Arvind Raghunathan

- Phone: 617-621-7502
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Position:
Research / Technical Staff
Senior Principal Research Scientist,
Senior Team Leader -
Education:
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2004 -
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Biography
Arvind's research focuses on algorithms for optimization of large-scale nonlinear and mixed integer nonlinear programs with applications in power grid, transportation systems and model-based control of processes. He previously worked at the United Technologies Research Center for 7 years developing optimization algorithms for aerospace, elevator, energy systems and security businesses.
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Recent News & Events
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NEWS MERL researchers present 10 papers at the American Control Conference (ACC) Date: May 31, 2023 - June 2, 2023
Where: San Diego, CA
MERL Contacts: Karl Berntorp; Ankush Chakrabarty; Vedang M. Deshpande; Stefano Di Cairano; Marcus Greiff; Devesh K. Jha; Christopher R. Laughman; Marcel Menner; Rien Quirynen; Arvind Raghunathan; Diego Romeres; Abraham P. Vinod; Yebin Wang; Avishai Weiss
Research Areas: Control, Machine Learning, OptimizationBrief- MERL will present 10 papers at the American Control Conference (ACC) in San Diego, CA, with topics including autonomous-vehicle decision making and control, physics-informed machine learning, motion planning, control subject to nonconvex chance constraints, and optimal power management. Two talks are part of tutorial sessions.
MERL will also be present at the conference as a sponsor, with a booth for discussing with researchers and students, and hosting a special session at lunch with highlights of MERL research and work philosophy.
- MERL will present 10 papers at the American Control Conference (ACC) in San Diego, CA, with topics including autonomous-vehicle decision making and control, physics-informed machine learning, motion planning, control subject to nonconvex chance constraints, and optimal power management. Two talks are part of tutorial sessions.
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NEWS MERL Researchers Organize Two MiniSymposia and Five Invited Talks at the 2023 SIAM Conference on Optimization Date: May 31, 2023 - June 3, 2023
Where: 2023 SIAM Conference on Optimization
MERL Contacts: Devesh K. Jha; Arvind Raghunathan
Research Areas: Control, Optimization, RoboticsBrief- Arvind Raghunathan, Senior Team Leader and Senior Principal Research Scientist in Optimization & Intelligent Robotics team, will organize two minisymposia at the 2023 SIAM Conference on Optimization to be held in Seattle from May 31 to June 3. The two minisymposia titled "Optimization in Control – Algorithms, Applications, and Software" and "New Algorithmic Techniques for Global Optimization" will feature twelve invited speakers from academia and national labs.
Additionally, Arvind together with Devesh Jha, Principal Research Scientist in Optimization & Intelligent Robotics Team, and collaborators will present five invited talks covering the topics of algorithms for convex programs, multilinear programs, mixed-integer nonlinear programs, and robotics.
See:
https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=76268
https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=76269
https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=76270
https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=76256
https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=75897
- Arvind Raghunathan, Senior Team Leader and Senior Principal Research Scientist in Optimization & Intelligent Robotics team, will organize two minisymposia at the 2023 SIAM Conference on Optimization to be held in Seattle from May 31 to June 3. The two minisymposia titled "Optimization in Control – Algorithms, Applications, and Software" and "New Algorithmic Techniques for Global Optimization" will feature twelve invited speakers from academia and national labs.
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Awards
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AWARD Arvind Raghunathan receives Roberto Tempo Best CDC Paper Award at 2022 IEEE Conference on Decision & Control (CDC) Date: December 8, 2022
Awarded to: Arvind Raghunathan
MERL Contact: Arvind Raghunathan
Research Areas: Control, OptimizationBrief- Arvind Raghunathan, Senior Principal Research Scientist in the Data Analytics group, received the IEEE Control Systems Society Roberto Tempo Best CDC Paper Award. The award was presented at the 2022 IEEE Conference on Decision & Control (CDC).
The award is given annually in honor of Roberto Tempo, the 44th President of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS). The Tempo Award Committee selects the best paper from the previous year's CDC based on originality, potential impact on any aspect of control theory, technology, or implementation, and for the clarity of writing. This year's award committee was headed by Prof. Patrizio Colaneri, Politecnico di Milano. Arvind's paper was nominated for the award by Prof. Lorenz Biegler, Carnegie Mellon University, with supporting letters from Prof. Andreas Waechter, Northwestern University, and Prof. Victor Zavala, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Arvind Raghunathan, Senior Principal Research Scientist in the Data Analytics group, received the IEEE Control Systems Society Roberto Tempo Best CDC Paper Award. The award was presented at the 2022 IEEE Conference on Decision & Control (CDC).
