Prasenjit Ghorai is a prolific scholar and professional specializing in autonomous systems, intelligent transportation systems, robotics, and control engineering. He has over 14 years of combined experience in teaching and R&D with a proven track record of driving innovation in cutting-edge research in his area of expertise. With a Ph.D. in Control Engineering and a robust portfolio of 25+ publications in leading scientific research platforms, Dr. Ghorai is an active member of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society. He is passionate about solving complex challenges in autonomy and intelligent systems, robotics, and control engineering, aiming to create safer and mobile transportation technologies. He has been a reviewer for over 15 prestigious leading scientific journals and proceedings.

• Ph.D., in Engineering (Control Engineering), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, 2018

• M.Tech. (Master of Technology), University College of Science, University of Calcutta, India, 2010

• B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology), College of Engineering and Management Kolaghat, West Bengal University of Technology, India, 2008

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Journals/Magazines/Reports (Published/Accepted):

• P Ghorai, A Eskandarian, M Abbas, and A Nayak, ‘A Causation Analysis of Autonomous Vehicles Crashes’, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/MITS.2024.3386641

• A Nayak, A Eskandarian, Z Doerzaph, and P Ghorai, ‘Pedestrian Trajectory Forecasting Using Deep Ensembles Under Sensing Uncertainty’, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2024.3382201

• A Eskandarian, P Ghorai, and A Nayak, ‘Cooperative Perception of Connected Vehicles for Safety’, National Transportation Library, United States Department of Transportation, April'2023, link

• P Ghorai, ‘Online Parameters Estimation of Time-Delayed Dynamics of Processes for Industrial Use’, International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2022.29.4.6509

• G Mehr, P Ghorai, C Zhang, A Nayak, D Patel, S Sivashangaran, and A Eskandarian, ‘X-CAR: An Experimental Vehicle Platform for Connected Autonomy Research,’ in IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, doi: 10.1109/MITS.2022.3168801

• P Ghorai, S Majhi, A Eskandarian, S Pandey, and V R Kasi, ‘Modeling and Estimation of Dynamics of Time Delayed Plants/Processes’, International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Springer, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40435-022-00965-x

• P Ghorai, A Eskandarian, YK Kim, and G Mehr, ‘State Estimation and Motion Prediction of Other Vehicles and Vulnerable Road Users for Cooperative Autonomous Driving: A Survey’, in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3160932

• P Ghorai, S Majhi, V R Kasi, and S Pandey, ‘Transfer Function Identification of a Liquid Flow-line Pressure Control System from Simple Relay Autotuning’, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, SAGE, 43(4), pp. 792-801, 2021

• P Ghorai, S Majhi, V R Kasi, and S Pandey, ‘Parameter Identification of Delayed Underdamped Systems Using On-line Relay Autotuning’, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 66(7), pp 1197-1201, 2019

• S Pandey, S Majhi, and P Ghorai, ‘Limit Cycle Based Identification of Time Delay SISO Processes’, IFAC

• Journal of Systems and Control, Elsevier, 6, pp. 43-52, 2018

• P Ghorai, S Majhi, and S Pandey, ‘A real-time approach for dead-time plant transfer function modeling based on relay autotuning’, International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Springer, 6(3), pp 950-960, 2018

• S Pandey, S Majhi, and P Ghorai, ‘A New Modelling and Identification Scheme for Time Delay Systems with Experimental Investigation: A Relay Feedback Approach’, International Journal of Systems Science, Taylor & Francis, 48(9), pp. 1932-1940, 2017

• P Ghorai, S Majhi, and S Pandey, ‘Modeling and Identification of Real-Time Processes Based on Nonzero Setpoint Autotuning Test’, Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Transaction of the ASME, 139 (2), 021010 (8 pages), 2017

• P Ghorai, S Majhi, and S Pandey, ‘Dynamic model identification of a real-time simple level control system’, Journal of Control and Decision, Taylor & Francis, 3 (4), pp. 248-266, 2016

