Selected Publications

Book and Book Chapters        

• R. Vaidyanathan and J. L. Trahan, "Dynamic Reconfiguration: Architectures and Algorithms,"     Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, January 2004.

• R. Vaidyanathan and J. L. Trahan, "Dynamic Reconfiguration on the R-Mesh," Handbook of Parallel Computing: Models, Algorithms and Applications, S. Rajasekaran and J. Reif, eds., CRC Press, 2007.

• R. Vaidyanathan, J. L. Trahan, and S. Rai, "Introducing Parallel and Distributed Computing Concepts in Digital Logic," in Topics in Parallel and Distributed Computing: Introducing Concurrency in Undergraduate Courses, 1st edition, eds. S. K. Prasad et al., Elsevier-Morgan Kaufman, 2015.
  
  
  
  

Patents         Back to top

• M. Feldman, A. El-Amawy and R. Vaidyanathan, "Optical Slab Waveguide for Massive, High-Speed Interconnects," US Patent 6,332,050, Dec. 2001.

• M. Feldman, A. El-Amawy and R. Vaidyanathan, "Optical Crossbar Switch," US Patent 6,792,175, Sept. 2004.

• R. Vaidyanathan and M. C. Jordan, "Configurable Decoder with Applications in FPGAs," US Patent 8,862,854, Oct. 2014.
  US Patent 9,257,988, Feb. 2016.

• R. Vaidyanathan and A. Ashrafi "Architecture for Configuration of a Reconfigurable Integrated Circuit,"
  US Patent 10,282,347, May. 2019.

• R. Vaidyanathan and A. B. Mansour "Asynchronous Distributed Optical Mutual Exclusion Interconnect and Method,"
  US Patent 9,977,206, May 2018.
  
  

Selected Conference Papers         Back to top

• R. Hector, R. Vaidyanathan, G. Sharma, and J. L. Trahan, "On Doorway Egress by Autonomous Robots," to appear in Proc. International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), St. Petersburg, 2023, pp. 312-321. Best Paper Candidate

• R. Hector, G. Sharma, R. Vaidyanathan, and J. L. Trahan, "Optimal Arbitrary Pattern Formation on a Grid by Asynchronous Autonomous Robots," Proc. International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Lyon, 2022, pp. 1151-1161.

• R. Hector, R. Vaidyanathan, G. Sharma and J. L. Trahan, "Brief Announcement: On Optimal Doorway Egress by Autonomous Robots," Proc. 23th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), Springer lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol.13046, pp. 489-494, 2021.

• R. Hector, R. Vaidyanathan, G. Sharma and J. L. Trahan, "Optimal Convex Hull Formation on a Grid by Asynchronous Robots with Lights," Proc. International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, New Orleans, 2020, pp. 1051-1060.

• G. Sharma, R. Vaidyanathan and J. L. Trahan, "Optimal Randomized Complete Visibility on a Grid for Asynchronous Robots with Lights," Proc. 22nd Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models (APDCM), New Orleans, 2020, pp. 607-616.

• R. Hector and R. Vaidyanathan, "On the Distance and Spatial Complexity of Complete Visibility Algorithms for Oblivious Mobile Robots," Proc. 25th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Techniques (PDPTA), pp. 11-18, 2019.

• R. Vaidyanathan, G. Sharma and J. L. Trahan, "On Fast Pattern Formation by Autonomous Robots," Proc. 20th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), 2018, pp. 203-220.

• M. M. Hasan, S. Wei, and R. Vaidyanathan, "Estimaton of RFID Tag Population Size by Gaussian Estimator," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1-6, 2018.

• G. Sharma, R. Vaidyanathan and J. L. Trahan, "Constant-Time Complete Visibility for Asynchronous Robots with Lights," Proc. 19th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 10616, pp. 265-281, 2017.

• A. B. Mansour, R. Vaidyanathan and S. Wei, "Brief Announcement: Asynchronous, Distributed Optical Mutual Exclusion," Proc. 19th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 10616, pp. 399-404, 2017.

• U. Agrawal and R. Vaidyanathan, "Efficient Totally-Ordered Subset Generation, with Application in Partial Reconfiguration," Proc. The Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop (RAW), International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2017, pp. 192-201.

• Y. Ben-Asher, E. Stien and R. Vaidyanathan, "Combining Boolean Gates and Branching Programs in One Model can Lead to Faster Circuits," Proc. The Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop (RAW), International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2017, pp. 184-191.

