Shenghui Chen

Shenghui (Vivian) Chen

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, advised by Professor Ufuk Topcu. I obtained B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia, advised by Professor Lu Feng. I am broadly interested in planning and learning within autonomous systems, with a focus on multi-agent interactions and human-agent interaction in dynamic environments. Email  /  GitHub  /  Google Scholar

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Publications

Conference Papers

• Human-Agent Coordination in Games under Incomplete Information via Multi-Step Intent
  Shenghui Chen, Ruihan Zhao, Sandeep Chinchali, Ufuk Topcu
  International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), 2025
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• Human-Agent Cooperation in Games under Incomplete Information through Natural Language Communication
  Shenghui Chen, Daniel Fried, Ufuk Topcu
  International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-24), Special Track on Human-Centred AI, 2024
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• Deceptive Planning for Resource Allocation
  Shenghui Chen, Yagiz Savas, Mustafa O. Karabag, Brian Sadler, Ufuk Topcu
  American Control Conference (ACC), 2024
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• Soft-Bellman Equilibrium in Affine Markov Games: Forward Solutions and Inverse Learning
  Shenghui Chen, Yue Yu, David Fridovich-Keil, and Ufuk Topcu
  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2023
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• Cost Design in Atomic Routing Games
  Yue Yu, Shenghui Chen, David Fridovich-Keil,and Ufuk Topcu
  American Control Conference (ACC), 2023
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• Multi-Objective Controller Synthesis with Uncertain Human Preferences
  Shenghui Chen, Kayla Boggess, Dave Parker, and Lu Feng
  ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), 2022
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• Towards transparent robotic planning via contrastive explanations
  Shenghui Chen, Kayla Boggess, and Lu Feng
  IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020
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• Performance Modeling and Verification of Load Balancing in Cloud Systems Using Formal Methods
  Shenghui Chen, Zhiming Fan, Haiying Shen, and Lu Feng
  IEEE 16th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems Workshops (MASSW), 2019
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Journal Papers

• Relationship Design for Socially-Aware Behavior in Static Games
  Shenghui Chen, Yigit E. Bayiz, David Fridovich-Keil, and Ufuk Topcu
  Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (JAAMAS) (under review)
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Outreach Activities

• GenCyber Level UP Back@TACC blog  
  GenCyber@TACC is a summer program that boosts high school students' interest in cybersecurity with engaging lessons.
• UT STEM Girl Day 2023 blog  
  UT STEM Girl Day is an annual event at UT, designed to inspire young girls with hands-on STEM activities and workshops.
• Del Valle High School Visit blog  
  Del Valle High School is a local public school which our lab gave presentations on latest tech.
• WiCS Mentorship
  Women in Computer Science (WiCS) Mentorship Program pairs graduate and undergrad students as mentor-mentee.