Elena Gryazina

• Development of computationally efficient methods for analysis and optimization with applications robustness of power flow solutions and optimal power flow
• Investigation the exactness of Convex Relaxations for optimal power flow
• Direct methods for transient stability assessment
• Advances stratages (including Model Predictive Control) for climate control on smart houses

Research grants

• Key Investigator RSF 16-11-10015 “Optimization and Robust Control for Large Dimensional Systems”, 2016 – 2018
• Co-Investigator RFBR 14-08-01230 “A systematic use of linear matrix inequalities in stabilization and control”; 2014 – 2017
• Co-Investigator RFBR 14-07-00067 “Modern Methods of Huge Data Processing with Applications to Control and Optimization”; 2014 – 2017
• Co-Investigator RFBR 13-07-12111 “Development of methods, algorithms and software for High Performance Computers in the framework of predictive modeling and optimization for basic data science problems”; 2013 – 2015

H-index 10 (Google scholar)

Publications indexed by Scopus/WoS

1. Polyak B., Gryazina E. Convexity/Nonconvexity Certificates for Power Flow Analysis // Advances
   in Energy System Optimization. Springer (Trends in Mathematics series), 2017, p. 221-230.
2. I. Zorin, S. Vasilyev and E. Gryazina. Fragility of the semidefinite relaxation for the optimal power
   flow problem / Proc. of IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering
   (ICSEE), 16-18 Nov 2016, p. 1-5.
3. Gryazina E., Polyak B. Random sampling: Billiard Walk algorithm // European Journal of Operational
   Research, 238(1), 2014, p. 497-504. [arXiv:1211.3932v3]
4. Polyak B., Gryazina E. Billiard walk – a new sampling algorithm for control and optimization //
   IFAC Proceedings Volumes, Vol. 19, 2014; 19th World Congress on International Federation of
   Automatic Control, IFAC 2014; Cape Town; South Africa; 24-29 August 2014, p. 6123-6128.
5. Madaschi M., Gryazina E., Cologni A., Spelta C., Previdi F., Savaresi S., Pesenti I. Robust control of
   magnetic guidance lightweight AGVs path tracking using randomization methods. Proceedings of
   the IEEE European Control Conference (ECC), Zurich, 2013, p. 262-267.
6. Polyak B., Gryazina E. Hit-and-Run: new randomized technique for control problems recasted as
   concave programming. Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, Italy, Milan, August 28 –
   September 2, 2011, p. 2321-2325.
7. Polyak B., Gryazina E. Randomized methods based on new Monte Carlo schemes for control and
   optimization // Annals of Operational Research, 189 (1), 2011, p. 343-356.
8. D. Arzelier, E. Gryazina, D. Peaucelle, B. Polyak. Mixed LMI/Randomized Methods for Static Output
   Feedback Control Design. Proceedings of IEEE American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland,
   USA, June 30 – July 1 2010, p. 4683-4688.
9. B. Polyak, E. Gryazina. Markov Chain Monte Carlo method exploiting barrier functions with applications
   to control and optimization. Proceedings of the IEEE MSC2010 Yokohama, Japan, September
   8-10 2010, p. 1553-1557.
10. B. Polyak, E. Gryazina. Robust Stabilization via Hit-and-Run Techniques. Proceedings of the IEEE
    Conference MSC09, St-Petersburg, July 2009, p. 537-541.
11. Polyak B., Gryazina E. Hit-and-Run: new design technique for stabilization, robustness and optimization
    of linear systems, Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, South Korea, Seoul, July
    6-11, 2008, p. 376-380.
12. Tremba A., G. Calafiore, F. Dabbene, E. Gryazina, B. Polyak, P. Shcherbakov and R. Tempo. RACT:
    Randomized algorithms control toolbox for MatLab, Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress,
    South Korea, Seoul, July 6-11, 2008, p. 390-395.
13. Gryazina E., Polyak B., Tremba A. D-decomposition Technique State-of-the-art // Automation and
    Remote Control, 69 (12), p. 1991-2026.
14. Polyak B., Gryazina E. Randomized methods based on new Monte Carlo schemes for convex optimization,
    Proceedings of the EURO Mini-Conference “Continuous Optimization and knowledge-
    Based Technologies” EurOPT02008, Neringa, Lithuania, May 20-23, 2008, p. 484-488.
15. Gryazina E., Polyak B. Multidimensional stability domain for a certain polynomial family // Automation
    and Remote Control, 68 (12), 2007, p. 2128-2141.
16. Gryazina E. The geometry and number of the root invariant regions for linear systems // European
    Journal of Operational Research, 181(3), 2007, p. 1166-1173.
17. Spelta C., Gryazina E. Describing the H-infinity set in the controller parameters space, Proc. of the
    European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, July 2-5, 2007, p. 816-823.
18. Gryazina E., Polyak B., Tremba A. Design of the low-order controllers by the H_infinity criterion: a parametric
    approach // Automation and Remote Control, 68 (3), 2007, p. 456-466.
19. Polyak B., Gryazina E. Iterations of perturbed tent maps with applications to chaos control, IFAC
    Proceedings Volumes, Vol. 1, Issue PART 1, 1st IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic
    Systems, CHAOS’06; Reims, France, June 28-30, 2006, p. 125-129.
20. Gryazina E., Polyak B. Stability domain in the parameter space: D-decomposition revisited. //
    Automatica, 42(1), 2006, p. 13-26.
21. Gryazina E., Polyak B. Geometry of the stability domain in the parameter space: D-decomposition
    technique, Proc. of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference
    ECC, Seville, Spain, December 12-15, 2005, p. 6510-6515.
22. Gryazina E., Polyak B. On the root invariant regions structure for linear systems. // IFAC Proceedings
    Volumes, Vol. 16, 2005; 16th Triennial World Congress of International Federation of Automatic
    Control; Prague; Czech Republic; July 4-8, 2005, p. 90-95.
23. Gryazina E.N. The D-Decomposition theory // Automation and Remote Control, 65(12), 2004, p.
    1872-1884.

