ODDESSY

ODDESSY Lab

Optimization, Data and Decision Systems

ODDESSY Lab develops the mathematical foundations and algorithms that enable principled decision-making in uncertain, interconnected environments. Our work spans stochastic optimization, game theory, data-driven control, and multi-agent systems, with impact on energy infrastructure, epidemic response, and autonomous systems.

Department of Electrical Engineering  ·  IIT Kharagpur  ·  PI: Ashish R. Hota

Research

Safety-Critical Control & Autonomous Multi-Agent Systems
Keeping robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles safe even when opponents or the environment behave unpredictably.
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Stochastic and Data-Driven Optimization & Control
Making reliable decisions from limited, noisy data, without needing to know the exact probability distribution of future uncertainty.
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Power Systems, Microgrids & Smart Infrastructure
Ensuring electricity grids and microgrids run efficiently and reliably even as solar, wind, and distributed energy resources grow.
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Epidemics on Networks: Modeling, Estimation and Control
Understanding how diseases spread through communities, how individual choices shape outbreaks, and how to intervene most effectively.
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Game Theory & Network Security
Studying how self-interested individuals invest in security, and whether competitive behaviour leads to networks that are dangerously under-protected.
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Behavioral Decision-Making & Mechanism Design
People do not always behave rationally. This research studies why, and designs taxes, subsidies, and information nudges to steer behaviour towards better collective outcomes.
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Current Lab Members

DP
Dinesh Patra
PhD Student
Autonomous Multi-Agent Systems, Game Theory, Model Predictive Control. IEEE CSS Graduate Collaboration Fellow 2024.
AM
Abhishek Mishra
PhD Student (PMRF) · jointly with Prof. Prabodh Bajpai
Optimization in Power Systems, Distribution Networks, Microgrids.
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Simran Kumari
PhD Student (PMRF) · jointly with Prof. Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay
Energy-Aware Motion Planning, Safe Motion Planning, Model Predictive Control.
AM
Atanu Mondal
PhD Student · jointly with Prof. Debaprasad Kastha
Multi-Port Power Converters.

Lab Alumni

NameDegreeYearCurrent Position
Urmee MaitraPhD2026Postdoctoral Researcher, Texas A&M University
Allen E. BinnyB.Tech/M.Tech, AE2026PhD student, Johns Hopkins University
Abhisek SatapathiPhD2024Assistant Professor, JIIT Noida
William E. EbenzerajB.Tech/M.Tech, AE2024PhD student, UC San Diego
Kaizer RahamanB.Tech/M.Tech, EE2024PhD student, Washington University in St. Louis
Arghya MallickMS2023PhD student, TU Delft
Atharva NavsalkarB.Tech/M.Tech, ME2023PhD student, University of Michigan  [Website]

External Collaborators

Vaibhav Srivastava
Michigan State University
Shaunak D. Bopardikar
Michigan State University
Prabodh Bajpai
IIT Kanpur
Saverio Bolognani
ETH Zürich
Ashish Cherukuri
University of Groningen
Philip E. Paré
Purdue University
Shreyas Sundaram
Purdue University
Rahul Sharma & Wayes Tushar
University of Queensland
Mayank Baranwal
TCS Research
Soumyajit Dey
Dept. of CSE, IIT Kharagpur