2002 PhD Thesis

T1. "Asynchronously Solving Problems with Privacy Requirements", PhD Thesis,Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL); referees:Christian Bessiere,Boi Faltings, Karl Aberer, Makoto Yokoo; jury presidents Rachid Geraoui&Martin Oderski;2002

Reviewed Papers

2008

74. "Distributed Constraint Reasoning", Silaghi, M.-C. and Yokoo, M., in Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence, Information Science Reference, ISBN 978-1-59904-849-9, (2008)

73. "Resource constrained distributed constraint optimization with virtual variables", Toshihiro Matsui, Hiroshi Matsuo, Marius Silaghi, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Makoto Yokoo, Proceedings of AAAI, 2008

72. "Resource constrained distributed constraint optimization using resource constraint free pseudo-tree", Toshihiro Matsui, Marius Silaghi, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Makoto Yokoo, Hiroshi Matsuo, Proceedings of AAMAS 2008

71. "Optimization in Private Stable Matching with Cost of Privacy Loss", Marius Silaghi, Prashant Doshi, Toshihiro Matsui, Makoto Yokoo, Markus Zanker, AAMAS OPTMAS 2008

70. "Constant cost of the computation-unit in efficiency graphs", Marius Silaghi, Robert N. Lass, Evan Sultanik, William Regli, Toshihiro Matsui, Makoto Yokoo, AAMAS OPTMAS 2008

69. "The operation point units of distributed constraint solvers", Marius Silaghi, Rob Lass, Evan Sultanik, William Regli, Toshihiro Matsui and Makoto Yokoo, AAMAS DCR 2008

68. "Resource constrained DCOP solver using virtual variables and conventional pseudo-tree",Toshihiro Matsui, Marius Silaghi, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Makoto Yokoo and Hiroshi Matsuo, AAMAS DCR Workshop, 2008

67. "Distributed private constraint optimization problem: Cost of privacy loss", Marius Silaghi, Prashant Doshi, Toshihiro Matsui and Makoto Yokoo, AAMAS DCR, 2008

2007

66. (Best Paper Award) "Revisiting ADOPT-ing and its Feedback Schemes", Silaghi, M.-C. and Yokoo, M., in Procs. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technologies (IAT) p.3-10, Silicon Valley, November, 2007 

65. "Dynamic DFS Tree in ADOPT-ing",  Silaghi, M.-C. and Yokoo, M., Proceedings of the AAAI National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2007), Vancouver, July, 2007

64. "Secure Multi-party Constraint Optimization simulating DFS tree-based Variable Elimination", Silaghi, M.-C. and Faltings, Boi and Petcu, A., DCR Workshop at CP, Rhodes Island, September, 2007

63. "Discussion on the three Backjumping schemes existing in ADOPT-ng", Silaghi, M.-C. and Yokoo, M., IJCAI DCR Workshop, India, January, 2007

2006

62. "Nogood-based Asynchronous Distributed Optimization (ADOPT-ng)", Silaghi, M.-C. and Yokoo, M., International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS), Hakodate Japan, 2006

61. "Secure Combinatorial Optimization simulating DFS tree-based Variable Elimination", Silaghi, M.-C. and Faltings, Boi and Petcu, A., 9th Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, Ft. Lauderdale, 2006

60. "Framework for modeling reordering heuristics", Silaghi, M.-C., International Conference on intelligent Agent Technology, Hong Kong 2006

59. "Recommendation-based Browsing Assistance for Knowledge", Zanker, M. and Gordea, S. and Silaghi, M.-C., FLAIRS, Melbourne 2006

58. "DFS ordering in Nogood-based Asynchronous Distributed Optimization (ADOPT-ng)", Silaghi, M.-C. and Yokoo.M., ECAI DCR- Workshop, Italy, 2006

57. "Knowledge-based composition of recommendations", Zanker, M. and Aschinger, M. and Silaghi, M.-C. ECAI Recommenders- Workshop, Italy, 2006

56. "Private and Efficient Stable Marriages (Matching) - a DisCSP Benchmark", Atkinson, T. and Bartak,R. and  Silaghi,M.-C. and Tuleu,E. and Zanker,M., ECAI DCR- Workshop, Italy, 2006

55. "Classifying Approaches based on Parallel Proposals in Asynchronous Search", M.-C. Silaghi and B. Faltings, AAMAS DCR, Hakodate, 2006

