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Girish Nair

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technology
science & technology
automation & control systems
engineering
engineering, electrical & electronic
computer science
stabilization
feedback
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Girish Nair

 
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Engineering
 
Primary Interest
Information And Communication Theory For Networked Feedback Systems
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Projects

Displaying the 14 most recent projects by Girish Nair.

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Neuro-Autonomy: Perception, Navigation And Spatial Awareness For Autonomous Robots

2019 - 2022
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Neuro-Autonomy: Perception, Navigation And Spatial Awareness For Autonomous Robots

2019 - 2022
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Nonstochastic Information Flows In Networked Dynamical Systems

Feedback control is a crucial element of manufacturing, vehicular and energy systems, and is needed to guarantee hard performance bounds in ..

2015 - 2020
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Nonstochastic Information Flows In Networked Dynamical Systems

Feedback control is a crucial element of manufacturing, vehicular and energy systems, and is needed to guarantee hard performance bounds in ..

2015 - 2020
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The Role Of Information In Game-Theoretic Decisions On Distributed Systems

Game theory is an important instrument for analysis and design of resource allocation algorithms on distributed systems. In many real-world ..

2014 - 2019
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Networked System Identification, Estimation And Control: Performance Optimization Under Communication And Resource Constraints

Design and analysis of performance optimised networked system identification, estimation and control algorithms will make the implementation..

2012 - 2017
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Feedback Entropy In Dynamical Systems

This project aims to use the fundamental concept of entropy to help evaluate the decision-making effort in a variety of feedback control sys..

2011 - 2015
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Resource Aware Signal Processing And Control Algorithims For Networked Sensor Systems

Networked sensing and control is an important technology for Australia's future. Applications range from monitoring wildlife habitats to saf..

2009 - 2013
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Towards An Information Theory For Communication-Limited Control Systems

In a number of emerging applications in communications, manufacturing and defence, various dynamical systems are measured and controlled by ..

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Optimal Observability And Sensor Theory

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Design Of Large-Scale Interconnected Dynamical Systems

In several statistical signal processing applications, due to computational or communication constraints, at each time instant one can use o..

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Control And Safety Monitoring Systems For Large Scale Irrigation Networks

The water losses in irrigation channels in Australia are large, but they can be substantially reduced by employing advanced control and moni..

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Control And Safety Monitoring Systems For Large Scale Irrigation Networks

The water losses in irrigation channels in Australia are large, but they can be substantially reduced by employing advanced control and moni..

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Distributed Estimation And Control Under Communication Constraints

Sensor networks will be an important technology for Australia's future. Applications range from monitoring water quality to controlling comp..

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Research Grant

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Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 74 most recent scholarly works by Girish Nair.

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Sample Complexity of Solving Non-Cooperative Games

E Nekouei, GN Nair, T Alpcan, RJ Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

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State Estimation via Worst-Case Erasure and Symmetric Channels with Memory

A Saberi, F Farokhi, GN Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)

Worst-case models of erasure and symmetric channels are investigated, in which the number of channel errors occurring in each slid..

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Localization in Densely Packed Swarms Using Interrobot Collisions as a Sensing Modality

S Mayya, P Pierpaoli, G Nair, M Egerstedt

Journal article  |  2019  |  IEEE Transactions on Robotics

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An Information Analysis of Iterative Algorithms for Network Utility Maximization and Strategic Games

T Alpcan, E Nekouei, GN Nair, RJ Evans

Journal article  |  2019  |  IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

IEEE A variety of resource allocation problems on networked systems, e.g. those in cyber-physical systems (CPS) or Internet-of-Thi..

