May .Integrative Modeling and Analysis of the Interplay Between Epidemic and News Propagation Processes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), .Is Stochastic Mirror Descent Vulnerable to Adversarial Delay Attacks? A Traffic Assignment Resilience Study (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), .On the Price of Transparency: A Comparison between Overt Persuasion and Covert Signaling (opens in a new tab)
- American Control Conference (ACC), .On the Resilience of Traffic Networks Under Non-Equilibrium Learning (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Internet of Things JournalQoS-based contract design for profit maximization in IoT-enabled data markets (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Process ControlRobust data-based predictive control of systems with parametric uncertainties: Paving the way for cooperative learning (opens in a new tab)
- International Workshop on AI-Driven Trustworthy, Secure, and Privacy-Preserving Computing (AidTSP), IEEE INFOCOM Workshops, New York, NY, USA, May .Scenario-Agnostic Zero-Trust Defense with Explainable Threshold Policy: A Meta-Learning Approach (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went15 listed
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