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8/24/2021, I gave a talk at the award session of IJCAI-21 as the recipient of the IJCAI-21 Computers and Thought award. Talk title: Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges
8/19/2021, I gave a seminar talk at the RLChina Summer School. Talk title: Game Theory and Machine Learning in Multiagent Communication and Coordination [slides][video]
7/6/2021, I gave a talk at the AI4All @ Carnegie Mellon summer program on Machine Learning and Game Theory for Social Good
6/9/2021, I gave a talk at Yixi titled “Game Theory + Machine Learning = ?” [video]
5/4/2021, I served as a panelist at the AAMAS Doctoral Consortium Career Panel.
4/30/2021, I co-organized the 2021 Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Social Good together with Ryan Shi and Rex Chen
4/21/2021, I gave a keynote at Young Researcher Salon Keynote series run by Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence [blog]
4/10/2021, I gave a talk at Tsinghua AI International Governance forum on Game Theory and Machine Learning for Multiagent Communication and Coordination [blog]
2/21/2021, I gave a talk at Youth AI seminar [info][video]
2/4/2021, our paper Dual-Mandate Patrols: Multi-Armed Bandits for Green Security (co-authored by Lily Xu, Elizabeth Bondi, Fei Fang, Andrew Perrault, Kai Wang, Milind Tambe) is selected as the Best Paper Runner-Up in AAAI-21
2/2/2021, I am invited to give a talk at Harvard AI for Economics seminar series. The talk is on “Game Theory and Machine Learning for Multiagent Communication and Coordination”

