Literature

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153Total Items

81Journal Articles

68Conference Papers

3Patents

1Thesis

2027

conference Proceedings of the 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) To appear

The Unequal Leverage of Power System Parameters: Ranking What Matters in Network Dynamics

Ahmad F Taha

Energy

2026

journal Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies Vol. 192 105907

An Intermodal Freight Optimization and Routing Model: Balancing Cost, Emissions, and Time in Multimodal Network Design

Jafar Mandouri, Ahmad F Taha, Hiba Baroud, Craig Philip, Paul Johnson, Hani S Mahmassani, Pablo Luis Durango-Cohen

Transportation DOI Publisher

journal Multimodal Transportation Vol. 5 (3) 100313

Cascading Economic Losses from Port Disruptions under Capacity-Constrained Multimodal Freight Networks

Jafar Mandouri, Hiba Baroud, Paul Johnson, Ahmad F Taha, Craig Philip

Transportation DOI Publisher

journal Annual Reviews in Control In review, first round

Climate Science and Control Engineering: Insights, Parallels, and Connections

Salma M Elsherif, Gavin Blair, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Learning & AI Climate arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control In review, first round

Connections Between Determinantal Point Processes and Gramians in Control

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Learning & AI arXiv

journal Electric Power Systems Research Vol. 263 113688

DAE-Aware Bayesian Inference for Joint Generator-Network Parameter Estimation

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha, Sankaran Mahadevan

Learning & AI Energy arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Conditionally accepted

Dynamic Centrality Measures for Water Distribution Network Hydraulics

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Salma M Elsherif, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Water arXiv

journal Advances in Water Resources Vol. 215 105389

Exploring Uncertainty Propagation in Coupled Hydrologic and Hydrodynamic Systems via Distribution-Agnostic State Space Analysis

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Water Climate arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Water Resources Management Vol. 40 (11) 514

Modeling and Design Optimization of Looped Water Distribution Networks Using MS Excel: Developing the Open-Source X-WHAT Model

Jr., Marcus Nóbrega Gomes, Igor Matheus Benites, Salma M Elsherif, Ahmad F Taha, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems In review, first round

Nonsmooth Hydraulics, Smooth Control: System Theory Framework for Analyzing Water Networks

Ahmad F Taha, Mohamad Kazma

Control & Networks arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Early access

Observability for Nonlinear Systems: Connecting Variational Dynamics, Lyapunov Exponents, and Empirical Gramians

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 362 (2) 107490

On Input-to-State Stability Verification of Identified Models Obtained by Koopman Operator

Wenjie Mei, Yu Zhou, Ahmad F Taha, Chengyan Zhao

Control & Networks Learning & AI arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Vol. 71 (9) 5678–5693

Partitioning and Observability in Linear Systems via Submodular Optimization

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Automatica In review, second round

Power System CBFs

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha, Taylor T Johnson

Energy arXiv

journal Computing in Science & Engineering Early access

Progress and Perils of PINNs: Perspectives on Applying Physics-Informed Neural Networks to Science and Engineering Problems

David Hyde, Chennakesava Kadapa, Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Learning & AI Energy DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Control Systems Letters Vol. 10 661–666

Revisiting the PBH Test: Fast Uncontrollability Certificates via Krylov Methods

Ahmad F Taha, Mohamad Kazma, Abdallah Alalem Albustami

Control & Networks arXiv DOI

journal IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles Vol. 11 (9) 1040–1050

Stabilizing Traffic Flow via Autonomous Vehicles: A Less Conservative Approach

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Ahmad F Taha

Transportation arXiv

journal Applied Energy In review, second round

The Iberian Blackout: A Black Swan or a Gray Rhino? A Protection-Aware Dynamic Voltage Security Assessment

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv

journal Reliability Engineering & System Safety Vol. 268 111996

Uncertainty Quantification and Reliability Assessment for Intermodal Freight Transportation

Jafar Mandouri, Ahmad F Taha, Hiba Baroud, Craig Philip, Paul Johnson, Sankaran Mahadevan

Transportation DOI Publisher

journal International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control In review, first round

Verification and Forward Invariance of Control Barrier Functions for Differential-Algebraic Systems

Hongchao Zhang, Mohamad Kazma, Meiyi Ma, Taylor T Johnson, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Learning & AI arXiv

conference 2026 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) To appear

Beyond Binary Controllability: Reachability Margins for Power Systems via Scalable Screening

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha, Mohamad Kazma

Energy

conference 2026 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) To appear

Control Barrier Function Synthesis for Differential-Algebraic Systems

Hongchao Zhang, Mohamad Kazma, Ben Wooding, Meiyi Ma, Taylor T Johnson, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Learning & AI

conference 2026 Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC)

DAE-Aware Bayesian Inference for Joint Generator-Network Parameter Estimation

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha, Sankaran Mahadevan

Learning & AI Energy arXiv

conference Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)

