Reseach Interests

Current research interests include:

  • smart grid security
  • cyber-physical system theory
  • security, privacy and connectivity of sensor and social networks
  • multimedia security and processing
  • information forensics

Important papers in the field of smart grid cyber security and their associated presentations can be found here.

A list of student theses advised is available.

Some featured research follows.
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IEEE SmartGridComm 2011, Second IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications

IEEE SmartGridComm 2010 CoverThe Second IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (IEEE SmartGridComm 2011) was held in Brussels, Belgium and continued the trend of recognizing timely contributions in the field of smart grid cyber security.

My collaborative paper with Shan Liu, Xianyong Feng, Takis Zourntos and Karen Butler-Purry, "Switched System Models for Coordinated Cyber-Physical Attack Construction and Simulation" appears in the proceedings.


IEEE SmartGridComm 2010, First IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications

IEEE SmartGridComm 2010 CoverThe First IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (IEEE SmartGridComm 2010) was held in Gaithersburg, MD and exhibited numerous timely contributions in the field of smart grid cyber security.

My collaborative paper, "Towards a Framework for Cyber Attack Impact Analysis of the Electric Smart Grid" appears in the proceedings.

 

Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Recent Advances in Distributed Multimedia Communications

[Proceedings of the IEEE Jan 2008 cover]I am a contributing author to the January 2008 Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Recent Advances on Distributed Multimedia Communications.

My collaborative paper with William Luh, Unoma Okorafor and Takis Zourntos entitled "Security and Privacy for Distributed Multimedia Sensor Networks" appears in the issue.

 

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Special Issue on Visual Sensor NetworksVSN Special Issue Cover

I am a guest editor for the 2007 EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Special Issue on Visual Sensor Networks.

I have co-authored the paper entitled A Novel Distributed Privacy Paradigm for Visual Sensor Networks Based on Sharing Dynamical Systems in this issue with William Luh and Takis Zourntos.

Our guest editorial provides an overview of the special issue.

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security Inaugural Issue

[IEEE Trasanctions on Information Forensics & Security cover]I am a contributing author to the March 2006 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security Inagural Issue. The new journal promises to provide an excellent exposition on multimedia security and signal processing aspects of information protection.

My collaborative paper with Chuhong Fei and Raymond Kwong entitled "Analysis and Design of Secure Watermark-based Authentication Systems" appears in the issue.

IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Entertainment Everywhere Part 2

[IEEE Communications Magazine June 2005 cover]I am a contributing author to the June 2005 IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue Entertainment Everywhere Part II.

My collaborative paper with William Luh entitled "New Paradigms for Effective Broadcasting and Fingerprinting of Entertainment Media" appears in the issue.

Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Enabling Security Technologies for Digital Rights Manament

[Proc. IEEE Special Issue on Enabling Security Technologies for DRM cover]I am a guest editor of the June 2004 Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Enabling Security Technologies for Digital Rights Management.

The special issue contains a wide array of cutting-edge papers on security related technologies for digital rights management. The Guest Editorial provides an overview of the special issue.

Our paper entitled "Digital Fingerprinting and Encryption Principles for Digital Rights Management" also appears in the issue.


IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Special Issue on Digital Rights: Management, Protection, Standardization

[IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Special Issue on DRM]I am a contributing author to the March 2004 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Special Issue on Digital Rights: Management, Protection, Standardization.

Our collaborative paper entitled "Technological Protection Measures in the Courts: Law, Engineering, and DRM Lessons Learned from the Failure of the Content Scrambling System," appears in the issue.