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Convergence Analysis of Quantized Primal-Dual Algorithms in Network Utility Maximization Problems

Ehsan Nekouei, Tansu Alpcan, Girish N Nair, Robin J Evans

Journal article  |  2018  |  IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

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Estimation and Control over a Nonstochastic Binary Erasure Channel

A Saberi, F Farokhi, G Nair

Journal article  |  2018  |  IFAC-PapersOnLine

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Collisions as information sources in densely packed multi-robot systems under mean-field approximations

S Mayya, P Pierpaoli, G Nair, M Egerstedt

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Robotics: Science and Systems

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Nash Equilibrium Approximation under Communication and Computation Constraints in Large-Scale Non-cooperative Games

Ehsan Nekouei, Tansu Alpcan, Girish Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  2017 11th Asian Control Conference (ASCC)

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Performance Analysis of Gradient-Based Nash Seeking Algorithms Under Quantization

Ehsan Nekouei, Girish N Nair, Tansu Alpcan

Journal article  |  2016  |  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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Lower Bounds on the Best-Case Complexity of Solving a Class of Non-cooperative Games

Ehsan Nekouei, Tansu Alpcan, Girish N Nair, Robin J Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  IFAC-PapersOnLine

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On the identification of FIR systems with binary input and output observations

AS Leong, E Weyer, GN Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  2016 IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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Parameter Estimation with Binary Observations of Input and Output Signals

Y Lian, Z Luo, E WEYER, GN Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  2016 Australian Control Conference (AuCC)

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Set-Membership Filtering Using Random Samples

Pei Hua Leong, Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  FUSION 2016 - 19th International Conference on Information Fusion, Proceedings

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Privacy-Constrained Communication

Farhad Farokhi, Girish Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  IFAC-PapersOnLine

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Convergence Analysis of Quantized Primal-dual Algorithm in Quadratic Network Utility Maximization Problems

Ehsan Nekouei, Girish Nair, Tansu Alpcan

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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Identification of a Gain System with Binary Input and Output Measurements

Keyou You, Erik Weyer, Girish Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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Filter Design for Decentralized State Estimation in Sensor Networks

Alex S Leong, Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  Control Conference (AUCC), 2015 5th Australian

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Nonstochastic Information Concepts for Estimation and Control

Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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Structural Routability of n-Pairs Information Networks

GN Nair

Book Chapter  |  2014  |  Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences

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Two extensions of topological feedback entropy

Rika Hagihara, Girish N Nair

Journal article  |  2013  |  Mathematics of Control Signals and Systems

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Quantized Filtering Schemes for Multi-Sensor Linear State Estimation: Stability and Performance Under High Rate Quantization

Alex S Leong, Subhrakanti Dey, Girish N Nair

Journal article  |  2013  |  IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

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A Nonstochastic Information Theory for Communication and State Estimation

Girish N Nair

Journal article  |  2013  |  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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A note on topological feedback entropy and invariance entropy

Fritz Colonius, Christoph Kawan, Girish Nair

Journal article  |  2013  |  Systems & Control Letters

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Quantized Control and Data Rate Constraints †

Girish N Nair

Book Chapter  |  2013

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A Quantized Filtering Scheme for Multi-Sensor Linear State Estimation with Non-Detectability at the Sensors and Fusion Center Feedback

Alex S Leong, Subhrakanti Dey, Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  Proceedings of the 2013 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

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Learning and Information for Dual Control

Tansu Alpcan, Iman Shames, Michael Cantoni, Girish Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  Proceedings of the 2013 9th Asian Control Conference

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Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian Mean Field Games under High Rate Quantization

Mojtaba Nourian, Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  Proceedings of the 2013 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

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Redundant data transmission in control/estimation over lossy networks

Alexandre R Mesquita, Joao P Hespanha, Girish N Nair

Journal article  |  2012  |  Automatica

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On multi-sensor linear state estimation under high rate quantization

AS Leong, S Dey, GN Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  2012 5th International Symposium on Communications Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP)

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Multi-sensor linear state estimation under high rate quantization

AS Leong, S Dey, GN Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  Proceedings of the 3rd IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems

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A Nonstochastic Information Theory for Feedback

Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

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A non-stochastic information theory for communication and state estimation over erroneous channels

GN Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA)

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Power Allocation for Outage Minimization in State Estimation Over Fading Channels

Alex S Leong, Subhrakanti Dey, Girish N Nair, Priyank Sharma

Journal article  |  2011  |  IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

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When is n-Pairs Information a Multicommodity Flow?

Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT) 2011

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Stochastic consensus over noisy networks with Markovian and arbitrary switches

Minyi Huang, Subhrakanti Dey, Girish N Nair, Jonathan H Manton

Journal article  |  2010  |  Automatica

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Optimal redundant transmission for state estimation with packet drops

GN Nair, AR Mesquita, JP Hespanha

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Proceedings of the 2nd IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems 2010

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Outage minimization for state estimation using multiple sensors

AS Leong, S Dey, GN Nair, P Sharma

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  1st IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NecSys'09)

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Internal stability of dynamic quantised control for stochastic linear plants

Assaf Gurt, Girish N Nair

Journal article  |  2009  |  Automatica

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Data Rate Theorem for Stabilization Over Time-Varying Feedback Channels

Paolo Minero, Massimo Franceschetti, Subhrakanti Dey, Girish N Nair

Journal article  |  2009  |  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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Redundant Data Transmission in Control/Estimation Over Wireless Networks

Alexandre Rodrigues Mesquita, Joao Pedro Hespanha, Girish Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  American Control Conference Proceedings

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Internal stability of dynamically quantised control for stochastic scalar plants

A Gurt, G Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress

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Data rate theorem for stabilisation over fading channels

P Minero, M Franceschetti, S Dey, G Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  45th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing 2007

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Performance analysis of bit-rate-limited stochastic control systems

Assaf Gurt, Girish N Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  Proceedings of the 15th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation

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Cooperative networked stabilisability of linear systems with measurement noise

Girish N Nair, Robin J Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  2007 MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON CONTROL & AUTOMATION, VOLS 1-4

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Towards feedback stabilization over fading channels

Paolo Minero, Massimo Franceschetti, Subhrakanti Dey, Girish Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  2007 5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks and Workshops

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Feedback control under data rate constraints: An overview

Girish N Nair, Fabio Fagnani, Sandro Zampieri, Robin J Evans

Journal article  |  2007  |  Proceedings of the IEEE

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Optimal infinite horizon control under a low data rate

G NAIR, M HUANG, R EVANS

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Preprints of the 14th IFAC Symposium on System Identification

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A data-rate limited view of adaptive control

GZ ZHANG, G NAIR, R EVANS, B Wittenmark

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Preprints of the 14th IFAC Symposium on System Identification

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Time to failure of qauantized control via a binary symmetric channel

Girish N Nair, John Baillieul

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2006

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Systems engineering for irrigation systems: Successes and challenges

I Mareels, E Weyer, SK Ooi, M Cantoni, Y Li, G Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2005  |  16th IFAC World Congress

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Detection of random targets in sensor networks with applications

M Huang, GN Nair

Conference Proceedings  |  2005  |  IFAC Proceedings Volumes

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Networked sensor management and data rate control for tracking maneuvering targets

R Evans, V Krishnamurthy, G Nair, L Sciacca

Journal article  |  2005  |  IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

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Systems engineering for irrigation systems: Successes and challenges

I Mareels, E Weyer, SK Ooi, M Cantoni, YP Li, G Nair

Journal article  |  2005  |  Annual Reviews in Control

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Finite horizon LQ optimal control and computation with data rate constraints

Minyi Huang, Girish N Nair, Robin J Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2005  |  44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and European Control Conference ECC '05 Proceedings

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Topological feedback entropy for nonlinear systems

GN Nair, RJ Evans, IMY Mareels, W Moran

Conference Proceedings  |  2004  |  The proceedings of the 5th Asian Control Conference

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Topological feedback entropy and nonlinear stabilization

