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Biosketch
Academic Background:
- B. E., BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, 2006
- M. Tech, IIT Bombay, 2009
- Ph. D., University of Lorraine, Nancy, France, 2014
Experience:
- Postdoc, Dept. EE, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2015
- Assistant Professor, Dept. ECE, Amrita University, Kerala, 2016-2017
- Assistant Professor, Dept. EEE, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, 2017-2019
- Assistant Professor, Dept. EE, IIT Palakkad, since 2019
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Teaching
EE5531 Reinforcement Learning based Control - 2022
EE3060 Control Engineering - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
EE5521 Optimal Control - 2020, 2022
EE2030 Electrical and Magnetic circuits - 2019, 2020, 2021
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Research Group
PhD Students:
[1] Athira M (2022-)
[2] Ayyappadas R (2020 - )
[3] Swapna Challagundla (during 2018-2019)
PhD thesis title: Design of efficient state estimators for discrete-time systems. Currently postdoc at IITH.
Interns/Project Staff:
[1] Mehar Khurana (Dec 2022). Intern - UG student at IISER Bhopal
[2] Sandeep Sudhakaran (Sep 2021 - Feb 2022). Project staff - Currently at Tata Elxsi
Open position(s): 1) Looking for candidates interested in pursuing full time (or external) PhD to work on Control of continuous dynamical systems via reinforcement learning with experimental validations. Interested candidates can write to me for more details. Also a project staff position is available in this area.
2) Postdoc position is available in the broad areas of control and robotics. Interest candidates can write to me for more details.
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Additional Information
TitleInvited TalksDescription
[1] "Basics of Reinforcement learning and its application to control" for SERB Karyashala workshop on High-end workshop on Application of Artificial Intelligence in Power System Operation and Control at NIT Calicut, July, 2022
[2] "Reinforcement learning based controls strategies" for workshop on Emerging Learning Methods and Systems (ELMS) at IIT Tirupati, July, 2022
[3] "Stochastic model predictive control for LPV systems" for tutorial session on 2021 International Symposium of Asian Control Association on Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Automation (IRIA), IIT Goa, September, 2021
[4] "Event triggered state estimation with multiplicative noise: an optimization perspective" for TEQIP workshop on Data science and optimization in System and Control, IIT Guwahati, September, 2019
TitleSponsored projectsDescription[1] "Energy Efficient Distributed Estimation and Control of Networked Robots and its Implementation Architectures”, IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF), TIH NM-ICPS, 2021-2026. Status - ongoing
[2] "Indo-Norwegian Collaboration in Intelligent Offshore Mechatronics Systems (INMOST)", funded by Research Council of Norway - INTPART, 2021 - 2023. Status - ongoing
[3] "Feedback control of stochastic hybrid systems with state-dependent noise", funded by SERB - MATRICS, 2019-2022. Status - completed
TitlePublicationsDescriptionJournals:
[9]. S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, P. Wali, "An efficient event-based state estimator for linear discrete-time system with multiplicative measurement noise", IEEE Control System Letters, v5:4, p.1315-1320, 2021.
[8]. S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, P. Wali, "Event-based state estimation with multiplicative measurement noise and correlated additive noises", IEEE Control System Letters, v4:3, p.554-559, 2020.
[7]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, "Event based estimation with correlated noises", Journal of the Franklin Institute, v356:13, p.7533-7547, 2019.
[6]. S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, "Event based state estimation under the presence of multiplicative measurement noise", IEEE Control System Letters, v3:3, p.625-630, 2019.
[5]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, "Stochastic H-infinity control of state dependent jump linear systems with state dependent noise", IET Control Theory & Applications, v13:9, p.1291-1297, 2019.
[4]. S. Chitraganti, R. Toth, N. Meskin, J. Mohammadpour, "Stochastic model predictive tracking of piecewise constant references for LPV systems", IET Control Theory & Applications, v11:12, p.1862-1872, 2017.
[3]. M. A. Sid, S. Chitraganti, K. Chabir, “Medium access scheduling for input reconstruction under deception attacks”, Journal of the Franklin Institute, v354:9, p.3678-3689, 2017.
[2]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, “Robust stabilization of a class of state-dependent jump linear systems”, Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, v18, p.48-59, 2015.
