Srabani Mukhopadhyaya

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Srabani Mukhopadhyaya is a computer science researcher whose work centers on distributed algorithms, swarm robotics, and multi-robot coordination in both continuous and discrete computational domains. Her research consistently tackles fundamental challenges in autonomous robot systems, particularly how swarms of mobile robots can collectively accomplish complex spatial tasks — such as area coverage, painting, and exploration — without centralized control. Among her most significant contributions is a sustained body of work on swarm-based area painting, spanning from foundational algorithms in 2011 through increasingly sophisticated models that address limited visibility, random deployment, and obstacle-cluttered environments. Her parallel investigations into grid exploration and tree search by robot swarms demonstrate a broad command of coverage and traversal problems. Notably, her 2019 work on computation under restricted visibility tackles critical theoretical constraints facing real-world robot deployments. With papers accumulating citations across over a decade of research, Mukhopadhyaya has established herself as a steady contributor to the swarm robotics and distributed computing communities. Her survey and classification works further reflect a commitment to synthesizing the field's evolving landscape, making her research particularly valuable to students and practitioners entering the domain of autonomous multi-robot systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Grid exploration by a swarm of autonomous robots with minimum repetitions

   9 citations · 2022
2. 2
   An Algorithm for Painting an Area by Swarm of Mobile Robots

   9 citations · 2011
3. 3
   Multi-robot Assembling Along a Boundary of a Given Region in Presence of Opaque Line Obstacles

   8 citations · 2016
4. 4
   Computation Under Restricted Visibility

   8 citations · 2019
5. 5
   Swarm-based painting of an area cluttered with obstacles

   5 citations · 2021
6. 6
   Painting an Area by Swarm of Mobile Robots with Limited Visibility

   5 citations · 2012
7. 7
   Distributed algorithm for painting by a swarm of randomly deployed robots under limited visibility model

   4 citations · 2018
8. 8
   Optimal Tree Search by a Swarm of Mobile Robots

   4 citations · 2017
9. 9
   Classification of Robot Swarm Models in Discrete Domain

   2 citations · 2016
10. 10
    Gathering in the Discrete Domain: State of the Art

    2 citations · 2018

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