GN Nair, RJ Evans, IMY Mareels, W Moran

Journal article  |  2004  |  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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Achievable rate regions for decentralised stabilisation

GN NAIR, RJ EVANS, PE CAINES

Conference Proceedings  |  2004  |  Proceedings of the sixth international symposium on mathematical theory of networks and systems (MTNS) 2004

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Topological feedback entropy for nonlinear Stabilization

GN Nair, RJ Evans, IMY Mareels, W Moran

Conference Proceedings  |  2004  |  IFAC Proceedings Volumes

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Stabilising decentralised linear systems under data rate constraints

GN Nair, RJ Evans, PE Caines

Conference Proceedings  |  2004  |  Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE conference on decision and control

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Topological feedback entropy for nonlinear stabilization

GN NAIR, RJ EVANS, I MAREELS, W MORAN

Conference Proceedings  |  2004  |  Proceedings of NOLCOS 2004: 6th IFAC symposium on nonlinear control systems

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Stabilizability of stochastic linear systems with finite feedback data rates

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Journal article  |  2004  |  SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

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Feedback data rates for nonlinear systems

GN Nair, RJ Evans, IMY Mareels, W Moran

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Proceedings of European Control Conference ECC 2003

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Exponential stabilisability of finite-dimensional linear systems with limited data rates

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Journal article  |  2003  |  Automatica

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Infimum data rates for stabilising Markov jump linear systems

GN Nair, S Dey, RJ Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Proceedings of 42nd IEEE conference on decision and control

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Mean square stabilisability of stochastic linear systems with data rate constraints

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2002  |  41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control Proceedings

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Mean square stabilisability of communication-limited stochastic linear systems

GN NAIR, RJ EVANS

Conference Proceedings  |  2002  |  The 4th Asian Control Conference

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Exponential stabilisability of multidimensional linear systems with finite data rates

GN NAIR, RJ EVANS

Conference Proceedings  |  2002  |  15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control

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Communication-limited stabilisability of Jump Markov linear systems

GN NAIR, S DEY, RJ EVANS

Conference Proceedings  |  2002  |  Electronic Proceedings of 15th International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems

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Sensor adaptive target tracking over variable bandwidth networks

RJ EVANS, V KRISHNAMURTHY, GN NAIR

Book Chapter  |  2001

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Stabilization with data-rate-limited feedback: tightest attainable bounds

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Journal article  |  2000  |  Systems & Control Letters

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Communication-limited stabilization of linear systems

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2000  |  Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

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Structural results for finite bit-rate state estimation

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  1999  |  1999 Information, Decision and Control. Data and Information Fusion Symposium, Signal Processing and Communications Symposium and Decision and Control Symposium. Proceedings (Cat. No.99EX251)

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State estimation under bit-rate constraints

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  1998  |  Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

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State estimation via a capacity-limited communication channel

GN Nair, RJ Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  1997  |  Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

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Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mathematics
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Computer Hardware and Electronic Equipment
Defence
Information Systems
Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image Processing

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2015

Future Fellowship

Australian Research Council
2014

TheGeorge S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award. Awarded annually to 1 paper published in the 2 previous years in IEEE Trans. Automatic Control

Control Systems Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA
2006

SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize. Awarded annually to 3 papers published in the 3 previous years in any SIAM journal

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, USA
2000

Best Theory Paper Prize

UKACC International Conf. Control, Cambridge Uni, UK
1996

Overseas Postgraduate Research and Melbourne Malaysia Alumni Scholarships

Dept. Employment, Education, Training & Youth Affairs
1995

L.R. East Medal for Best Performance in Final Year Engineering

Uni. Melbourne and Institution of Engineers Australia
2018

FIEEE - Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor

Electrical And Electronic Engineering

Fellow

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Senior Member

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Member

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science (Maths & Physics)

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Engineering (1st class Hons) (Electrical Engineering)

University of Melbourne

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