Publications

Journal Papers

• P. Jacquet, S. Malik, B. Mans, A. Silva, "On the Throughput-Delay Trade-off in Georouting Networks," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 62, Issue 6, pp. 3230-3242, June 2016, ISSN: 0018-9448, DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2016.2519419.
• I. Bachmann, P. Reyes, J. Bustos-Jiménez, A. Silva, "Mutidimensional Network Resilience Analysis," IEEE Latin America Transactions, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp. 2912-2914, June 2016, ISSN: 1548-0992, DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2016.7555274.
• A. Silva, H. Tembine, E. Altman, M. Debbah, "Optimum and Equilibrium in Assignment Problems With Congestion: Mobile Terminals Association to Base Stations," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 58, Issue 8, Pages 2018-2031, August 2013, ISSN: 0018-9286, DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2013.2250072.
• A. Silva, E. Altman, P. Bernhard, M. Debbah, "Continuum Equilibria and Global Optimization for Routing in Dense Static Ad-Hoc Networks," Computer Networks, Volume 54, Issue 6, April 2010, Pages 1005-1018, ISSN: 1389-1286, DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2009.10.019.

International Conference Papers

• D.Q. Vu, P. Loiseau, A. Silva, "Efficient computation of approximate equilibria in discrete Colonel Blotto games," Proc. of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 23rd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-ECAI), Stockholm, Sweden, July 13-19, 2018.
• D.Q. Vu, P. Loiseau, A. Silva, "A simple and efficient algorithm to compute epsilon- equilibria of discrete Colonel Blotto games," Proc. of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Stockholm, Sweden, July 11-13, 2018. (Poster with extended abstract) Note: The IJCAI version above supersedes this extended abstract.
• F. De Pellegrini, R. El-Azouzi, A. Silva, O. Hassani, "Optimal Control of Storage Regeneration with Repair Codes," Proc. of the International Workshop on the Future of Cloud Computing and Cloud Services (FutureCloud 2017), Hong Kong, China, December 11-14, 2017.
• J. Horta, D. Kofman, D. Menga, A. Silva, "Novel market approach for locally balancing renewable energy production and flexible demand," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Dresden, Germany, October 23-26, 2017. Best Paper Award.
• S. Iglesias Rey, P. Reyes, A. Silva, "Evolution of Social Power for Opinion Dynamics Networks," Proc. of the 55th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Illinois, IL, October 4-6, 2017.
• A.M. Masucci, A. Silva, "Advertising Competitions in Social Networks," Proc. of the American Control Conference (ACC), Seattle, WA, USA, May 24-26, 2017.
• A. Silva, A.M. Masucci, "Green Base Station Placement for Microwave Backhaul Links," Proc. of the International Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking (UNet'17), Casablanca, Morocco, May 9-12, 2017. Best Paper Award.
• A. Silva, "Opinion Manipulation in Social Networks," Proc. of International Conference on Network Games, Control and Optimization (NETGCOOP), Avignon, France, November 23-25, 2016.
• I. Bachmann, F. Morales, A. Silva, J. Bustos-Jiménez, "Go-Index: Applying supply networks principles as Internet robustness metrics," Proc. of International Conference on Network Games, Control and Optimization (NETGCOOP), Avignon, France, November 23-25, 2016.
• A.M. Masucci, A. Silva, "Defensive Resource Allocation in Social Networks," Proc. of 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Osaka, Japan, December 15-18, 2015.
• I. Bachmann, P. Reyes, A. Silva, J. Bustos-Jiménez, "Miuz: measuring the impact of disconnecting a node," 34th SCCC 2015, Santiago, Chile, November 9-13, 2015.
• A.M. Masucci, A. Silva, "Strategic Resource Allocation for Competitive Influence in Social Networks," Proc. of 52nd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Illinois, IL, USA, October 1-3, 2014.
• P. Reyes, A. Silva, "Maximum Coverage and Maximum Connected Covering in Social Networks with Partial Topology Information," Proc. of 6th IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Network Science for Communication Networks (NetSciCom), Toronto, Canada, April 27- May 2, 2014.
• A.M. Masucci, A. Silva, "Information Spreading on Almost Torus Networks," Proc. of 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Florence, Italy, December 10-13, 2013.
• A.Y.S. Lam, L. Huang, A. Silva, W. Saad, "A Multi-Layer Market for Vehicle-to-Grid Energy Trading in the Smart Grid," Proc. of 1st IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Green Networking and Smart Grids (CCSES), Orlando, FL, USA, March 25-30, 2012.
• P. Jacquet, S. Malik, B. Mans, A. Silva, "On the Throughput-Delay Trade-off in Georouting Networks," Proc. of 31st IEEE INFOCOM 2012, Orlando, FL, USA, March 25-30, 2012. (acceptance rate: 18%, 9 pages).
• A. Silva, G. Tucci, "On the Spectral Gap of Random Geometric Graphs and Their Mobility Properties," Proc. of 7th International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, Beijing, China, December 16-18, 2011. Nominated for Best Paper Award.
• S. Malik, A. Silva, J-M. Kelif, "Optimal Base Station Placement: A Stochastic Method Using Interference Gradient In Downlink Case," Proc. of 5th International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (Valuetools), Cachan, France, May 16-20, 2011.
• A. Silva, H. Tembine, E. Altman, M. Debbah, "Spatial games combining base station placement and mobile association: the downlink case," Proc. of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2010 (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA, December 15-17, 2010.
• A. Silva, H. Tembine, M. Debbah, E. Altman, "Uplink spatial games on cellular networks," Proc. of 48th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Illinois, IL, USA, September 29-October 1, 2010.
• A. Silva, E. Altman, M. Debbah, G. Alfano, "Magnetworks: how mobility impacts the design of mobile networks," Proc. of 29th IEEE INFOCOM 2010, San Diego, CA, USA, March 15-19, 2010. (acceptance rate: 17,5%, 9 pages).
• A. Silva, P. Reyes, M. Debbah, "Congestion in Randomly Deployed Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks," Proc. of International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 12-14, 2009.
• E. Altman, V. Kamble, A. Silva, "Stochastic Games with One-Step Delay Sharing Information Pattern with Application to Power Control," Proc. of Gamenets 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, May 13-15, 2009.
• R. Couillet, S. Wagner, M. Debbah, A. Silva, "The Space Frontier: Physical Limits of Multiple Antenna Information Transfer," Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (Valuetools), Workshop Inter-Perf, Athens, Greece, October 20-24, 2008. Best Student Paper Award.
• A. Silva, P. Bernhard, E. Altman, "Numerical Solutions of Continuum Equilibria for Routing in Dense Ad-hoc Networks," Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (Valuetools), Workshop Inter-Perf, Athens, Greece, October 20-24, 2008.
• E. Altman, P. Bernhard, A. Silva, "The Mathematics of Routing in Massively Dense Ad-Hoc Networks," Proc. of AdHoc-NOW Conference, Sophia-Antipolis, France, September 10-13, 2008.
• E. Altman, M. Debbah, A. Silva, "Game Theoretic approach for routing in dense ad-hoc networks," Stochastics Network Workshop, Edinburg, United Kingdom, July 4-6, 2007.
• E. Altman, A. Silva, P. Bernhard, M. Debbah, "Continuum Equilibria for Routing in Dense Ad-hoc Networks" Proc. of 45th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Illinois, IL, USA, September 26-28, 2007.

