{"id":484,"date":"2011-09-29T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T06:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iitg.ernet.in\/cse\/robotics\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:34:13","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iitg.ac.in\/cse\/robotics\/?page_id=484","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Theses & Publications (Bio-Inspired, Networked & Emotional Robotics)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Doctoral Theses<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/a> <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The links to Ph.D. theses of students together with some of the major publications  are available below in chronological order are listed below. For an area-wise list of the same click HERE<\/a> – this may however not be up-to-date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theses\/Papers tagged <\/span>[Typhon]<\/strong><\/em><\/span> indicate that the reported work used Typhon <\/a>– A Mobile Agent Emulation Platform, developed at this lab., for realization while those tagged <\/span>[Tartarus<\/span>] <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>indicate that the same used the new SWI-Prolog based multi-threaded version of Typhon<\/em> viz<\/span><\/span>. Tartarus<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span>. Theses\/Papers tagged [AgPi<\/span>]<\/strong><\/em> indicate that the Raspberry Pi version of Tartarus<\/strong> was used while those tagged [TarPy<\/strong><\/em><\/span>] used the Python version of Tartarus<\/em>. Those interested in using Tartarus <\/strong><\/em>may visit the link: https:\/\/github.com\/roboticslab-cseiitg\/ProjectTartarus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Thesis\/Student Links<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

202<\/strong>6: Menaxi Bagchi: On Decentralised Multi-Robot Task Allocation and Positioning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong>: Suraj Kumar Pandey<\/a>: Bio-inspired Learning Strategies for<\/em> Resource-Constrained Cyber-Physical Systems<\/strong> {Suraj is currently a Data Scientist at NextGen Invent, India}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong>: Divya Kulkarni<\/a>:  Immuno-inspired Lifelong Learning in Robots<\/strong><\/em><\/a> [Tartarus\/TarPy] <\/strong><\/em>{Divya Kulkarni is currently a Research Fellow at the Harvard Medical School and MGH, Boston, USA. She worked as a Machine Learning Scientist at Eli Lilly, Bengaluru, earlier.}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong>: Sonia<\/a>: Non-intrusive human sensing-techniques and<\/a><\/em> applications<\/a><\/strong> {Sonia is currently a Machine Learning Scientist at Eli Lilly, Bengaluru}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong>: Tushar Semwal<\/a>: <\/em>On Decentralizing Intelligence in Cyber-Physical Systems<\/a> <\/em> [Tartarus] <\/strong><\/em>[AgPi] <\/strong><\/em>{Tushar Semwal is currently an Applied Scientist-II at Microsoft, Hyderabad, India}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong>: Shashi S. Jha<\/a>: On Mobile Agents for Learning & Coordination in a Networked Robotics Milieu<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>[Typhon<\/span>]<\/strong><\/em> {Shashi S. Jha is an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Computer Science & Engg., Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016:<\/strong> Samir Kumar Borgohain<\/a>: An Immuno-inspired Technique for Language Generation & a Pictorially Grounded Language for Machine Aided Translation<\/span><\/strong><\/em> {Samir Borgohain is an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Computer Science & Engg., National Institute of Technology Silchar, India}<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011<\/strong>: <\/span>Wilfred W. Godfrey<\/a>: Mobile Agent Based bio-Inspired Mechanisms for Servicing Networked<\/a><\/strong> Robots<\/a><\/em> {Wilfred W. Godfrey is an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Computer Science & Engg., ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management Gwalior, India}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2026<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jayprakash S. Nair, J. Matthews, Shivashankar B. Nair, A Reinforcement Learning\u2013Inspired Latent Yield-based Adaptive Algorithm Switching Mechanism<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Applications of Evolutionary Computation \u2013 29th International Conference, EvoApplications 2026, EvoStar 2026<\/a>, Toulouse, France, 8-10th April 2026 (Accepted) [Core Ranking B]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Menaxi Bagchi, Shivashankar B. Nair, On a Decentralized Task-Aware Adaptive Multi-Robot Positioning<\/em><\/strong>, 6th International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision & Intelligent Systems, ROBOVIS 2026<\/a>, Marbella, Spain, 2-4th March 2026 (Accepted) [Core Ranking B]<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gayathri Rangu, Shivashankar B. Nair, Last Skills Standing: Adaptive Skill Discovery in Unsupervised Reinforcement Learning<\/strong><\/em>, 18th international Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2026<\/a>, Marbella, Spain, 5-7th, March 2026 (Accepted) [Core Ranking B]<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Menaxi Bagchi, Shivashankar B. Nair, An Online Mechanism for Transfer Learning in Reinforcement Learning Scenarios, <\/strong><\/em>18th international Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2026<\/a>, Marbella, Spain, 5-7th, March 2026 (Accepted) [Core Ranking B]<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n