Recent Publications
Current Grants
C.N. Sekharan, "Efficient Detection of Nontrivial Block Hankel Structure: Algorithms and Performance Comparison", SIAM ACDA, Feb. 2027.
C.N. Sekharan, R. Dominguez, J. Baca, "Time-On-Air Optimization With and Without Regulatory Constraints in LoRa-Class Networks", IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec. 2026.
K. Mody, S. Radhakrishnan, C.N. Sekharan, "Traversal-Invariant Positional Encoding for Serialized Graphs", NeurIPS, Dec. 2026.
C.N. Sekharan, M.R. Detroja, "SECUIR: Design and Implementation of an Efficient, Secure, and Access-Controlled Smart Information Retrieval System", IEEE ISI, Aug. 2026.
C. Ndagijimana, M. Sookhak, H. Zarini, C.N. Sekharan, M. Atiquzzaman, "Joint UAV-UGV Positioning and Trajectory Planning via Meta A3C for Reliable Emergency Communications", IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec. 2025.
C.N. Sekharan, M. Sookhak, "Systems and Methods for Resource-Efficient Cooperative Collision Warning at Geospatial Conflict Nodes Using Participant Devices", U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Oct. 2026.
"Adaptive Multi-Tiered, Multi-Task Base Station Infrastructure for Communication-Denied Environments", Co-PI, National Science Foundation (Award #2318725), $352,360, 2023-2027.
STEP 2.0 Database: AI/ML Curation of Pediatric Excipients, Research Consultant, NIH / Advanced Biosciences Lab, 2024-2027.
"Large Language Models for Autonomous Systems", PI, Microsoft Accelerate AI Azure Cloud Services Grant, $20,000 (cloud credits), 2023-2024.