About

  • Systems Engineering Ph.D. student at Boston University, USA.
  • Advisor: Professor Wenchao Li
  • Co-advisor: Professor Christos Cassandras
  • Research interests: Reinforcement Learning, Optimization and Control, Deep Learning, Cybersecurity of CPS, Intelligent Transportation Systems, IoT.

Recent News

  • [07/2024] One paper on Reinforcement Learning based Receding Horizon Control using Adaptive Control Barrier Functions has been accepted in CDC 2024. [Link]
  • [05/2024] Our work was covered by BU College of Engineering [X] [LinkedIn]
  • [05/2024] We won IEEE CSS TC Outstanding Student Paper prize for 2024 for our paper titled: "Optimal Control of Connected Automated Vehicles with Event-Triggered Control Barrier Functions: a Test Bed for Safe Optimal Merging" [paper] [News]
  • [03/2024] Our work was featured in the opening ceremony of BU's new RASTIC Lab founded in 2022 with a $8.8 million capital investment from the Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) and Boston University [Link]
  • [02/2024] I received a travel award from NDSS organizers to attend NDSS VehicleSec 2024.
  • [01/2024] One paper about secure control of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles against cyber-attacks has been accepted in NDSS VehicleSec 2024.
  • [07/2023] Two papers focused on the cybersecurity of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) and Control of CAVs in mixed traffic have been presented in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 2023.
  • [05/2023] Our paper won the Outstanding Student Paper Award at the IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2023 [Certificate] [News link]
  • [04/2023] I received a travel award from Boston University to attend IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2023.
  • [02/2023] I received a travel award from NDSS organizers to attend NDSS VehicleSec 2023.
  • [02/2023] One paper about cyber-attacks in transportation systems has been presented in NDSS VehicleSec 2023.
  • [11/2016] I won the Stars Of Excellence Award for my research from the Health Minister of Qatar H.E. Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari [Certificate]

Publications

Reinforcement Learning-based Receding Horizon Control using Adaptive Control Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Systems
Zhili Zhang, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Yanchao Sun, Furong Huang, Wenchao Li, Fei Miao
Under review (ICRA 2024)

Reinforcement Learning-based Receding Horizon Control using Adaptive Control Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Systems
Ehsan Sabouni, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Vittorio Giammarino, Christos G Cassandras, Ioannis Ch Paschalidis, Wenchao Li
IEEE CDC 2024 (to appear)
Secure Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles Using Trust-Aware Robust Event-Triggered Control Barrier Functions
H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Akua Dickson, Wei Xiao, Christos G. Cassandras, Wenchao Li
NDSS VehicleSec 2024
Trust-Aware Resilient Control and Coordination of Connected and Automated Vehicles
H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Wei Xiao, Christos G. Cassandras, Wenchao Li
IEEE ITSC 2023
Merging Control in Mixed Traffic with Safety Guarantees: A Safe Sequencing Policy with Optimal Motion Control
Ehsan Sabouni, H.M. Sabbir Ahmad, Christos G. Cassandras, Wenchao Li
2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), pp. 4260-4265, September 2023
Optimal control of connected automated vehicles with event-triggered control barrier functions: a test bed for safe optimal merging
Ehsan Sabouni, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Wei Xiao, Christos G. Cassandras, Wenchao Li
2023 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
Evaluations of cyber attacks on cooperative control of connected and autonomous vehicles at bottleneck points
H M Sabbir Ahmad, Wei Xiao, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li
2023 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)