RESUME
Dr. Sikha Hota
Assistant Professor, Dept of Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur
Professional Experience (Starting from Last Job)
Sl. Employer Type of Job Duration Date of Date Of
No Joining Leaving
1 Indian Institute of Assistant Professor - June 2015 Till date
Technology,
Kharagpur
2 CSIR-National Scientist at the Control 1 year 2 April, June,
Aerospace Law Team of LCA months 2014 2015
Laboratories,
Bangalore
3 Indian Institute of Project Associate in 8 September April
Science, Bangalore Guidance, Control and months 2013 2014
Decision Systems
Laboratory (GCDSL)
Academic Qualification
Sl Examinatio Board/ University/ Important Subject Year Grade
No n/ Degree Institution Taken / Specialization
.
1 Ph. D Indian Institute of Aerospace Engineering August, 6.5/8
Science, Bangalore (Guidance, Control) 2013
2 M. Tech Jadavpur University Electrical Engineering July, 8.69 %
(Control) 2007
3 B.E. Indian Institute of Electrical Engineering June, 78.16%
Engineering, Science 2004
and Technology
List of Publications:
Journals:
1. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal trajectory planning for path convergence in 3D
space", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of
Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 228, No. 5, 2013, pp. 766-780.
2. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal trajectory generation for convergence to a
rectilinear path", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 75, No. 2, 2013,
pp. 223-242.
3. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Time-optimal convergence to a rectilinear path in the
presence of wind", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 74, No. 3-4,
2013, pp. 791-815.
4. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal spatial path planning for an unmanned aerial
vehicle", Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2014, pp. 681-688.
5. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Curvature-constrained trajectory generation for waypoint
following", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal
of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 228, No. 11, 2013, pp.2066-2082.
6. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Waypoint-Based Trajectory Planning of Fixed-Wing MAVs
in 3D Space", under review.
Book Chapter
1. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Rectilinear path following in 3D space", Trends in
Intelligent Robotics (Eds. P. Vadakkepat and J.-H. Kim), Communications in
Computer and Information Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Vol. 103, 2010, pp.
210-217.
Conference Publications and Presentations
1. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Trajectory planning of MAVs for waypoint following in 3D
space", 9th International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems", Jaipur,
India, September 2013, paper ICIUS-2013-238.
2. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal transition trajectory for waypoint following", 2013
IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC 2013)", Hyderabad, India,
August 2013, pp. 1030-1035.
3. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Minimum-time path of UAVs converging to a circular path
in steady wind", Second International Conference on "Advances in Control and
Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS)", Bangalore, February 2012, paper
id-924.
4. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal path planning for an aerial vehicle in 3D space",
49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, December 2010, pp.
4902-4907.
5. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal path planning for small UAVs in wind", 6th
International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, Bali, Indonesia,
November 2010, paper ICIUS-2010-0117.
6. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal geometrical path in 3D with curvature constraint",
2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei,
Taiwan, October, pp. 113-118.
7. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “A modified Dubins method for optimal path planning of a
miniature air vehicle converging to a straight line path", Proc. of the American
Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 10-12 June, 2009, pp. 2397-2402.
8. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal rectilinear path convergence of a miniature air
vehicle using Pontryagin's maximum principle", Proceedings of the International
Conference and Exhibition on Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India, May 2009, pp. 877-886.
9. S. Hota, S. Paul, T.K. Ghoshal, “Semiformal speci_cation of generic interlocking
principles using stateow statechart", IEEE INDICON conference, Bangalore, India,
September, 2007.
Workshop Paper
1. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Time-optimal trajectory smoothing for UAVs in real-time",
UKIERI Workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Sys. Tech., Bangalore, Dec. 2011,
pp.34-37.
2. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “3D optimal path planning for UAVs in wind", Robust
Control of Smart Autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicle under United Kingdom India
Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) program, December 2010, IIT
Bombay, Mumbai.
3. S. Hota and D. Ghose, “Optimal path planning for a miniature air vehicle using a
modified Dubins method", UKIERI Workshop on Robust Control of Smart
Autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicle, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, August
2008, pp. 64-71.
