Pursuit-Evasion games typically involve two types of players: those in pursuit (aka cops) and the so-called evaders (aka robbers). The backdrop is usually a network with specific rules that dictate how the players can move.

Systems research encompasses a vast variety of domains, problems, and solution approaches. While in some cases the research problem is well-defined, in other cases defining the problem itself can be a major task.

The talk will discuss the delicate balance between theory and practice in software design, in light of the author’s experience.

We will describe a simple linear-algebraic approach to list decode Reed-Solomon codes with evaluation points from a subfield.

The course will cover Zero sum and Nonzero sum games, Extensive Form and Normal Form games, Nash equilibrium, Correlated equailibrium, Refinements, Bayesian games, Repeated Games, Differential Games.