1/22/2021, our article Artificial Intelligence for Social Impact: Learning and Planning in the Data-to-Deployment Pipeline (co-authored by Andrew Perrault, Fei Fang, Arunesh Sinha, Milind Tambe) is featured on the cover of AI Magazine
12/26/2020, I am listed in “The Future of AI: AI’s 10 To Watch“
August 17, 2019. I gave talks on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory
for Societal Challenges” at IJCAI-19 Early Career Spotlight Track, Macao University, and AI4ALL Program (AI Education for K-12) hosted CMU. [IJCAI-19 Early Career Talk Slides]
August 12, 2019. I served as a panelist for the Career Panel at IJCAI 2019 – Doctoral Consortium.
August 12, 2019. I gave a tutorial on “Solving Games with Complex Strategy Spaces” with Hau Chan at the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2019. [Tutorial Webpage][Slides of My Part]
May 29-31, 2019. I gave two talks at the AI for Good Global Summit at Geneva.
May 18, 2019. Our demo titled “Using Game Theory in Real Time in the Real World: A Conservation Case Study” won the Best Application System Demo Award at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2019).
May 15, 2019. I gave a talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory
for Societal Challenges” at Quebec AI Institute (MILA)
May 14, 2019. I gave a tutorial on “Solving Games with Complex Strategy Spaces” with Hau Chan and Albert X. Jiang at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) 2019. [Tutorial Webpage][Slides of My Part]
May 12, 2019. Our work is mentioned in Four ways AI is being used for social good.
April 26, 2019. I gave a seminar talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.
April 11, 2019. I am grateful for receiving a gift from the Project InMind funded by Yahoo!
March 19, 2019. I gave a talk at UTC Faculty Meeting.
March 11, 2019. I gave a seminar talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at Pennsylvania State University.
March 11, 2019. I gave a guest lecture in the course of “Artificial Intelligence for Humanity” at Pennsylvania State University.
February 27, 2019. I gave a seminar talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at the Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech.
February 22, 2019. I gave a talk on “Artificial Intelligence for Good — Address Pressing Societal Challenges with Game Theory + Machine Learning” at the CMU Board of Trustee Spring Meeting.
February 19, 2019. Our work has been mention in Hindustan Times: Researchers get AI help to map ecosystem, wildlife conservation.
February 11, 2019. I am honored to be named together with other brilliant female AI researchers as “5 Women You Should Know Working in AI” by Iridescent.
February 8, 2019. I gave a lightning talk at the Symposium on AI for Conservation.
January 26 – February 1, 2019. I attended AAAI 2019 and gave several paper presentations at the main conference and the AI for Cyber Security workshop. Check our papers published at AAAI 2019 here.
January 23, 2019. I gave a guest lecture on “Interdisciplinary Research” in the course 17994 Societal Computing Practicum.
December 12, 2018. I got the certificate of recognition for developing PAWS program to advance the mission of the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART)
December 11, 2018. Our co-edited new book Artificial Intelligence and Conservation, which is the second book in the Artificial Intelligence for Social Good book series, will be available early next year! Preorder now and use offer code FANG2019 for 20% off: http://www.cambridge.org/9781108464734
December 8, 2018. I gave a talk on our work on “Exploiting Data and Human Knowledge for Predicting Wildlife Poaching” at NeurIPS AI for Social Good workshop.
December 3, 2018. My discussion with TechRepublic on AI for Social Good is released here
December 3, 2018. I gave a guest lecture on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at CMU’s new course “AI for Public Policy” (90769).
November 30, 2018. I gave a talk on “Incentivizing Participation in Peer-to-Peer Ride-Sharing Platform” at Smart Mobility Connection Seminar.
October 30, 2018. CMU SCS News Story: Faculty Profile of Fei Fang
October 10, 2018. Co-editor of AGNT (Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems journal) Special Issue on “Agents and Multiagent Systems for Social Good“. Editors: Milind Tambe, Fei Fang, Bistra Dilkina.
October 5, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at AI Seminar at the University of Alberta.
October 3, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory for Security” at CMU CyLab conference.
September 25, 2018. I gave “A Tutorial on Game Theory” at DHS Center of Excellence and Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency.
September 14, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at Harvard EconCS seminar
September 12, 2018. I gave a talk on “AI for Societal Challenges” (video) at EmTech 2018 as an invited speaker. [Media Report: How AI could help solve some of society’s toughest problems]
September 11, 2018. Our work has been featured in Qatar: AI Helps Humans Bring Poachers To Justice.
September 4, 2018. I gave a guest lecture on “Practice to Theory to Practice: AI for Social Good” at CMU’s new course “AI, Society, & Humanity” (94878).
August 6, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory for Security” at Cyber Deception Workshop at the University of Maryland and served as a panelist for the Panel “Cyber Deception: A Holistic Approach”.
July 16, 2018. Our paper on “What game are we playing? End-to-end learning in normal and extensive form games” won the IJCAI-ECAI 2018 Distinguished Paper!
July 14, 2018. I gave a tutorial on “Machine Learning and Game Theory for Security” at Federated AI Meeting (AAMAS+IJCAI+ICML). Details and presentation materials can be found here.
July 10, 2018. I gave a tutorial on “AI for Social Good: A Multiagent Systems Perspective” at AAMAS together with Milind Tambe, Bryan Wilder, Eugene Vorobeychik. Details and presentation material can be found here.
July 9, 2018. I gave a talk on “Designing the Game to Play: Optimizing Payoff Structure in Security Games” at ICALP workshop Game Solving: Theory and Practice.
July 5, 2018. I gave a talk on “Designing the Game to Play: Optimizing Payoff Structure in Security Games” at ISMP 2018.
June 22, 2018. I presented our work on “Exploiting Real-World Data and Human Knowledge for Predicting Wildlife Poaching” at COMPASS 2018.
June 20, 2018. I participated as a panelist in AI for Good Roundtable hosted by CMU at Rayburn House Office Building.
June 14, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at Google, Pittsburgh.
June 12, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at the CMU Robotics Institute Faculty Retreat.
May 16, 2018. I was invited to serve on the AI for Earth Panel hosted by Microsoft Research.
May 11, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at the Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh.
April 27, 2018. I gave a featured presentation at 2018 Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing (CGRB) Spring Conference/Colloquium at Oregon State University (OSU) on “Machine Learning and Game Theory for Biodiversity Conservation”.
April 26, 2018. My course “08-537/08-737: AI Methods for Social Good” has been featured in Discover Blog: College AI Courses Get an Ethics Makeover
April 18, 2018. My research is featured in Microsoft Green Blog: Species around the world are in trouble, but we can help
April 16, 2018. Two paper accepted at IJCAI-ECAI 2018. “Designing the Game to Play: Optimizing Payoff Structure in Security Games”; “What game are we playing? End-to-end learning in normal and extensive form games”
April 14, 2018. We organized our Spring 2018 group outing.
April 13, 2018. Two papers accepted at COMPASS 2018. “Exploiting Real-World Data and Human Knowledge for Predicting Wildlife Poaching”; “AirSim-W: A Simulation Environment for Wildlife Conservation with UAVs”
April 13, 2018. I accepted interview of Iridescent (NGO for STEM education to underserved girls, children and their families), during which I talked about my work. See Game Theory and Machine Learning: An Interview with Fei Fang
April 3, 2018. Our patent “Optimal patrol strategy for protecting moving targets with multiple mobile resources” is granted. [Google Patent Page]
March 28, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at Heinz Informal Lunch Seminar at CMU Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
March 27, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory for Societal Challenges” at Machine Learning Seminar at CMU.
March 19, 2018. I gave a guest lecture on at Societal Computing Practicum at CMU.
February 28, 2018. My research is featured in SiliconRepublic: Researcher Fei Fang shows why AI doesn’t have to be inherently evil
February 26, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory for Security” at CyLab Distinguished Seminar
February 16, 2018. I gave a talk on “Machine Learning for Sustainability” at CMU–Portugal workshop on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing at Porto, Portugal.
February 12, 2018. I gave a talk on “Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory for Security” at Army Research Lab, Adelphi.
February 5, 2018. I presented our work on “Policy Learning for Continuous Space Security Games using Neural Networks” at AAAI 2018. [Slides]
January 29, 2018. The “AI Methods for Social Good” course is featured in Digital Trends and Yahoo! Finance: Don’t be fooled by dystopian sci-fi stories: A.I. is becoming a force for good
January 24, 2018. Our paper “Deceiving Cyber Adversaries: A Game Theoretic Approach” is accepted to AAMAS 2018.
January 18, 2018. The “AI Methods for Social Good” course is featured in Fast Co. Design: You Can Now Take A Class On How To Make AI That Isn’t Evil
January 6, 2018. My research is featured in IEEE Spectrum: This AI Hunts Poachers
December 29, 2017. Our research on detecting wildlife and human from videos taken by conservation drones is featured at Discover Blog: ‘Predator’ Vision Drones Get AI to Spot Poachers
December 1, 2017. I gave an invited talk on “Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory and Mechanism Design for Security, Sustainability, and Mobility” at the departmental seminar series for 2017-2018 in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the State University of New York at Buffalo. [Slides]
November 29, 2017. I was interviewed by Cheddar TV (broadcast live) on “Preventing Poaching with Science” [recorded video clip].
November 9, 2017. I gave a talk on “Data-Aware Game Theory for Security”at CMU Privacy Seminar.
November 7, 2017. Our paper “Policy Learning for Continuous Space Security Games using Neural Networks” is accepted to AAAI 2018 [pdf].
November 1, 2017. Our paper “SPOT Poachers in Action: Augmenting Conservation Drones with Automatic Detection in Near Real Time” is accepted to IAAI 2018.
October 2017. I served as a Program Chair for AAAI 2018 [pdf].
October 23, 2017. I chaired the Special Track on “Data-Centric Models and Applications” at the 8th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec 2017).
October 17. Video introduction of Carnegie Mellon Societal Computing Program is online.
October 10, 2017. I gave a talk at WWF Law Enforcement and Research Workshop, Cambodia.
September 28, 2017. I gave a guest lecture at 05-499 / 05-899 Special Topics: Computing for Good (C4G) on “Data-Aware Game Theory and Mechanism Design for Security, Sustainability and Mobility”.
September 27, 2017. I gave a talk at DDMLab led by Prof. Coty Gonzalez on “Game Theory for Security and Sustainability – Human Behavior Modeling & Learning”.
September 21, 2017. My course 08-537 / 08-737: Artificial Intelligence Methods for Social Good (Spring 2018) is scheduled for Tuesday/Thursday 10:30-11:50.
September 20, 2017. I gave an oral presentation on our recent paper “Taking it for a Test Drive: A Hybrid Spatio-temporal Model for Wildlife Poaching Prediction Evaluated through a Controlled Field Test”[pdf] at ECML PKDD 2017.
September 12, 2017. I gave a talk on “Data-Aware Game Theory and Mechanism Design for Security, Sustainability and Mobility” at CMU AI Lunch Seminar. Slides can be downloaded here: 20170912_AILunch
August 30, 2017. I gave a talk on “Machine Learning for Sustainability” at Machine Learning Department Orientation.
August 25, 2017. We had the first meeting for the Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning reading group.
August 22, 2017. I gave a talk on “Data-Aware Game Theory and Mechanism Design for Security, Sustainability and Mobility” at 2017 Introductory Course for CS Doctoral Students.
August 18, 2017. I gave a talk on “Neural Nets for Continuous Security Games” at the University of Southern California.
August 1, 2017. I started working at CMU.
August 2017. I served as the Chair of Special Track on “Data-Centric Models and Applications” for 8th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec 2017).
July 13, 2017. I gave a tutorial on “Game Theory for Protecting Natural Resources” at 2017 Doctoral Consortium on Computational Sustainability, which is held at the University of Southern California. The slides can be downloaded here: FeiFang_20170713_CompSustDC.