[1]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, G. Valencia-Palomo, V. Dragan, “On control of discrete-time state-dependent jump linear systems with probabilistic constraints: a receding horizon approach”, Systems & Control Letters, v74, p.81-89, 2014.
Conferences:
[13]. S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, P. Wali, "Event-Based Distributed Filtering with Multiplicative Measurement Noise and Correlated Additive Noises", Proc. of 13th Asian Control Conference, Jeju Island, South Korea, pp 920-925, May, 2022.
[12]. S. Chitraganti, M. A. Sid, S. Aberkane, "Event Triggered Fault Detection in Linear Systems Using Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test", Proc. of 6th IFAC International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, Hyderabad, India, pp 444-449, February, 2018.
[11]. S. Chitraganti, M. Darwish, "Nonlinear event-based state estimation using sequential Monte Carlo approach", Proc. of 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, pp 2170-2175, December, 2017.
[10]. S. Chitraganti, R. Toth, N. Meskin, J. Mohammadpour, "Stochastic model predictive control for LPV systems", Proc. of 33rd American Control Conference, Washington, USA, pp 5654-5659, May, 2017.
[9]. M. A. Sid and S. Chitraganti, "Nonlinear event-based state estimation using particle filtering approach", Proc. of 8th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Algiers, Algeria, pp 874–879, November, 2016.
[8]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, T. Darure, “A receding horizon control of Markov jump linear systems with imperfect state information and probabilistic state constraints”, Proc. of 3rd IEEE International conference on control and Fault-tolerant systems, Barcelona, Spain, pp 611-617, September, 2016.
[7]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, “Stochastic stabilization of a discrete-time inhomogeneous Markov jump linear system with interval transition probability matrix”, Proc. of 3rd IEEE International conference on control and Fault-tolerant systems, Barcelona, Spain, pp 838-842, September, 2016.
[6]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, “State-feedback H infinity stabilization of state-dependent jump linear systems”, Proc. of 3rd IEEE International conference on control and Fault-tolerant systems, Barcelona, Spain, pp 698-703, September, 2016.
[5]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, “A novel mathematical setup for fault tolerant control systems with state-dependent failure process”, Proc. of 17th European Workshop on Advanced Control and Diagnosis, Berlin, Germany, Vol. 570. No. 8, pp 1-6, December 2014.
[4]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, “Stochastic stability and stabilization of state-dependent jump linear systems", Proc. of 2nd IEEE International conference on control and Fault-tolerant systems, Nice, France, pp 438-443, October, 2013.
[3]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, “Mean square stability of non-homogeneous Markov jump linear systems using interval analysis", Proc. of 12th European Control Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, pp 3724-3729, July, 2013.
[2]. S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, “Statistical properties of exponential weighted moving average algorithm for change detection”, Proc. of 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, pp 574-578, December, 2012.
[1]. D. Chakraborty and S. Chitraganti, “An approximate solution to the norm optimal control problem”, Proc. of 21st IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, Texas, USA, pp 4490-4495, October, 2009.
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Publications
S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, P. WaliProc. of 13th Asian Control Conference 920-925 (2022)S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, P. WaliIEEE Control Systems Letters 5 (4) 1315 - 1320 (2020)S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, P. WaliIEEE Control System Letters 4 (3) 554-559 (2020)S. Challagundla, S. Chitraganti, S. AberkaneIEEE Control System Letters 3 (3) 625-630 (2019)S. Chitraganti, S. AberkaneIET Control Theory & Applications 13 (9) 1291-1297 (2019)S. Chitraganti, S. AberkaneJournal of the Franklin Institute 356 (13) 7533-7547 (2019)S. Chitraganti, M. A. Sid, S. AberkaneProc. of 6th IFAC International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems 444-449 (2018)S. Chitraganti, R. Toth, N. Meskin, J. MohammadpourProc. of 33rd American Control Conference 5654-5659 (2017)S. Chitraganti, M. DarwishProc. of 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2170-2175 (2017)S. Chitraganti, R. Toth, N. Meskin, J. MohammadpourIET Control Theory & Applications 11 (12) 1862-1872 (2017)M. A. Sid, S. Chitraganti, K. ChabirJournal of the Franklin Institute 354 (9) 3678-3689 (2017)S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. AubrunNonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems 18 48-59 (2015)S. Chitraganti, S. Aberkane, C. Aubrun, G. Valencia-Palomo, V. DraganSystems & Control Letters 74 81-89 (2014)