Dr. Ritu Raj

EDUCATION

• PhD – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur – 2018
• M.Tech – National Institute of Technology Patna – 2013
• B.Tech – West Bengal University of Technology – 2010

BIOGRAPHY

Ritu Raj was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1988. He received the Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology in 2010, the Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (with Control Systems specialization) from National Institute of Technology Patna in 2013, and the Doctoral degree in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2018. He was a postdoctoral researcher during 2019-2020 at Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea. Prior to joining JIIT, he was on the faculty of the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kota, India, during 2020-2023. He is a Member of Asian Control Association, and Automatic Control & Dynamic Optimization Society.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Intelligent Control, Soft Computing, Fuzzy Systems, Machine Learning and its applications in healthcare and robotics.

EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor (on contract) – Indian Institute of Information Technology Kota, India – August 2020 – June2023.
• Research Fellow – Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea – April 2019 – March 2020.
• Assistant Professor – OP Jindal University Raigarh, India – July 2018 – March2019.
• Assistant Professor – KNIPSS Engineering College Sultanpur, India – August 2013 – June 2014.

PUBLICATIONS

• R. Raj, and J-M Yang, Analytical structure and performance of interval type-2 fuzzy two- term controllers with varying footprint of uncertainty, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, vol. 15, pp 1-14, Nov 2022. (Springer). IF- 2.259, Q2,SCIE.
• G. Bhandari, R. Raj, P.M. Pathak, and J-M Yang, Robust control of a snake robot emulating planar gait based on interval type-2 Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy control using genetic algorithm, Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 116, 2022. (Elsevier). IF – 7.802. Q1, SCIE.
• A. Kumar, and R. Raj, Design of a Fractional Order Fuzzy Logic Controller for Drug Delivery to Regulate Blood Pressure, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 78, 2022. (Elsevier). IF – 5.076, Q1,SCI.
• R. Raj, B.M. Mohan, D-E Lee, and J-M Yang, Derivation and structural analysis of a three- input interval type-2 TS fuzzy PID controller, Soft Computing, vol. 26, pp 589-603, 2022. (Springer). IF – 3.732, Q2,SCIE.
• S. Yadav, and R. Raj, Power efficient network selector placement in control plane of multiple networks-on-chip, The Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 78, no. 5, pp. 6664-6695, 2022. (Springer). IF – 2.557, Q2,SCI.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, General structure of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy PI/PD Controller of Takagi-Sugeno Type, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 87, 2020. (Elsevier) IF- 7.802, Q1,SCIE.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy PID Controllers: Mathematical Models and Stability Analysis with Multiple Fuzzy Sets, International Journal of Fuzzy Computation and Modelling (IJFCM), vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 33-60, 2020.(Inderscience).
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Analytical Structures of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Two - Input Two - Output PI/PD Controllers with Multiple Fuzzy Sets, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, vol 141, no 5, 2019 (ASME). IF – 1.6, Q2,SCI.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Analytical Structures and Stability Analysis of the Simplest Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Two-Term Controllers, International Journal of Process Systems Engineering, vol 5, no 1, pp 67-92, 2019(Inderscience).
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Stability analysis of general Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy two-term controllers, Fuzzy Information and Engineering, vol 10, no 2, 196-212, 2018 (Taylor and Francis). IF – 1.33, Q3,Scopus.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Modeling and analysis of the simplest fuzzy PID controller of Takagi–Sugeno type with modified rule base, Soft Computing, 22 (15), 5147-5161, 2017 (Springer). IF – 3.732, Q2,SCIE.

