Drone Systems and Control

Prof. Suresh Sundaram received the Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute ofScience, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, India, in 2005. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Departmentof Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. From 2010 to 2018, he was an AssociateProfessor with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore. His research interests include flight control, uncrewed aerial vehicle design, machine learning,optimization, and computer vision.

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.