Aranya Chakrabortty

Biography
My research interests span all branches of control system theory with applications to large-scale electric power systems. I am a part of the FREEDM Systems Center, currently researching several system and control-theoretic problems for the US power grid using Synchrophasor (WAMS) technology, and its integration with renewable energy sources such as wind energy.
Education
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Ph.D.
2008
Electrical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY -
Master's
2005
Electrical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY -
Bachelor's
2004
Electrical Engineering
Jadavpur University, India
Recent Publications
- Designing Optimal Key Lengths and Control Laws for Encrypted Control Systems Based on Sample Identifying Complexity and Deciphering Time (2023)
- Hierarchical frequency and voltage control using prioritized utilization of inverter based resources (2023)
- A Robust Stackelberg Game for Cyber-Security Investment in Networked Control Systems (2022)
- Data-Adaptive Retrofit Control for Power System Stabilizer Design (2022)
- Learning Distributed Stabilizing Controllers for Multi-Agent Systems (2022)
- Optimal co-designs of communication and control in bandwidth-constrained cyber-physical systems (2022)
- Decomposability and Parallel Computation of Multi-Agent LQR (2021)
- EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS FOR EIGENSYSTEM REALIZATION USING RANDOMIZED SVD (2021)
- Enhancing Controllability of Wind Farms Against Parametric Resonance: A Series Compensation Approach (2021)
- Fast Online Reinforcement Learning Control Using State-Space Dimensionality Reduction (2021)
Books
Highlighted Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2011)
- University Faculty Scholars (2019)
Awards & Honors
- 2019 - University Faculty Scholar
- 2018 - Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
- 2016 - Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology
- 2015 - Senior Member of IEEE
- 2011 - NSF CAREER Award
- 2009 - Allen B Dumont Prize (RPI, Top Ph.D. Graduate)
- 2006 - HKN Honor Society award for best Graduate TA, RPI
Recent News

2020 Promoted and Tenured Faculty
Posted on November 12, 2020 | Filed Under: Faculty
Congratulations to five outstanding ECE faculty members who were promoted to Professor or granted tenure this year.

Managing data flow to boost cyber-physical system performance
Posted on November 11, 2020 | Filed Under: Research
Optimizing data flow allows ECE researchers to dramatically improve the performance of cyber-physical systems, from autonomous vehicles to smart power grids.

Research Advances Learning Capability of Drone Swarms
Posted on August 31, 2020 | Filed Under: Research
Researchers, including Aranya Chakrabortty, have developed a reinforcement learning approach that will allow swarms of unmanned vehicles to accomplish various missions while minimizing performance uncertainty.
Media Mentions

Army advances learning capabilities of drone swarms
August 10, 2020

NCSU and Johns Hopkins team up to stabilize power grid
January 3, 2014
Researchers have found that an increase in the use of wind power generation can make the power grid more fragile and susceptible to disruptions. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical engineering, featured.

Wind energy may endanger the grid
January 8, 2014
Researchers identify a problem concerning the intermittency related to wind energy generation. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical engineering, featured.