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MERL Publications
- "Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-rich Systems", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023.BibTeX TR2023-061 PDF
- @inproceedings{Shirai2023may4,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-rich Systems},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2023,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-061}
- }
, - "Tactile Tool Manipulation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2023.BibTeX TR2023-023 PDF Video
- @inproceedings{Shirai2023may2,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hong, Dennis},
- title = {Tactile Tool Manipulation},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2023,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-023}
- }
, - "Covariance Steering for Uncertain Contact-Rich Systems", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2023.BibTeX TR2023-024 PDF
- @inproceedings{Shirai2023may3,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind},
- title = {Covariance Steering for Uncertain Contact-Rich Systems},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2023,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-024}
- }
, - "STOCS: Simultaneous Trajectory Optimization and Contact Selection for Contact-Rich Manipulation", ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world, May 2023.BibTeX TR2023-044 PDF
- @inproceedings{Zhang2023may3,
- author = {Zhang, Mengchao and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hauser, Kris},
- title = {STOCS: Simultaneous Trajectory Optimization and Contact Selection for Contact-Rich Manipulation},
- booktitle = {ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world},
- year = 2023,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-044}
- }
, - "Closed-Loop Tactile Controller for Tool Manipulation", ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world, May 2023.BibTeX TR2023-043 PDF
- @inproceedings{Shirai2023may,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Hong, Dennis},
- title = {Closed-Loop Tactile Controller for Tool Manipulation},
- booktitle = {ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing contacts. Making robots physically interact with our world},
- year = 2023,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-043}
- }
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- "Chance-Constrained Optimization in Contact-rich Systems", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023.
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Other Publications
- "Global Optimization of Nonlinear Network Design", SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 268-295, 2013.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2013global,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U},
- title = {Global Optimization of Nonlinear Network Design},
- journal = {SIAM Journal on Optimization},
- year = 2013,
- volume = 23,
- number = 1,
- pages = {268--295},
- publisher = {Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics}
- }
, - "A distributed anytime algorithm for maximizing occupant comfort", American Control Conference (ACC), 2012, pp. 1059-1066.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{raghunathan2012distributed,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Krishnamurthy, Sudha},
- title = {A distributed anytime algorithm for maximizing occupant comfort},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2012,
- pages = {1059--1066},
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
, - "Parametric Characterization of Multimodal Distributions with Non-Gaussian Modes", IEEE 11th International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW), 2011, pp. 286-292.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{tewari2011parametric,
- author = {Tewari, Ashutosh and Giering, Michael J and Raghunathan, Arvind},
- title = {Parametric Characterization of Multimodal Distributions with Non-Gaussian Modes},
- booktitle = {IEEE 11th International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW)},
- year = 2011,
- pages = {286--292},
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
, - "Transfer operator method for control in fluid flows", Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, held jointly with the 28th Chinese Control Conference (CDC/CCC), 2009, pp. 1806-1811.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{vaidya2009transfer,
- author = {Vaidya, Umesh and Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar and Raghunathan, Arvind},
- title = {Transfer operator method for control in fluid flows},
- booktitle = {Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, held jointly with the 28th Chinese Control Conference (CDC/CCC)},
- year = 2009,
- pages = {1806--1811},
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
, - "Lyapunov measure and control of periodic orbit", IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), 2008, pp. 48-53.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{diwadkar2008lyapunov,
- author = {Diwadkar, A and Vaidya, U and Raghunathan, AU},
- title = {Lyapunov measure and control of periodic orbit},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT)},
- year = 2008,
- pages = {48--53},
- organization = {IEEE}
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, - "Optimal stabilization using Lyapunov measure", American Control Conference (ACC), 2008, pp. 1746-1751.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{raghunathan2008optimal,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Vaidya, Umesh},
- title = {Optimal stabilization using Lyapunov measure},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2008,
- pages = {1746--1751},
- organization = {IEEE}
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, - "MILP and NLP techniques for centralized trajectory planning of multiple unmanned air vehicles", American Control Conference (ACC), 2006.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{borrelli2006milp,
- author = {Borrelli, Francesco and Subramanian, Dharmashankar and Raghunathan, Arvind U and Biegler, Lorenz T},
