Nilanjan Chakraborty's Research

My overall research interests are in studying and understanding the algorithmic foundations of interacting intelligent systems (e.g., robotic systems, cyber-physical systems, intelligent software agents). Interaction is defined broadly to include physical interaction between robots (or agents) and objects in its environment, as well as strategic interaction among agents and interaction among agents and humans with whom they may work. Details on projects that I have worked on are given below.

• Proximity queries between convex objects
• Time-stepping algorithms for dynamic simulation
• Use of dynamic simulation in motion planning

• Multiple Robot Point Set Coverage under Geometric Constraints
• Multi-robot task allocation for grouped tasks
• Online multi-robot task allocation

• Distributed (re)configuartion algorithms for mobile robotic networks with anisotropic sensors
• Data collection algorithms for sensor networks with anisotropic communication capability
• (Re)Configuration algorithms for mobile robotic networks

• Design for reducing slip in wheeled mobile robots for traversing uneven terrain.

• Negotiation with private knowledge
• Scheduling energy consumption with private knowledge

• Intent mismatch in human swarm interaction
• On leader selection and influencing swarms

• Evolution of cooperation and conflict in networked multi-agent systems
• Dynamic Equilibrium Computation for Repeated Games in Graphs
• Multiplayer conflicts over resources