Publications

Conference papers

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) [Paper] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] | Saty Gauranteed Robust MARL with Hierarchical Control based on CBFs. @article{Ahmad_01, title={Safety Guaranteed Robust Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Hierarchical Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles}, author={Zhili Zhang, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Yanchao Sun, Furong Huang, Wenchao Li, Fei Miao}, journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.11057}, year={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) [Paper] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] | [Code] | A RL based approach for Safety Gauranteed Control for Autonomous Systems. @article{Ahmad_02, title={Reinforcement Learning-based Receding Horizon Control using Adaptive Control Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Systems}, author={Ehsan Sabouni, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Vittorio Giammarino, Christos G Cassandras, Ioannis Ch Paschalidis, Wenchao Li}, journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17338}, year={2024} }

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 [Paper] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] | [Code] | Trust Aware Secure and Safe Control using Control Barrier Functions. @article{Ahmad_03, title={Secure Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles Using Trust-Aware Robust Event-Triggered Control Barrier Functions}, author={H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Akua Dickson, Wei Xiao, Christos G. Cassandras, Wenchao Li}, journal={Symposium on Vehicles Security and Privacy (VehicleSec)}, year={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 [Paper] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] | Trust Aware Control and Coordination using Control Barrier Functions. @article{Ahmad_04, title={Trust-Aware Resilient Control and Coordination of Connected and Automated Vehicles}, author={H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Wei Xiao, Christos G. Cassandras, Wenchao Li}, journal={IEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems}, year={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 [PDF] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] This paper presented safety gauranteed optimal control approach for Connected and Automated Vehicles in the presence of Human Driven Vehicles. @inproceedings{Sabouni2023MergingControl, title={Merging Control in Mixed Traffic with Safety Guarantees: A Safe Sequencing Policy with Optimal Motion Control}, author={Ehsan Sabouni and H.M. Sabbir Ahmad and Christos G. Cassandras and Wenchao Li}, booktitle={2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)}, pages={4260--4265}, year={2023}, organization={IEEE}, doi={10.1109/ITSC54792.2023.10422265} }

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) [Paper] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] | A Testbed for Event-Triggered Control using Control Barrier Functions. @article{Ahmad_05, title={Optimal control of connected automated vehicles with event-triggered control barrier functions: a test bed for safe optimal merging}, author={Ehsan Sabouni, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Wei Xiao, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li}, journal={IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)}, year={2023} }

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) [Paper] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] | Evaluations of Cyber-attacks on Connected and Automated Vehicles. @article{Ahmad_06, title={Evaluations of cyber attacks on cooperative control of connected and autonomous vehicles at bottleneck points}, author={H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Wei Xiao, Christos G Cassandras, Wenchao Li}, journal={Symposium on Vehicles Security and Privacy (VehicleSec)}, year={2023} }

Energy Efficient Real-time Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring System Abderrazak Abdaoui, H. M. Sabbir Ahmad, Hasan Tariq, Farid Touati, Adel Ben Mnaouer, Mohammed Al-Hitmi 2020 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 2170-2176 [PDF] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] Energy Efficient Real-time Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring System using wireless communication. @inproceedings{Abdaoui_2020, title={Energy Efficient Real-time Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring System}, author={Abderrazak Abdaoui, H. M. Sabbir Ahmad, Hasan Tariq, Farid Touati, Adel Ben Mnaouer, Mohammed Al-Hitmi}, booktitle={International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC)}, location={Limassol, Cyprus}, year={2020}, pages={pp. 2170-2176} }

Cyber Attack Detection for a Nonlinear Binary Crude Oil Distillation Column H M Sabbir Ahmad, Nader Meskin IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies (ICIoT), 2020 [PDF] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] Attack detection and isolation technique for sensor attacks on safety critical CPS. @inproceedings{Ahmad2020CyberAttack, title={Cyber Attack Detection for a Nonlinear Binary Crude Oil Distillation Column}, author={H M Sabbir Ahmad and Nader Meskin}, booktitle={IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies (ICIoT)}, year={2020}, pages={1-6}, doi={10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089577} }

Voltage Control in Distribution Networks Using Current Source Converter STATCOM Based on State Feedback Controller and Kalman Filter H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ahmed Massoud, Nader Meskin IEEE 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG 2018) [PDF] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] A state feedback control strategy with Kalman filtering for improved voltage regulation in distribution networks using STATCOMs. @inproceedings{Ahmad2018VoltageControl, title={Voltage Control in Distribution Networks Using Current Source Converter STATCOM Based on State Feedback Controller and Kalman Filter}, author={H M Sabbir Ahmad and Ahmed Massoud and Nader Meskin}, booktitle={IEEE 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG)}, year={2018}, doi={10.1109/CPE.2018.8372544} }

