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Soumya Kundu

Soumya Kundu

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 375-2431

Biography

Dr. Soumya Kundu has been a Staff Research Engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory since 2016. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Information Sciences Group, with joint appointment in the Center for Nonlinear Studies, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Kundu received his Bachelors (in Electrical Engineering) and Masters (in Control Systems Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2009, and his Ph.D. in Control Systems (minor in Power and Energy) from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in 2013. Dr. Kundu is primarily interested in solving complex engineering problems by applying tools from systems theory, control and optimization. His current research focus is towards the development of an integrated and distributed systems analysis and control framework to maintain the dynamic security and operational optimality of the future electrical grid, facilitating clean energy integration (e.g. renewable generation, electric vehicles), through smart utilization of distributed resources (e.g. controllable loads, energy storage).

Research Interests

  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Distributed Control
  • Large-scale Networks
  • Demand Side Control

Education and Credentials

  • B. Tech, (H), Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2009
  • M. Tech., Control System Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2009
  • Ph.D., Control Systems, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, 2013

PNNL Patents

PNNL Publications

2023

  • Mitra B., A. Singhal, S. Kundu, and J.P. Ogle. 2023. "Analyzing Distribution Transformer Degradation with Increased Power Electronic Loads." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2023), January 16-19, 2023, Washington, DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-177443. doi:10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066387
  • Roy S., S. Nandanoori, S. Sarker, S. Kundu, and V.A. Adetola. 2023. "Disturbance Propagation Stability in Droop-Controlled Microgrids." In American Control Conference (ACC 2023), May 31-June 2, 2023, San Diego, CA, 3472-3477. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-178344. doi:10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10156216
  • Upton S.A., G.L. Kidd, S. Kundu, S. Bhattacharya, Y. Lin, V.A. Adetola, and T. Ramachandran, et al. 2023. Introduction to ALERT: A User-Interface Tool for Resilient Optimization: Technical Report. PNNL-35082. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Introduction to ALERT: A User-Interface Tool for Resilient Optimization: Technical Report

2022

  • Bouvier J.H., S. Nandanoori, M. Ornik, and S. Kundu. 2022. "Distributed Transient Safety Verification via Robust Control Invariant Sets: A Microgrid Application." In American Control Conference (ACC 2022), June 8-10, 2022, Atlanta, GA, 2202-2207. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-167568. doi:10.23919/ACC53348.2022.9867323
  • Mukherjee S., S. Nandanoori, S. Guan, K. Agarwal, S. Sinha, S. Kundu, and S. Pal, et al. 2022. "Learning Distributed Geometric Koopman Operator for Sparse Networked Dynamical Systems." In First Learning on Graphs Conference (LoG 2022), December 9-12, 2022, Virtual, Online. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 198, 1-17. Maastricht:ML Research Press. PNNL-SA-173554.
  • Nandanoori S., S. Guan, S. Kundu, S. Pal, K. Agarwal, Y. Wu, and S. Choudhury. 2022. "Graph Neural Network and Koopman Models for Learning Networked Dynamics: A Comparative Study on Power Grid Transients Prediction." IEEE Access 10. PNNL-SA-161313. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3160710
  • Nandanoori S., S. Kundu, J. Lian, U. Vaidya, D.L. Vrabie, and K. Kalsi. 2022. "Sparse Control Synthesis for Uncertain Responsive Loads with Stochastic Stability Guarantees." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 37, no. 1:167 - 178. PNNL-SA-156076. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2021.3095827
  • Nazir M., T. Ramachandran, S. Bhattacharya, A. Singhal, S. Kundu, and V.A. Adetola. 2022. "Optimization-Based Resiliency Verification in Microgrids via Maximal Adversarial Set Characterization." In American Control Conference (ACC 2022), June 8-10, 2022, Atlanta, GA, 2214-2220. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-167569. doi:10.23919/ACC53348.2022.9867826
  • Singhal A., D. Wang, A.P. Reiman, Y. Liu, D.J. Hammerstrom, and S. Kundu. 2022. "Harmonic Modeling, Data Generation and Analysis of Power Electronics-Interfaced Residential Loads." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2022), April 24-28, 2022, New Orleans, LA, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-165234. doi:10.1109/ISGT50606.2022.9817492

