Publications

Complete list of publications can also be obtained from the Google Scholar profile here.

Patent(s)

Tatavarti, V. S. N. R., Pidaparti, R. M., & Oruganti, S. (2024). Systems and methods of use thereof for determining aerosol particle characteristics. US Patent 11,957,447.
publication | BibTeX

@misc{tatavarti2024systems,
  title={Systems and methods of use thereof for determining aerosol particle characteristics},
  author={Tatavarti, Venkata Sreerama Narasimha Rao and Pidaparti, Ramana Murthy and Venkata, Sanjay Sarma Oruganti},
  year={2024},
  month=apr # "~16",
  publisher={Google Patents},
  note={US Patent 11,957,447}
}

Sergei Nirenburg, Marjorie McShane, Sanjay Oruganti, and Jesse English. (2024). HARMONIC: Human-AI robotic team member operating with natural intelligence and communication. U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.: 63/698,801.
BibTeX

@misc{nirenburg2024harmonic,
  title={HARMONIC: Human-AI robotic team member operating with natural intelligence and communication},
  author={Nirenburg, Sergei and McShane, Marjorie and Oruganti, Sanjay and English, Jesse},
  year={2024},
  publisher={U.S. Patent Application},
}

Publications

Journals

McShane, M., Nirenburg, S., Arndt, C., Oruganti, S., & English, J. (2025). A neurosymbolic approach to authorship anonymization. Cognitive Systems Research, 101335. Publisher: Elsevier.
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@article{mcshane2025neurosymbolic,
  title={A neurosymbolic approach to authorship anonymization},
  author={McShane, Marjorie and Nirenburg, Sergei and Arndt, Christian and Oruganti, Sanjay and English, Jesse},
  journal={Cognitive Systems Research},
  pages={101335},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

Abstract: We report a neurosymbolic approach to authorship anonymization that combines knowledge-based paraphrasing, grounded in cognitive modeling, with support functions provided by a large language model (LLM). The cognitive model accounts for four things: what it means to faithfully retain meaning and discourse coherence in a paraphrase, how do deal with polysemy given that full semantic analysis of open text is beyond the state of the art, how to define and characterize an author’s style, and how to leverage human linguistic capabilities when preparing systems to automatically anonymize texts. LLMs augment the knowledge-based paraphrases in three ways: by filtering out atypical formulations, by selecting the best from multiple candidate paraphrases, and by offering additional paraphrases in case the knowledge-based paraphrasing fails to adequately anonymize the text. This neurosymbolic architecture favors knowledge-based processing for being reliable and explainable, while exploiting LLMs for what they do best: manipulate regularities in the surface form of language.

Mangalam, M., Oruganti, S., Buckingham, G., & Borst, C. W. (2024). Enhancing hand-object interactions in virtual reality for precision manual tasks. Virtual Reality, 28(4), 166. Publisher: Springer.
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@article{mangalam2024enhancing,
  title={Enhancing hand-object interactions in virtual reality for precision manual tasks},
  author={Mangalam, Madhur and Oruganti, Sanjay and Buckingham, Gavin and Borst, Christoph W},
  journal={Virtual Reality, Springer},
  volume={28},
  number={4},
  pages={166},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Springer}
}

Oruganti, S., Parasuraman, R., & Pidaparti, R. (2023). KT-BT: A Framework for Knowledge Transfer Through Behavior Trees in Multirobot Systems. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 1–17. doi:10.1109/TRO.2023.3290449 (Invited to present at ICRA 2024, Yokohama, Japan)
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@article{Oruganti2023KTBT,
  title={KT-BT: A Framework for Knowledge Transfer Through Behavior Trees in Multirobot Systems},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Parasuraman, Ramviyas and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Robotics},
  year={2023},
  pages={1–17},
  doi={10.1109/TRO.2023.3290449}
}

Oruganti, S., Koenig, A., & Pidaparti, R. (2021). Mechanical ventilator parameter estimation for lung health through machine learning. Bioengineering, 8(5). issn: 23065354. doi:10.3390/bioengineering8050060
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@article{Oruganti2021Mechanical,
  title={Mechanical ventilator parameter estimation for lung health through machine learning},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Koenig, Amie and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  journal={Bioengineering},
  year={2021},
  volume={8},
  number={5},
  issn={23065354},
  doi={10.3390/bioengineering8050060}
}