• G. Sharma, R. Vaidyanathan, J. L. Trahan, C. Busch and S. Rai, "O(log N)-Time Complete Visibility for Asynchronous Robots with Lights," Proc. The International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Orlando, 2017, pp. 513-522.

• G. Sharma, R. Vaidyanathan, J. L. Trahan, C. Busch and S. Rai, "Complete Visibility for Robots with Lights in O(1) Time," Proc. 18th International Symposium Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), Springer LNCS 10083, pp. 327-345, 2016.

• S. Wu, S. Wei, Y. Wang, R. Vaidyanathan and J. Yuan, "Detection of Graph Structures via Communications over a Multiaccess Boolean Channel," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) , 2015.

• A. Ashrafi and R. Vaidyanathan, "An Architecture for Configuring an EffBcient Scan Path for a Subset of Elements," Proc. Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop (RAW), International Parallel and Distributed Procesing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), 2015, pp. 144-153.

• R. Vaidyanathan, C. Busch, J. L. Trahan, G. Sharma and S. Rai, "Logarithmic-Time Complete Visibility for Robots with Lights," Proc. International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 2015, pp. 375-384.

• G. Sharma, S. Rai, C. Busch, J. L. Trahan and R. Vaidyanathan, "Work-Efficient Load balancing," Proc. 10th International Workshop on Scheduling and Resource Management for Parallel and Distributed Systems, International Conference on Parallel Processing, Minneapolis, pp. 27-36, 2014.

• S. Wu, S. Wei, R. Vaidyanathan and J. Yuan, "Achievable Partition Information Rate over Noisy Multi-Access Boolean Channel," Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 1206-1210, 2014, Hawaii.

• S. Wu, S. Wei, R. Vaidyanathan and J. Yuan, "Transmission of Partitioning Information over Non-Adaptive Multi-Access Boolean Channel," Proc. 48th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2014, Princeton, NJ.

• R. Vaidyanathan and P. Vinukonda, "On Running Windowed Image Computations on a Pipeline," Proc. Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computation Models, IPDPS, 2012

• G. Sharma, C. Busch, R. Vaidyanathan, S. Rai, and J. Trahan, "An Efficient Transformation for Klee's Measure Problem in the Streaming Model," Proc. 24th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 2012, pp. 91-96.

• M. C. Jordan and R. Vaidyanathan, "MU Decoders: A Class of Fast and Efficient Configurable Decoders," Proc. Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop, IPDPS, 2010.
  
  

Selected Journal Articles         Back to top

• R. Hector, R. Vaidyanathan, G. Sharma and J. L. Trahan, "Optimal Convex Hull Formation on a Grid by Asynchronous Robots with Lights," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 3532-3545, Dec. 2022.

• R. Vaidyanathan, G. Sharma and J. L. Trahan, "On Fast Pattern Formation by Autonomous Robots," Information and Computation, vol. 285, no. PA, May 2022.

• G. Sharma, R. Vaidyanathan and J. L. Trahan, "Constant-Time Complete Visibility for Robots with Lights: The Asynchronous Case,: MDPI Algorithms, vol.~14, no.~56, 2021.

• G. Sharma, R. Vaidyanathan and J. L. Trahan, "Optimal Randomized Complete Visibility on a Grid for Asynchronous Robots with Lights," to appear in International Journal of Networking and Computing.

• S. Wu, S. Wei, Y. Wang, R. Vaidyanathan and J. Yuan, "Asymptotic Error-Free Partitioning over Noisy Boolean Multiaccess Channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 61, no. 11, November 2015, pp. 6168-6181.

• G. Sharma, C. Busch, R. Vaidyanathan, S. Rai, and J. Trahan, "Efficient Transformations for Klee's Measure Problem in the Streaming Model," Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications,vol. 48, issue 9, 2015, pp. 688-702.

• S. Wu, S. Wei, Y. Wang, R. Vaidyanathan and J. Yuan, "Partition Information and its Transmission over Boolean Multi-Access Channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 61, no. 2, Feb. 2015, pp. 1010-1027.

• R. Vaidyanathan, P. Vinukonda and A. Lessing, "Pipelined Execution of Windowed Image Computations," International Journal of Netwoking and Computing vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 75-97, Jan. 2013.

R. Vaidyanathan
Elaine T. and Donald C. Delaune Distinguished Professor
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5901

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