- title = {MILP and NLP techniques for centralized trajectory planning of multiple unmanned air vehicles},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2006,
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
, - "Parameter estimation in metabolic flux balance models for batch fermentation - Formulation & Solution using Differential Variational Inequalities (DVIs)", Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 148, No. 1, pp. 251-270, 2006.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2006parameter,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Perez-Correa, J Ricardo and Agosin, Eduardo and Biegler, Lorenz T},
- title = {Parameter estimation in metabolic flux balance models for batch fermentation - Formulation & Solution using Differential Variational Inequalities (DVIs)},
- journal = {Annals of Operations Research},
- year = 2006,
- volume = 148,
- number = 1,
- pages = {251--270},
- publisher = {Springer}
- }
, - "An interior point method for mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCCs)", SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 720-750, 2005.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2005interior,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Biegler, Lorenz T},
- title = {An interior point method for mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCCs)},
- journal = {SIAM Journal on Optimization},
- year = 2005,
- volume = 15,
- number = 3,
- pages = {720--750},
- publisher = {Philadelphia, Pa.: The Society, c1991-}
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, - "Dynamic optimization strategies for three-dimensional conflict resolution of multiple aircraft", Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 586-594, 2004.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2004dynamic,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Gopal, Vipin and Subramanian, Dharmashankar and Biegler, Lorenz T and Samad, Tariq},
- title = {Dynamic optimization strategies for three-dimensional conflict resolution of multiple aircraft},
- journal = {Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics},
- year = 2004,
- volume = 27,
- number = 4,
- pages = {586--594},
- publisher = {American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics}
- }
, - "An MPEC formulation for dynamic optimization of distillation operations", Computers & chemical engineering, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 2037-2052, 2004.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2004mpec,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Soledad Diaz, M and Biegler, Lorenz T},
- title = {An MPEC formulation for dynamic optimization of distillation operations},
- journal = {Computers & chemical engineering},
- year = 2004,
- volume = 28,
- number = 10,
- pages = {2037--2052},
- publisher = {Elsevier}
- }
, - "A comparison between mixed integer programming and nonlinear programming techniques for 3d conflict resolution of multiple aircraft," Tech. Rep., Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2003.BibTeX
- @Techreport{borrelli2003comparison,
- author = {Borrelli, F and Subramanian, D and Raghunathan, AU and Biegler, LT and Samad, T},
- title = {A comparison between mixed integer programming and nonlinear programming techniques for 3d conflict resolution of multiple aircraft},
- institution = {Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota},
- year = 2003,
- address = {Minnesota, Minneapolis}
- }
, - "3D conflict resolution of multiple aircraft via dynamic optimization", AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit (AIAA), 2003.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{raghunathan20033d,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Gopal, Vipin and Subramanian, Dharmashankar and Biegler, Lorenz T and Samad, Tariq},
- title = {3D conflict resolution of multiple aircraft via dynamic optimization},
- booktitle = {AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit (AIAA)},
- year = 2003
- }
, - "Data reconciliation and parameter estimation in flux-balance analysis", Biotechnology and bioengineering, Vol. 84, No. 6, pp. 700-709, 2003.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2003data,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Perez-Correa, J Ricardo and Bieger, Lorenz T},
- title = {Data reconciliation and parameter estimation in flux-balance analysis},
- journal = {Biotechnology and bioengineering},
- year = 2003,
- volume = 84,
- number = 6,
- pages = {700--709},
- publisher = {Wiley Online Library}
- }
, - "Mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints (MPECs) in process engineering", Computers & chemical engineering, Vol. 27, No. 10, pp. 1381-1392, 2003.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2003mathematical,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind U and Biegler, Lorenz T},
- title = {Mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints (MPECs) in process engineering},
- journal = {Computers & chemical engineering},
- year = 2003,
- volume = 27,
- number = 10,
- pages = {1381--1392},
- publisher = {Elsevier}
- }
, - "Barrier methods for mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCCs)," Tech. Rep., Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2002.BibTeX
- @Techreport{raghunathan2002barrier,
- author = {Raghunathan, A and Biegler, LT},
- title = {Barrier methods for mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCCs)},
- institution = {Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemical Engineering},
- year = 2002
- }
, - "MPEC formulations and algorithms in process engineering", Computers and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 27, pp. 1381-1392, 2002.BibTeX
- @Article{raghunathan2002mpec,
- author = {Raghunathan, A and Biegler, LT},
- title = {MPEC formulations and algorithms in process engineering},
- journal = {Computers and Chemical Engineering},
- year = 2002,
- volume = 27,
- pages = {1381--1392}
- }
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- "Global Optimization of Nonlinear Network Design", SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 268-295, 2013.