54. "Generalized Dynamic Ordering for Asynchronous Backtracking on DisCSPs", M.-C. Silaghi, AAMAS DCR, Hakodate, 2006

53. "Secure Incomplete Multi-party Computation for Distributed Constraint Problems," M.C. Silaghi, G. Friedrich, M. Yokoo, and M. Zanker, AAMAS DCR, Hakodate, 2006

2005

52. "Supporting Debates over Citizen Initiatives", Kattamuri, K. and Silaghi, M.-C. and Kaner, C. and Stansifer, R. and Zanker, M.,; Digital Government Research Conference (dgo2005), 2005

51. "A new evaluation criteria for keyword spotting techniques and a new algorithm", Silaghi, M.-C. and Vargiya, R.,; INTERSPEECH/Eurospeech, 2005

50. "Using Secure DisCSP Solvers for Generalized Vickrey Auctions - Complete and Stochastic Techniques", Silaghi, M.-C.; IJCAI Distributed Constraint Reasoning Workshop, 2005

49. "Spotting Subsequences matching a HMM using the Average Observation Probability Criteria with application to Keyword Spotting", Silaghi, M.-C.; AAAI, 2005

48. "Desk-mates (Stable Matching) with Privacy of Preferences, and a new Distributed CSP Framework", Silaghi, M.-C. and Abhyankar, A. and Zanker,M. and Bartak,R.; FLAIRS, 2005

47. "Hiding absence of solution for a DisCSP," Silaghi, M.-C.; FLAIRS 2005

46. "Asynchronous aggregation and consistency in distributed constraint satisfaction", Silaghi,M.-C. and Faltings,B.; Artificial Intelligence Journal, Vol.161, Nr.1-2, pp.25-53, 2005

2004

45. "Asynchronous Branch & Bound and A* for DisWCSPs with heuristic function based on Consistency-Maintenance", Silaghi,M.-C. and Landwehr,J. and Larrosa,J.B., in Distributed Constraint Problem Solving and Reasoning in Multi-Agent Systems (Ed. W. Zhang, V. Sorge), IOS Press, series "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications" vol 112, 2004

44. "Distributed Simulated Annealing",Arshad, M. and Silaghi, M.-C., in Distributed Constraint Problem Solving and Reasoning in Multi-Agent Systems, IOS Press, series "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications" vol 112, 2004

43. "Distributed Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization with Privacy Enforcement",Silaghi,M.C. and Mitra,D., 3rd IC on Intelligence Agent Technology, pp 531-535, 2004

42. "Meeting Scheduling Guaranteeing n/2-Privacy and Resistant to Statistical Analysis (Applicable to any DisCSP)",Silaghi,M.C., 3rd IC on Web Intelligence, pp. 711-715, 2004

41. "Secure Computation for Combinatorial Auctions and Market Exchanges",Nzouonta,J. and Silaghi,M. and Yokoo,M., pp 1398-1399, AAMAS 2004

40. "The effect of policies for selecting the solution of a DisCSP on privacy loss",Silaghi,M. and Rajeshirke,V., pp 1396-1397, AAMAS 2004

39. "Using privacy loss to guide decisions in distributed CSP search",Wallace,R. and Silaghi,M.C., FLAIRS 2004

38. "Desk-mates (Stable Matching) with Privacy of Preferences, and a new Distributed CSP Framework",Silaghi,M.-C. and Zanker,M. and Bartak,R., Proc. of CP'2004 Immediate Applications of Constraint Programming Workshop, 2004

37. "A Web-based Meeting Scheduling Solver with Privacy Guarantees, without Trusted Servers",Silaghi,M. and Rajeshirke,V. and Wallace,R.; CP, 2004

2003

36. "Numerical Constraint Satisfaction Problems with Non-isolated Solutions," Xuan-Ha Vu, Djamila Sam-Haroud, Marius-Calin Silaghi, Global Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction: First International Workshop on Global Constraint Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction, COCOS 2002 Valbonne-Sophia Antipolis, France, October 2-4, 2002 Revised Selected Papers pp. 194 - 210, LNCS 2861, October 2003

35. "Arithmetic circuit for the first solution of distributed CSPs with cryptographic multi-party computations",M.C.Silaghi; IAT 2003, Halifax, Canada, 2003

