Giacomo Como

Professor of Automatic Control

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Politecnico di Torino

Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

Email: giacomo.como(at)polito(dot)it

Phone: +390110907563. Fax: +390110907599

Conference Papers

L. Cianfanelli, F. Parise, D. Acemoglu, G. Como, and A. Ozdaglar, "Lockdown interventions in SIR models: Is the reproduction number the right control variable?," Proc. of the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2021), (Austin, Texas, USA), December 13-15, 2021.

L. Arditti, G. Como, F. Fagnani, and M. Vanelli, "Equilibria and learning dynamics in mixed network coordination/anti-coordination games," Proc. of the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2021), (Austin, Texas, USA), December 13-15, 2021.

M. Alutto, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, "On SIR epidemic models with feedback-controlled interactions and network effects" Proc. of the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2021), (Austin, Texas, USA), December 13-15, 2021.

A. Ja'far, G. Nilsson, and G. Como, “ Data Augmentation of IMU Signals and Evaluation via a Semi-Supervised Classification of Driving Behavior”, Proc. of the 23rd Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (IEEE ITSC 2020)”, (Rhodes, Greece), September 20-23, 2020.

M. Castaldo, C. Catalano, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “ On a Centrality Maximization Game”, Proc. of the 21st IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2020), (Berlin, Germany), July 12-17, 2020.

L. Massai, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “ Stability and phase transitions of dynamical flow networks with finite capacities”, Proc. of the 21st IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2020), (Berlin, Germany), July 12-17, 2020.

S. Durand, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “ Controlling network coordination games”, Proc. of the 21st IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2020), (Berlin, Germany), July 12-17, 2020.

L. Damonte, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “ Systemic risk and network intervention”, Proc. of the 21st IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2020), (Berlin, Germany), July 12-17, 2020.

M. Vanelli, L. Arditti, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “On games with coordinating and anti-coordinating agents”, in Proc. of the 21st IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2020)}, (Berlin, Germany), July 12-17, 2020.

G. Nilsson and G. Como, “On Robustness of the Generalized Proportional Controller for Traffic Signal Control”, Proc. of the 2020 IEEE American Control Conference (ACC 2020), pp. 1191-1196, (Denver, CO, USA), July 1-3, 2020. DOI: 10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147471.

L. Cianfanelli and G. Como, “On stability of users equilibria in heterogeneous routing games”, Proc. of the 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2018), pp. 355-360, (Nice, France), December 11-13, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9030230.

R. Stålberg, G. Nilsson, and G. Como, “On Robustness of Equilibria in Dynamical Transportation Networks”, Proc. of the 18th IEEE European Control Conference (ECC'19), pp. 2209-2214, (Napoli, Italy), June 25-28, 2019. DOI: 10.23919/ECC.2019.8796234.

R. Maggistro and G. Como, “Stability and optimality of multi-scale transportation networks with distributed dynamic tolls”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2018), pp. 211-216, (Miami Beach, FL, USA), December 17-19, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2018.8619804.

L. Zino, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “Controlling evolutionary dynamics in networks: a case study”, 7th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NecSys 2018), (Groningen, the Netherlands), August 27-28, 2018, in IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51 (23), pp. 349-354, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.12.060.

C. Rosdahl, G. Nilsson, and G. Como, “On distributed optimal control of traffic flows in transportation networks”, (INVITED), in Proc. of the 2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CTA 2018), pp. 903-908, (Copenhagen, Denmark), August 21-24, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/CCTA.2018.8511601.

L. Zino, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “On stochastic imitation dynamics in large-scale networks”, (INVITED), in Proc. of the 2018 IEEE European Control Conference (ECC 2018), pp. 2176-2181, (Limassol, Cyprus), June 12-15, 2018. DOI: 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550419.

G. Nilsson and G. Como, “Evaluation of decentralized feedback traffic light control with dynamic cycle length”, 15th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems (IFAC-CTS 2018), (Savona, Italy), June 6-8, 2018, in IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51 (9), pp. 464-469, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.07.076.

L. Zino, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “On imitation dynamics in potential population games”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 56th IEEE Control and Decision Conference (CDC 2017), pp. 757-762, (Melbourne, Australia), December 12-15, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2017.8263751.

L. Zino, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “Fast diffusion of a mutant in controlled evolutionary dynamics”, 20th IFAC World Congress, (Toulouse, France), July 9-14, 2017, in IFAC-PapersOnLine, 50 (1), pp. 11908-11913, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1429.

G. Nilsson and G. Como, “On generalized proportional allocation policies for traffic signal control”, (INVITED), 20th IFAC World Congress, (Toulouse, France), July 9-14, 2017, in IFAC-PapersOnLine, 50 (1), pp. 9643-9648, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1728.