Oruganti, S., Palaparthi, S., & Pidaparti, R. (2019). Mimicking Sub-Structures Self-Organization in Microtubules. Biomimetics, 4(4), 71.
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@article{Oruganti2019Mimicking,
  title={Mimicking Sub-Structures Self-Organization in Microtubules},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Palaparthi, Sruthi and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  journal={Biomimetics},
  year={2019},
  volume={4},
  number={4},
  pages={71}
}

Ibrahim, I. B. M., Oruganti, S., & Pidaparti, R. (2017). Simulation of healing threshold in strain-induced inflammation through a discrete informatics model. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 22(3), 935–941.
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@article{Ibrahim2017Simulation,
  title={Simulation of healing threshold in strain-induced inflammation through a discrete informatics model},
  author={Ibrahim, Israr Bin Mohamed and Oruganti, Sanjay and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  journal={IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics},
  year={2017},
  volume={22},
  number={3},
  pages={935–941}
}

Tatavarti, R., Arulmozhivarman, P., Kishore, M. P. K., Kumar, J. A., Oruganti, S., & Aparna, T. (2013). Seeing the Light – Catching the Wind Technological Advances in Optical Air Data Systems. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 8(19), 2599–2603. issn: 0973-4562.
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@article{Tatavarti2013Seeing,
  title={Seeing the Light – Catching the Wind Technological Advances in Optical Air Data Systems},
  author={Tatavarti, Rao and Arulmozhivarman, P and Kishore, M P K and Kumar, Anil Jakkam and Oruganti, Sanjay and Aparna, T},
  journal={International Journal of Applied Engineering Research},
  year={2013},
  volume={8},
  number={19},
  pages={2599–2603},
  issn={0973-4562}
}

Oruganti, S., Lohit, T. V., & Jayaraj, D. (2012). Path planning in swarm robots using particle swarm optimisation on potential fields. International Journal of Computer Applications, 60(13).
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@article{Oruganti2012Path,
  title={Path planning in swarm robots using particle swarm optimisation on potential fields},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Lohit, T Vishwanath and Jayaraj, Deepak},
  journal={International Journal of Computer Applications},
  year={2012},
  volume={60},
  number={13}
}

Kumar, S. M. G., Ram, K., Oruganti, S., Jayaraj, D., & Bodla, R. (2011). Genetic Algorithm Tuned Controller for Cascaded Cylindrical - Conical Tank System. International Journal of Mathematics and Engineering with Computers, 2(1-2), 73–91. issn: 2230-8911.
BibTeX

@article{Kumar2011Genetic,
  title={Genetic Algorithm Tuned Controller for Cascaded Cylindrical - Conical Tank System},
  author={Kumar, S M Giriraj and Ram, K and Oruganti, Sanjay and Jayaraj, Deepak and Bodla, Rakesh},
  journal={International Journal of Mathematics and Engineering with Computers},
  year={2011},
  volume={2},
  number={1-2},
  pages={73–91},
  issn={2230-8911}
}

Kumar, S. M. G., Ram, K., Bodla, R., Oruganti, S., & Jayaraj, D. (2010). Real time interfacing of a transducer with a non-linear process using simulated annealing. Sensors & Transducers, 121(10), 29.
BibTeX

@article{Kumar2010Real,
  title={Real time interfacing of a transducer with a non-linear process using simulated annealing},
  author={Kumar, S M Giriraj and Ram, K and Bodla, Rakesh and Oruganti, Sanjay and Jayaraj, Deepak},
  journal={Sensors & Transducers},
  year={2010},
  volume={121},
  number={10},
  pages={29}
}

