Vishnu Varadan
NCCR Automation provides a great platform to be at the forefront of control theory research and apply it to cutting-edge technologies that would improve the lives of humans ultimately!
Vishnu Varadan completed his bachelor's in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering in 2019 from Anna University, India graduating at the top of his class and earning the University Gold Medal. Later, he went on to work for Caterpillar for a couple of years on the development of control systems for diesel-electric locomotives. He gained his master's from ETH Zurich in April 2024, in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, specializing in Control Systems. He is a recipient of the prestigious ESOP scholarship from the ETH Foundation. His master's thesis was carried out at CERN, Geneva with the Beam Instrumentation Group. His current research interests include direct and indirect data-driven control, nonlinear systems and control, optimization and optimal control.