Other publications

1. E. Gryazina, K. Turitsyn. Analysis of dynamic stability using adaptive quadratic Lyapunov functions
   Proc. of International conference “Relay protection and automation for electric power systems”.
   Saint-Petersburg, 2017.
2. E. Gryazina. Trusted region for stability analysis of operating regimes/ Proc. of the XII all-Russian
   for young researchers, Volgograd, 2015, p. 45-48.
3. E. Gryazina. On the comparison of random walks. Proc. of the XI all-Russian for young researchers.
   Arzamas, 2014. p. 106-109.
4. E.N. Gryazina, B.T. Polyak. Billiard walk – new sampling algorithm Proceedings of the 20th International
   Conference MATHEMATICS. COMPUTING. EDUCATION. Pushino, 2013, P. 93.
5. E.N. Gryazina. Finals of the international competition ”INTEL ISEF-2012″ and V Volga contest
   ”ROST ISEF-2012″. Judge’s notes. Proc. of the 20th International Conference MATHEMATICS.
   COMPUTING. EDUCATION. Pushino, 2013, P. 395. (in Russian)
6. E.N. Gryazina. Randomized sampling algorithm for center of gravity method
   Proceedings. Apatity: Kola Branch of Petrozavodsk State University, 2011, P. 9-10. (in Russian)
7. E. Gryazina. Randomized Hit-and-Run-based methods in control problems. Proceedings of the XIIIth
   Conference of Young Scientists “Navigation and Motion Control”, Saint-Petersburg, March 15-18,
   2011. (in Russian)
8. E. Gryazina, B. Polyak. Efficient random walk. Proceedings of the school-seminar for young reserched
   “Upravlenie boljshimi sistemami”, Perm, May 26-29 2010.
9. (with A.A. Tremba) H-infinity-specifications in the parameter space of he controller // Advances in
   Mechanics : Dynamics and Control : Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Dynamics
   and Control / [ed. by F.L. Chernousko, G.V. Kostin, V.V. Saurin]: .Yu. Ishlinsky Institute for Problems
   in Mechanics RAS. – Moscow : Nauka, 2008, p. 157-164.
10. (with B. Polyak) Modern Monte-Carlo methods for analysis and design of linear systems, E.S. Pyatnitskiy
    X International workshop “Stability and oscillations of nonlinear control systems”, Moscow,
    June 3-6, 2008, p. 243-244.
11. Methods for uniform generation of points in the multidimensional space, III Russian young scientists
    conference on control problems, Moscow, 2008, p. 27-28.
12. (with A.A. Tremba) Review of the randomized algorithms toolbox for MatLab – RACT, III Russian
    young scientists conference on control problems, Moscow, 2008, p. 65-66.
13. (with B. Polyak) New Monte Carlo-like methods with applications in control problems. Proc. of L
    MIPT Conference, vol. I, 2007, p. 64-65. (in Russian)
14. (with A.A. Tremba) MatLab realization of randomized algorithms for control problems (RACT).
    Proc. of the 2nd school-seminar for young researchers “Control of large-scale systems”, V. 1. Voronej,
    2007, p. 83-88.
15. (with A.A. Tremba) Parametric approach for the synthesis of H-infinity controllers, Proc. of the 2nd
    school-seminar for young researchers “Control of large-scale systems”, V. 1. Voronej, 2007, p. 79-83.
16. (with B.T. Polyak) D-decomposition: new vision, Proc. of the IX Chataev conference on Analytical
    Mechanics, Stability and Motion Control, Irkutsk, June 12-16, 2007, V. 1: Plenary papers, p. 141-158.
17. (with A.A. Tremba) H-infinity specifications in the parameter space of the controller, Abstracts of the