Journal articles

A Smart Rig for Calibration of Gas Sensor Nodes Mohieddine A. Benammar, H. M. Sabbir Ahmad, Abderrazak Abdaoui, Hasan Tariq, Farid Touati, Mohammed Al-Hitmi, Damiano Crescini MDPI Sensors, Vol. 20, No. 8, 2020 [PDF] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] A smart calibration rig for IoT nodes for gas sensing aloowing for remote calibration. @article{Benammar2020SmartRig, title={A Smart Rig for Calibration of Gas Sensor Nodes}, author={Mohieddine A. Benammar, H. M. Sabbir Ahmad, Abderrazak Abdaoui, Hasan Tariq, Farid Touati, Mohammed Al-Hitmi, Damiano Crescini}, journal={Sensors}, volume={20}, number={8}, pages={2341}, year={2020}, publisher={MDPI}, doi={10.3390/s20082341} }

A Modular IoT Platform for Real-Time Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Mohieddine Benammar, Abderrazak Abdaoui, Sabbir H.M. Ahmad, Farid Touati, Abdullah Kadri MDPI Sensors, Vol. 18, Issue 2, 2018 [PDF] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] A Modular End-to-End Platform IoT based solution using wireless sensor nodes for real time large scale air quality monitoring. @article{Benammar2018ModularIoT, title={A Modular IoT Platform for Real-Time Indoor Air Quality Monitoring}, author={Mohieddine Benammar, Abderrazak Abdaoui, Sabbir H.M. Ahmad, Farid Touati, Abdullah Kadri}, journal={Sensors}, volume={18}, number={2}, pages={581}, year={2018}, publisher={MDPI} }

Real-Time Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Through Wireless Sensor Network Mohieddine A. Benammar, Abderrazak Abdaoui, H. M. Sabbir Ahmad, Farid Touati, Abdullah Kadri International Journal of Internet of Things and Web Services, Vol. 2, pp. 7-13, 2017 [PDF] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] A novel IoT smart architecture for air quality monitoring, employing various technologies such as gas sensing, wireless sensor networks,edge computing and smart mobile devices. @article{Ahmad2017RealTimeIAQ, title={Real-Time Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Through Wireless Sensor Network}, author={Benammar, MOHIEDDINE and Abdaoui, ABDERRAZAK and Ahmad, HS and Touati, FARID and Kadri, ABDULLAH}, journal={International Journal of Internet of Things and Web Services}, volume={2}, pages={7-13}, year={2017}, publisher={IARAS} }

Book chapters

Cyber-Attack Detection for a Crude Oil Distillation Column H M Sabbir Ahmad, Mohammad Noorizadeh, Nader Meskin In Security and Resilience in Cyber-Physical Systems, pp. 323–346, 2022 [Book Link] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] The chapter presents an attack detection technique to secure ICS of CPS against malicious attacks. This technique was validated using a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testbed, which incorporated industrial-grade hardware from Siemens. @incollection{Ahmad2022CyberAttackBook, title={Cyber-Attack Detection for a Crude Oil Distillation Column}, author={H M Sabbir Ahmad, Mohammad Noorizadeh, Nader Meskin}, booktitle={Security and Resilience in Cyber-Physical Systems}, pages={323--346}, year={2022}, publisher={Springer}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-97166-3_13} }

Rotor Flux-Oriented Control of Three-Phase Induction Motor Using Sliding Mode Controller and Rotor Flux Estimator H M Sabbir Ahmad, Mohammad Meraj, Atif Iqbal, Nader Meskin In Renewable Power for Sustainable Growth, pp. 143–154, 2021 [Book Link] | [Abstract] | [BibTeX] This chapter presents the implementation of rotor flux-oriented control for controlling the rotational speed and torque of a three-phase squirrel cage induction motor, utilizing sliding mode controllers and rotor flux estimation techniques. @incollection{Ahmad2021RotorFluxBook, title={Rotor Flux-Oriented Control of Three-Phase Induction Motor Using Sliding Mode Controller and Rotor Flux Estimator}, author={H M Sabbir Ahmad, Mohammad Meraj, Atif Iqbal, Nader Meskin}, booktitle={Renewable Power for Sustainable Growth}, pages={143--154}, year={2021}, publisher={Springer}, doi={10.1007/978-981-33-4080-0_14} }