Professional Experience June '22 - : Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT  Advisor: Prof. Chuchu Fan May '21-June '22: Postdoctoral scholar, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Advisors: Prof. Alvaro Cardenas and Prof. Ricardo Sanfelice Summers 2015: Visiting International Research Student, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Summers 2014: Research Intern, CSIO-CSIR, Chandigarh

About me I am a postdoctoral associate in REALM lab in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT. My research interests include: Safe control design using learning-based methods; Control-theoretic methods for security of CPS; Optimization based control design; Multi-agent distributed control; Finite-time stability theory for safe distributed control design; Hybrid/Switched-Systems: theory and applications; Accelerated optimization methods. Some videos related to my research (conference talks and simulation videos) are available on my YouTube channel.  Academic Background 2016-21: PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Advisor: Prof. Dimitra Panagou 2016-19: MSE, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2012-16: B.Tech, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, India Curriculum Vitae Google Scholar Contact Email: kgarg at mit dot edu

  Recent News

• [Mar '24]: Our survey paper titled "Learning Safe Control for Multi-Robot Systems: Methods, Verification, and Open Challenges" accepted in Annual Reviews in Control.
• [Mar '24]: Our tutorial paper titled "Advances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing Practical Challenges in Safe Control Synthesis for Autonomous and Robotic Systems" accepted in the Annual Reviews in Control. 
• [Aug '23]: Our paper titled "Neural Graph Control Barrier Functions Guided Distributed Collision-avoidance Multi-agent Control" accepted at Conference of Robot Learning (CoRL) 2023. 
• [Aug '23]: Our paper titled "Model-free Neural Fault Detection and Isolation for Safe Control", accepted in IEEE Control System Letters (L-CSS). 
• [July '23]: Our paper titled "Neural Network-based Fault Detection and Identification for Quadrotors using Dynamic Symmetry", accepted in 2023 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing.
• [Apr '23]: Our paper titled "Online Attack Recovery in Cyber-Physical Systems", accepted in IEEE Security and Privacy.
• [Feb '23]: Our poster on "Hybrid Systems under Adversarial Scenarios" accepted at ACC '23. 
• [Jan '23]: Our paper titled "Accelerating Distributed Optimization via Fixed-time Convergent Flows: Extensions to Non-convex Functions and Consistent Discretization" accepted at IFAC World Congress '23. Preprint
• [Jan '23]: Our paper titled "An Observer-based Switching Algorithm for Safety under Sensor Denial-of-Service Attacks" accepted at ACC '23. Preprint

Selected awards

• '22 DAAD AInet Fellow for Postdoc-Net-AI  
• '21 Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• '21 Professor Pierre T. Kabamba Award for Excellence in Control Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• '19 Best Student Paper Finalist, AIAA SciTech Forum (Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference)
• '16 Institute Silver Medal, Department Rank 1, IIT Bombay