Modeling Spectral Energy Shifts in Spatio-Temporal Graph Anomaly Detection

Yilin Liu, Hongchao Zhang, Taylor T Johnson, Ahmad F Taha, Meiyi Ma

Control & Networks Learning & AI Security arXiv Publisher

conference 2026 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) To appear

Revisiting the PBH Test: Broken Eigenvalues and Fast Algorithms

Ahmad F Taha, Mohamad Kazma, Abdallah Alalem Albustami

Control & Networks

conference 2026 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) To appear

Safe Autonomous Takeover for Unknown Descriptor Systems

Ben Wooding, Mohamad Kazma, Hongchao Zhang, Ahmad F Taha, Meiyi Ma, Taylor T Johnson

Control & Networks Learning & AI

conference 2026 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) To appear

Safe Control of Semi-Explicit Differential-Algebraic Systems: Control Barrier Functions with SOS Verification

Mohamad Kazma, Hongchao Zhang, Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ben Wooding, Meiyi Ma, Taylor T Johnson, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks

conference 2026 IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) To appear

When Time Meets Space: Entropy Integration and Dynamic Threshold for Adaptive DDoS Detection in SDN

Zhaoyang Zhang, Ahmad F Taha, Elias Bou-Harb, Xiaofeng Tao, Shen Wang

Security Publisher

2025

journal Water Research Vol. 283 123719

Breaking the Flow and the Bank: Stealthy Cyberattacks on Water Network Hydraulics

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha

Water Security arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Water Resources Research Vol. 61 e2024WR039185

Control Node Placement and Structural Controllability of Water Quality Dynamics in Drinking Networks

Salma M Elsherif, Ahmad F Taha

Water arXiv DOI Publisher

journal ACS ES&T Water Vol. 5 (3) 1099–1111

Heuristic Space Reduction Method for Source Localization in Water Distribution Networks

Gerardo Riano-Briceno, Ahmed A Abokifa, Ahmad F Taha, Lina Sela

Water DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Vol. 12 (4) 2464–2478

Improving Power Systems Controllability via Edge Centrality Measures

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Muhammad Nadeem, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv

journal Journal of Water Process Engineering Vol. 77 108339

Observability and Generalized Sensor Placement for Nonlinear Quality Models in Drinking Water Networks

Mohamad Kazma, Salma M Elsherif, Ahmad F Taha

Water arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Vol. 12 (2) 1552–1564

On the Constrained CAV Platoon Control Problem

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Junyi Ji, Ahmad F Taha, Daniel B Work

Transportation arXiv DOI

journal IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems Vol. 5 49–63

Quick Updates for the Perturbed Static Output Feedback Control Problem in Linear Systems With Applications to Power Systems

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv DOI

journal IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Vol. 33 (2) 493–511

Revisiting the Optimal PMU Placement Problem in Multi-Machine Power Networks

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Energy arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 40 (5) 3928–3942

Stability and Uncertainty Propagation in Power Networks: A Lyapunov-Based Approach with Applications to Renewable Resources Allocation

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Energy arXiv DOI

journal IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 40 (3) 2613–2625

Structure-Preserving Model Order Reduction for Nonlinear DAE Models of Power Networks

Muhammad Nadeem, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Energy arXiv

journal International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems Vol. 167 110569

Unmasking Stealthy Attacks on Nonlinear DAE Models of Power Grids

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha, Elias Bou-Harb

Energy Security arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2025 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 1621–1626

Analyzing Property P of Topologically Perturbed Power System Models

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha

Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2025 American Control Conference (ACC) 4794–4799

Controllability Gramians Make Water Safer: Water Quality and Hydraulic Regulation in Drinking Networks

Salma M Elsherif, Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Water DOI Publisher

conference 2025 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) 1–10

Enhancing Network Security Management in Water Systems Using FM-Based Attack Attribution

Aleksandar Avdalović, Joseph Khoury, Ahmad F Taha, Elias Bou-Harb

Water Security arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2025 American Control Conference (ACC) 1629–1634

Enhancing Vehicle Platooning Safety via Control Node Placement and Sizing Under State and Input Bounds

Yifei She, Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Xiaofeng Tao

Control & Networks Transportation arXiv

conference 2025 American Control Conference (ACC) 2096–2101

Generalizable Stability Metrics for Power Grids

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Energy

conference 2025 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 4077–4082

Influential Pipes in Water Networks

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Salma M Elsherif, Ahmad F Taha

Water

conference 2025 American Control Conference (ACC) 3022–3027

Multilinear Extensions in Submodular Optimization for Optimal Sensor Scheduling in Nonlinear Networks

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv

conference 2025 American Control Conference (ACC) 736–741

Stealthy Power Systems Data Attacks

Abdallah Alalem Albustami, Ahmad F Taha, Elias Bou-Harb

Energy Security DOI Publisher

patent U.S. Patent Application No. 62-769377, provisional patent filed November 19, 2018

Energy Crowdsourcing and Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Blockchain Enabled Smart Grids

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Jianhui Wang

Energy arXiv DOI Publisher

2024

journal ACM Journal on Autonomous Transportation Systems Vol. 1 (2) 1–37

CAV Traffic Control to Mitigate the Impact of Congestion from Bottlenecks: A Linear Quadratic Regulator Approach and Microsimulation Study

