Vishrant Tripathi
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Assistant Professor, |
About me
I joined the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Purdue University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2024. Here, I have set up the Multi-Agent Intelligent Networks (MAIN) group. Our research interests lie in the optimization of networks - with application areas including multi-agent robotics, networked control, federated learning, and edge computing. More recently, I have also been working on software defined networking and next-generation wireless networks.
In case you're interested in working on problems at the intersection of communication networks, probabilistic modeling, optimization/control, robotics, and machine learning I am recruiting students for Spring 2025 and Fall 2025. Send me an email to get in touch!
I obtained a Ph.D. in the EECS department at MIT, working with Prof. Eytan Modiano at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS). There, I worked on the modeling, analysis and design of communication networks, with emphasis on wireless and real-time networks. I have also worked on scheduling problems in networked control systems, robotics, federated learning, and software defined network control for datacenters.
Priot to my time at MIT, I received a B.Tech. with Honors in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). There, I worked with Prof. Sharayu Moharir on resource allocation in wireless networks.
You can find press coverage of some of my work at the following links - MIT News, AeroAstro@MIT, Schwarzman College of Computing MIT, Institute for Data Systems and Society MIT, Wireless Communications Alliance, AI Magazine, Hackster.io, TechXplore, Autonomous Vehicle International, and Quadricottero.
Recent Updates
Sep 2024: Our paper “Monitoring Correlated Sources: AoI-based Scheduling is Nearly Optimal” got accepted to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)! This was joint work with R. Vallabh Ramakanth and Prof. Modiano at MIT.
Aug 2024: Our paper “Optimizing Age of Information with Correlated Sources” got accepted to IEEE Transactions on Networking! This was joint work with Prof. Modiano at MIT.
Aug 2024: Our paper “A Whittle Index Approach to Minimizing Functions of Age of Information” got accepted to IEEE Transactions on Networking! This was joint work with Prof. Modiano at MIT.
Aug 2024: I will start as an Elmore Scholar of Excellence Assistant Professor in the ECE department at Purdue!
Dec 2023: Our paper “Monitoring Correlated Sources: AoI-based Scheduling is Nearly Optimal” just got accepted to IEEE INFOCOM 2024. This was joint work with R. Vallabh Ramakanth and Prof. Modiano.
Dec 2023: My thesis and ongoing research will be profiled in the upcoming special issue of the ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Review. You can find a copy of the profile here.
Research
For a detailed description of my current research interests, please check our group's website - MAIN lab.
At a high level, my research interests include
Communication Networks
Robotics
Control & Optimization
I currently work on designing scheduling policies for the consistent delivery of timely information in wireless and mobile networks. Applications include internet-of-things, networked control systems, multi-agent robotics and federated learning.
My work typically involves formulating a theoretical model that captures the main details of a problem to be studied, but still remains analytically tractable. Then, I analyze this model to gain new insights; using tools from probability, optimization and algorithms. More recently, I have also been interested in building new wireless systems that verify our fundamental theoretical results in practice. A short video describing some of this work is linked below -
I defended my Ph.D. thesis successfully at MIT in Aug 2023. This was a culmination of 6 years of work, and I am grateful to everyone who helped me along the way! You can find a video recording of my defense here and a pdf version of the slides I used during my defense here. You can also find a copy of my thesis here.
Recent Publications
R. V. Ramakanth, V. Tripathi, and E. Modiano, "Monitoring Correlated Sources: AoI-Based Scheduling is Nearly Optimal", IEEE INFOCOM, 2024: [Technical Report].
V. Tripathi, I. Kadota, E. Tal, M. Shahir Rehman, A. Warren, S. Karaman, and E. Modiano, "WiSwarm: Age-of-Information-based Wireless Networking for Collaborative Teams of UAVs", IEEE INFOCOM, 2023: [Technical Report].
V. Tripathi, N. Jones, and E. Modiano, "Fresh-CSMA: A Distributed Protocol for Minimizing Age of Information", IEEE INFOCOM, 2023: [Technical Report].
V. Tripathi and E. Modiano, "Optimizing Age of Information with Correlated Sources", ACM MobiHoc, 2022: Best Paper Runner Up Award. [Technical Report].
Visit my google scholar profile for a complete list of publications.