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Aniruddha Datta
Professor
Control Systems, Bioinformatics and Control
Office: 216N Zachry Engineering Center
Office phone number: (979) 845-5917
FAX number (979) 845-6259

 

 

 

 

Education:

• PhD. (Electrical Engineering), University of Southern California, 1991.
• M.S. (Applied Mathematics), University of Southern California, 1991.
• M.S.E.E., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1987.
• B.Tech (Hons.) (Electrical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 1985.

Areas of Interest:

• Adaptive Control.
• Parametric Robust Control.
• Genomic Signal Processing and Control.

Professional and Academic Honors, Awards and Activities:

• Fellow IEEE, 2009, For contributions to control techniques in Cancer Genomics.
• J. W. Runyon, Jr. '35 Endowed Professor II, January 2008-present.
• NSF Panelist for Science and Technology Centers Preproposal Panel, January 2009.
• General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS), 2008.
• NSF Panelist for Power, Control and Adaptive Networks Panel, February 2008.
• Associate Editor, EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 2007-present.
• Member, International Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008.
• Member, Technical Committee on Biosystems and Control, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2007-present.
• Technical Program Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS), 2007.
• NSF Panelist for Power, Control and Adaptive Networks Panel, June 2006.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, 2005-2006.
• Finance Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS), 2006.
• Eugene E. Webb Faculty Fellow, 2006.
• Publicity Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS), 2005.
• Member, Editorial Board, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, 2005.
• Member, International Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2004.
• Outstanding Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, 2004.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2001-2003.
• Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Workshop on Discrete Models for Genetic Regulatory Networks, November 2003.
• TEES Special Research Fellow, 2001.
• NSF Panelist for Control, Networks and Computational Intelligence Panel, June 2001.
• Member, International Program Committee, 2000 American Control Conference.
• Member, International Program Committee, 1998 American Control Conference.
• Member, International Program Committee, 3rd IEEE Mediterranean Symposiumon New Directions in Control and Automation, 1995.
• Best Presentation Award, Session WA03 on Robust Adaptive Control, American Control Conference, 1994.
• Organizer, Texas Systems Day, 1994.
• NSF Panelist for Research Initiation Awards, 1993.
• Presidential Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, May 1986.

University Service:

• Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, 2009-present.
• Chairman, Awards Committee, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, 2006-2008.
• Member, Electrical & Computer Engineering Search Committee for Endowed Chairs, 2006.
• Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, 2002-2004, 2006-2008.
• Member, Distinguished Speaker Selection Committee, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, 1997-2001, 2006-present.
• Electrical Engineering Representative, Dean's Engineering Faculty Advisory Council, 1997-2000.
• Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, 1997-2001.

Teaching and Research Experience:

• Professor, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University: 09/02-present.
• Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, 07/07-present.
• Bioinformatics Trainee, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Training Grant, Texas A&M University: 07/01-06/03.
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University: 09/97 - 08/02.
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University: 08/91 - 08/97.

Books:

• A. Datta, Adaptive Internal Model Control, Springer-Verlag, 1998. [order now]
• A. Datta, M. T. Ho and S. P. Bhattacharyya, Structure and Synthesis of PID Controllers, Springer-Verlag, 2000. [order now]
• G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, PID Controllers for Time Delay Systems, Birkhauser, 2005. [order now]
• A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, Introduction to Genomic Signal Processing with Control, CRC Press, 2007. [order now]
• S. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Datta and L. H. Keel, Linear Control Theory: Structure, Robustness and Optimization, CRC Press, 2009. [order now]

Refereed Journal Publications:

1. A. Datta and P. Ioannou, "Decentralized Indirect Adaptive Control of Interconnected Systems," International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 5, No. 4, 259-281,July-August 1991.
2. P. A. Ioannou and A. Datta, "Robust Adaptive Control: A Unified Approach," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 79, No. 12, 1736-1768, December 1991.
3. A. Datta, "Performance Improvement in Decentralized Adaptive Control: A Modified Model Reference Scheme," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC- 38, No. 11, 1717-1722, Nov. 1993.
4. A. Datta, "Robustness of Discrete-time Adaptive Controllers: An Input-Output Approach," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-38, No.12, 1852-1857, Dec. 1993.
5. A. Datta, "On the Transient Behaviour in Discrete-time Model Reference Adaptive Control: Analysis and Possible Improvement," Automatica, Vol. 30, No.3, 527-531, March 1994.
6. A. Datta and M. T. Ho, "On Modifying Model Reference Adaptive Control Schemes for Performance Improvement," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-39, No. 9, 1977-1980, Sept. 1994.
7. A. Datta and P. A. Ioannou, "Performance Analysis and Improvement in Model Reference Adaptive Control," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-39, No. 12, 2370-2387, Dec. 1994.
8. A. Datta and P. A. Ioannou, "Directly Computable L₂ and L₁ Performance Bounds for Morse's Dynamic Certainty Equivalence Adaptive Controller," International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 9, No. 5, 423-432, September-October 1995.
9. M. T. Ho and A. Datta, "Partially Decentralized Adaptive Control of Interconnected Systems with Improved Performance," International Journal of Control, Vol. 64, No. 3, 529-561, June 1996.
10. A. Datta and J. Ochoa, "Adaptive Internal Model Control: Design and Stability Analysis," Automatica, Vol. 32, No. 2, 261-266, February 1996.
11. A. Datta and M. Ho, "A Modified Model Reference Adaptive Control Scheme for Rigid Robots," IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 12, No. 3, 466-470, June 1996.
12. A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "On a Quantitative Theory of Robust Adaptive Control: An Interval Plant Approach," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-41, No. 4, 570-574, April 1996.
13. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "An Elementary Derivation of the Routh-Hurwitz Criterion," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-43, No. 3, 405-409, March 1998.
14. A. Datta and J. Ochoa, "Adaptive Internal Model Control: H₂ Optimization for Stable Plants," Automatica, Vol. 34, No. 1, 75-82, Jan. 1998.
15. A. Datta and L. Xing, "Adaptive Internal Model Control: H_∞ Optimization for Stable Plants," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-44, No. 11, 2130-2134, Nov. 1999.
16. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Generalizations of the Hermite-Biehler Theorem," Linear Algebra and its Applications, Vol. 302-303, 135-153, 1999.
17. G. Silva and A. Datta, "Adaptive Internal Model Control: The Discrete-time Case," International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 15, 15-36, 2001.
18. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Generalizations of the Hermite- Biehler Theorem: The Complex Case," Linear Algebra and its Applications, Vol. 320, 23-36, 2000.
19. H. Xu, A. Datta and S. P, Bhattacharyya, "Computation of All Stabilizing PID Gains for Digital Control Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-46, No. 4, 647-652, April 2001.
20. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Robust and Non-fragile PID Controller Design," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 11, pp. 681-708, 2001.
21. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "PI Stabilization of First-order Systems with Time Delay," Automatica, Vol. 37, 2025-2031, November 2001.
22. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "New Results on the Synthesis of PID Controllers," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-47, No. 2, 241-252, February 2002.
23. S. Shankar, D. Swaroop and A. Datta, "Design of Decentralized Fault Detection Algorithms for a Collection of Interacting LTI Systems," Mathematical Problems in Engineering: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 8, No. 3, 233-248, 2002.
24. A. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "External Control in Markovian Genetic Regulatory Networks," Machine Learning, Vol. 52, 169-191, July-August, 2003.
25. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "On the Stability and Controller Robustness of Some Popular PID Tuning Rules," IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., Vol. AC-48, No. 9, 1638-1641, September, 2003.
26. A. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "External Control in Markovian Genetic Regulatory Networks: The Imperfect Information Case," Bioinformatics, Vol. 20, No. 6, 924-930, 2004.
27. E. R. Dougherty and A. Datta, "Genomic Signal Processing: Diagnosis and Therapy," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 107-112, January 2005.
28. R. Pal, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Intervention in Context- Sensitive Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Bioinformatics, Vol. 21, No. 7, 1211- 1218, 2005.
29. R. Pal, A. Datta, A. J. Fornace, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Boolean Relationships Between Genes Responsive to Ionizing Radiation in the NCI 60 ACDS," Bioinformatics, Vol. 21, No. 8, 1542-1549, 2005.
30. E. R. Dougherty, A. Datta and C. Sima, "Research Issues in Genomic Signal Processing," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 6, 46-68, November 2005.
31. R. Pal, I. Ivanov, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Generating Boolean Networks with a Prescribed Attractor Structure," Bioinformatics, Vol. 21, No. 21, 4021-4025, 2005.
32. A. Datta, R. Pal and E. R. Dougherty, "Intervention in Probabilistic Gene Regulatory Networks," Current Bioinformatics, Vol. 1, 167-184, 2006.
33. A. Choudhary, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Intervention in a Family of Boolean Networks," Bioinformatics, Vol. 22, No. 2, 226-232, 2006.
34. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Optimal Infinite Horizon Control for Probabilistic Boolean Networks," IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, Vol. 54, No. 6, part 2, 2375-2387, June 2006.
35. A. Datta, R. Pal, A. Choudhary and E. R. Dougherty, "Control Approaches for Probabilistic Gene Regulatory Networks," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 1, 54-63, Jan. 2007.


