Sachin ShivakumarCNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate
T-5 Modern Control Theory 
Office: TA-3, Bldg 1690, Room 119
Mail Stop: B258
Email: sshivakumar@lanl.gov
Research highlightMy primary interest lies in advancing both fundamental theory and computational methods to solve problems in control of dynamical systems. Currently, I am focusing on application of control & optimization techniques for systems governed by PDE/AI models.
Talks at CNLS:
|  | Educational Background/Employment:- Ph. D. (2024) Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University – Tempe
- M. S. (2018) Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University – Tempe
- B. Tech (2015) Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur
- Postdoctoral Researcher (2025) Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University
Research Interests:
- Convex optimization
- Control of Infinite-dimensional systems
Google ScholarSelected Recent Publications:
- Shivakumar, S. ; Das, A. ; Weiland, S. ; Peet, M.. Extension of the Partial Integral Equation Representation to GPDE Input-Output Systems (2024) 10.1109/TAC.2024.3505954
- Shivakumar, S. ; Bondar, G. A. ; Khan, G. ; Halder, A.. Sum-of-Squares Programming for Ma-Trudinger-Wang Regularity of Optimal Transport Maps (2024) 10.48550/arXiv.2412.13372
- Shivakumar, S. ; Peet, M.. A Computational Method for H2-optimal Estimator and State Feedback Controller Synthesis for PDEs (2024) 10.48550/arXiv.2403.08052
- Shivakumar, S. ; Das, A. ; Peet, M.. Dual Representations and $H_ {infty}$-Optimal Control of Partial Differential Equations. (2025) 10.48550/arXiv.2208.13104
CNLS Publications:
- Teter, Alexis M. H.; Wang, Wenqing; Shivakumar, Sachin; Halder, Abhishek. Markov Kernels, Distances and Optimal Control: A Parable of Linear Quadratic Non-Gaussian Distribution Steering. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2025 10.48550/arXiv.2504.15753
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