Fady Alajaji - Publications

Contagion Based Methods and Network Epidemics


Journal Papers:    (In chronological order)

  1. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, A Communication Channel Modeled on Contagion, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 40, pp. 2035-2041, November 1994.   PDF

  2. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, Image Segmentation and Labeling Using the Polya Urn Model, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 1243-1253, September 1999.   PDF

  3. M. Hayhoe, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, A Polya Contagion Model for Networks, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 1998-2010, December 2018.   PDF

  4. M. Hayhoe, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, Curing Epidemics on Networks Using a Polya Contagion Model, IEEE Transactions on Networking, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 2085-2097, October 2019.   PDF

  5. G. Harrington, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, Initialization and Curing Policies for Polya Contagion Networks, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. S170-S195, 2022.   PDF

  6. S. Singh, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, A Finite Memory Interacting Polya Contagion Network and its Approximating Dynamical Systems, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. S347-S369, 2022.   PDF

  7. S. Singh, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, Consensus Using a Network of Finite Memory Polya Urns, IEEE Control Systems Letters (also presented at the 2022 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control), Vol. 6, pp. 2780-2785, 2022.   PDF

  8. S. Singh, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, Generating Preferential Attachment Graphs via a Polya Urn with Expanding Colors, Network Science, pp. 1-21, 2024.   doi; PDF


Conference Papers:    (In reverse chronological order)

  1. S. Singh, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, Modeling Network Contagion via Interacting Finite Memory Polya Urns, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Espoo, Finland, June-July 2022.   PDF

  2. G. Harrington, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, Infection-Curing Games over Polya Contagion Networks, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Hamilton, June 2019.   PDF

  3. M. Hayhoe, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, Curing with the Network Polya Contagion Model, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 2018.   PDF

  4. M. Hayhoe, F. Alajaji and B. Gharesifard, A Polya Urn-Based Model for Epidemics on Networks, (Finalist for Best Student Paper Award), Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, May 2017.   PDF

  5. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, Contagion-Driven Image Segmentation and Labeling, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision, Bombay, India, January 1998.   PDF

  6. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, Image Segmentation and Labeling Using the Polya Urn Model Proceedings of the DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, LA, May 1997.   PDF

  7. F. Alajaji, and P. Burlina, Image Modeling and Restoration Through Contagion Urn Schemes, Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Washington DC, October 1995.   PDF

  8. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, A Communication Channel Modeled By the Spread of Disease, Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, San Antonio, Texas, USA, January 1993.   PDF


Technical Reports:    (In reverse chronological order)

  1. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, Image Segmentation and Labeling Using the Polya Urn Model, Tech. Rep. CS-TR 3801 and CAR-TR-860, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, May 1997.   PDF

  2. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, A Communication Channel Modeled on Contagion, Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 93-78, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, August 1993.   PDF


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