Boi Faltings
Full Professor
boi.faltings@epfl.ch +41 21 693 27 38 http://liawww.epfl.ch/People/faltings/
EPFL IC IINFCOM LIA
INR 230 (Bâtiment INR)
Station 14
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 27 38
+41 21 693 27 35
Office: INR 230
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Fields of expertise
Artificial intelligence, Constraint programming, Multi-agent systems, Electronic commerce, Computational game theory
Biography
Professor Faltings joined EPFL in 1987 as professor of Artificial Intelligence. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a diploma from the ETHZ. His research has spanned different areas of intelligent systems linked to model-based reasoning. In particular, he has contributed to qualitative spatial reasoning, case-based reasoning (especially for design problems), constraint satisfaction for design and logistics problems, multi-agent systems, and intelligent user interfaces. His current work is oriented towards multi-agent systems and social computing, using concepts of game theory, constraint optimization and machine learning. In 1999, Professor Faltings co-founded Iconomic Systems, a company that developed a new agent-based paradigm for travel e-commerce. He has since co-founded 5 other startup companies and advised several others. Prof. Faltings has published more than 150 refereed papers on his work, and participates regularly in program committees of all major conferences in the field. He has served as associate editor of of the major journals, including the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) and the Artificial Intelligence Journal. From 1996 to 1998, he served as head of the computer science department.CONTACT
SecretariatSylvie Thomet
Building INR 231
Station 14
CH-1015 Lausanne
Tel. + 41 21 693 27 35
sylvie.thomet@epfl.ch
CURRENT WORK
Multi-agent constraint optimization: we develop methods for optimizing the joint operation of multiple agents, taking into account considerations of communication complexity, uncertainty and privacy.Truthful opinion polls: we develop game-theoretic methods to ensure that information provided by self-interested agents is truthful and accurate, in order to make the wisdom of the crowds more accurate.
Preference-based search (together with HCI group): we develop methods that allow people to find items that best satisfy their preferences in large collections of structured or semi-structured data. We consider scenarios ranging from recommender systems to search in databases using constraints.
Multi-agent learning: we consider systems where multiple agents learn from their own data sources, in scenarios such as wireless channel allocation, recommendation and reputation systems, and information security.
Boi Faltings' research is sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Federal Commission for Technology Innovation (CTI), and the European Commission.
Publications
Infoscience publications
Infoscience
G. Radanovic; B. Faltings; R. Jurca : Incentives for Effort in Crowdsourcing using the Peer Truth Serum; ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. 2016. DOI : 10.1145/2856102.
B. Faltings; P. Pu; B. D. Tran; R. Jurca : Incentives to Counter Bias in Human Computation. 2014. p. 59-66.
B. Faltings; R. Jurca; G. Radanovic : Eliciting Truthful Information with the Peer Truth Serum ; The 15th ACM conference on Economics and Computation (EC’14).
B. Faltings; J. J. Li; R. Jurca : Incentive Mechanisms for Community Sensing; Ieee Transactions On Computers. 2014. DOI : 10.1109/Tc.2013.150.
B. Faltings; J. J. Li; R. Jurca : Eliciting Truthful Measurements from a Community of Sensors. 2012. p. 47-54.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Incentives for Answering Hypothetical Questions. 2011. Workshop on Social Computing and User Generated Content, EC-11.
R. Jurca; F. Garcin; A. Talwar; B. Faltings : Reporting incentives and biases in online review forums; ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB). 2010. DOI : 10.1145/1734200.1734202.
O. A. Jurca / K. Aberer (Dir.) : A Publish/Subscribe Approach to Processing Continuous Queries over Sensor Streams. Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4681.
O. Jurca; S. Michel; A. Herrmann; K. Aberer : Continuous Query Evaluation over Distributed Sensor Networks. 2010. 26th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2010), Long Beach, California, USA, March 1-6, 2010. p. 912-923.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard; A. Jovanovic : Forward Error Correction for Multipath Media Streaming; IEEE Transactions On Circuits And Systems For Video Technology. 2009. DOI : 10.1109/TCSVT.2009.2022800.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Mechanisms for Making Crowds Truthful; Journal Of Artificial Intelligence Research. 2009.