    14-th International Workshop on Dynamics and Control, Zvenigorod, May 28 – June 2 2007, p. 37.
18. Properties of perturbed nonlinear maps with applications to chaos control, in Nonlinear analysis
    with applications in economics, energy and transportation, Bergamo University Press, 2007, p. 191-
    200.
19. Design of low-order controllers with H-infinity specifications in parameter space, 5th Russian-
    Swedish Control Conference, Lund, Sweden, August 29-30, 2006.
20. (with A.Tremba) Synthesis of H-infinity low-order controllers: parameter space approach. Preprints
    of the 11th International Student Olympiad on Automatic Control (Baltic Olympiad), Saint-Petersburg,
    2006, p. 46-50.
21. Multidimensional stability domain for polynomials of a certain structure, Proc. of the37th Conference
    of Young Scientists “Problems of theoretical and applied mathematics”, Ekaterinburg, January
    30 – February 3, 2006, p. 181-185. (in Russian)
22. (with B.T. Polyak), Extention of the D-decomposition technique, Proc. of the VII Conference “Nonlinear
    oscillations of mechanical systems”, Nizhni Novgorod, September 19-22, 2005, p. 279-281.
23. On the stability domain structure for linear systems, Proceedings of the VI-th Conference of Young
    Scientists “Navigation and Motion Control”, St.Petersburg, 2005, p. 208-214. (in Russian)
24. D-decomposition for matrices. Proc. of XLVII MIPT Conference, vol. III, 2004, p. 139-141. (in
    Russian)
25. Gryazina E.N. On the root invariant regions structure for linear systems. Preprints of the 10th
    International Student Olympiad on Automatic Control (Baltic Olympiad), Saint-Petersburg, 2004, p.
    216-220.
26. (with B.T. Polyak) Geometry of D-decomposition, VIII International Workshop “Stability and Oscillations
    of Nonlinear Control Systems” in commemoration of E.S. Pyatnitskiy, Moscow, 2004.
27. (with S.V. Galkin, Yu.Yu. Kulikov) On the results of microwave measurements of the polar upper
    mesosphere ozone during summer 2002, VII Conference of Young Scientists “Minor trace Gases and
    Atmospheric Electricity”, p. 17, Nizhniy Novgorod, May 2003. (in Russian)
28. (with Yu.Yu. Kulikov, A.A. Krasilnikov, V.G. Ryiskin, S.V. Galkin) Some aspects of the stratosphere
    ozone behavior in polar and middle latitude on the results of simultaneous surface microwave measurements,
    International Symposium “Atmospheric radiation”, pp. 123-124, St.Petersburg, June 2002;
    (in Russian)

• 2006 M.S. (with honors) from  Moscow Institute of science and Technology, Moscow
• 2007 PhD (Candidate of physical and mathematical sciences ) Institute for Control Sciences RAS, Moscow

Fellowship of Cariplo Foundation – Landau Network-Centro Volta; 2012

Best paper prize from MAIK “Nauka/Interperiodika” publishing house (in collaboration with B.T.Polyak and A.A.Tremba); 2008

Best paper prize at the Conference for Young Scientists “Navigation and Motion Control”; 2004 and 2011
Vladimir Potanin’s scholarship; 2004-2005

Best paper prize at the 10th International Student Olympiad on Automatic Control (Baltic Olympiad); 2004 and 2006

Best project prize at the International Scientific and Technical Conference “Start v nauku”; 2000

Phd students:
Asefi Sajjad
Baluev Dmitrii
Chernova Tatiana
Varetz Alexandra