• R. Raj, The Simplest Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Controller Based Control Strategy for Collocated Systems, S. Kundu et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Communication, Devices and Computing, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 602, pp. 229-236, Springer Nature Singapore, 2020.
• Conferences
• A. Kumar, D. Sharma, S. Khan, and R. Raj, TS Fuzzy Controller with s- and z- type MFs to Control a Coupled-Tank System, In 3^rd International Congress on Advances in Mechanical and Systems Engineering, July 14-16, 2022.(presented)
• R. Raj, Yuvraj Pal, and B.M. Mohan, Control of a twin rotor MIMO system using a TS TITO fuzzy PD controller, International Conference on Computational Performance Evaluation, NEHU Shillong, July 2-4,2020.
• R. Raj, B.M. Mohan and J-M Yang, A simplified structure of the simplest Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Two-Term Controller, Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (IFAC-Conference), IIT Madras, India, Feb 16-19,2020.
• R. Raj, Pushparaj Mani Pathak, Garima Bhandari, and J-M Yang, Two- and Three-Input Fuzzy PID Controller Structure of Takagi-Sugeno Type, 19th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS 2019), Jeju, Korea, pp. 1605-1609,2019.
• R.RajandB.M.Mohan,AnanalyticalstructureofthesimplestTakagi-SugenoTITOPI/PD Controller, IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 41, no. 1, DRDL Hyderabad, India, pp. 19-24,2018.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Analytical structure of a general Takagi-Sugeno fuzzyPID
• controller, TENCON- IEEE Region 10 Conference, Penang, Malaysia, pp. 591 – 596, 2017.
• N. K. Arun, B. M. Mohan and R. Raj, A nonlinear fuzzy PID controller via algebraic product AND-maximum OR-Height defuzzification, IEEE Students’ TechnologySymposium
• (TechSym), IIT Kharagpur, India, pp. 67-72, 2016.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Modelling and analysis of a general Takagi-Sugeno fuzzyPI/PD controller with modified rule base, IEEE Students’ Technology Symposium (TechSym), IIT Kharagpur, India, pp. 169-174, 2016.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Modelling and analysis of the simplest fuzzy PI/PD controllers of Takagi-Sugeno type, IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 49, no. 1, NIT Tiruchirappalli, India, pp. 537- 542, 2016.
• R. Raj and B. M. Mohan, Modelling of the simplest fuzzy PID controller of Takagi-Sugeno type using algebraic product t-norm and maximum t-co-norm, IEEE Workshop on ComputationalIntelligence:Theories,ApplicationsandFutureDirections(WCI),IITKanpur, India, pp.1-6,2015.

• Served as Technical Program Committee Member and Reviewer in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Communications (InC4) during 21-22 April 2023, organized by CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore,India.
• Served as Session Chair and Technical Program Committee Member and Reviewer in the Congress on Control Robotics, and Mechatronics (CRM 2023) during 25-26 March2023.
• Served as Program Committee Member and Reviewer in World Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Advances and Applications (WCAIAA 2023) during 18-19 March2023.
• Served as Program Committee Member and Reviewer in 5th International Conference on Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCCT 2023) during 28-29 Jan2023.
• Served as Program Committee Member and Reviewer in 4th International Conference on Communication and Intelligent Systems (ICCIS 2022) during 19-20 Dec 2022 organized by National Institute of Technology (NIT) DelhiIndia.
• Chaired a session at 4th International Conference on Communication and IntelligentSystems (ICCIS 2022) during 19-20 Dec 2022 on "Intelligent Data Analytics and Computing " organized by National Institute of Technology (NIT) DelhiIndia.
• Chairedasessionat6thInternationalJointConferenceonAdvancesinComputational Intelligence (IJCACI 2022) during 15-16 Oct 2022 on "Intelligent Systems"
• Chaired a session at 6th International Conference on Soft Computing Theories and Applications (SoCTA 2021) during 17-19 Dec 2021 on "Mathematical Models and Blockchain Technology for Soft Computing"

• 22^nd International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (South Korea) –2022
• 4th International Conference on Communication and Intelligent Systems (NIT Delhi) –2022
• IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Communications (Christ University) –2023
• Congress on Control, Robotics, and Mechatronics (India) –2023
• WorldConferenceonArtificialIntelligence:AdvancesandApplications(India)-WCAIAA 2023
• International Conference on Power Engineering and Intelligent Systems (NIT Delhi) -2023
• 4^th International Conference on Data Science and Applications (MNIT Jaipur) –2023
• 23^rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (South Korea) –2023

OTHERS

• Post Doctoral Fellowship – NRF South Korea,2019.
• Received travel grant of 50,000 INR from IIT Kharagpur for attending IEEE Region 10 (TENCON-2017) conference in Penang,Malaysia.
• Qualified GATE (India) in Electronics and Communication Engineering and UGC-NET (India) for Assistant Professor - in Electronic Science.
• Awarded institute fellowship during M.Tech andPh.D.