34. "HOWTO: Asynchonous PFC-MRDAC",M.C.Silaghi; IAT 2003, Halifax, Canada, 2003

33. "Solving a distributed CSP with cryptographic multi-party computations, without revealing constraints and without involving trusted servers",M.C. Silaghi, IJCAI 2003 DCR, Acapulco, Mexico, 2003 (OHP)

32. "Distributed Simulated Annealing and comparison to DSA", M. Arshad, M.C. Silaghi; IJCAI 2003 DCR, Acapulo, Mexico, 2003

31. "Asynchronous PFC-MRDAC+/-Adopt", M.C. Silaghi; IJCAI 2003 DCR, Acapulco, Mexico, 2003

2002

30. M.C.Silaghi,B.Faltings,"Self Reordering for Security in Generalized English Auctions (GEA)",poster,AAMAS,Bologna,Italy, 2002

29. M.C.Silaghi,"How to get AAS' when you just have AAS", CP2002-TRICS, Ithaca,US, 2002

28. M.C.Silaghi,B.Faltings,"A Comparison of Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Techniques with respect to Privacy", AAMAS-DCR(W12), Bologna, Italy, 2002

27. M.C.Silaghi,I.Constantinescu,"Abstract Agents for Shared Instantiation in ABT", AAMAS-DCR(W12), Bologna, Italy, 2002

26. M.C.Silaghi,B.Faltings,"Openness in Asynchronous Constraint Satisfaction Algorithms", AAMAS-DCR(W12), Bologna, Italy, 2002

25. M.C.Silaghi,B.Faltings,"Privacy for DisCSP-based modeling in Multi-Agent Planning", AAAI-MAP(W15), Edmonton, Canada, 2002

24. A.Felfernig, G.Friedrich, D.Jannach, M.C.Silaghi, M.Zanker "Distributed generative CSP framework for multi-site product configuration" ECAI-Configuration Workshop, Lyon, France, 2002.

23. X.H.Vu,D.Sam-Haroud,M.C.Silaghi,"Résolution de problèmes non-linéaires avec continuum de solutions". 11th JFPLC,Nice,France,June,2002

22. X.H.Vu,D.Sam-Haroud,M.C.Silaghi,"Approximation Techniques for  Non-linear Problems with Continuum of Solutions". Proceedings of The 5th International Symposium on Abstraction, Reformulation and Approximation (SARA'2002), Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Lecture Notes in Artificial  Intelligence, Canada, LNAI 2371(ISBN 3-540-43941-2),Canada,August,2002

21. X.H.Vu,D.Sam-Haroud,M.C.Silaghi,"Numerical Constraint Satisfaction  Problems with Non-isolated Solutions". International Workshop on Global  Constrained Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction, COCOS, France, October,2002

2001

20. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Maintaining Consistency in ABT",CP, Paphos,Cyprus, 2001

19. M.C.Silaghi,S.Stefan,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Asynchronous Search for Numeric DisCSPs",CP, Paphos,Cyprus, 2001

18. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,M.Calisti,B.Faltings,"Generalized English Auctions by Relaxation in Dynamic Distributed CSPs with Private Constraints",IJCAI-01 DCR Workshop, Seattle, 2001

17. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Polynomial-Space and Complete Multiply Asynchronous Search with Abstractions",IJCAI-01 DCR Workshop, Seattle, 2001

16. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"ABT with Asynchronous Reordering", 2nd Asia-Pacific IAT,Maebashi,Japan,2001

15. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Asynchronous Consistency Maintenance", 2nd Asia-Pacific IAT,Maebashi,Japan,2001

14. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Secure Asynchronous Search", 2nd Asia-Pacific IAT,Maebashi,Japan,2001

13. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings, "Search Techniques for Non-Linear Constraints with Inequalities", 14th Canadian Conference on AI, 2001

12. A.Rosenknop,M.C.Silaghi,"Algorithme de décodage de treillis selon le critère du coût moyen pour la reconnaissance de la parole" Tours(1), pp. 391-396., TALN, France, July, 2001

2000

11. M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Maintaining Hierarchical Distributed Consistencies", CP2000 DCS Workshop, Singapore,2000

10. M.C.Silaghi, D.Sam-Haroud, B.Faltings, "Asynchronous Search with Aggregations", AAAI2000, Austin, 2000.

9. R.Boulic, M.C.Silaghi,D.Thalmann, "Visulization of Local Movements for Optimal Marker Positioning", AMDO,Palma de Mallorca,2000.

