Kunal Garg

Kunal Garg
Kunal Garg

Role: PhD Aerospace (2016 - 2021)

Now: Assistant Professor @ ASU MAE

PhD Thesis: Advances in the Theory of Fixed-time Stability with Applications in Constrained Control and Optimization

Papers

Advances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing practical challenges in safe control synthesis for autonomous and robotic systems
Advances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing practical challenges in safe control synthesis for autonomous and robotic systems

Annual Reviews in Control 2024

@article{garg2024advances,
  title={Advances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing practical challenges in safe control synthesis for autonomous and robotic systems},
  author={Garg, Kunal and Usevitch, James and Breeden, Joseph and Black, Mitchell and Agrawal, Devansh and Parwana, Hardik and Panagou, Dimitra},
  journal={Annual Reviews in Control},
  volume={57},
  pages={100945},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}
Control Barrier Functions in Sampled-Data Systems.

IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.

@article{DBLP:journals/csysl/BreedenGP22,
  author       = {Joseph Breeden and
                  Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Control Barrier Functions in Sampled-Data Systems},
  journal      = {{IEEE} Control. Syst. Lett.},
  volume       = {6},
  pages        = {367--372},
  year         = {2022},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3076127},
  doi          = {10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3076127},
  timestamp    = {Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:26:13 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/csysl/BreedenGP22.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Fixed-time control under spatiotemporal and input constraints: A Quadratic Programming based approach.

Autom.

@article{DBLP:journals/automatica/GargAP22,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Ehsan Arabi and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Fixed-time control under spatiotemporal and input constraints: {A}
                  Quadratic Programming based approach},
  journal      = {Autom.},
  volume       = {141},
  pages        = {110314},
  year         = {2022},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2022.110314},
  doi          = {10.1016/J.AUTOMATICA.2022.110314},
  timestamp    = {Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:03:25 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/automatica/GargAP22.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Multi-Rate Control Design Under Input Constraints via Fixed-Time Barrier Functions.
Kunal Garg Ryan K. Cosner Ugo Rosolia Aaron D. Ames Dimitra Panagou

IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.

@article{DBLP:journals/csysl/GargCRAP22,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Ryan K. Cosner and
                  Ugo Rosolia and
                  Aaron D. Ames and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Multi-Rate Control Design Under Input Constraints via Fixed-Time Barrier
                  Functions},
  journal      = {{IEEE} Control. Syst. Lett.},
  volume       = {6},
  pages        = {608--613},
  year         = {2022},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3084322},
  doi          = {10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3084322},
  timestamp    = {Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:02:01 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/csysl/GargCRAP22.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Characterization of Domain of Fixed-time Stability under Control Input Constraints.

ACC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/GargP21,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Characterization of Domain of Fixed-time Stability under Control Input
                  Constraints},
  booktitle    = {2021 American Control Conference, {ACC} 2021, New Orleans, LA, USA,
                  May 25-28, 2021},
  pages        = {2272--2277},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2021},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC50511.2021.9482780},
  doi          = {10.23919/ACC50511.2021.9482780},
  timestamp    = {Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:23:17 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/amcc/GargP21.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Finite-Time Stabilization of Switched Systems with Unstable Modes.

CDC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/GargP21,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Finite-Time Stabilization of Switched Systems with Unstable Modes},
  booktitle    = {2021 60th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Austin,
                  TX, USA, December 14-17, 2021},
  pages        = {3924--3929},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2021},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683332},
  doi          = {10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683332},
  timestamp    = {Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:07:58 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/cdc/GargP21.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Fixed-Time Stable Gradient Flows: Applications to Continuous-Time Optimization.

IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.

@article{DBLP:journals/tac/GargP21,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Fixed-Time Stable Gradient Flows: Applications to Continuous-Time
                  Optimization},
  journal      = {{IEEE} Trans. Autom. Control.},
  volume       = {66},
  number       = {5},
  pages        = {2002--2015},
  year         = {2021},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2020.3001436},
  doi          = {10.1109/TAC.2020.3001436},
  timestamp    = {Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:40:11 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/tac/GargP21.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Robust Control Barrier and Control Lyapunov Functions with Fixed-Time Convergence Guarantees.

ACC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/GargP21a,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Robust Control Barrier and Control Lyapunov Functions with Fixed-Time
                  Convergence Guarantees},
  booktitle    = {2021 American Control Conference, {ACC} 2021, New Orleans, LA, USA,
                  May 25-28, 2021},
  pages        = {2292--2297},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2021},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC50511.2021.9482751},
  doi          = {10.23919/ACC50511.2021.9482751},
  timestamp    = {Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:23:01 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/amcc/GargP21a.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Robust Distributed Fixed-Time Economic Dispatch Under Time-Varying Topology.
Mayank Baranwal Kunal Garg Dimitra Panagou Alfred O. Hero III

IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.