Abstract Presentations in Operational Research

• P. Reyes, A. Silva, "Analysis of Myopic Network Covering Algorithms," 15ème congrès de la Société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision, Bordeaux, France, February 26-28, 2014.
• A. Silva, M. Lelarge, V. G. Subramanian, "Diffusion of influence in communities," 26th European Conference on Operational Research, Rome, Italy, July 1-4, 2013.
• A. Silva, E. Altman, M. Debbah, P. Bernhard, "Continuum equilibria in spatial routing games," 9ème congrès de la Société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision, Clermont-Ferrand, France, February 25-28, 2008.

Keynote Speaker

• "Modeling and Analysis of Networks" at the 1st Spring School on Networks, Santiago, Chile, November 9-10, 2015.

School posters

• S. Iglesias Rey, P. Reyes, A. Silva, "Budget Allocation in Binary Opinion Dynamics," Proc. of the 3rd Spring School on Networks, Pucón, Chile, October 19-20, 2017.

Technical Reports

• A. Silva, F. Beltrán, J. Walrand, "Optimal Mixed Spectrum Auction", Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2013-129, July 2013.
• S. Borst, I. Saniee, A. Silva, P. Whiting, "Self-Learning Algorithms for KPI Optimization in Wireless Cellular Networks," Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Technical Memorandum ITD-51055V, November 2010.

Technical demonstrations

• T.D. Huynh, A.M. Masucci, F. Mathieu, A. Silva, "Strategic Influence Prediction and Propagation," Bell Labs Future X Days, September 29 - October 2, 2014.

Ph.D. Thesis

• "Design and optimization of wireless networks for large populations," Advisor: Eitan Altman

Mathematical Engineering Thesis

• "Análisis de valores propios asociados a sistemas minimales de Cantor de tipo Toeplitz de rango finito (in Spanish)," Advisor: Alejandro Maass