Cyber-physical Systems and Security

This page provides key resources on the research results developed by our group with respect to Cyber-physical Systems and Security.

Journals:

• 1. S. Wang, M Chen, Z. Yang, C. Yin, W. Saad, S. Cui, and H. V. Poor, "Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Age of Information Minimization in Real-Time IoT Systems", IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP), Special Issue on Distributed Machine Learning for Wireless Communication, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 501 - 515, April 2022.

  2. B. Zhou and W. Saad, "Performance Analysis of Age of Information in Ultra-Dense Internet of Things (IoT) Systems with Noisy Channels", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2021.

  3. Z. Mahrez, E. Sabir, E. Badidi, W. Saad, and M. Sadik, "Smart Urban Mobility: When Mobility Systems Meet Smart Data", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, to appear, 2021.

  4. M. M. Moghaddam, M. H. Manshaei, M. Naderi Soorki, W. Saad, M. Goudarzi, and D. Niyato, "On Coordination of Smart Grid and Cooperative Cloud Providers", IEEE Systems Journal, to appear, 2021.

  5. S. R. Etesami, W. Saad, N. B. Mandayam, and H. V. Poor, "Smart Routing of Electric Vehicles for Load Balancing in Smart Grids", Automatica, vol. 120, October 2020.

  6. A. Dabarov, M. Sharipov, A. Dadlani, S. Kumar Muthukrishnan, W. Saad, and C. S. Hong, "Heterogeneous Projection of Disruptive Malware Prevalence in Mobile Social Networks", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1673 - 1677, August 2020.

  7. D. G. Schmale, A. P. Ault, W. Saad, D. Scott, and J. Westwrick, "Perspectives on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and the Cyberbiosecurity of Freshwater Systems", Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2019.

  8. X. Lu, K. Hinkelman, Y. Fu, J. Wang, W. Zuo, Q. Zhang, and W. Saad, "An Open Source Modeling Framework for Interdependent Energy-Transportation-Communication Infrastructure in Smart and Connected Communities", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 55458-55476, 2019.

  9. A. Sanjab, W. Saad, and T. Başar, "Graph-Theoretic Framework for Unified Analysis of Observability and Data Injection Attacks in the Smart Grid", arXiv:1801.08951, 2018.

  10. S. R. Etesami, W. Saad, N. B. Mandayam, and H. V. Poor, "Stochastic Games for Smart Grid Energy Management with Prospect Prosumers", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 2327 - 2342, August 2018.

  11. L. Wei, A. Sarwat, W. Saad, and S. Biswas, "Stochastic Games for Power Grid Protection Against Coordinated Cyber-Physical Attacks," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 684 - 694, March 2018.

  12. T. Park, N. Abuzainab, and W. Saad, "Learning How to Communicate in the Internet of Things: Finite Resources and Heterogeneity", IEEE Access, Special Issue on Optimization for Emerging Wireless Networks: IoT, 5G and Smart Grid Communication Networks, vol. 4, November 2016.

  13. A. Sanjab and W. Saad, "Data Injection Attacks on Smart Grids with Multiple Adversaries: A Game-Theoretic Perspective," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Special Issue on Theory of Complex Systems with Applications to Smart Grid Operations, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 2038-2049, July 2016.

  14. W. Saad, X. Zhou, Z. Han, and H. V. Poor, "On the Physical Layer Security of Backscatter Wireless Systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 3442-3451, June 2014.

  15. W. Saad, X. Zhou, B. Maham, T. Başar, and H. V. Poor, "Tree Formation with Physical Layer Security Considerations in Wireless Multi-Hop Networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. 3980-3991, November 2012.

  16. W. Saad, Z. Han, T. Başar, M. Debbah and A. Hjørungnes, "Distributed Coalition Formation Games for Secure Wireless Transmission," ACM/Springer Journal on Mobile Networks and Applications, 2010.

