PhDSupervision:Gabriele Valentini

• Research lines:
  • Design and modeling of collective decision-making (DMCDM): main research line for the PhD
  • Network-based analysis of collective decision-making (NACDM): main research line for the PhD
  • Urn models and positive feedback processes (URN): Heiko's research line
  • Various collaborations (COLL)

• Published papers:
  • Majority Rule with Differential Latency: An Absorbing Markov Chain to Model Consensus, G. Valentini, M. Birattari, M. Dorigo. ECCS 2012 (Research line: DMCDM)
  • Self-Organized Collective Decision Making: The Weighted Voter Model, G. Valentini, H. Hamann, M. Dorigo. AAMAS 2014 (Research line: DMCDM)
  • Swarm in a Fly Bottle: Feedback-Based Analysis of Self-Organizing Temporary Lock-Ins, H. Hamann, G. Valentini. ANTS 2014 (Research line: URN)
  • Derivation of a Micro-Macro Link for Collective Decision-Making Systems: Uncover Network Features Based on Drift Measurements, H. Hamann, G. Valentini, Y. Khaluf, M. Dorigo, PPSN 2014 (Research line: NACDM)

• Published papers that are worth nothing:
  • Self-Organized Collective Decision-Making in Swarms of Autonomous Robots, G. Valentini. AAMAS Doctoral Consortium 2014 (Research line: DMCDM)
  • Micro-Macro Links for Self-Organizing Collective Systems: From Local State Transition Rules to Global Transition Probabilities and Back, H. Hamann, G. Valentini. GSO 2014 (Research line: Heiko's branch of NACDM; without archival publication)

• Papers submitted/in preparation/to prepare:
  • Spatially Targeted Communication in Decentralized Multirobot Systems, N. Mathews, G. Valentini, A.L. Christensen, R. O'Grady, A. Brutschy, M. Dorigo. Autonomous Robots (Research line: COLL + marginally NACDM; Conditionally accepted)
  • A Design Pattern for Collective Decision Making, A. Reina, .. , G. Valentini, .. , M. Dorigo, V. Trianni. Unknown journal (Research line: COLL; in preparation)
  • Efficient Decision-Making in a Self-Organizing Swarm of Simple Robots: On the Speed Versus Accuracy Trade-Off, G. Valentini, H. Hamann, M. Dorigo. AAAI 2015 (Research line: DMCDM; submitted)
  • Self-Organized Collective Decision-Making in a 100-Robot Swarm, G. Valentini, H. Hamann, M. Dorigo. AAAI 2015 Student Abstract (Research line: DMCDM; submitted)
  • Self-organizing Temporary Lock-ins in Collective Decision-Making Systems: Influence and Effect of Dynamic Neighborhood Sizes, H. Hamann, G. Valentini. Swarm Intelligence, ANTS special issue (Research line: URN; in preparation)
  • On the design of Collective Decision-Making Strategies for Swarm of Robots, G. Valentini, H. Hamann, M. Dorigo. Journal of Theoretical Computer Science, invited paper (Research line: DMCDM, in preparation)
  • AAMAS 2014 + AAAI 2015, G. Valentini, H. Hamann, M. Dorigo. Unknown journal (Research line: DMCDM, to prepare)
  • Follow up of PPSN, G. Valentini, H. Hamann, M. Dorigo, Unknown journal (Research line: NACDM, to prepare)
  • Michele's Paper, M. Pace, G. Valentini, M. Birattari, G. Valentini, M. Dorigo. IEEE Trans. on Robotics (Research line: COLL, in preparation)
  • Smart Arena, ???, ??? (???; ???)