Selected Publications

For a complete list, please see Google Scholar or CV.

Journal Articles

  1. S. Banik and S. D. Bopardikar, "FlipDyn with Control: Resource Takeover Games with Dynamics," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. [paper]
  2. S. Banik, T. Ramachandran, A. Bhattacharya, and S. D. Bopardikar, "Automated Adversary-in-the-Loop Cyber-Physical Defense Planning," ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (TCPS), vol. 7, no. 3, July 2023. [paper]
  3. S. Banik and S. D. Bopardikar, "Attack-Resilient Path Planning Using Dynamic Games With Stopping States," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 25-41, Feb. 2022. [paper]

Conference Papers

  1. A. Gahlawat, A. Aboudonia, S. Banik, N. Hovakimyan, N. Matni, A. D. Ames, G. Zardini, A. Speranzon, "Distributionally Robust Imitation Learning: Layered Control Architecture for Certifiable Autonomy," AIAA SCITECH 2026. [paper]
  2. T. Nguyen, M. Kim, S. Banik, J. Kim, N. Hovakimyan "Moving Horizon Estimation for Quadrotors: An L1 Adaptive Optimizer Approach," AIAA SCITECH 2026. [paper]
  3. M. Aramyan, R. Madhavan, S. Banik, T. Bakaryan, N. Hovakimyan, "PACT: Potential Differential Game-Based Multi-Agent Coordination for Time-Critical Missions," AIAA SCITECH 2026. [paper]
  4. E. Pathak, A. Aboudonia, S. Banik, N. Hovakimyan "A Robust Task-Level Control Architecture for Learned Dynamical Systems," L4DC 2026. [paper]
  5. S. Banik, J. Kim, N. Hovakimyan, L. Carlone, J. Thomas, N. G. Leveson, "Integrating Vision Systems and STPA for Robust Landing and Take-Off in VTOL Aircraft," AIAA SCITECH 2025. [paper]
  6. S. Banik, S. D. Bopardikar, N. Hovakimyan, "FlipDyn in Graphs: Resource Takeover Games in Graphs," International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, 2024. [paper]
  7. S. Banik and S. D. Bopardikar, "FlipDyn: A game of resource takeovers in dynamical systems," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2022. 🏆 Best Student Paper Award [paper]
  8. S. Banik and S. D. Bopardikar, "Stochastic Games with Stopping States and their Application to Adversarial Motion Planning Problems," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022. [paper]
  9. S. Banik, S. K. Kaul and P. B. Sujit, "Multi-AUV Coverage with Functional Constraints and Currents," IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Symposium (AUV), 2020. [paper]
  10. S. Banik, S. K. Kaul and P. B. Sujit, "Minimizing Age in Gateway Based Update Systems,” 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory," IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2019. [paper]
  11. S. Banik, S. Rathinam and P. B. Sujit, "Min-Max Path Planning Algorithms for Heterogeneous, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles," IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Workshop (AUV), 2018. [paper]

Preprints & Under Review

  1. S. Banik and N. Hovakimyan, "Flip-Team: Game-Theoretic Takeover with Stochastic Human Intent," Under review in Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2026. [arXiv]