July, 2017. I visited USC Center for Artificial Intelligence and Society.

June 26, 2017. Together with Bo An and Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, I gave a tutorial on “Advances in Game Theory for Security and Privacy” at the Eighteenth ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (ACM EC’17), which is held at MIT. The slides of my part can be downloaded here: “Game Theory and Security: Human Behavior Modeling & Learning“
May 17, 2017. Zheyuan Shi, Fei Fang. Optimizing Peer Teaching to Enhance Team Performance. Our paper is chosen as one of the best papers in the First International Workshop on Teams in Multiagent Systems (TEAMAS) which is held jointly with AAMAS 2017. It has been selected for publication in the AAMAS 2017 Workshops Best Papers volume to be published by Springer.
May 17, 2017. I visited the University of New Hampshire and gave a seminar talk on “Game-Theoretic Approaches for Real-World Security and Sustainability Challenges”
May 11, 2017. I won the Best Dissertation Award in Computer Science and the William F. Ballhaus, Jr. Prize for Excellence in Graduate Engineering Research at the University of Southern California

May 5, 2017. I gave a talk in the Computational Sustainability Virtual Seminar Series on “Game-Theoretic Approaches for Sustainability Challenges”

March 27, 2017. My dissertation “Towards Addressing Spatio-Temporal Aspects in Security Games” was selected as the runner-up for IFAAMAS-16 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award
March 27-March 29, 2017. I am co-chairing the AAAI 2017 Spring Symposium on AI for Social Good (AISOC) held at Stanford University. Videos available here. I also gave the opening talk for Computational Sustainability session

February 2017. I was invited to give a talk on “Win a Game to Build a Better World” at Women Engineers Code (WECode) Conference.
February 2017. I served as a PC member of the Eighteenth ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC’17)