36. Y. Qian, J. Venkatraj, R. Barhoumi, R. Pal, A. Datta, J. R. Wild and E. Tiffany-Castiglioni, "Comparitive Non-cholinergic Neurotoxic Effects of Paraoxon and Diisopropyl Fluorophosphate (DFP) on Human Neuroblastoma and Astrocytoma Cell Lines," Toxicology and Pharmacology, Vol. 219, No.2-3, Pg. 162-171, 2007.
37. B. Faryabi, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "On Approximate Stochastic Control in Gene Regulatory Networks," IET Systems Biology, Vol. 1, No. 6, 361-368, 2007.
38. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Robust Intervention in Probabilistic Boolean Networks," IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, Vol. 56, No. 3, 1280-1294, March 2008.
39. B. Faryabi, J. Chamberland, G. Vahedi, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Optimal Intervention in Asynchronous Genetic Regulatory Networks," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Vol. 2, No. 3, 412-423, June 2008.
40. G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Intervention in Gene Regulatory Networks via a Stationary Mean-First-Passage-Time Control Policy," IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 55, No. 10, 2319- 2331, October 2008.
41. B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, J. F. Chamberland, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Optimal Constrained Stationary Intervention in Gene Regulatory Networks," EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Article ID 620767, 10 pages, 2008.
42. G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Optimal Intervention Strategies for Cyclic Therapeutic Methods," IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 56, No. 2, 281-291, February 2009.
43. B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Intervention in Context-Sensitive Probabilistic Boolean Networks Revisited", EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, in press.
44. B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, A. Datta, J. Chamberland, and E. R. Dougherty, "Recent Advances in the External Control of Markovian Gene Regulatory Networks", Current Genomics, in press.
45. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Bayesian Robustness in the Control of Gene Regulatory Networks," IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, Vol. 57, No. 9, 3667-3678, September 2009.
46. R. Layek, A. Datta, R. Pal and E. R. Dougherty, "Adaptive Intervention in Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Bioinformatics, Vol. 25, No. 16, 2042-2048, 2009.
47. E. R. Dougherty, R. Pal, X. Qian, M. L. Bittner and A. Datta, "Stationary and Structural Intervention in Gene Regulatory Networks," International Journal of System Science, in press.
48. G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Sampling-Rate-Dependent Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Journal of Theoretical Biology, in press.

Published Book Chapters:

1. A. Datta and P. Ioannou, "Decentralized Indirect Adaptive Control of Interconnected Systems," A dvances in Adaptive Control, K. S. Narendra, R. Ortega and P. Dorato eds., 189-194, IEEE Press, 1991 (Contributor).
2. P. Ioannou and A. Datta, "Robust Adaptive Control: Design, Analysis and Robustness Bounds," in Foundations of Adaptive Control, P. V. Kokotovic ed., Vol. 160, 71-152, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Feb. 1991 (Contributor).
3. A. Datta and P. Ioannou, "Decentralized Adaptive Control," Advances in Control and Dynamic Systems, C. T. Leondes, ed., Vol. 53, 125-171, Dec. 1992 (Contributor).
4. A. Datta and P. A. Ioannou, "Modified Model Reference Adaptive Control: Design, Analysis and Performance Bounds," Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Control and its Applications, Eds. H. K. Khalil, J. H. Chow and P. A. Ioannou, LNCIS Vol. 208, 27-67, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1996 (Contributor).
5. A. Datta and L. Xing, "Adaptive Internal Model Control," Adaptive Control Systems, Eds. G. Feng and R. Lozano, 1-22, Butterworth 1999 (Contributor).
6. A. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," in Modelling and Control of Complex Systems, P. Ioannou and A. Pitsillides eds., 339-366, CRC Press, 2007 (Contributor).