Kumar, G. S. M., Ram, K., & Oruganti, S. (2010). Real time application of Ants Colony Optimization. International Journal of Computer Applications, 3(8), 1–6. Published By Foundation of Computer Science.
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@article{Kumar2010Ants,
  title={Real time application of Ants Colony Optimization},
  author={Kumar, S M Giriraj and Ram, K and Oruganti, Sanjay},
  journal={International Journal of Computer Applications},
  year={2010},
  volume={3},
  number={8},
  pages={1–6},
  publisher={Foundation of Computer Science}
}

Conferences

Nirenburg, S., McShane, M., Goodman, K., & Oruganti, S. (2024). Explaining Explaining. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods - Volume 1: EXPLAINS (pp. 116-123). SciTePress. doi:10.5220/0013000600003886
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@conference{explains24,
  author={Nirenburg, Sergei and McShane, Marjorie and Goodman, Kenneth and Oruganti, Sanjay},
  title={Explaining Explaining},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods - Volume 1: EXPLAINS},
  year={2024},
  pages={116-123},
  publisher={SciTePress},
  organization={INSTICC},
  doi={10.5220/0013000600003886},
  isbn={978-989-758-720-7}
}

Oruganti, S., Nirenburg, S., McShane, M., English, J., Roberts, M. K., & Arndt, C. (2024). HARMONIC: A Framework for Explanatory Cognitive Robots. In IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation - 40 years (ICRA@40).
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@inproceedings{oruganti2024harmonicICRA40,
  title={HARMONIC: A Framework for Explanatory Cognitive Robots},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Nirenburg, Sergei and McShane, Marjorie and English, Jesse and Roberts, Michael K. and Arndt, Christian},
  year={2024},
  url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.18037},
  booktitle={IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation - 40 years (ICRA@40)}
}

McShane, M., Nirenburg, S., Arndt, C., Oruganti, S., & English, J. (2024). Cognitive Modeling of Paraphrase for Authorship Anonymization. Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems 2024 (accepted).
BibTeX

@inproceedings{McShane2024Cognitive,
  title={Cognitive Modeling of Paraphrase for Authorship Anonymization},
  author={McShane, Marjorie and Nirenburg, Sergei and Arndt, Christian and Oruganti, Sanjay and English, Jesse},
  booktitle={Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems 2024 (accepted)},
  year={2024}
}

Oruganti, S. , Nirenburg, S., English, J., & McShane, M. (2023). Automating Knowledge Acquisition for Content-Centric Cognitive Agents Using LLMs. Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series, 2(1), 379–385.
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@inproceedings{Oruganti2023Automating,
  title={Automating Knowledge Acquisition for Content-Centric Cognitive Agents Using LLMs},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Nirenburg, Sergei and English, Jesse and McShane, Marjorie},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series},
  year={2023},
  volume={2},
  number={1},
  pages={379–385}
}

Starks, M., Gupta, A., Oruganti, S., & Parasuraman, R. (2023). HeRoSwarm: Fully-Capable Miniature Swarm Robot Hardware Design with Open-Source ROS Support. 2023 IEEE/SICE - International Symposium on System Integration, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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@inproceedings{Starks2023HeRoSwarm,
  title={HeRoSwarm: Fully-Capable Miniature Swarm Robot Hardware Design with Open-Source ROS Support},
  author={Starks, Michael and Gupta, Aryan and Oruganti, Sanjay and Parasuraman, Ramviyas},
  booktitle={2023 IEEE/SICE - International Symposium on System Integration},
  year={2023},
  location={Atlanta, Georgia, USA}
}

Oruganti, S., Ardoin, C., Ibrahim, I. M., Parasuraman, R., & Pidaparti, R. M. (2023). Systems Design Concepts Mimicking Bio-inspired Self-Assembly. 9th - International Conference on Research Into Design (ICORD) (Springer), IISc-Bangalore, India.
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@inproceedings{Oruganti2023Systems,
  title={Systems Design Concepts Mimicking Bio-inspired Self-Assembly},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Ardoin, Cameron and Ibrahim, Israr Mohamed and Parasuraman, Ramviyas and Pidaparti, Ramana Murthy},
  booktitle={9th - International Conference on Research Into Design (ICORD) (Springer)},
  year={2023},
  location={IISc-Bangalore, India}
}