2021

  • Jain M., S. Kundu, A. Bhattacharya, S. Huang, V. Chandan, N. Radhakrishnan, and V.A. Adetola, et al. 2021. "Occupancy-Driven Stochastic Decision Framework for Ranking Commercial Building Loads." In Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC 2021), May 25-28, 2021, Virtual, New Orleans, LA, 2021, 4171 - 4177. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-156937. doi:10.23919/ACC50511.2021.9482639
  • Kundu S., A. Bhattacharya, V. Chandan, N. Radhakrishnan, V.A. Adetola, and D.L. Vrabie. 2021. "A Stochastic Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Algorithm for Dynamic Load Prioritization in Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings." ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control 1, no. 3:Article No. 031014. PNNL-SA-156073. doi:10.1115/1.4050124
  • Nandanoori S., S. Pal, S. Sinha, S. Kundu, K. Agarwal, and S. Choudhury. 2021. "Data-driven Distributed Learning of Multi-agent Systems: A Koopman Operator Approach." In IEEE 60th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2021), December 14-17, 2021, Austin, TX, 5059-5066. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-160981. doi:10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9682872

2020

  • Almassalkhi M., S. Brahma, N. Nazir, H. Ossareh, P. Racherla, S. Kundu, and S. Nandanoori, et al. 2020. "Hierarchical, grid-aware, and economically optimal coordination of distributed energy resources in realistic distribution systems." Energies 13, no. 23:6399. PNNL-SA-157505. doi:10.3390/en13236399
  • Chakraborty I., S. Nandanoori, S. Kundu, and K. Kalsi. 2020. "Stochastic Virtual Battery Modeling of Uncertain Electrical Loads using Variational Autoencoder." In American Control Conference (ACC 2020), July 1-3, 2020, Denver, CO, 1305-1310. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-147862. doi:10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147609
  • Du W., Z. Chen, K.P. Schneider, R.H. Lasseter, S. Nandanoori, F.K. Tuffner, and S. Kundu. 2020. "A Comparative Study of Two Widely Used Grid-Forming Droop Controls on Microgrid Small Signal Stability." IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 8, no. 2:963 - 975. PNNL-SA-144351. doi:10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2942491
  • Kandakatla A.R., V. Chandan, S. Kundu, I. Chakraborty, K.A. Cook, and A. Dasgupta. 2020. "Towards Trust-Augmented Visual Analytics for Data-Driven Energy Modeling." In IEEE Workshop on TRust and EXpertise in Visual Analytics (TREX 2020), October 25-30, 2020, Salt Lake City, UT, 16-21. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-154767. doi:10.1109/TREX51495.2020.00007
  • Kundu S., and K. Kalsi. 2020. "Transient Safety Filter Design for Grid-Forming Inverters." In American Control Conference (ACC 2020), July 1-3, 2020, Denver, CO, 1299-1304. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-147958. doi:10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9148003
  • Kundu S., Z. Chu, Y. Liu, Y. Tang, Q. Huang, D.P. James, and Y. Zhang, et al. 2020. "A Nonlinear Regression Method for Composite Protection Modeling of Induction Motor Loads." In IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2020), February 17-20, 2020, Washington DC, Article No. 9087795. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-146910. doi:10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087795
  • Nandanoori S., S. Kundu, S. Pal, K. Agarwal, and S. Choudhury. 2020. "Model-Agnostic Algorithm for Real-Time Attack Identification in Power Grid using Koopman Modes." In IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (IEEE SmartGridComm 2020), November 11-13, 2020, Tempe AZ, 1-6. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-154191. doi:10.1109/SmartGridComm47815.2020.9303022
  • Nandanoori S., S. Kundu, W. Du, F.K. Tuffner, and K.P. Schneider. 2020. "Distributed Small-Signal Stability Conditions for Inverter-Based Unbalanced Microgrids." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 35, no. 5:3981 - 3990. PNNL-SA-146963. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2020.2982795

2019

  • Chakraborty I., S. Kundu, Y. Liu, and P.V. Etingov. 2019. "Cross-Categorical Transfer Learning based Composite Load Protection Modeling." In Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy 2019), June 25-28, 2019, Phoenix, AZ. New York, New York:ACM. PNNL-SA-141727. doi:10.1145/3307772.3331026
  • Kundu S., S. Geng, S. Nandanoori, I.A. Hiskens, and K. Kalsi. 2019. "Distributed Barrier Certificates for Safe Operation of Inverter-Based Microgrids." In American Control Conference (2019), July 10-12. 2019, Philadelphia, PA, 1042 - 1047. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-138452. doi:10.23919/ACC.2019.8815296
  • Kundu S., V. Chandan, and K. Kalsi. 2019. "Scalable Computation of 2D-Minkowski Sum of Arbitrary Non-Convex Domains: Modeling Flexibility in Energy Resources." In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2019), January 8-11, 2019, Honolulu, HI, 3689-3698. Honolulu, Hawaii:University of Hawaii. PNNL-SA-135729. doi:10.24251/HICSS.2019.445
  • Kundu S., W. Du, S. Nandanoori, F.K. Tuffner, and K.P. Schneider. 2019. "Identifying Parameter Space for Robust Stability in Nonlinear Networks: A Microgrid Application." In 2019 American Control Conference, 3111-3116. PNNL-SA-139867. doi:10.23919/ACC.2019.8814324
  • Nandanoori S., I. Chakraborty, T. Ramachandran, and S. Kundu. 2019. "Identification and Validation of Virtual Battery Model for Heterogeneous Devices." In Proceedings of the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2019), August 4-8, 2019, Atlanta, GA. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-139434. doi:10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973978
  • Ramachandran T., A.P. Reiman, S. Nandanoori, M.J. Rice, and S. Kundu. 2019. "Distribution System State Estimation in the Presence of High Solar Penetration." In American Controls Conference (ACC 2019), July 10-12, 2019, Philadelphia, PA, 3432-3437. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-138831. doi:10.23919/ACC.2019.8814486
  • Yeung E.H., S. Kundu, and N.O. Hodas. 2019. "Learning Deep Neural Network Representations for Koopman Operators of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems." In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, July 10-12, 2019, Philadelphia, PA, 4832-4839; Article number 8815339. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-128573.

