Sribalaji C. Anand

Grants/Awards

1. STINT International Postdoc grant, 2024

    Research topic: Total positivity: A framework for Secure Network Control.

    Award sum: 1.1 MSEK 

    Host: Christian Grussler

2. Liljewalch travel scholarships, 2023

Award sum: 47 KSEK

Host: Christian Grussler, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

3. Stenholm Wilgott travel scholarship, 2022. 

Award sum: 120 KSEK

Host: Michelle S. Chong, Eindhoven University of Technology. 

4. IEEE Travel Scholarship, 2022. 

Travel support for the 6th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2022 awarded by the IEEE Control System Society (CSS). 

5. IEEE Travel Scholarship, 2021.

Registration support for the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2021, awarded by the IEEE CSS.

6. Dean's List scholarship, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Was awarded a cash prize for academic excellence for four years of undergraduate studies.  

Publications (in reverse chronological order)

Journal Articles 

[SJ1] Gallo, A.J., Anand, S.C., Teixeira, A.M. and Ferrari, R.M., 2024. Switching Multiplicative Watermark design against Covert Attacks. Submitted to Automatica. 

[J5] Anand, S. C., Teixeira, A. M., & Ahlén, A. (2021). Risk Assessment of Stealthy Attacks on Uncertain Control Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. [pdf][doi]

[J4] Anand, S. C., & Teixeira, A. M. (2023). Risk-based Security Measure Allocation Against Actuator Attacks. IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems. [pdf][doi]

[J3] Panneer, R., Harisubramanyabalaji, S. P., Sribalaji, C. A., Vivek, A., & Vigneshwaran, G. (2016). Prediction of surface roughness using spectral analysis and image comparison of audio signals. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 17(6), 709-715. [pdf]

[J2] Harisubramanyabalaji, S. P., Sribalaji, C. A., Vivek, A., Vigneshwaran, G., Abhishek, S., Balamurugan, R., & Panneer, R. (2015). Development of a Theoretical Model for Prediction of Surface Roughness of Metallic Surfaces using Acoustic Signals. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 8(22), 1-7. [pdf]

[J1] Sribalaji, C.A., Abhishek, S., Harisubramanyabalaji, S.P. and Dash, A.K., 2014. Design and Development of Assistive Leg for Lower Limb Rehabilitation. In Advanced Materials Research (Vol. 984, pp. 1235-1244). Trans Tech Publications Ltd. [pdf]

 Conference Papers

[SC1]  Anand, S. C., Grussler, C., and Teixeira, A. M., Scalable Metrics to Quantify Security of Large-scale Systems. Submitted to IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2024.

[C9] Abdalmoaty, M., Anand, S. C., and Teixeira, A. M., 2023. Privacy and Security in Network Controlled Systems via Dynamic Masking. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 56(2), pp.991-996. [video][pdf]

[C8] Nguyen, A. T., Anand, S. C., Teixeira, A. M., and A Medvedev., 2023. Optimal Detector Placement in Networked Control Systems under Cyber-attacks with Applications to Power Networks. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 56(2), pp.1820-1826. [pdf]

[C7] Nguyen, A.T., Anand, S.C., and Teixeira, A.M., 2022, December. A Zero-Sum Game Framework for Optimal Sensor Placement in Uncertain Networked Control Systems under Cyber-Attacks. In 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (pp. 6126-6133). IEEE. [pdf]

[C6] Anand, S.C., Teixeira, A.M. and Ahlén, A., 2022, August. Risk assessment and optimal allocation of security measures under stealthy false data injection attacks. In 2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) (pp. 1347-1353). IEEE. [video][pdf]

[C5] Anand, S.C. and Teixeira, A.M., 2022, June. Risk-averse controller design against data injection attacks on actuators for uncertain control systems. In 2022 American Control Conference (ACC) (pp. 5037-5042). IEEE. [video][pdf]

