About

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

Recent 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].
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Selected Publications

  • H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Akua Dickson, Wei Xiao, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li, Secure Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles Using Trust-Aware Robust Event-Triggered Control Barrier Functions, Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) VehicleSec Symposium 2024 [PDF]
  • H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Wei Xiao, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li, Trust-Aware Resilient Control and Coordination of Connected and Automated Vehicles, 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 2023 [PDF]
  • Ehsan Sabouni, H M Sabbir Ahmad Ahmad, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li, Merging control in mixed traffic with safety guarantees: a safe sequencing policy with optimal motion control, 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 2023 [PDF]
  • Ehsan Sabouni, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Wei Xiao, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li, Optimal Control of Connected Automated Vehicles with Event-Triggered Control Barrier Functions: a Test Bed for Safe Optimal Merging, 7th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2023 [PDF][Video][Certificate]
  • H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Wei Xiao, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li, Evaluations of Cyberattacks on Cooperative Control of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles at Bottleneck Points, Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) VehicleSec Symposium 2023 [PDF]