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20172026
most citedDynamic Information Flow Tracking for Detection of Advanced Persistent Threats: A Stochastic Game Approach

7 citations · 18 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

cs.LG2026

Multi-Task Representation Learning for Conservative Linear Bandits

Jiabin Lin, Shana Moothedath

This paper presents the Constrained Multi-Task Representation Learning (CMTRL) framework for linear bandits. We consider T linear bandit tasks in a d dimensional space, which share…

cs.LG2026

Provable Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning: A Representation Learning Framework with Low Rank Rewards

Yaoze Guo, Shana Moothedath

Multi-task representation learning (MTRL) is an approach that learns shared latent representations across related tasks, facilitating collaborative learning that improves the overa…

cs.LG2026

RepUCB: Representation Learning-Based UCB for Heterogeneous Multi-Task Linear Bandits

Jiabin Lin, Shana Moothedath

Multi-task representation learning exploits the shared structure among related tasks by learning a common latent representation, thereby improving sample efficiency. This paper int…

eess.SP2026

Post-Decision State-Based Online Learning for Delay-Energy-Aware Flow Allocation in Wireless Systems

Mahesh Ganesh Bhat, Shana Moothedath, Prasanna Chaporkar

We develop a structure-aware reinforcement learning (RL) approach for delay- and energy-aware flow allocation in 5G User Plane Functions (UPFs). We consider a dynamic system with $…

cs.LG2025

Diffusion-based Decentralized Federated Multi-Task Representation Learning

Donghwa Kang, Shana Moothedath

Representation learning is a widely adopted framework for learning in data-scarce environments to obtain a feature extractor or representation from various different yet related ta…

cs.LG2025

Beyond Centralization: Provable Communication Efficient Decentralized Multi-Task Learning

Donghwa Kang, Shana Moothedath

Representation learning is a widely adopted framework for learning in data-scarce environments, aiming to extract common features from related tasks. While centralized approaches h…

cs.NI2025

Energy-Aware 6G Network Design: A Survey

Rashmi Kamran, Mahesh Ganesh Bhat, Pranav Jha +3

6th Generation (6G) mobile networks are envisioned to support several new capabilities and data-centric applications for unprecedented number of users, potentially raising signific…

cs.LG2025

Neural Contextual Bandits Under Delayed Feedback Constraints

Mohammadali Moghimi, Sharu Theresa Jose, Shana Moothedath

This paper presents a new algorithm for neural contextual bandits (CBs) that addresses the challenge of delayed reward feedback, where the reward for a chosen action is revealed af…

cs.LG2025

Byzantine Resilient Federated Multi-Task Representation Learning

Tuan Le, Shana Moothedath

In this paper, we propose BR-MTRL, a Byzantine-resilient multi-task representation learning framework that handles faulty or malicious agents. Our approach leverages representation…

cs.LG2024

Fast and Sample Efficient Multi-Task Representation Learning in Stochastic Contextual Bandits

Jiabin Lin, Shana Moothedath, Namrata Vaswani

We study how representation learning can improve the learning efficiency of contextual bandit problems. We study the setting where we play T contextual linear bandits with dimensio…

cs.LG2024

Thompson Sampling for Stochastic Bandits with Noisy Contexts: An Information-Theoretic Regret Analysis

Sharu Theresa Jose, Shana Moothedath

We explore a stochastic contextual linear bandit problem where the agent observes a noisy, corrupted version of the true context through a noise channel with an unknown noise param…

cs.LG2024

Distributed Multi-Task Learning for Stochastic Bandits with Context Distribution and Stage-wise Constraints

Jiabin Lin, Shana Moothedath

We present conservative distributed multi-task learning in stochastic linear contextual bandits with heterogeneous agents. This extends conservative linear bandits to a distributed…

eess.SY2023

Minimal Input Structural Modifications for Strongly Structural Controllability

Geethu Joseph, Shana Moothedath, Jiabin Lin

This paper studies the problem of modifying the input matrix of a structured system to make the system strongly structurally controllable. We focus on the generalized structured sy…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Federated Learning for Heterogeneous Bandits with Unobserved Contexts

Jiabin Lin, Shana Moothedath

We study the problem of federated stochastic multi-arm contextual bandits with unknown contexts, in which M agents are faced with different bandits and collaborate to learn. The co…

cs.LG2022★ 1 cited

Distributed Stochastic Bandit Learning with Delayed Context Observation

Jiabin Lin, Shana Moothedath

We consider the problem where M agents collaboratively interact with an instance of a stochastic K-armed contextual bandit, where K>>M. The goal of the agents is to simultaneously…

cs.IT2022

Decentralized Communication-Efficient Multi-Task Representation Learning

Shana Moothedath, Namrata Vaswani

This work develops a provably accurate fully-decentralized alternating projected gradient descent (GD) algorithm for recovering a low rank (LR) matrix from mutually independent pro…

cs.LG2022★ 1 cited

Stochastic Conservative Contextual Linear Bandits

Jiabin Lin, Xian Yeow Lee, Talukder Jubery +3

Many physical systems have underlying safety considerations that require that the strategy deployed ensures the satisfaction of a set of constraints. Further, often we have only pa…

cs.DS2021

Fully Decentralized and Federated Low Rank Compressive Sensing

Shana Moothedath, Namrata Vaswani

In this work we develop a fully decentralized, federated, and fast solution to the recently studied Low Rank Compressive Sensing (LRCS) problem: recover an nxq low-rank matrix from…

cs.GT2020

Stochastic Dynamic Information Flow Tracking Game using Supervised Learning for Detecting Advanced Persistent Threats

Shana Moothedath, Dinuka Sahabandu, Joey Allen +3

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are organized prolonged cyberattacks by sophisticated attackers. Although APT activities are stealthy, they interact with the system components a…

math.OC2020★ 1 cited

A Reinforcement Learning Approach for Dynamic Information Flow Tracking Games for Detecting Advanced Persistent Threats

Dinuka Sahabandu, Shana Moothedath, Joey Allen +3

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are stealthy attacks that threaten the security and privacy of sensitive information. Interactions of APTs with victim system introduce informati…

cs.GT2020★ 7 cited

Dynamic Information Flow Tracking for Detection of Advanced Persistent Threats: A Stochastic Game Approach

Shana Moothedath, Dinuka Sahabandu, Joey Allen +4

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are stealthy customized attacks by intelligent adversaries. This paper deals with the detection of APTs that infiltrate cyber systems and comprom…

cs.GT2018★ 2 cited

A Game Theoretic Approach for Dynamic Information Flow Tracking to Detect Multi-Stage Advanced Persistent Threats

Shana Moothedath, Dinuka Sahabandu, Joey Allen +4

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) infiltrate cyber systems and compromise specifically targeted data and/or resources through a sequence of stealthy attacks consisting of multiple…

math.OC2018

Optimal Network Topology Design in Composite Systems with Constrained Neighbors for Structural Controllability

Shana Moothedath, Prasanna Chaporkar, Aishwary Joshi

Composite systems are large complex systems con- sisting of interconnected agents (subsystems). Agents in a com- posite system interact with each other towards performing an in- te…

math.OC2018

Minimizing Inputs for Strong Structural Controllability

Kumar Yashashwi, Shana Moothedath, Prasanna Chaporkar

The notion of strong structural controllability (s-controllability) allows for determining controllability properties of large linear time-invariant systems even when numerical val…