Research

Research Interests

• Systems & Control: Descriptor systems, Structured systems, Multi-agent systems & control, Robust control, Predictive and Data-driven control

• Application Areas: Power networks, Autonomous vehicles and Robotics

Sponsored Projects/Grants

As PI

• Data Driven Methods for Analysis and Control of Constrained Dynamical Systems (2026-2031)
  Funding Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Gov. of India.

• Cyber-Attack Resilient Distributed Control for Networked Descriptor Systems (2022-2025)
  Jointly with: Prof. B. K. Panigrahi (EE, IITD)
  Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Gov. of India.

• Controller Optimizations for Differential - Algebraic Systems (2016-2019)
  Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Gov. of India.

As Co-PI

• Robustness Analysis of Port-Hamiltonian Systems (2024-2027)
  Jointly with: Prof. Punit Sharma (PI) and Prof. Deepak U. Patil
  Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Gov. of India.

Publications

Google Scholar Citations

Journal Publications (Published/Accepted)

• M. Patel, S. Datta and D. Patil, “Leader-Following Synchronization in Singular Multi-Agent Systems Under Signed and Uncertain Network Graph,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, doi: 10.1109/TASE.2026.3735926, 2026. (Preprint)

• M. Patel, D. Mukherjee, D. Pal and S. Datta, “Stabilization and Impulse Elimination in a Network of Impulse-Uncontrollable Descriptor Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, doi: 10.1109/TCNS.2026.3734147, 2026. (Preprint)

• B. Chaudhary, K. Nath, S. Datta and I. N. Kar, “An event-based state estimation approach for positive systems with positive observers”, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, doi: 10.1177/01423312261425844, 2026.

• S. Datta, “Parametric Uncertain LTI Systems: An LMI Optimisation Formulation for Robust Feedback Control Design”, International Journal of Control, vol,: 97, no. 9, pp: 2095-2107, 2024. (Preprint).

• M. Patel and S. Datta, “Control Architecture for Synchronization and Tracking in Descriptor Multi-Agent Systems”, IEEE Control Systems Letters. vol.: 7, pp: 3229-3234, 2023. (Preprint)

• S. Datta and H. Mathur, “Feedback Control for Structured Descriptor Systems with Minimum Free-entry Pattern Gain Vectors”, Automatica, vol.: 147, 110702, 2023. (Preprint). (Addendum).

• S. Datta, “Consensus in Multi-agent Systems: A Transfer Function Based Controller Design Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol.: 69(11), pp: 4384-4388, 2022. (Preprint).

• S. Datta, “Well-Posedness, Internal Stability and Input-Output Stability in Networked Multi-Agent Systems”, IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol.: 6, pp: 1543-1548, 2022. (Preprint). (Addendum).

• P. D. Vaswani, P. K. Tamboli, S. Datta and D. Chakraborty, “Optimised structured state feedback controller for zone power and bulk power control of PHWRs”, Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol.: 167 (108835), pp: 1-14, 2022. Preprint

• S. Datta, “Small Signal Stability Criteria for Descriptor Form Power Network Model”, International Journal of Control, vol.: 93(8), pp: 1817-1825, 2020. (Preprint).

• S. Datta and V. Mehrmann, “Computation of State Reachable Points of Second Order Linear Time-Invariant Descriptor Systems”, Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, vol.: 32, pp:301-316, 2017. (Preprint).

• S. Datta, “Feedback Controller Norm Optimization for Linear Time Invariant Descriptor Systems with Pole Region Constraint”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol.: 62 (6), pp: 2794-2806, 2017. (Preprint).

• S. Datta, D. Chakraborty and M. N. Belur, “Reduced Order Controller Synthesis with Regional Pole Constraint”, International Journal of Control, vol.: 89(2), pp: 221-234, 2016. (Preprint).

• S. Datta and D. Chakraborty, “Feedback Norm Minimization with Regional Pole Placement”, International Journal of Control, vol.: 87(11) , pp: 2239-2251, Mar 2014. (Preprint).

• S. Datta, D. Chakraborty and B. Chaudhuri, “Partial Pole Placement with Controller Optimization”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol.: 54(7), pp: 1051-1056, April 2012. (Preprint).

Conference Publications

• S. S. Roy, S. Datta and N. Senroy, “Resilient Control for Bus Bar Isolation Attack in Smart Power-Grids”, IFAC World Congress, Busan, Republic of Korea, Aug 23 - 28, 2026. (Regular late-breaking/discussion paper)

• B. Chaudhary, N. Patel, S. Datta and I. N. Kar, “Positive Observer Design for Positive Linear Systems with Applications in Cascaded Symmetric RC Network”, IEEE 19th International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA), Tallinn, Estonia, Jun 30 -Jul 03, 2025.

• R. Sen and S. Datta, “A Model Predictive Control Approach for Smooth Traffic Flow of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Signalized Junctions”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Allianz MiCo, Milan Convention Centre, Italy, Dec 16-19, 2024.

• M. Patel and S. Datta, “Impulse Elimination and Synchronization in Descriptor Multi-Agent Systems”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Dec 13-15, 2023.

• T. Saha, S. Khare and S. Datta, “Structured real radius of controllability for higher order LTI systems”, Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation, 2019, July 1-4, Akko, Israel.

• D. U. Patil and S. Datta, “Synchronization of Multi-Agent Systems with Distributed Reduced Norm State feedback Control”, Indian Control Conference, 2019, January 9-11, New Delhi, India.

• A. Kumar and S. Datta, “Elimination of Expensive Sensors in Static State Feedback Control with Specified Transient Behaviour”, Indian Control Conference, 2019, January 9-11, New Delhi, India.

• H. Mathur and S. Datta, “Design of State Feedback Control for a Class of Small Scale Structured Descriptor Systems”, IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2018, August 21-24, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• S. Datta, “Control Effort Optimization for Linear Time-Invariant Descriptor Systems”, European Congress of Mathematics, 2016, July 18-22, Berlin, Germany.

• S. Datta and Volker Mehramnn, “Reachable Space Computation of Linear Time-Invariant Descriptor Systems”, European Congress of Mathematics, 2016, July 18-22, Berlin, Germany.

• S. Datta, “Optimization Based State Feedback Control Design for Impulse Elimination in Descriptor Systems”, Indian Control Conference, 2016, January 4-6, Hyderabad, India.

• S. Datta and V. Mehrmann, “Computation of State Reachable Points of Descriptor Systems”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2014, December 15-17, LA, USA.

• S. Datta and D. Chakraborty, “Controller Order Reduction with Pole Region Constraint”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2014, December 15-17, LA, USA.

• S. Datta and D. Chakraborty, “An LMI based PID Controller for Load Frequency Control in Power System", IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control (MSC), August 28-30, Hyderabad, India, 2013.

• S. Datta and D. Chakraborty, “Minimal State Measurements for Regional Pole Placement", IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), June 17-19, Washington DC, USA, 2013.

• S. Datta, D. Chakraborty and M. N. Belur, “Low order controller with regional pole placement", IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), Montreal, Canada, 2012.

• S. Datta, D. Pal and D. Chakraborty, “Partial Pole Placement and Controller Norm Optimization over Polynomial Stability Region”, IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 28 Aug-2 Sep, 2011.

• S. Datta, B. Chaudhuri and D. Chakraborty, “ Partial Pole Placement with Minimum Norm Controller ”,IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, Dec 15-17, 2010.