Abstract

Mean field games (MFGs) deal with the study and analysis of differential games (DGs) with a large number of indistinguishable, rational, and heterogeneous players. These methodologies approximate the Nash equilibriums for DGs with symmetric interactions among players. In contrast with classical game theory, MFGs model the interaction of a representative player with the collective behavior of the other players. In this talk, we discuss the basic concepts behind MFGs as well as their difference with classical game theory techniques. Moreover, we introduce analytic and probabilistic methods that solve for the Nash equilibrium of a MFG. Finally, we conclude with the many recent applications of MFGs in engineering such as future 5G networks, ultra dense networks, UAV networks, social networks, smart grid and security.

Biography

Zhu Han received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, in 1997, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. From 2000 to 2002, he was an R&D Engineer of JDSU, Germantown, Maryland. From 2003 to 2006, he was a Research Associate at the University of Maryland. From 2006 to 2008, he was an assistant professor in Boise State University, Idaho. Currently, he is a John and Rebecca Moores Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department as well as Computer Science Department at University of Houston, Texas. His research interests include security, wireless resource allocation and management, wireless communications and networking, game theory, and wireless multimedia. Dr. Han is an NSF CAREER award recipient 2010. Dr. Han has several IEEE conference best paper awards, and winner of 2011 IEEE Fred W. Ellersick Prize, 2015 EURASIP Best Paper Award for the Journal on Advances in Signal Processing and 2016 IEEE Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the field of Communications Systems (Best Paper Award for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communications). Dr. Han has been IEEE Fellow since 2014 and IEEE Distinguished Lecturer since 2015. Dr. Han is 1% highly cited researcher according to Web of Science since 2017.