Venkatraman Renganathan

Venkatraman Renganathan

Lecturer in Control Theory, Cranfield University

👋 Hello There, I’m Venkatraman Renganathan (@Venkat)

I am a lecturer at the faculty of engineering and applied sciences at the Cranfield University, United Kingdom. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Automatic Control in Lund University, Sweden where I was hosted by Dr. Anders Rantzer. Earlier I obtained my PhD in Mechanical Engineering (with focus on Dynamics and Controls) on 2021 from The University of Texas at Dallas, USA under the supervision of Dr. Tyler Summers. I hold a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering (with focus on Control Systems) on 2016 from the Arizona State University, USA where I was mentored by Dr. Armando Rodriguez. I finished my undergraduate studies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Government College of Technology - Anna University in Coimbatore, India in 2011 with Dr. V. Prasanna Moorthy being my mentor.

Upcoming Research

  1. Currently working on a manuscript titled, Probabilistic Robustness in the nu-gap Metric.
  2. Currently working on a manuscript titled, Anticipation Based Distributed Consensus Protocol for Networked Systems.
  3. Currently working on a manuscript titled, Anomaly Detection Using Christoffel Functions.
  4. Currently working on a manuscript titled, Risk-aware Planning for Swarm of Drones in Uncertain Environments.
  5. Currently working on a manuscript titled, Distance Measure Between Stochastic Dynamical Systems.

Important Events & Upcoming Travels

  1. December 2024: I attended the CDC 2024 at Milan, Italy to present my paper.
  2. November 2024: I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany hosted by Prof. Dr. Rolf Findeisen as a part of the DAAD AI Net Program’s Short-Term Research Visit Fellowship .
  3. August 2024: I attended the MTNS 2024 at Cambridge, UK to present my paper.
  4. August 2024: I started as a lecturer in multiple-agent systems and control at the Cranfield University, UK.
  5. December 2023: I attended the CDC 2023 in Singapore to present my research paper titled An Online Learning Analysis of Minimax Adaptive Control. Arxiv Link.
  6. June 2023: I attended the ACC 2023 at San Diego, CA, USA to present my paper.
  7. May 2023: I attended the NCCR Automation’s CyDiSy workshop at Monte Verita, Switzerland.
  8. February 2023: I visited TU Darmstadt (Hosted by Dr. Rolf Findeisen), University of Stuttgart (Hosted by Dr. Andrea Iannelli) and TU Berlin (Hosted by Dr. Steffi Knorn) in Germany as a part of the DAAD AI Net Postdoc Fellowship program.
  9. December 2022: I attended the CDC 2022 at Cancun, Mexico.
  10. October 2022: One of the most happiest months in my life. My wife Reshma and me welcomed our son Vishruth to this world. I also got selected for the prestigious DAAD AI Net Fellowship for AI in CPS.
  11. June 2022: I attended the Stockholm Workshop on Emerging Topics in Systems and Control at KTH, Sweden.
  12. June 2022: My first set of Masters students Kajsa Ekenberg and Cem Alpturk from Lund University defended their Masters thesis on the same day succesfully. Happy to be a proud supervisor!
  13. August 2021: I started my postdoc position at the Department of Automatic Control in Lund University, Sweden under Dr. Anders Rantzer.
  14. June 2021: I defended my PhD Thesis at the University of Texas at Dallas under the guidance of Dr. Tyler Summers.
  15. July 2016: I defended my Masters Thesis at the Arizona State University, USA under the supervision of Dr. Armando Rodriguez.
  16. May 2011: I finished my Bachelors degree from the Government College of Technology - Anna University, Coimbatore, India.