[C4] Gallo, A.J., Anand, S.C., Teixeira, A.M. and Ferrari, R.M., 2021, December. Design of multiplicative watermarking against covert attacks. In 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (pp. 4176-4181). IEEE. [pdf]

[C3] Anand, S.C. and Teixeira, A.M., 2021, December. Stealthy cyber-attack design using dynamic programming. In 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (pp. 3474-3479). IEEE. [pdf]

[C2] Anand, S.C. and Baldi, S., 2020, October. Optimal tracking strategies for uncertain ensembles of thermostatically controlled loads. In 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) (pp. 901-906). IEEE. [pdf]

[C1] Anand, S.C. and Teixeira, A.M., 2020. Joint controller and detector design against data injection attacks on actuators. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 53(2), pp.7439-7445. [video][pdf]

Patents (as inventor)

[P2] Bharath. K, Sribalaji. CA, and Vamsiyerram Reddy, 

Title: A Portable Apparatus for performing purification of fluid. (Granted)

Application number: 201841036812.

Patent Number: 370528. 

Issued: September 28, 2018. 

Field of Invention: Chemical Engineering.

[P1] Anjan Kumar Dash, Sribalaji. CA, Abhishek. S, and Harisubramanyabalaji. SP, 

Title: Walking Assistance for Hemiplegic Patients. (Granted)

Application number: 2685/CHE/2015.

Patent Number: 517454.

Issued: February 29, 2024.

Field of Invention: Bio-medical Engineering.

Preprints

[PrP2] Anand, S. C., Chong, M. S., and Teixeira, A. M., Data-Driven Identification of Attack-free Sensors in Networked Control Systems. Submitted to Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, 2024. [arxiv]

[PrP1] Babu, M., Oza, Y., Sribalaji, C. A., Singh, A. K., Gopakarishnan, B., & Kirshna, K. M. (2017). Trajectory Optimization for Curvature Bounded Non-Holonomic Vehicles: Application to Autonomous Driving. arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.04978. [pdf]

Thesis

[T2] Sribalaji. C. A., Optimal Tracking Strategies for Uncertain Ensembles of Thermostatically Controlled Loads, 2019.

[T1] Sribalaji C.A., Design of Cross Coupled Controller for Motion Control of a Differentially Driven Mobile Robot, 2016.

Talks/Presentations

1. Secure Control Systems

ELLITT Focus Period, Lund University, Sweden, April 2024 (By Invitation)

1. Optimal Allocation Under Strategic Attacks on Uncertain Systems, 

Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2023, The Netherlands. 

2. Robust control system design against data injection attacks (Poster), 

DISC summer school, The Netherlands, 26 June 2022. 

3. Secure control systems, Robust design against data injection attacks, 

Reglermöte 2022, Luleå,  09 June 2022.

4. Secure and Resilient Control Systems, 

Uppsala University Workshop on Cyber Security,12 Nov 2020.

Review activities

1. IFAC Automatica 

2. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 

3. IEEE Control System Letters 

4. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 

5. American Control Conference 

Volunteer Activities

1. Student volunteer, European Control Conferece, 2024 (Upcoming)

2. Organiser of student school visits (Part of LEGO Robots visit), Uppsala University, 2023

3. Organiser of Workshop at Scifest, Uppsala University, 2023

4. Organiser of Career fair, TU Delft, 2017, 2018

Teaching Activities

Uppsala University:

1. 1TE028, Wind Power - Technology and Systems, Spring 2024, Module on Wind Turbine Control, Teacher.

2. 1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2024, Course co-responsible.

3. 1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2023, Course co-responsible.

4. 1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2022, Course co-responsible. 

5. 1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2021, Course co-responsible.

6. 1MA034, Transform methods, Fall 2020, Teaching assistant.

7. 1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2020, Teaching assistant.

TU Delft:

1. SC42005, Introduction project, Fall 2019, Student assistant.

2. WB2232, Mechatronics project, Spring 2018, Student assistant.

Master Students

1. Teja Kedar Vaddehulgesh, Evaluation of Cyber-Attacks in Networked Control Systems, 2023.