Refereed Conference Publications:

1. A. Datta and P. Ioannou, "Decentralized Indirect Adaptive Control of Interconference Publications nected Systems," Proceedings of the Amer. Control. Conf., Vol. 1, pp 55-60, June 1990.
2. A. Datta and P. Ioannou, "Robustness Analysis of Commonly Used Adaptive Control Structures," Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., Vol. 6, 3220-3225, Dec. 1990.
3. A. Datta and P. A. Ioannou, "Performance Improvement Versus Robust Stability in Model Reference Adaptive Control," Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, 748-753, Dec. 1991.
4. A. Datta, "Robustness of Discrete-time Adaptive Controllers: An Input-Output Approach," Proceedings of the Amer. Contr. Conf., 1207-1211, June 1992.
5. A. Datta, "Performance Improvement in Decentralized Adaptive Control: A Modified Model Reference Scheme," Proceedings of 31st IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., 1346-1351, Dec. 1992.
6. A. Datta, "Discrete-time Robust Adaptive Control Using the Lyapunov-SPR Approach," Proceedings of Amer. Contr. Conf., 2200-2204, June 1993.
7. A. Datta and M. Ho, "Computed Torque Adaptive Control of Rigid Robots with Improved Transient Performance," Proceedings of Amer. Contr. Conf., 1418-1422, June 1993.
8. A. Datta, "Transient Performance Improvement in Continuous-time Model Reference Adaptive Control: An L₁ Formulation," Proceedings of Amer. Contr. Conf., 294-295, June 1993.
9. A. Datta, "On the Transient Behaviour in Discrete-time Model Reference Adaptive Control: Analysis and Possible Improvement," Proceedings of 12th IFAC World Congress, Vol. 3, 17-20, July 1993.
10. A. Datta and M. T. Ho, "On Modifying Model Reference Adaptive Control Schemes for Performance Improvement," Proceedings of 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1093-1094, Dec. 1993.
11. A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "On a Quantitative Theory of Robust Adaptive Control: An Interval Plant Approach," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 58-62, June 1994.
12. A. Datta and P. A. Ioannou, "Directly Computable L₂ and L₁ Performance Bounds for Morse's Dynamic Certainty Equivalence Adaptive Controller," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 589-591, June 1995.
13. A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "On Determining the delta and theta Hurwitz Stability of Interval Polynomials," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2396-2398, June 1995.
14. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "A Generalization of the Hermite- Biehler Theorem," Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 30-31, Dec. 1995.
15. A. Datta and J. Ochoa, "Adaptive Internal Model Control: H₂ Optimization for Stable Plants," Proceedings of the 13th IFAC World Congress, Vol. K, 181-186, June-July 1996.
16. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "An Elementary Derivation of the Routh Hurwitz Criterion," Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., 3595-3597, Dec. 1996.
17. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "A New Approach to Feedback Stabilization," Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., 4643- 4648, Dec. 1996.
18. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "A Linear Programming Characterization of All Stabilizing PID Controllers," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 3922-3928, 1997.
19. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Control System Design Using Low Order Controllers: Constant Gain, PI and PID," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 571-578, 1997.
20. M. T. Ho, A. Datta, L. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Robust and Optimal PID Controller Design," 2nd IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Budapest, Hungary, 1997 (invited paper).
21. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "A New Approach to Feedback Stabilization: the Discrete-time Case," Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 908-914, Dec. 1997.
22. A. Datta and L. Xing, "The Theory and Design of Adaptive Internal Model Control Schemes," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 3677-3684, 1998.
23. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "An Extension of the Generalized Hermite Biehler Theorem: Relaxation of Earlier Assumptions," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 3206-3209, 1998.
24. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Design of P, PI and PID Controllers for Interval Plants," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2496-2501, 1998.
25. M. T. Ho, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Constant Gain Stabilization with a Specified Damping Ratio and Damped Natural Frequency," IFAC World Congress, 1999.
26. L. Xing and A. Datta, "Decentralized Adaptive Internal Model Control for Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 39-46, 1999.
27. G. Silva and A. Datta, "Adaptive Internal Model Control: The Discrete-time Case," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 547-555, 1999.
28. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Stabilization of First-order Systems with Time Delay," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 963- 970, 2000.
29. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Stabilization of First Order Systems with Time Delay Using the PID Controller," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 4650-4655, June 2001.
30. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Determination of Stabilizing Feedback Gains for Second-order Systems with Time Delay," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 4658-4663, June 2001.
31. H. Xu, A. Datta and S. P, Bhattacharyya, "Computation of All Stabilizing PID Gains for Digital Control Systems," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2033-2037, June 2001.
32. L. Xing and A. Datta, "Adaptive Model Algorithmic Control," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 4155-4160, June 2001.
33. S. Shankar, D. Swaroop and A. Datta, "Design of a Decentralized Detection Filter for a Large Collection of Interacting LTI Systems," Proceedings of the 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 1-10, November, 2001.
34. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Controller Design Via Pade Approximation Can Lead to Instability," Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 4733-4737, December 2001.
35. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "PID Tuning Revisited: Guaranteed Stability and Non-Fragility," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Vol. 6, 5000-5006, Anchorage, AK, May 2002.
36. H. Xu, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Plant-robust and Controller-robust Discrete-time PID Design," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Vol. 5, 3529-3533, Anchorage, AK, May 2002.