8. M.C. Silaghi, H.Bourlard, "A new keyword spotting approach based on iterative dynamic programming", ICASSP2000, Istanbul, III,1831-1834

7. M.C.Silaghi, D.Sam-Haroud, B.Faltings, "Distributed Asynchronous Search with Private Constraints",AA2000, Barcelona, Spain, 2000

6. M.C.Silaghi, D.Sam-Haroud, B.Faltings, "Intelligent Domain Splitting for CSPs with Ordered Domains", Proc. RFIA2000, III,439-448, Paris, Feb. 2000

1999

5. M.C.Silaghi, H.Bourlard, "Iterative Posterior-Based Keyword Spotting Without Filler Models", Proc. of ASRU'99 Workshop, Keystone, Colorado, December 1999.

4. M.C.Silaghi, D.Sam-Haroud, B.Faltings, "Ways of Maintaining Arc Consistency in Search using the Cartesian Representation", Proc. of ERCIM'99, Paphos, Cyprus, October 1999.

3. M.C.Silaghi, D.Sam-Haroud, B.Faltings, "Intelligent Domain Splitting for CSPs with Ordered Domains", Proc. of CP'99, 488-489, Springer Verlag (poster).

1998

2. Local and Global Skeleton Fitting Techniques for Optical Motion Capture, M.C.Silaghi, R.Plaenkers, R.Boulic, P.Fua, D.Thalmann; in: N. Magnenat Thalmann, D. Thalmann (eds), Modeling and Motion Capture Techniques for Virtual Environments, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, No1537, Springer, 1998, pp.26-40.

1. An Anatomic Human Body For Motion Capture, R.Boulic, P.Fua, L.Herda, M.Silaghi, J.S.Monzani, L.Nedel, D.Thalmann, Proc. EMMSEC 98, Bordeaux, September 1998

Technical Reports

TR1. IDIAP-RR-99/16
TR2. IDIAP-RR-99/27
TR3. EPFL-TR-01/360: M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Asynchronous Consistency Maintenance with Reordering", March 2001
TR4. EPFL-TR-01/364: M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Hybridizing ABT and AWC into a polynomial space, complete protocol with reordering", May 2001
TR5. EPFL-TR-01/365: M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,M.Calisti,B.Faltings,"Negotiations by Relaxation in Dynamic Distributed CSPs with Private Constraints", May 2001
TR6. EPFL-TR-01/368: M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,R.Weigel,X.Vu-Ha,B.V.Faltings, "e1e2p-Consistency", July 2001
TR7. EPFL-TR-01/371: M.C.Silaghi,B.V.Faltings,"Parallel Proposals in Asynchronous Search", August 2001
TR8. EPFL-TR-00/350: M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Search Techniques for Non-Linear Constraints with Inequalities", November 2000
TR9. EPFL-TR-00/338:  Editors:C.Bessiere,M.C.Silaghi,B.V.Faltings,M.Yokoo,D.Sam-Haroud "Distributed Constraint Satisfaction: Papers from the CP2000 Workshop", September 2000
TR10. EPFL-TR-99/322: M.C.Silaghi,H.Bourlard,"Posterior-Based Keyword Spotting Approaches Without Filler Models --Iterative Viterbi Decoding and One-Pass Approaches--"
TR11. EPFL-TR-99/313: M.C.Silaghi,D.Sam-Haroud,B.Faltings,"Search Techniques for CSPs with Ordered Domains", May 1999
TR12. FIT     TR-CS-2002-14: M.C.Silaghi,"An algorithm applicable to clearing combinatorial exchanges", September 2002
TR13. EPFL-TR-IC-2002-55: M.C.Silaghi,"On solving distributed CS(O)Ps with privacy",July 2002
TR14. FIT TR-CS-2004-01: Marius C. Silaghi, "A faster technique for distributed constraint satisfaction and optimization with privacy enforcement", January 2004
TR15. FIT TR-CS-2004-04: Silaghi, Marius, "A suite of secure multi-party algorithms for solving DisCSPs", April 2004
TR16. FIT TR-CS-2004-07: Marius C. Silaghi, Ronald J. Bailey, Phil Bernhard, Phil K. Chan, Cem Kaner, "Digital support for gathering administrative ideas from constituents of democratic bodies",  May 2004
TR17. FIT TR-CS-2004-11: Silaghi,M., "Incentive Auctions and Stable Marriages Problems Solved with n/2-Privacy of Human Preferences", July 2004

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