2018

  • Chakraborty I., S. Nandanoori, and S. Kundu. 2018. "Virtual Battery Parameter Identification using Transfer Learning based Stacked Autoencoder." In 17th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 2018), December 17-20, 2018, Orlando, Florida. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-137721. doi:10.1109/ICMLA.2018.00206
  • Huang Q., Y. Zhang, S. Kundu, Y. Tang, D.P. James, Y. Liu, and P.V. Etingov. 2018. "Aggregate Protection Response of Motor Loads in Commercial Buildings." In IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D 2018), April 16-19, 2018, Denver, CO, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-128450. doi:10.1109/TDC.2018.8440288
  • Kundu S., J. Hansen, J. Lian, and K. Kalsi. 2018. "Assessment of Optimal Flexibility in Ensemble of Frequency Responsive Loads." In IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, October 23-27, 2017, Dresden, Germany, 399-404. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-126289. doi:10.1109/SmartGridComm.2017.8340742
  • Kundu S., K. Kalsi, and S. Backhaus. 2018. "Approximating Flexibility in Distributed Energy Resources: A Geometric Approach." In Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 2018), June 11-15, 2018, Dublin, Ireland. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-127767. doi:10.23919/PSCC.2018.8442600
  • Kundu S., T. Ramachandran, Y. Chen, and D.L. Vrabie. 2018. "Optimal Energy Consumption Forecast for Grid Responsive Buildings: A Sensitivity Analysis." In IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA 2018), August 21-24, 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark, 230-236. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-132105. doi:10.1109/CCTA.2018.8511607
  • Liu Y., Y. Zhang, Q. Huang, S. Kundu, Y. Tang, D.P. James, and P.V. Etingov, et al. 2018. "Impact of Building-Level Motor Protection on Power System Transient Behaviors." In IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2018. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-130468. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2018.8586530
  • Liu Z., S. Kundu, L. Chen, and E.H. Yeung. 2018. "Decomposition of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Using Koopman Gramians." In Annual American Control Conference (ACC 2018), June 27-29, 2018, Milwaukee, WI, 4811-4818. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-129583. doi:10.23919/ACC.2018.8431030
  • Maruf A., S. Kundu, E.H. Yeung, and M. Anghel. 2018. "Decomposition of Nonlinear Dynamical Networks via Comparison Systems." In European Control Conference, 190-196. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-130627. doi:10.23919/ECC.2018.8550418
  • Tang Y., S. Kundu, Y. Zhang, D.P. James, Y. Liu, Q. Huang, and J. Zhang, et al. 2018. "Generation of Composite Load Protection Profiles for Reliable System Operation." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2018), February 19-22, 2018, Washington DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-129187. doi:10.1109/ISGT.2018.8403400

2017

  • Kundu S., and M. Anghel. 2017. "A Multiple-Comparison-Systems Method for Distributed Stability Analysis of Large-Scale Nonlinear Systems." Automatica 78. PNNL-SA-122257. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2016.12.003
  • Ramachandran T., S. Kundu, Y. Chen, and D.L. Vrabie. 2017. "Towards a framework for selection of supervisory control for commercial buildings: HVAC system energy efficiency." In American Control Conference (ACC 2017), May 24-26, 2017, Seattle, Washington, 2925-2930. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-121108. doi:10.23919/ACC.2017.7963395
  • Ramachandran T., S. Kundu, Y. Chen, and D.L. Vrabie. 2017. "Towards a framework for selection of supervisory control for commercial buildings: HVAC system energy efficiency." In American Control Conference (ACC 2017), May 24-26, 2017, Seattle, Washington, 2925-2930. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-124310. doi:10.23919/ACC.2017.7963395

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