37. G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Robust Control Design Using the PID Controller," Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1313-1318, Las Vegas, NV, December 2002.
38. I. Shmulevich, A. Datta, A. Choudhary, W. Zhang, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Intervention and Control in Genetic Regulatory Networks," Poster Presentation at Oncogenomics, Phoenix, AZ, January 2003.
39. A. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "External Control in Markovian Genetic Regulatory Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 3614-3619, Denver, CO, June 2003.
40. A. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Application of Dynamic Programming in Genetic Regulatory Networks," Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2817-2822, Maui, HI, December 2003.
41. H. Xu, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "PID Stabilization of LTI Plants with Time Delay," Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 4038-4043, Maui, HI, December 2003.
42. M. T. Ho, G. J. Silva, A. Datta and S. P. Bhattacharyya, "Real and Complex Stabilization: Stability and Performance," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 4126-4138, Boston, MA, July 2004.
43. A. Choudhary, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Assignment of Terminal Penalties in Controlling Genetic Regulatory Networks," IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Newport, RI, May 2005.
44. R. Pal, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "External Control in Context Sensitive Probabilistic Boolean Networks," IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Newport, RI, May 2005.
45. A. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Proceedings of the Thirteenth Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, 1-6, New Haven, CT, May 30-June 1, 2005.
46. A. Choudhary, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Assignment of Terminal Penalties in Controlling Genetic Regulatory Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 417-422, Portland, OR, June 2005.
47. R. Pal, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "External Control in a Special Class of Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 411-416, Portland, OR, June 2005.
48. A. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Proceedings of the Workshop on Modeling and Control of Complex Systems, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, June 30-July 1, 2005.
49. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Optimal Infinite Horizon Control for Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 668-673, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006.
50. A. Choudhary, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Control in a Family of Boolean Networks," IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, College Station, Texas, May 2006.
51. R. Pal, I. Ivanov, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Synthesizing Boolean Networks with a Given Attractor Structure," IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, College Station, Texas, May 2006.
52. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Altering Steady-State Probabilities in Probabilistic Boolean Networks," IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, College Station, Texas, May 2006.
53. A. Choudhary, A. Datta, M. L. Bittner and E. R. Dougherty, "Optimal Control in a Family of Boolean Networks," Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December, 2006.
54. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Robust Intervention in Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2405-2410, New York, NY, July 2007.
55. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Robustness of Intervention Strategies for Probabilistic Boolean Networks", IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Tuusula, Finland, June 2007.
56. B. Faryabi, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "On Reinforcement Learning in Genetic Regulatory Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, 11-15, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2007.
57. G. Vahedi, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Which Control Gene Should be Used in Genetic Regulatory Networks ?" Proceedings of the IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, 6-10, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2007.
58. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Bayesian Robustness in the Control of Gene Regulatory Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, 31-35, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2007.
59. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Robust Intervention in Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Proceedings of the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, November 2007.
60. G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Mean- First-Passage-Time Control Policy Versus Reinforcement-Learning Control Policy in Gene Regulatory Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 1394- 1399, Seattle, Washington, June 2008.
61. B. Faryabi, J. Chamberland, G. Vahedi, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Optimal Intervention in Semi-Markov-based Asynchronous Genetic Regulatory Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 1388-1393, Seattle, Washington, June 2008.
62. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Comparison of Robust Strategies for the Control of Gene Regulatory Networks", IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Phoenix, Arizona, June 2008.
63. G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Modeling Cyclic Therapy in Gene Regulatory Networks", IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Phoenix, Arizona, June 2008.
64. B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Constrained Intervention in a Cancerous Mammalian Cell Cycle Network", IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Phoenix, Arizona, June 2008.
65. A. Datta, R. Pal and E. Dougherty, Control Approaches for Probabilistic Gene Regulatory Networks, Proceedings of the 14th Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, 7-13, New Haven, Connecticut, June 2-4, 2008.
66. R. Layek, A. Datta, R. Pal and E. R. Dougherty, "Adaptive Intervention in Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2009 (to appear).
67. R. Pal, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, "Quantification of Data Extraction Noise in Probabilistic Boolean Network Modeling", IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2009.
68. B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, J. Chamberland, A. Datta, and E. R. Dougherty, "Open Loop Feedback Intervention: Control of Gene Regulatory Networks with Unmeasurable Context", IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2009.

