Dario Paccagnan
Regular biography
Dario Paccagnan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. His research focuses on game theory, control theory, mathematical programming, network optimisation, modeling multi-agent systems, smart mobility, and electricity markets. He is a member of the Computational Optimization Group and previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computations at UCSB. His work bridges theoretical models with real-world applications, particularly in future mobility and electricity markets.
Scholar-generated biography
Dario Paccagnan is an Associate Professor at Imperial College London, specializing in Game theory, Control theory, Convex Optimization, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. His research focuses on equilibria in aggregative games, congestion games, and resource allocation mechanisms. He investigates the design of utility functions and taxation strategies to optimize system efficiency in multi-agent environments. His work addresses applications in electricity markets, transportation networks, and distributed systems, emphasizing the interplay between game-theoretic models and optimization techniques. Paccagnan's contributions include analyzing the price of anarchy, developing algorithms for distributed resource allocation, and exploring the role of artificial currencies in strategic decision-making.