Prof. Suresh Sundaram

IISc Bangalore

Prof.Suresh Sundaram is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chair of Cyber Physical System, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, since 2018 and associated faculty at the Robert Bosch Center for Cyber-Physical Systems. Dr. Suresh received his Bachelor of Engineering from Bharathiar University in 1995 and his Master of Engineering (2001) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science in 2005. He leads the WIPRO-IISc joint research initiative on Artificial Intelligence-driven Autonomous Systems and leads the research initiative in an autonomous vehicle in ARTPARK. He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering from 2024.

Prior to his current appointment, he was a faculty member at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, between 2010 and 2018. During that period, he served as a cluster director at the Energy Research Institute @ NTU and deputy director at the Robotics Research Center at NTU. He is an associate editor in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Elsevier Neural Networks, Swarm and Evolutionary Computing, and Evolving Systems. He was the general chair for the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence in 2018 (IEEE SSCI-2018) and the Publication chair in IEEE SSCI 2013. He also served as a general chair for IEEE CISDA 2018 and 2019. Based on his contribution to robotics and AI, he is listed in the Top 2% of scientists who changed the world. He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Science and received the IETE Devi Singh TYAGI memorial award for his contribution in avionics.

He published over 300 articles and a monograph; his citation index is 49. His research interest includes intelligent flight control, autonomous systems, applied game theory, and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Rudrashis Majumder

Dr. Rudrashis Majumder is a Postdoctoral Researcher at ARTPARK, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. He received his M.E. in Control Systems Engineering with a University Medal from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2016, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from IISc in 2022.

His research interests lie at the intersection of control systems, machine learning, and game theory, with a strong focus on their integration into robotic systems. He is actively engaged in developing advanced algorithms for UAV Traffic Management (UTM), aiming to ensure the safe and efficient operation of autonomous aerial vehicles in shared airspace. His work particularly involves designing scalable, intelligent control strategies for multi-agent control and decision making under uncertainty. His research contributes to the formalization and deployment of safe, efficient, and resilient aerial mobility systems, with broader applications in autonomous systems. Dr. Majumder was inducted into the IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) Honor Society in 2021 by the IEEE Bangalore Section.

NOC: Drone Systems and Control, IISc Bangalore