Recent Invited Seminars:

• Datta, A., "External Control in Probabilistic Boolean Networks," Department of Invited Seminars Mechanical Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, February 16, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," 13th Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, May 30, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Workshop on Modeling and Control of Complex Systems, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, June 30, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, California, September 28, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, September 29, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, September 29,2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, September 30, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Center for Control Engineering and Computation, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, September 30, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Control in Cancer Genomics: Progress Made and Future Challenges," Workshop on Models for Genetic Regulatory Networks, College Station, Texas, November 7, 2005.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Center for Systems Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, February 24, 2006.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, March 10, 2006.
• Datta, A., "Control Theoretic Research Issues in Genetic Regulatory Networks," Plenary Lecture, IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS), College Station, Texas, May 29, 2006.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, August 7, 2006.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," First Annual Bioinformatics Workshop, Department of Statistics, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, October 28, 2006.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, March 26, 2007.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," NSF ECCS Grantees Workshop, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, April 30, 2007.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," one of two invited talks, 16th International Workshop on Logic and Synthesis (IWLS) 2007, San Diego, California, May 31, 2007.
• Datta, A., "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas, July 16, 2007.
• Datta, A., "Control Approaches for Probabilistic Gene Regulatory Networks," 14th Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, June 2, 2008.

Graduate and Undergraduate Courses Developed:

1. Adaptive Control.
2. Modern Control (includes treatment of H₂, H_∞ and l₁ Optimal Control).
3. Engineering Applications in Genomics (offered via videoconferencing to the Universities of Texas at Austin, San Antonio and El Paso in the Fall of 2006).
4. Genomic Signal Processing.

Workshops and Tutorials Offered:

• "Engineering Applications in Genomics," (Co-presenter: E. R. Dougherty), December 11-12, 2008, College Station, Texas.
• "Engineering Applications in Genomics," July 9-10, 2007, Workshop MT3 at the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, New York.
• "Fundamental Issues and Obstacles in Genomic Signal Processing", (Co-presenter: E. R. Dougherty), June 10, 2007, Tutorial at IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS), Tuusula, Finland.
• "Engineering Applications in Genomics," January 8-10, 2007, Holiday Inn Express, College Station, Texas.
• "Engineering Applications in Genomics," June 6-7, 2005, Workshop # 2 at the 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon.
• "Engineering Applications in Genomics," (Co-presenter: E. R. Dougherty), January 10-12, 2005, Holiday Inn Express, College Station, Texas.
• "A New Approach to Feedback Design: Robust and Optimal Classical Control," (Co-presenters: S. P. Bhattacharyya and L. H. Keel), Workshop # T2 at the 1999 American Control Conference, San Diego, California, June 1999.
• "Robust Parametric Control with Applications," (Co-presenters: S. P. Bhattacharyya and L. H. Keel), Workshop # 10 at the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, Dec. 1996.

