Soham Chatterjee

About

Control theory for dynamical systems is the primary area of my research, with a focus on developing implementable control theoretic tools for real world applications governed by distributed parameter systems. In my doctoral work, I have developed novel feedforward control schemes to address motion planning problems for reaction-advection-diffusion systems (governed by 1D parabolic PDEs) and flexible structures (governed by Euler-Bernoulli beam PDEs). Using flatness and finite-difference semi-discretization techniques, I developed novel theoretical results to address these problems. My work resulted in novel proofs of the null controllability of 1D parabolic PDEs and PIDEs and the approximate controllability of Euler-Bernoulli beams. During my PhD, I also worked on the stabilization of a coupled PDE-ODE system using the LQR technique. Recently I have joined a postdoctoral position where I am focusing on building stabilizing controllers for distributed parameter systems governed by moving boundary PDEs with applications to additive manufacturing. Building on the theoretical and computational tools that I have learned and developed as part of my graduate research, and by developing novel control theoretic tools, I look forward to contributing to the areas of control, stabilization and estimation of distributed parameter systems.

Employment

• University of California San Diego Postdoctoral Researcher
  2025 - Present

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay P.hD.
  2017 - 2025
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur M. Tech.
  2014 - 2016

Projects & Funding

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Publications (8)

• Null Controllability of a 1D Linear Parabolic PIDE Using Flatness and Semi-Discretization
  Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s10883-026-09770-7
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• On the convergence of a numerical scheme for a boundary controlled 1D linear parabolic PIDE
  2025 Eleventh Indian Control Conference (ICC) 2025 DOI: 10.1109/icc69100.2025.11372259
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• Motion Planning for Parabolic Equations Using Flatness and Finite-Difference Approximations
  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2025 DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2025.3525569
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• Semi-Discretization of a Euler-Bernoulli Beam and Its Application to Motion Planning
  IEEE Access 2025 DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3537830
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• Flatness-based motion planning for a non-uniform moving cantilever Euler-Bernoulli beam with a tip-mass
  Arxiv 2024
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• Motion planning for parabolic equations using flatness and finite-difference approximations
  Arxiv 2024
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• Stabilization of cascade interconnection of an 1D heat equation in polar coordinates and an ODE using LQR design
  2022 IEEE 61ST CONFERENCE ON DECISION AND CONTROL (CDC) 2022 DOI: 10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9993417
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• Steady-state to steady-state transfer of PDEs using semi-discretization and flatness
  2020 59TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON DECISION AND CONTROL (CDC) 2020
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