Oruganti, S., Parasuraman, R., & Pidaparti, R. (2022). A study on the ephemeral nature of knowledge shared within multiagent systems. The Twenty-Seventh International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (2022), 1588–1590.
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@inproceedings{Oruganti2022Ephemeral,
  title={A study on the ephemeral nature of knowledge shared within multiagent systems},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Parasuraman, Ramviyas and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  booktitle={The Twenty-Seventh International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (2022)},
  year={2022},
  pages={1588–1590}
}

Oruganti, S., Parasuraman, R., & Pidaparti, R. (2020). Impact of heterogeneity in multi-robot systems on collective behaviors studied using a search and rescue problem. 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 290–297.
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@inproceedings{Oruganti2020Impact,
  title={Impact of heterogeneity in multi-robot systems on collective behaviors studied using a search and rescue problem},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Parasuraman, Ramviyas and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  booktitle={2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR)},
  year={2020},
  pages={290–297}
}

Oruganti, S., Betancur, M., Pidaparti, R., & Karumbaiah, L. (2018). Lesion Volume Estimation from TBI–MRI. Progress in Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering, Springer, 197–207.
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@inproceedings{Oruganti2018Lesion,
  title={Lesion Volume Estimation from TBI–MRI},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Betancur, Martha and Pidaparti, Ramana and Karumbaiah, Lohitash},
  booktitle={Progress in Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering},
  publisher={Springer},
  year={2018},
  pages={197–207}
}

Oruganti, S., & Pidaparti, R. (2017). Graded Particle Swarm Optimization (GPSO). Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Robotics: Current Trends and Future Challenges (RCTFC). isbn: 9781509033423. doi:10.1109/RCTFC.2016.7893404.
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@inproceedings{Oruganti2017GPSO,
  title={Graded Particle Swarm Optimization (GPSO)},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  booktitle={Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Robotics: Current Trends and Future Challenges (RCTFC)},
  isbn={9781509033423},
  doi={10.1109/RCTFC.2016.7893404},
  year={2017}
}

Oruganti, S., Joshi, A., & Pidaparti, R. (2016). Hierarchical Grouping in Particle Swarm Optimization - HGPSO. Early Career Technical Journal, 15, 97–101.
BibTeX

@inproceedings{Oruganti2016Hierarchical,
  title={Hierarchical Grouping in Particle Swarm Optimization - HGPSO},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Joshi, Ankita and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  booktitle={Early Career Technical Journal},
  volume={15},
  pages={97–101},
  year={2016},
  location={Alabama, Birmingham}
}

Oruganti, S., Lohit, T. V., & Pugazhenthi, S. (2013). Development and testing of a foraging strategy for low cost Swarm Robots. 2013 International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Embedded Systems (CARE), IEEE, 1–6.
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@inproceedings{Oruganti2013Foraging,
  title={Development and testing of a foraging strategy for low cost Swarm Robots},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Lohit, T Vishwanath and Pugazhenthi, S},
  booktitle={2013 International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Embedded Systems (CARE)},
  publisher={IEEE},
  year={2013},
  pages={1–6}
}

ArXiV

Oruganti, S., Parasuraman, R., & Pidaparti, R. “IKT-BT: Indirect Knowledge Transfer in Multi-Robot Systems Through Communication Eavesdropping and Online Update of Behavior Trees”.
preprint BibTeX

@article{Oruganti2024IKTBT,
  title={IKT-BT: Indirect Knowledge Transfer in Multi-Robot Systems Through Communication Eavesdropping and Online Update of Behavior Trees},
  author={Oruganti, Sanjay and Parasuraman, Ramviyas and Pidaparti, Ramana},
  year={2024}
}

Books

McShane, M., Nirenburg, S., & English, J. (2024). Agents in the Long Game of AI: Computational Cognitive Modeling for Trustworthy, Hybrid AI. (Contributed on Large Language Models)
details | publication | BibTeX

@book{McShane2024Agents,
  title={Agents in the Long Game of AI: Computational Cognitive Modeling for Trustworthy, Hybrid AI},
  author={McShane, Marjorie and Nirenburg, Sergei and English, Jesse},
  year={2024}
}