Aakash 
        
         FARE Postdoctoral Fellow 
            Department of Computer Science and Engineering 
            Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 
            Email: aakash0641 [a t] g mail . com 
        
        
         Research Area:  Multi-Robot Planning, Robotics and Automation, Cyber-Physical Systems 
         Ph.D. Thesis Title:  Scalable Goal Assignment for Multi-Robot Systems 
         Ph.D. Thesis Advisor:   Prof. Indranil Saha  
        
        
        
        
        
         Journal Publications 
        
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                A Scalable Multi-Robot Goal Assignment Algorithm for Minimizing Mission Time followed by Total Movement Cost 
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 Aakash and Indranil Saha
 Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ 2025)
 
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                A Conflict-Aware Optimal Goal Assignment Algorithm for Multi-Robot Systems 
 Aakash and Indranil Saha
 Submitted to the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR)
 
        
 Conference Publications 
        
            
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                It Costs to Get Costs! A Heuristic-Based Scalable Goal Assignment Algorithm for Multi-Robot Systems 
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 Aakash and Indranil Saha
 The 32nd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2022)
 
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                Optimal Makespan in a Minute Timespan! A Scalable Multi-Robot Goal Assignment Algorithm for Minimizing Mission Time 
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 Aakash and Indranil Saha
 The 38th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2024)
 
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                A Lifelong Goal Assignment Algorithm for Multi-Robot Systems 
 Aakash and Indranil Saha
 In Preparation
 
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                A Scalable Algorithm for One-to-Many Robot–Goal Assignment with Minimum Total Movement Cost 
 Aakash and Indranil Saha
 In Preparation