G. Como, E. Lovisari, and K. Savla, “Convexity and robustness of dynamic network traffic assignment for control of freeway networks”, (INVITED), 14th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems (IFAC-CTS 2016), (Istanbul, Turkey), May 18-20, 2016, in IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49 (3), pp. 335-340, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.056.

Q. Ba, G. Como, and K. Savla, “Distributed optimal equilibrium selection for traffic flow over networks”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 54th IEEE Control and Decision Conference (CDC 2015), pp. 6942-6947, (Osaka, Japan), December 5-18, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2015.7403313.

G. Nilsson, P. Housseini, G. Como, and K. Savla, “Entropy-like Lyapunov functions for the stability analysis of adaptive traffic signal controls”, Proc. of the 54th IEEE Control and Decision Conference (CDC 2015), pp. 2193-2198, (Osaka, Japan), December 5-18, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2015.7402532.

G. Como, E. Lovisari, and K. Savla, “Convex formulations of dynamic traffic assignment for control of freeway networks”, Proc. of the 53rd Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computation, pp. 755-762, (Monticello, IL, USA) September 30-October 2, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/ALLERTON.2015.7447082.

K. Savla, G. Como, and M.A. Dahleh, “Robust network routing under cascading failures”, Proc. of the 53rd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2014), pp. 2889-2894, (Los Angeles, CA, USA), December 15-17, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2014.7039833.

G. Nilsson, G. Como, and E. Lovisari, “On Resilience of Multicommodity Dynamical Flow Networks”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 53rd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2014), pp. 5125-5130, (Los Angeles, CA, USA), December 15-17, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2014.7040190.

E. Lovisari, G. Como, and K. Savla, “Stability of monotone dynamical flow networks”, (INVITED) Proc. of the 53rd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2014), pp. 2384-2389, (Los Angeles, CA, USA), December 15-17, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2014.7039752.

G. Brero, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “Dynamics in network games with local coordination and global congestion effects”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 53rd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2014), pp. 2100-2105, (Los Angeles, CA, USA), December 15-17, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2014.7039708.

G. Como and F. Fagnani, “Robustness of large-scale stochastic matrices to localized perturbations”, Proc. of the 53rd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2014), pp. 3648-3653, (Los Angeles, CA, USA), December 15-17, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2014.7039957.

K. Savla, E. Lovisari, and G. Como, “On maximally stabilizing adaptive signal control for urban traffic networks under multi-movement phase architecture”, Proc. of the 19th IFAC World Congress, pp. 1849-1854, (Cape Town, South Africa), August 24-29, 2014. DOI: 10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.02728.

G. Como, E. Lovisari, and K. Savla, “Throughput optimal distributed routing in dynamical flow networks”, Proc. of the 52nd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2013), pp. 6729-6734, (Florence, Italy), December 10-13, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760955.

G. Como, K. Savla, M.A. Dahleh, and E. Frazzoli, “Distributed resilient control of network flows under cascade dynamics”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 52nd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2013), pp. 7504-7509, (Florence, Italy), December 10--13, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2013.6761081.

L. Stella, D Bauso, F. Bagagiolo, and G. Como, “Opinion dynamics and stubbornness through mean-field games”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 52nd IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2013), pp. 2519-2524, (Florence, Italy), December 10-13, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760259.

K. Savla, E. Lovisari, and G. Como, “On maximally stabilizing adaptive traffic signal control”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 51st Allerton Conference on on Communication, Control, and Computing, pp. 1562-1566, (Monticello, IL, USA), October 2-4, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/Allerton.2013.6736561.

G. Como, K. Savla, D. Acemoglu, M.A. Dahleh, and E. Frazzoli, “Robust distributed routing in dynamical networks with cascading failures”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 51st IEEE Control Decision Conference (CDC 2012), pp. 7413-7418, (Maui, HI, USA), December 10--13, 2012. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426170.

N. Sen, F. Alajali, S. Yüksel, and G. Como, “Multiple access channel with various degrees of asymmetric state information”, Proc. of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2012), pp. 1702-1706, (Cambridge, MA, USA), July 1-6, 2012. DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2012.6283566.

D. Acemoglu, G. Como, F. Fagnani, and A. Ozdaglar, “Opinion fluctuations and persistent disagreement in social networks”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 50th IEEE Control Decision Conference and European Control Conference (CDC 2011), pp. 2347-2352, (Orlando, FL, USA), December 12-15, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2011.6161319.

G. Como, K. Savla, D. Acemoglu, M.A. Dahleh, and E. Frazzoli, “Robust distributed routing in dynamical flow networks”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 50th IEEE Control Decision Conference and European Control Conference (CDC 2011), pp. 6290-6295, (Orlando, FL, USA), December 12--15, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2011.6161260.