Grants:

• 09/01/92-08/31/96, "Robustness Quantification and Performance Improvement in Adaptive Control Systems," Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation Grant No. ECS-9210726 (Principal Investigator).
• 09/01/95-08/31/00, "Robust Adaptive Control Based on Kharitonov Theory and its Extensions," National Science Foundation Grant No. ECS-9417004 (Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator: S. P. Bhattacharyya).
• 01/01/96-08/31/98, "Adaptive Internal Model Control: From Theory to Applications," Advanced Technology Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Project No. 999903-002 (Principal Investigator).
• 09/01/99-08/31/04, "Controller Synthesis Subject to Structure and Order Constraints," National Science Foundation Grant No. ECS-9903488 (Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator: S. P. Bhattacharyya).
• 01/01/00-08/31/02, "PID Controller Design for Industrial Applications: A Novel Approach," Advanced Technology Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Project No. 000512-0099-1999 (Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator: S. P. Bhattacharyya).
• 01/01/00-12/31/00, "Development of a Diagnostic System For Air Brakes of a Heavy Duty Vehicle," Faculty Mini-Grant Program, Texas A&M University, (Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: D. Swaroop).
• 07/01/01-06/30/03, Bioinformatics Trainee under National Institutes of Health Training Grant awarded to Texas A&M University, NCI Grant No. CA90301.
• 06/01/04-05/31/09, "Control Issues in Cancer Therapy," National Science Foundation Grant No. ECS-0355227 (Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigators: E. R. Dougherty & S. P. Bhattacharyya); REU Supplement approved for 06/01/06-05/31/09. This project was cited in the FY2008 NSF Report of the Advisory Committee for GPRA Performance Assessment as a significant achievement in strengthening "fundamental research across the full spectrum of science and engineering". Furthermore, the cross-fertilization involved was described as "transformative".
• 05/01/05-04/30/09, "A Systems Approach to Genomic Signal Processing: From Signal Extraction to Regulatory Intervention," National Science Foundation Grant No. CCF-0514644 (Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: E. R. Dougherty; other Co-Principal Investigators: Z. Xiong and E. Serpedin).
• 09/01/06-06/30/09, "Nutrition, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics," National Cancer Institute Grant No. CA90301 (Mentoring Faculty; Principal Investigator: R. J. Carroll; Co-Principal Investigators: E. R. Dougherty, J. R. Lupton, R. S. Chapkin and N. D. Turner).
• 06/01/07-05/31/10, "Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics," National Science Foundation Grant No. ECCS-0701531 (Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator: E. R. Dougherty).
• 09/01/07-08/31/10, "Understanding the Biological Decision Making Process: An Engineering Approach to Systems Biology," W. M. Keck Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: M. L. Bittner; other Co-Principal Investigator: E. R. Dougherty).
• 03/11/08-03/10/09, "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Modeling Therapeutic Responses of Tumors in vivo," GCCRI Internal Pilot Project Program, (Co- Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: C. Keller; other Co-Principal Investigators: E. R. Dougherty and R. Pal).
• 09/01/09-08/31/12, "A Training Program in Genomic Signal Processing," Qatar National Research Fund (Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigators: E. R. Dougherty, H. Nounou and M. Nounou).

Graduate Students Supervised:

• Mr. Vasanth K. Krishnamurthy, M. E., graduated August, 1993.
• Dr. Ming-Tzu Ho, M. S., graduated August, 1993; Ph.D., graduated: December, 1997.
• Mr. Srinivasan Santhanam, M. S., graduated December, 1993.
• Mr. Shriram Krishnan, M.E., graduated May, 1995.
• Mr. Hyo-Sik Kim, M.S., graduated: May, 1997.
• Dr. Lifford McLauchlan, Ph.D., graduated: December, 2000.
• Dr. James Ochoa, Ph.D., graduated: December, 1998.
• Dr. Lei Xing, Ph.D., graduated: May, 2000.
• Dr. Guillermo Silva, Ph.D., graduated: December, 2000.
• Mr. Amit Gandhi, M. S., graduated: August, 2001.
• Dr. Hao Xu, Ph.D., graduated: December, 2004.
• Dr. Ashish Choudhary, M.S., graduated: May, 2003; Ph.D., graduated: May, 2006.
• Mr. Sumantra Dasgupta, M.S., graduated: May, 2003.
• Dr. Ranadip Pal, M.S., graduated: August, 2004; Ph.D., graduated: August, 2007.
• Mr. Pratyush Proddutur, M.E., graduated: December, 2007.
• Mr. Babak Faryabi, Ph.D., Graduated: August, 2009.
• Ms. Golnaz Vahedi, Ph.D., Graduated: August, 2009.
• Ms. Rouella Mendonca, M.S., Graduated: May, 2009.
• Mr. Ritwik Layek, Ph.D., Expected Graduation: August, 2010.

University Undergraduate Fellow Supervised:

• Mr. Slamet Rianto, completed Honors Thesis, May 1995.