Conference Publications:

1. X. Fan, D. Moscovitz, and W. Saad, "A Data-Driven Democratized Control Architecture for Regional Transmission Operators", Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), New Orleans, LA, USA, April 2022.

2. Q. Zhang and W. Saad, "Semi-Supervised Learning for Channel Charting-Aided IoT Localization in Millimeter Wave Networks", in Proc. of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), IoT and Sensor Networks Symposium, Madrid, Spain, December 2021.

3. T. Sen, H. Shen, W. Saad, and T. Doan, "A Resilient and Robust Edge-Cloud Network System Supporting CPS", in Proc. IEEE 18th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), Denver, CO, USA, October 2021.

4. B. Zhou and W. Saad, "Age of Information in Ultra-Dense Computation-Intensive Internet of Things (IoT) Systems", invited, in Proc. of the 19th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 2021.

5. B. Zhou and W. Saad, "Age of Information in Ultra-Dense IoT Systems with Noisy Channels: With and Without Feedback", Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Communication Theory Symposium, Montreal, Canada, June 2021.

6. A. French, M. Mozaffari, A. El-Dosouky, and W. Saad, "Environment-Aware Deployment of Wireless Drones Base Stations with Google Earth Simulator", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing (PerCom), Workshop on UNmanned aerial vehicle Applications in the Smart City: from Guidance technology to enhanced system Interaction (UNAGI), Kyoto, Japan, March 2019.

7. G. Lee, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, "Online Optimization for UAV-assisted Distributed Fog Computing in Smart Factories of Industry 4.0", in Proc. of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Selected Areas in Communications Symposiums - Internet of Things Track, Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 2018.

8. T. Zeng, O. Semiari, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, "Integrated Communications and Control Co-Design for Wireless Vehicular Platoon System", in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), SAC Symposium Smart Cities Track, Kansas City, MO, USA, May 2018.

9. K. Ahn, A. Dadlani, K. Kim, and W. Saad, "Revenue Maximization of Multi-class Charging Stations with Opportunistic Charger Sharing", in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Smart Grid Communications Track, Kansas City, MO, USA, May 2018.

10. A. El-Dosouky and W. Saad, "On the Cybersecurity of m-Health IoT Systems with LED Bitslice Implementation", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, USA, January 2018.

11. S. R. Etesami, W. Saad, N. B. Mandayam, and H. V. Poor, "Smart Routing in Smart Grids", in Proc. of the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Melbourne, Australia, December 2017.

12. K. Hamidouche, W. Saad, and M. Debbah, "Popular Matching Games for Correlation-aware Resource Allocation in the Internet of Things", in Proc. of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Selected Areas in Communications - Internet of Things (IoT) Track, Singapore, December 2017.

13. A. Ferdowsi, W. Saad, B. Maham, and N. B. Mandayam, "A Colonel Blotto Game for Interdependence-Aware Cyber-Physical Systems Security in Smart Cities", in Proc. IEEE/ACM CPS Week, 2nd Workshop on Science of Smart City Operations and Platforms Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 2017.

14. G. El-Rahi, A. Sanjab, W. Saad, N. B. Mandayam, and H. V. Poor, "Prospect Theory for Enhanced Smart Gird Resilience Using Distributed Energy Storage,", in Proc. of the 54th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, USA, September 2016.

15. G. El-Rahy, W. Saad, A. Glass, N. B. Mandayam, and H. V. Poor, "Prospect Theory for Prosumer-Centric Energy Trading in the Smart Grid," in Proc. of 7th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Minneapolis, MN, USA, September 2016.

16. A. Sanjab and W. Saad, "On Bounded Rationality in Cyber-Physical Systems Security: Game-Theoretic Analysis and Application to Smart Grid Protection," in Proc. of IEEE/ACM CPS Week, Workshop on Cyber-Physical Security and Resilience in Smart Grids, Vienna, Austria, April 2016.