N. Sen, G. Como, S. Yüksel, and F. Alajali, “On the capacity of memoryless finite-state multiple access channels with asymmetric noisy state information at the encoders”, Proc. of the 49th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pp. 1210-1215, (Monticello, IL, USA), September 28-30, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/Allerton.2011.6120305.

G. Como, K. Savla, D. Acemoglu, M.A. Dahleh, and E. Frazzoli, “Stability analysis of transportation networks with multiscale driver decisions”, Proc. of the 2011 IEEE American Control Conference (ACC 2011), pp. 2436-2441, (San Francisco, CA, USA), June 29--July 1, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2011.5991560.

R. Carli, G. Como, P. Frasca, and F. Garin, “Distributed averaging on digital noisy networks”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 2011 Information Theory and its Applications Workshop (ITA 2011), (La Jolla, CA, USA), February 6-11, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/ITA.2011.5743573.

G. Como and B. Nakiboglu, “Sphere-packing bound for block-codes with feedback and finite memory”, Proc. of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2010), pp. 251-255, (Austin, TX, USA), June 13-18, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2010.5513232.

G. Como, K. Savla, D. Acemoglu, M.A. Dahleh, and E. Frazzoli, “On robustness analysis of transportation networks”, Proc. of the 19th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2010) pp. 2399-2406, (Budapest, Hungary), July 5-9, 2010.

G. Como and F. Fagnani, “Scaling limits for continuous opinion dynamics systems” Proc. of the 47th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pp. 1562-1566, (Monticello, IL, USA), September 30-October 2, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/ALLERTON.2009.5394488”,.

R. Carli, G. Como, P. Frasca, and F. Garin, “Average consensus on digital noisy networks” Proc. of the 1st IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NecSys'09), pp. 36-41, (Venezia, Italy), Sept.~24-26, 2009. DOI: 10.3182/20090924-3-IT-4005.00007”,.

G. Como and S. Yüksel, “On the capacity of finite state multiple access channels with asymmetric partial state feedback” Proc. of the 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, (Seoul, South Korea), June 27, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/WIOPT.2009.5291581”,.

G. Como and M.A. Dahleh, “Lower bounds on the estimation error in problems of distributed computation”, (INVITED), Proc. of the 2009 Information Theory and its Applications Workshop (ITA 2009), pp. 70-76, (La Jolla, CA, USA), February 8-13 2009. DOI: 10.1109/ITA.2009.5044925.

G. Como, F. Fagnani, and S. Zampieri, “Anytime reliable transmission of real-valued information through digital noisy channels”, (INVITED), Proc. of the Forty-Sixth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pp. 1473-1480, (Monticello, IL, USA), September 23-26, 2008. DOI: 10.1109/ALLERTON.2008.4797736.

D. Capirone, G. Como, F. Fagnani, and F. Garin, “Non-binary decoding of structured LDPC codes: Density Evolution”, Proc. of the 2008 International Symposium in Information Theory (ISIT 2008), pp. 950-954, (Toronto,Canada), July 6-11, 2008. DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2008.4595127.

D. Capirone, G. Como, F. Fagnani, and F. Garin, “Nonbinary decoding of structured LDPC codes”, Proc. of the International Zurich Seminar on Communications (IZS 2008), pp. 68-71, (Zurich, Switzerland), March 12-14, 2008. DOI: 10.1109/IZS.2008.4497278.

G. Como, S. Yüksel, and S. Tatikonda, “On the error exponent of Markov channels with ISI and feedback”, Proc. of the 2007 Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2007), pp. 184-189, (Lake Tahoe, CA, USA), September 3-7, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/ITW.2007.4313071.

G. Como, S. Yüksel, and S. Tatikonda, “On the Burnashev exponent of Markov channels”, Proc. of the 2007 International Symposium in Information Theory (ISIT 2007), pp. 1871-1875, (Nice, France), June 25-29, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2007.4557494.

G. Como and F. Fagnani, “On the Gilbert-Varshamov distance of Abelian group codes”, Proc. of the 2007 International Symposium in Information Theory (ISIT 2007), pp. 2651-2655, (Nice, France), June 25-29, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2007.4557182.

F. Garin, G. Como, and F. Fagnani, “Staircase and other structured linear-time encodable LDPC codes: analysis and design”, Proc. of the 2007 International Symposium in Information Theory (ISIT 2007), pp. 1226-1230, (Nice, France), June 25-29, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2007.4557125.

G. Como, F. Garin, and F. Fagnani, “ML performances of serial turbo codes do not concentrate!”, Proc. of the 4th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Related Topics, (Munich, Germany), April 3-7, 2006.

G. Como and F. Fagnani, “Ensembles of codes over Abelian groups”, Proc. of the International Symposium in Information Theory (ISIT 2005), pp. 1788-1792, (Adelaide, SA, Australia), September 5-9, 2005. DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2005.1523653.

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