@article{DBLP:journals/csysl/BaranwalGPH21,
  author       = {Mayank Baranwal and
                  Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou and
                  Alfred O. Hero III},
  title        = {Robust Distributed Fixed-Time Economic Dispatch Under Time-Varying
                  Topology},
  journal      = {{IEEE} Control. Syst. Lett.},
  volume       = {5},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {1183--1188},
  year         = {2021},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2020.3020248},
  doi          = {10.1109/LCSYS.2020.3020248},
  timestamp    = {Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:01:58 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/csysl/BaranwalGPH21.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
A Fixed-Time Convergent Distributed Algorithm for Strongly Convex Functions in a Time-Varying Network.
Kunal Garg Mayank Baranwal Dimitra Panagou

CDC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/GargBP20,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Mayank Baranwal and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {A Fixed-Time Convergent Distributed Algorithm for Strongly Convex
                  Functions in a Time-Varying Network},
  booktitle    = {59th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control, {CDC} 2020, Jeju Island,
                  South Korea, December 14-18, 2020},
  pages        = {4405--4410},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2020},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9303778},
  doi          = {10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9303778},
  timestamp    = {Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:31:02 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/cdc/GargBP20.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
A Quadratic Program based Control Synthesis under Spatiotemporal Constraints and Non-vanishing Disturbances.

CDC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/BlackGP20,
  author       = {Mitchell Black and
                  Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {A Quadratic Program based Control Synthesis under Spatiotemporal Constraints
                  and Non-vanishing Disturbances},
  booktitle    = {59th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control, {CDC} 2020, Jeju Island,
                  South Korea, December 14-18, 2020},
  pages        = {2726--2731},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2020},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9304071},
  doi          = {10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9304071},
  timestamp    = {Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:31:02 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/cdc/BlackGP20.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Prescribed-time Convergence with Input Constraints: A Control Lyapunov Function Based Approach.

ACC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/GargAP20,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Ehsan Arabi and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Prescribed-time Convergence with Input Constraints: {A} Control Lyapunov
                  Function Based Approach},
  booktitle    = {2020 American Control Conference, {ACC} 2020, Denver, CO, USA, July
                  1-3, 2020},
  pages        = {962--967},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2020},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147641},
  doi          = {10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147641},
  timestamp    = {Sun, 08 Aug 2021 01:40:57 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/amcc/GargAP20.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Safety-Critical Adaptive Control with Nonlinear Reference Model Systems.

ACC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/ArabiGP20,
  author       = {Ehsan Arabi and
                  Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Safety-Critical Adaptive Control with Nonlinear Reference Model Systems},
  booktitle    = {2020 American Control Conference, {ACC} 2020, Denver, CO, USA, July
                  1-3, 2020},
  pages        = {1749--1754},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2020},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147999},
  doi          = {10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147999},
  timestamp    = {Sun, 08 Aug 2021 01:40:57 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/amcc/ArabiGP20.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Strong Invariance Using Control Barrier Functions: A Clarke Tangent Cone Approach.

CDC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/UsevitchGP20,
  author       = {James Usevitch and
                  Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Strong Invariance Using Control Barrier Functions: {A} Clarke Tangent
                  Cone Approach},
  booktitle    = {59th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control, {CDC} 2020, Jeju Island,
                  South Korea, December 14-18, 2020},
  pages        = {2044--2049},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2020},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9303873},
  doi          = {10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9303873},
  timestamp    = {Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:31:02 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/cdc/UsevitchGP20.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Control-Lyapunov and Control-Barrier Functions based Quadratic Program for Spatio-temporal Specifications.

CDC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/GargP19,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Control-Lyapunov and Control-Barrier Functions based Quadratic Program
                  for Spatio-temporal Specifications},
  booktitle    = {58th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control, {CDC} 2019, Nice,
                  France, December 11-13, 2019},
  pages        = {1422--1429},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2019},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029666},
  doi          = {10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029666},
  timestamp    = {Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:30:46 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/cdc/GargP19.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Finite-Time Resilient Formation Control with Bounded Inputs.

CDC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/UsevitchGP18,
  author       = {James Usevitch and
                  Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Finite-Time Resilient Formation Control with Bounded Inputs},
  booktitle    = {57th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control, {CDC} 2018, Miami,
                  FL, USA, December 17-19, 2018},
  pages        = {2567--2574},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2018},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2018.8619697},
  doi          = {10.1109/CDC.2018.8619697},
  timestamp    = {Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:30:11 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/cdc/UsevitchGP18.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
New Results on Finite-Time Stability: Geometric Conditions and Finite-Time Controllers.

ACC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/GargP18,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {New Results on Finite-Time Stability: Geometric Conditions and Finite-Time
                  Controllers},
  booktitle    = {2018 Annual American Control Conference, {ACC} 2018, Milwaukee, WI,
                  USA, June 27-29, 2018},
  pages        = {442--447},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2018},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC.2018.8431699},
  doi          = {10.23919/ACC.2018.8431699},
  timestamp    = {Sun, 08 Aug 2021 01:40:57 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/amcc/GargP18.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}
Robust semi-cooperative multi-agent coordination in the presence of stochastic disturbances.

CDC

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/GargHP17,
  author       = {Kunal Garg and
                  Dongkun Han and
                  Dimitra Panagou},
  title        = {Robust semi-cooperative multi-agent coordination in the presence of
                  stochastic disturbances},
  booktitle    = {56th {IEEE} Annual Conference on Decision and Control, {CDC} 2017,
                  Melbourne, Australia, December 12-15, 2017},
  pages        = {3443--3448},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2017},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2017.8264163},
  doi          = {10.1109/CDC.2017.8264163},
  timestamp    = {Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:29:55 +0100},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/cdc/GargHP17.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}