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MERL Issued Patents
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Title: "System and Method for Policy Optimization using Quasi-Newton Trust Region Method"
Inventors: Jha, Devesh; Raghunathan, Arvind U; Romeres, Diego
Patent No.: 11,650,551
Issue Date: May 16, 2023 -
Title: "System and Method for Scheduling Multiple Modes of Transport with Incomplete Information"
Inventors: Serra, Thiago; Raghunathan, Arvind U; Bergman, David
Patent No.: 11,085,781
Issue Date: Aug 10, 2021 -
Title: "System and Method for Scheduling Electric Generators using Decision Diagrams"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Bergman, David; Hashimoto, Hiroyuki
Patent No.: 10,969,750
Issue Date: Apr 6, 2021 -
Title: "Systems and Methods for Resource Allocation for Management Systems"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Bergman, David; Sahinidis, Nikolaos V
Patent No.: 10,362,139
Issue Date: Jul 23, 2019 -
Title: "Decentralized Control of Electricity Passing through Electrical Grid"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U
Patent No.: 10,243,361
Issue Date: Mar 26, 2019 -
Title: "Optimizing Operations of Multiple Air-Conditioning Units"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Nikovski, Daniel N.
Patent No.: 10,161,649
Issue Date: Dec 25, 2018 -
Title: "System and Method for Group Elevator Scheduling Based on Submodular Optimization"
Inventors: Nikovski, Daniel N.; Raghunathan, Arvind U; Ramalingam, Srikumar
Patent No.: 10,118,796
Issue Date: Nov 6, 2018 -
Title: "Optimal Parameter Selection and Acceleration in ADMM for Multi-stage Stochastic Convex Quadratic Programs"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Di Cairano, Stefano
Patent No.: 9,760,534
Issue Date: Sep 12, 2017 -
Title: "Method for Solving Quadratic Programs for Convex Sets with Linear Equalities by an Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers with Optimized Step Sizes"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Di Cairano, Stefano
Patent No.: 9,753,892
Issue Date: Sep 5, 2017 -
Title: "Method for Determining Object Poses Using Weighted Features"
Inventors: Tuzel, Oncel; Liu, Ming-Yu; Taguchi, Yuichi; Raghunathan, Arvind U
Patent No.: 9,280,827
Issue Date: Mar 8, 2016 -
Title: "System and Method for Optimal Power Flow Analysis"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Nikovski, Daniel N.; Gopalakrishnan, Ajit
Patent No.: 9,280,744
Issue Date: Mar 8, 2016 -
Title: "Method for Optimizing Power Flows in Electric Power Networks"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Gopalakrishnan, Ajit; Nikovski, Daniel N.
Patent No.: 9,184,589
Issue Date: Nov 10, 2015 -
Title: "Method for Globally Optimizing Power Flows in Electric Networks"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Nikovski, Daniel N.
Patent No.: 9,093,842
Issue Date: Jul 28, 2015 -
Title: "System and Method for Optimizing Energy Consumption in Railway Systems with Energy Storage Devices"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Xu, Yunwen; Wada, Toshihiro; Ueda, Kenji; Takahashi, Satoru
Patent No.: 8,983,690
Issue Date: Mar 17, 2015 -
Title: "System and Method for Optimizing Energy Consumption in Railway Systems"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U; Wada, Toshihiro; Ueda, Kenji; Takahashi, Satoru
Patent No.: 8,831,801
Issue Date: Sep 9, 2014 -
Title: "Method for Optimizing Power Flows in Electric Power Networks"
Inventors: Raghunathan, Arvind U
Patent No.: 8,756,556
Issue Date: Jun 17, 2014
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Title: "System and Method for Policy Optimization using Quasi-Newton Trust Region Method"