Sribalaji C. Anand
Department of Electrical Engineering
Uppsala university, Sweden
Email: <first name> [DOT] <last name> [at] angstrom [DOT] uu [DOT] se.
News
We are organizing a student workshop in the upcoming American Control conference. Let me know if you want to be a speaker/panelists.
Workshop website: [Link]
Breif Bio
Research Interests:
Scalable Control, Positive Systems. Convex Optimization, Control System Security, Dissipative systems, Adaptive Control, and System Identification.
Doctor of Philosophy
Uppsala University, 2019 - May 2024.
"Risk-Based Analysis and Design of Secure Control Systems" [Link]
Supervisor: Dr. André Teixeira, and Prof. Anders Ahlén
Master of Science
Delft University of Technology, 2017 - 2019
"Optimal Tracking Strategies for Uncertain Ensembles of Thermostatically Controlled Loads" [Link]
Supervisor: Dr. Simone Baldi.
Research Intern
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, 2016-2017
Supervisor: Dr. Madhava Krishna.
Bachelor of Technology
SASTRA University, India, 2012-2016
"Design of Cross Coupled Controller for Motion Control of a Differentially Driven Mobile Robot"
Supervisor: Dr. Rakesh Kumar.
Grants/Awards
Research topic: Analysis and Design of Secure Large-Scale Networked Control System.
Grant duration: 3 year
Grant sum: 4 MSEK
Host: Prof. George Pappas (University of Pennsylvania, United States) and Prof. Karl Henrik Johansson (KTH, Sweden)
Research topic: Total positivity: A framework for Secure Network Control.
Grant duration: 1 year
Grant sum: 1.1 MSEK
Host: Christian Grussler (Technion, Israel)
Liljewalch travel scholarships, 2023
Award sum: 47 KSEK
Host: Christian Grussler, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
Stenholm Wilgott travel scholarship, 2022.
Award sum: 120 KSEK
Host: Michelle S. Chong, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
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).
IEEE Travel Scholarship, 2021.
Registration support for the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2021, awarded by the IEEE CSS.
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
[T3] Sribalaji. C. A., Risk-Based Analysis and Design of Secure Control Systems, 2024
[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
Secure Control Systems
ELLITT Focus Period, Lund University, Sweden, April 2024 (By Invitation)
Optimal Allocation Under Strategic Attacks on Uncertain Systems,
Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2023, The Netherlands.
DISC summer school, The Netherlands, 26 June 2022.
Reglermöte 2022, Luleå, 09 June 2022.
Secure and Resilient Control Systems,
Uppsala University Workshop on Cyber Security,12 Nov 2020.
Review activities
IFAC Automatica
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
IEEE Control System Letters
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
American Control Conference
Volunteer Activities
Student volunteer, European Control Conferece, 2024.
Organiser of student school visits (Part of LEGO Robots visit), Uppsala University, 2023
Organiser of Workshop at Scifest, Uppsala University, 2023
Organiser of Career fair, TU Delft, 2017, 2018
Teaching Activities
Uppsala University:
1TE028, Wind Power - Technology and Systems, Spring 2024, Module on Wind Turbine Control, Teacher.
1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2024, Course co-responsible.
1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2023, Course co-responsible.
1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2022, Course co-responsible.
1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2021, Course co-responsible.
1MA034, Transform methods, Fall 2020, Teaching assistant.
1TE683, Logic and Automation, Spring 2020, Teaching assistant.
TU Delft:
SC42005, Introduction project, Fall 2019, Student assistant.
WB2232, Mechatronics project, Spring 2018, Student assistant.
Master Students
Teja Kedar Vaddehulgesh, Evaluation of Cyber-Attacks in Networked Control Systems, 2023.