F. Garcin; B. Faltings; R. Jurca; N. Joswig : Rating aggregation in collaborative filtering systems. 2009. 3rd ACM conference on Recommender systems (RecSys 09), New York, New York, USA, 23-25 October 2009. p. 349-352. DOI : 10.1145/1639714.1639785.
F. Garcin; B. Faltings; R. Jurca : Aggregating Reputation Feedback. 2009. 1st International Conference on Reputation: Theory and Technology, Gargonza, Italy, March 2009. p. 62-74.
O. Jurca; S. Michel; A. Herrmann; K. Aberer : Processing Publish/Subscribe Queries over Distributed Data Streams. 2009. DEBS 2009 3rd ACM International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems, Nashville, TN, July 6-9, 2009.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Truthful Opinions from the Crowds; ACM SIGEcom Exchanges. 2008.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Incentives for Expressing Opinions in Online Polls. 2008. p. 119-128.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings ; System and method for monitoring quality of service. US8843385 ; US2008137550 . 2008.
O. Jurca; S. Michel; A. Herrmann; K. Aberer : Query Driven Operator Placement for Complex Event Detection over Data Streams. 2008. 3rd IEEE European Conference on Smart Sensing and Context (EuroSSC), Zurich, Switzerland, October 29-31, 2008.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Distributed Media Rate Allocation in Multipath Networks; Signal Processing: Image Communications. 2008.
A. Talwar; R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Understanding User Behavior in Online Feedback Reporting. 2007. p. 134-142.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Robust Incentive-Compatible Feedback Payments; Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce; Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2007. p. 204-218.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Reporting Incentives in Online Feedback Forums: The Influence of Effort. 2007.
R. Jurca; W. Binder; B. Faltings : Reliable QoS Monitoring Based on Client Feedback. 2007. p. 1003-1011.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Providing Cooperative Incentives through the Structure of Social Networks. 2007.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Obtaining Reliable Feedback for Sanctioning Reputation Mechanisms; Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR). 2007.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Incentive-compatible Online Opinion Polls. 2007.
M. Schumacher; L. Grangier; R. Jurca : Governing Environments for Agent-based Traffic Simulations. 2007.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Collusion Resistant, Incentive Compatible Feedback Payments. 2007. p. 200-209.
D. Bianculli; R. Jurca; W. Binder; C. Ghezzi; B. Faltings : Automated Dynamic Maintenance of Composite Services Based on Service Reputation. 2007. p. 449-455.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Automated Design of Prediction Market Pricing Functions. 2007.
R. Jurca / B. V. Faltings (Dir.) : Truthful reputation mechanisms for online systems. Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3955.
D. Jurca / P. Frossard (Dir.) : Adaptive media streaming over multipath networks. Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3908.
D. Jurca; W. Kellerer; E. Steinbach; S. Khan; S. Thakolsri et al. : Joint Network and Rate Allocation for Video Streaming over Multiple Wireless Networks. 2007. IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia.
D. Jurca; W. Kellerer; E. Steinbach; S. Khan; S. Thakolsri et al. : Joint Network and Rate Allocation for Simultaneous Wireless Applications. 2007. International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Beijing, China, July 2007.
D. Jurca; J. Chakareski; J.-P. Wagner; P. Frossard : Enabling Adaptive Video Streaming in P2P Systems; IEEE Communications Magazine. 2007.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Packet Media Streaming with Imprecise Rate Estimation; Journal on Advances in Multimedia, Hindawi Press. 2007.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Media Flow Rate Allocation in Multipath Networks; IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 2007. DOI : 10.1109/TMM.2007.902852.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Packet Selection and Scheduling for Multipath Video Streaming; IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 2007.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Media-specific rate allocation in heterogeneous wireless networks; Journal of Zhejiang University - Science A. 2006. DOI : 10.1631/jzus.2006.A0713.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Distributed Media Rate Allocation in Multipath Networks. 2006.
