Networks and Stochastic Systems Laboratory

The Networks and Stochastic Systems Laboratory (NetSS Lab) in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras is led by Dr. Krishna P Jagannathan (KJ). The group currently comprises PhD scholars and MS candidates who work on a diverse range of topics within

• 5G communications

• Learning Theory

• Modelling of Stochastic and Queuing Networks

• Quantum Information Theory 

• Scheduling in Communication Networks

• Opinion Dynamics in Social Networks

• Alekhya Kunchakara, Krishna P Jagannathan, Sharayu Moharir, "Caching of Age-Sensitive Dynamic Content Under Unknown Utility", accepted for publication in IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2026- ASoI Workshop.

• K. Bharati, Vikesh Siddhu, Krishna Jagannathan, "Batch Entanglement Detection in Parameterized Qubit States using Classical Bandit Algorithms", Accepted for publication in Transactions on Machine Learning Research [2026].

• Tejaram Sangadi, Prashanth L. A., Krishna Jagannathan; "A Finite-Sample Analysis of an Actor-Critic Algorithm for Mean-Variance Optimization in a Discounted MDP"; Reinforcement Learning Journal/Conference, 2025.