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Toward Reliable Design of LLM-Enabled Agentic Workflows: Optimizing Latency-Reliability-Cost Tradeoffs
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Modern AI systems increasingly rely on workflows composed of multiple interacting agents, some powered by large language models (LLMs) and others by conventional computational modu…
Actionable Recourse in Competitive Environments: A Dynamic Game of Endogenous Selection
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Actionable recourse studies whether individuals can modify feasible features to overturn unfavorable outcomes produced by AI-assisted decision-support systems. However, many such s…
Differential Privacy in Generative AI Agents: Analysis and Optimal Tradeoffs
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Large language models (LLMs) and AI agents are increasingly integrated into enterprise systems to access internal databases and generate context-aware responses. While such integra…
Internet of Agentic AI: Incentive-Compatible Distributed Teaming and Workflow
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Large language models (LLMs) have enabled a new class of agentic AI systems that reason, plan, and act by invoking external tools. However, most existing agentic architectures rema…
Guarding Against Malicious Biased Threats (GAMBiT): Experimental Design of Cognitive Sensors and Triggers with Behavioral Impact Analysis
Brandon Beltz, Po-Yu Chen, James Doty +16
This paper introduces GAMBiT (Guarding Against Malicious Biased Threats), a cognitive-informed cyber defense framework that leverages deviations from human rationality as a new def…
Bi-Level Game-Theoretic Planning of Cyber Deception for Cognitive Arbitrage
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Cognitive vulnerabilities shape human decision-making and arise primarily from two sources: (1) cognitive capabilities, which include disparities in knowledge, education, expertise…
Toward a Multi-Echelon Cyber Warfare Theory: A Meta-Game-Theoretic Paradigm for Defense and Dominance
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Cyber warfare has become a central element of modern conflict, especially within multi-domain operations. As both a distinct and critical domain, cyber warfare requires integrating…
Guarding Against Malicious Biased Threats (GAMBiT) Experiments: Revealing Cognitive Bias in Human-Subjects Red-Team Cyber Range Operations
Brandon Beltz, Jim Doty, Yvonne Fonken +9
We present three large-scale human-subjects red-team cyber range datasets from the Guarding Against Malicious Biased Threats (GAMBiT) project. Across Experiments 1-3 (July 2024-Mar…
A Multi-Resolution Dynamic Game Framework for Cross-Echelon Decision-Making in Cyber Warfare
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Cyber warfare has become a critical dimension of modern conflict, driven by society's increasing dependence on interconnected digital and physical infrastructure. Effective cyber d…
PACT: A Contract-Theoretic Framework for Pricing Agentic AI Services Powered by Large Language Models
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Agentic AI, often powered by large language models (LLMs), is becoming increasingly popular and adopted to support autonomous reasoning, decision-making, and task execution across…
When to Deceive: A Cross-Layer Stackelberg Game Framework for Strategic Timing of Cyber Deception
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
Cyber deception is an emerging proactive defense strategy to counter increasingly sophisticated attacks such as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) by misleading and distracting att…
From Texts to Shields: Convergence of Large Language Models and Cybersecurity
Tao Li, Ya-Ting Yang, Yunian Pan +1
This report explores the convergence of large language models (LLMs) and cybersecurity, synthesizing interdisciplinary insights from network security, artificial intelligence, form…
Traffic Adaptive Moving-window Service Patrolling for Real-time Incident Management during High-impact Events
Haozhe Lei, Ya-Ting Yang, Tao Li +4
This paper presents the Traffic Adaptive Moving-window Patrolling Algorithm (TAMPA), designed to improve real-time incident management during major events like sports tournaments a…
Preference-Centric Route Recommendation: Equilibrium, Learning, and Provable Efficiency
Ya-Ting Yang, Yunian Pan, Quanyan Zhu
Traditional approaches to modeling and predicting traffic behavior often rely on Wardrop Equilibrium (WE), assuming non-atomic traffic demand and neglecting correlations in individ…
Game-Theoretic Foundations for Cyber Resilience Against Deceptive Information Attacks in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
The growing complexity and interconnectivity of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) make them increasingly vulnerable to advanced cyber threats, particularly deceptive informa…
Transparent Tagging for Strategic Social Nudges on User-Generated Misinformation
Ya-Ting Yang, Tao Li, Quanyan Zhu
Social network platforms (SNP) rely heavily on user-generated content to attract users, yet they have limited control over content provision, which leads to misinformation. As coun…
PRADA: Proactive Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Misinformed Demand Attacks on Navigational Route Recommendations
Ya-Ting Yang, Haozhe Lei, Quanyan Zhu
Leveraging recent advances in wireless communication, IoT, and AI, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) played an important role in reducing traffic congestion and enhancing us…
Adaptive Incentive-Compatible Navigational Route Recommendations in Urban Transportation Networks
Ya-Ting Yang, Haozhe Lei, Quanyan Zhu
In urban transportation environments, drivers often encounter various path (route) options when navigating to their destinations. This emphasizes the importance of navigational rec…
Multi-level Traffic-Responsive Tilt Camera Surveillance through Predictive Correlated Online Learning
Tao Li, Zilin Bian, Haozhe Lei +5
In urban traffic management, the primary challenge of dynamically and efficiently monitoring traffic conditions is compounded by the insufficient utilization of thousands of survei…
Digital Twin-based Driver Risk-Aware Intelligent Mobility Analytics for Urban Transportation Management
Tao Li, Zilin Bian, Haozhe Lei +6
Traditional mobility management strategies emphasize macro-level mobility oversight from traffic-sensing infrastructures, often overlooking safety risks that directly affect road u…
A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Auditing Differentially Private Algorithms with Epistemically Disparate Herd
Ya-Ting Yang, Tao Zhang, Quanyan Zhu
Privacy-preserving AI algorithms are widely adopted in various domains, but the lack of transparency might pose accountability issues. While auditing algorithms can address this is…
Strategic Information Attacks on Incentive-Compatible Navigational Recommendations in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Ya-Ting Yang, Haozhe Lei, Quanyan Zhu
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have gained significant attention from various communities, driven by rapid advancements in informational technology. Within the realm of I…
Designing Policies for Truth: Combating Misinformation with Transparency and Information Design
Ya-Ting Yang, Tao Li, Quanyan Zhu
Misinformation has become a growing issue on online social platforms (OSPs), especially during elections or pandemics. To combat this, OSPs have implemented various policies, such…