A. M. Ouksel; O. Jurca; I. Podnar; K. Aberer : Efficient Probabilistic Subsumption Checking for Content-Based Publish/Subscribe Systems. 2006. 7th International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2006), Melbourne, Australia, November 27 - December 1, 2006.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Minimum Payments that Reward Honest Reputation Feedback. 2006. p. 190-199.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Using CHI-Scores to Reward Honest Feedback from Repeated Interactions. 2006. p. 1233-1240.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Media-Specific Rate Allocation in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks. 2006.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Distributed Media Rate Allocation in Overlay Networks. 2006.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Media Streaming with Conservative Delay on Variable Rate Channels. 2006.
S. Baehni; P. Eugster; R. Guerraoui; O. Jurca : Community-Aware Event Dissemination. 2006.
A. M. Ouksel; O. Jurca; I. Podnar; K. Aberer : Fast Probabilistic Subsumption Checking for Publish/Subscribe Systems. 2006.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Media-Specific Rate Allocation in Multipath Networks. 2005.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Reputation-based Service Level Agreements for Web Services; Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC - 2005); 2005. p. 396-409.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Enforcing Truthful Strategies in Incentive Compatible Reputation Mechanisms; Internet and Network Economics; Springer Verlag, 2005. p. 268-277.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : CONFESS: Eliciting Honest Feedback without Independent Verification Authorities; Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce VI: AAMAS 2004 Workshop; Springer, 2005. p. 59-72.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Eliminating Undesired Equilibrium Points from Incentive Compatible Reputation Mechanisms. 2005.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Reputation-based Pricing of P2P Services. 2005.
D. Jurca; S. Petrovic; P. Frossard : Media Aware Routing in Large Scale Networks with Overlay. 2005.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Eliminating Undesired Equilibrium Points from Incentive Compatible Reputation Mechanisms. 2005.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Truthful Reputation Information in Electronic Markets without Independent Verification. 2004.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Eliciting Truthful Feedback for Binary Reputation Mechanisms. 2004. p. 214-220.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : "CONFESS". An Incentive Compatible Reputation Mechanism for the Online Hotel Booking Industry.. 2004. p. 205-212.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Distortion Optimized Multipath Video Streaming. 2004.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Optimal FEC Rate for Media Streaming in Active Networks. 2004. p. 1319-1322.
D. Jurca; P. Frossard : Packet Selection and Scheduling for Multipath Video Streaming. 2004.
D. Jurca; J.-P. Hubaux : Joint Synchronization, Routing and Energy Saving in Multi-hop Hybrid Networks. 2004.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Truthful Reputation Information in Electronic Markets without Independent Verification. 2004.
D. Jurca; J.-P. Hubaux : Joint Synchronization, Routing and Energy Saving in CSMA/CA Multi-Hop Hybrid Networks. 2004. 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems MASS 2004, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. p. 10.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : An Incentive Compatible Reputation Mechanism. 2003. p. 285-292.
R. Jurca; B. Faltings : Towards Incentive-Compatible Reputation Management; Trust, Reputation and Security: Theories and Practice; Springer-Verlag, 2003. p. 138-147.
Selected publications
| R. Jurca and B. Faltings Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), 34, 2009, pp. 209-253. |
Mechanisms for Making Crowds Truthful |
| R. Jurca and B. Faltings Proceeddings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, July, 2008, pp. 119-128 |
Truthful Opinions from the Crowds |
| A. Petcu and B. Faltings Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-07, Hyderabad, India, Jan, 2007, pp. 1452-1457 |
MB-DPOP: A New Memory-Bounded Algorithm for Distributed Optimization |
| P. Viappiani, B. Faltings and P. Pu Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), 27, 2006, pp. 465-503 |
Preference-based Search using Example-Critiquing with Suggestions |
| B. Faltings In Handbook of Constraint Programming, Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, Francesca Rossi, Peter van Beek, Toby Walsh (ed.), 2006, pp. 699-729 |
Distributed Constraint Programming |
| C. Frei, B. Faltings, and M. Hamdi IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, 23(2), February, 2005, pp. 304-320 |
Resource Allocation in Communication Networks Using Abstraction and Constraint Satisfaction |
| B. Faltings and S. Macho-Gonzalez Artificial Intelligence, 161 (1-2), January, 2005, pp. 181-208 |
Open Constraint Programming |
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Computer Science
Communication Systems