| Name of Speaker | Ling Chun Kai |
| Schedule | 21 March 2025, 10am – 11.30am |
| Venue | BIZ1 – 0302 |
| Link to Register | https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/WpZ4beTPQUqSyE-w-DZcPA |
| Title | Game Theory: The Art and Science of Strategy |
| Abstract | Game Theory has emerged as one of the primary tools for multi-agent decision making, with applications ranging from expert or even superhuman performance in recreational games (e.g., Poker, Starcraft, Stratego, Diplomacy) to optimal scheduling of security patrols. Compared to their single agent counterparts, the multiagent setting is much richer, with agents exhibiting strategic behavior such as lying, coercion, and collusion. In this talk, I will first introduce basic game theoretic concepts such as the Nash equilibrium. To illustrate the effectiveness of game theoretic approaches, a series of real-world applications are examined, including some recent work on optimal patrolling and contested logistics. Finally, I will briefly cover some problems I am currently working on, including potential applications in cybersecurity. |
| About the Speaker | Chun Kai Ling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science in NUS. His research is on multiagent systems and computational game theory. He develops methods in machine learning and optimization to problems in security and logistics. He currently works on modeling and solving large games, featuring multiple players or general-sum utilities. His work on inverse game theory and multi-defender security games were best papers in IJCAI 2018 and GameSec 2023, 2024. He was awarded the Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professorship in 2024 and NUS development grant from 2022-2024. Prior to joining NUS, he was a Postdoc at Columbia University working with Christian Kroer and Garud Iyengar. He completed his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University under the supervision of Zico Kolter and Fei Fang. |
