Dr Subhash Lakshminarayana

Dr Subhash Lakshminarayana
Reader - Associate Professor
Subhash dot Lakshminarayana at warwick dot ac dot uk
+44 (0) 24 7652 4726
Biography
Dr. Subhash Lakshminarayana is an Associate Professor in the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s School of Engineering since September 2018. Prior to joining Warwick, he held researcher appointments at (a research center established by the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign in Singapore) and , USA. He received his PhD in the field of Wireless Communications at Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (Supelec) Paris, France.
He is a Senior Member of IEEE and serves as an Associate Editor at the and . He is affiliated with the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s Connected Systems GroupLink opens in a new window.
He is a recipient of the following awards:
- Best Paper Award at IEEE Smartgridcomm 2024
- Top 5 papers published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (TSG) for 2021
- "Best Conference Papers on Integration of Renewable & Intermittent Resources" at IEEE Power Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) - 2015.
- "Best 50 Papers" at Globecom-2014 (50 out of 2171 papers)
Research Interests
- Security of Cyber-Physical Systems (Power Grids/Electrified transportation systems)
- Power grid Optimization and Control
- Wireless Communications and Signal Processing
Selected Publications
- Y. Gao, S., Lakshminarayana, I-I. Avramidis, and C. Konstantinou, "", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, 2026
- S. Pan and Z. A. Alexakis, S. Lakshminarayana, and C. Konstantinou, ``", in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 2161-2173, May 2026.
- S. Maleki, E. V. Belmega, C. Konstantinou, and S. Lakshminarayana, "", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 1535-1548, March 2026​​​​​.
- M. P. Goodridge, S. Lakshminarayana, and A. Zocca, "" IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2024.3419725.
- H. Jahangir, S. Lakshminarayana, and H. V. Poor, "", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 5182-5194, Sept. 2024.
- H. Jahangir, S. Lakshminarayana, C. Maple, and G. Epiphaniou, "," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 10687 - 10697, June 2023.
| Title | Role | Funder | Duration |
| Twinning for Excellence in Smart Grid Cyber Security (TWIN-CYGRID) | Warwick PI* | Horizon Europe | Jan. 2027 - Dec. 2029 |
| Substation Edge Network Threat Reasoning (SENTRY) | PI | Innovate UK & National Grid | July 2026 - Dec. 2028 |
| Identifying and Mitigating Power Grid Stability Risks from Artificial Intelligence Data Centres | PI | EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award (PhD Studentship) | Oct. 2026 - Mar. 2030 |
| KTP We Care 4 Air Ltd & Innovate UK​​​​​​​ | Co-I | Innovate UK KTP, and We Care 4 Air Ltd | Aug. 2026 - Dec. 2028 |
| Cyber-physical Security of Power Distribution Systems with Large Load Interconnections | PI | Warwick-Hong Kong Polytechnic University Seed Fund | Oct. 2026 - Dec. 2028 |
| DIOR: Deep Intelligent Optical and Radio Communication Networks | Co-I | Horizon Europe | Dec. 2021 - May 2027 |
| Analysis of Load-Altering Attack Against GB Power Grid | PI | ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Policy Support Grant | Dec. 2023 - June 2026 |
| Cyber Security of EV Charging System | PI | EPSRC Impact Accelerator Grant | Dec. 2023 - Dec. 2025 |
| Local Energy Markets for Distributed Energy Resources Management using Resilient and Private Reinforcement Learning Control | Warwick PI* | KAUST Opportunity Fund Program | Jan. 2024 – June 2025 |
| CLADDED: A Cross-LAyered Data-Driven System for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Attack Detection | PI | Innovate-UK CyberASAP program | Apr. 2022 – Feb. 2023 |
| Power-SPRINT: Power Grid IoT System Protection and Resilience using Intelligent Edge | PI | EPSRC-PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for Cybersecurity of IoT Systems | Oct. 2021 – Mar. 2023 |
| WALL-EE -Wide-area Adaptive control in InteLLigent cyber-physical power systems exploiting dEEP reinforcement learning | PI | EUTOPIA Co-Tutelle Program (PhD Studentship) | Oct. 2021 - Aug. 2025 |
*Warwick PI refers to consortium grants where I have led the proposal from Warwick University.