• K Mudgal, and P Ghorai, ‘A review: Improvement in the methods for controlling of SMA Actuator during the last decade’, Sensor Letters, American scientific publishers, 13, pp: 439-448, 2015

• K P Ghatak, S Bhattacharya, A Mondal, S Debbarma, P Ghorai, and A Bhattacharjee, ‘On the Fowler-Nordheim Field Emission from Quantum-Confined Optoelectronic Materials in the Presence of Light Waves’, Quantum Matter, American scientific publishers, 2(1), pp: 25-41, 2013

Proceedings/Conferences (Published/Presented/):

• R G Roy, A Eskandarian, P Ghorai, V R Kasi, ‘Design of a new nonlinear predictive PI controller for cascaded control system applications’, IEEE 8th Indian Control Conference (ICC’2022), 14-16 December 2022 at IIT Madras, India, doi: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080661

• N Baghel, T Kobaku, R Jeyasenthil, P Ghorai, C Rajhans, ‘Augmentation of State Feedback Control and Integral Action for Stabilization Issues in Islanded DC Microgrid’, IEEE Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES-2022), 14-17 December 2022, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, doi: 10.1109/ICC56513.2022.10093503. · P Ghorai, A Eskandarian, A Nayak, and Z Doerzaph, ‘Relative Pose Estimation for Cooperative Vehicles and Tracking of Multiple Dynamic Objects’, in 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE’2021), Nov 1 – 5, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2021-69651, ASME

• A Nayak, A Eskandarian, P Ghorai, and Z Doerzaph, ‘A Comparative Study on Feature Descriptors for Relative Pose Estimation in Connected Vehicles’, in 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE’2021), Nov 1 – 5, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2021-70693, ASME

• P Ghorai, A Eskandarian, and YK Kim, ‘Study the Effect of Communication Delay for Perception and Collision Avoidance in Cooperative Autonomous Driving’, in 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE’2020), Paper No: IMECE2020-24008, vol.-7B, V07BT07A015; https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2020-24008, ASME

• P. Ghorai and A. Eskandarian, ‘Longitudinal Control Algorithm for Cooperative Autonomous Vehicles to Avoid Accident with Vulnerable Road Users,’ in 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Rhodes, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ITSC45102.2020.9294180.

• S Pandey, S Majhi, and P Ghorai, ‘Parameter Estimation and Control of Time Delay SISO Systems’, American Control Conference (ACC’2019), Philadelphia, PA, USA, during July 10 - 12, 2019, pp. 5161-5166, DOI: 10.23919/ACC.2019.8814840

• P Ghorai, S Majhi, and S Pandey, ‘Closed-loop Relay Experiment for Modeling of Underdamped Plant Dynamics’, IEEE 5th Indian Control Conference (ICC’2019) was held at IIT Delhi, India during January 9-11, 2019, pp. 424-429, DOI: 10.1109/INDIANCC.2019.8715573

• P Ghorai, and S Majhi, ‘Relay autotuning and dynamic parameters estimation of dead-time processes’, presented in 70th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON’2017), Dec 27 – 30, 2017, Haldia, West Bengal, India

• P Ghorai, S Pandey, and S Majhi, ‘State space approach for identification of real-time plant dynamics’, IEEE 3rd Indian Control Conference (ICC’2017), IIT Guwahati, India, January 4-6, 2017, pp. 28-32, DOI: 10.1109/INDIANCC.2017.7846447

• P Ghorai, Pandey, and S Majhi, ‘A new relay feedback scheme for identification of non-minimum phase processes with time delay’, IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC’2016), Las Vegas, USA, December 12-14, 2016, pp. 2073-2078, DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2016.7798569 · M Chakraborty and P Ghorai, ‘Performance evaluation of time delay processes based on FL, FNN & fractional-order controllers’, Michael Faraday IET International Summit: MFIIS’2015, Kolkata, India, September 12 – 13, 2015, pp: 19-23, DOI: 10.1049/cp.2015.1600