Research and Teaching Interests: Game theory, network science, social networks, complex systems, machine learning, online learning, stream mining and Big data, medical informatics, networks |
Awards and Recognitions |
2019 | N²Women: Stars in Computer Networking and Communications |
2011 | Gamenets (Game-Theory for Networks) Conference |
2011 | IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Darlington Award |
2011 | UCLA Chancellor’s Professor |
2011 | Editor-in-Chief IEEE Trans. On Multimedia |
2011 | Distinguished Speaker for IEEE Communications Society |
2009 | IEEE Fellow |
2008 | Exploratory Stream Analytics Innovation Award from IBM Research Watson |
2008 | IBM Faculty Award |
2007 | Most Cited Paper Award from Elsevier EURASIP |
2007 | IBM Faculty Award |
2006 | Best Paper Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society |
2006 | Okawa Foundation Award |
2005 | IBM Faculty Award |
2004 | National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award |
2002 | Philips .Make a Difference. Award for Outstanding Research Contributions to Philips |
Selected Publications |
- M. van der Schaar and S. Zhang, “A Dynamic Model of Certification and Reputation,” *Economic Theory,* Oct. 2014
- M. van der Schaar, J. Xu and W. Zame, “Efficient Online Exchange via Fiat Money,” in *Economic Theory*, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 211-248, Oct. 2013
- Y. Xiao and M. van der Schaar, “Socially-Optimal Design of Service Exchange Platforms with Imperfect Monitoring,” ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation, vol. 3, no. 4, Jul. 2015.[Link]
- M. van der Schaar, Y. Xiao, W. Zame, “Efficient Outcomes in Repeated Games with Limited Monitoring,” Economic Theory, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1-34, 2015 – Lead article. [Link]
- C. Tekin, S. Zhang, and M. van der Schaar, “Distributed Online Learning in Social Recommender Systems,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP), vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 638-652, Aug. 2014. [Link]
- Y. Su and M. van der Schaar, “Structural Solutions for Additively Coupled Sum Constrained Games,” in *IEEE Trans. Commun.*, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 3779-3796, Dec. 2012.
- Y. Zhang and M. van der Schaar, “Information Production and Link Formation in Social Computing Systems,” in *IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun**.** – Special issue on Economics of Communication Networks and Systems*, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 2136-2145, Dec. 2012.
- Y. Zhang, J. Park, M. van der Schaar, “Rating Protocols for Online Communities“, *ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation*, vol. 2, no. 1, March 2014.
- C. Tekin and M. van der Schaar, “RELEAF: An Algorithm for Learning and Exploiting Relevance,” *IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP) – Special Issue on Signal Processing for Big Data,* 2015.
- R. Ducasse, D. Turaga, and M. van der Schaar, “Adaptive Topologic Optimization for Large-Scale Stream Mining” *IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Process. (JSTSP)*, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 620-636, June 2010