Suyash C Vishnoi, Junyi Ji, MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Yuhang Zhang, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel, Daniel B Work

Transportation arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Vol. 150 (2) 04023077

Comprehensive Framework for Controlling Nonlinear Multispecies Water Quality Dynamics

Salma M Elsherif, Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed A Abokifa, Lina Sela

Water arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Water Research Vol. 267 122441

Disinfectant Control in Drinking Water Networks: Integrating Advection-Dispersion-Reaction Models and Byproduct Constraints

Salma M Elsherif, Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed A Abokifa

Water arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Vol. 138 109426

Graph Neural Networks-Based Dynamic Water Quality State Estimation in Water Distribution Networks

Aly K Salem, Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed A Abokifa

Learning & AI Water DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Control Systems Letters Vol. 8 2547–2552

How Many Autonomous Vehicles Are Required to Stabilize Traffic Flow?

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Ahmad F Taha

Transportation arXiv

journal Journal of Hydrology Vol. 643 131866

Real-Time Regulation of Detention Ponds via Feedback Control: Balancing Flood Mitigation and Water Quality

Jr., Marcus Nóbrega Gomes, Ahmad F Taha, Luis Miguel Castillo Rápalo, Eduardo M Mendiondo, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 39 (3) 4949–4962

Robust Feedback Control of Power Systems with Grid-Forming Solar Plants and Composite Loads

Muhammad Nadeem, MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Energy arXiv

journal IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems Vol. 3 253–265

Sorta Solving the OPF by Not Solving the OPF: DAE Control Theory and the Price of Realtime Regulation

Muhammad Nadeem, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Vol. 25 (11) 16719–16733

Traffic State Estimation for Connected Vehicles Using the Second-Order Aw-Rascle-Zhang Traffic Model

Suyash C Vishnoi, Ahmad F Taha, Sebastian A Nugroho, Christian G Claudel

Transportation arXiv

conference 2024 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 4941–4946

Constrained CAV Control for Mixed Vehicular Platoons via Gain Parameterizations and Padé Approximations

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Junyi Ji, Ahmad F Taha, Daniel B Work

Transportation DOI Publisher

conference 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 1–5

ODE Transformations of Nonlinear DAE Power Systems

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2024 American Control Conference (ACC) 2618–2623

Strongly Stabilizing LQR Output Feedback Designs via Parametric and Non-Parametric Procedures

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

conference World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2024 1390–1399

Water Quality Controllability Metrics, Limitations, and Hydraulic Dependencies

Salma M Elsherif, Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed A Abokifa

Water

2023

journal Water Research Vol. 242 120117

Bayesian Optimization of Booster Disinfection Scheduling in Water Distribution Networks

Mohammadreza Moeini, Lina Sela, Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed A Abokifa

Learning & AI Water DOI Publisher

journal Annual Reviews in Control Vol. 55 466–485

Control-Theoretic Modeling of Multi-Species Water Quality Dynamics in Drinking Water Networks: Survey, Methods, and Test Cases

Salma M Elsherif, Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Lina Sela, Marcio H Giacomoni, Ahmed A Abokifa

Water arXiv

journal Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Vol. 149 (4) 04023008

Data-Driven Identification of Dynamic Quality Models in Drinking Water Networks

Shen Wang, Ankush Chakrabarty, Ahmad F Taha

Learning & AI Water arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 38 (3) 2539–2552

Dynamic State Estimation of Nonlinear Differential Algebraic Equation Models of Power Networks

Muhammad Nadeem, Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Vol. 31 (4) 1774–1786

Load- and Renewable-Following Control of Linearization-Free Differential Algebraic Equation Power System Models

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv DOI Publisher

journal Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks Vol. 36 101241

On Scaling Robust Feedback Control and State Estimation Problems in Power Networks

MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Muhammad Nadeem, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Vol. 31 (1) 114–129

Optimal Pump Control for Water Distribution Networks via Data-Based Distributional Robustness

Yi Guo, Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Tyler H Summers

Learning & AI Water arXiv

journal Sequential Analysis Vol. 42 (4) 404–437

Quickest Change Detection in Statistically Periodic Processes with Unknown Post-Change Distribution

Yousef Oleyaeimotlagh, Taposh Banerjee, Ahmad F Taha, Eugene John

Control & Networks Learning & AI arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 98–104

Exploring CAV-Based Traffic Control for Improving Traffic Conditions in the Face of Bottlenecks

Suyash C Vishnoi, Junyi Ji, MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Yuhang Zhang, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel, Daniel B Work

Transportation DOI Publisher

conference 2023 American Control Conference (ACC) 4495–4500

On Wide-Area Control of Solar-Integrated DAE Models of Power Grids

Muhammad Nadeem, MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Ahmad F Taha

Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2023 American Control Conference (ACC) 4489–4494

Optimal Placement of PMUs in Power Networks: Modularity Meets A Priori Optimization

Mohamad Kazma, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 8418–8426

State-Robust Observability Measures for Sensor Selection in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

Mohamad Kazma, Sebastian A Nugroho, Aleksandar Haber, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

2022

journal Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Vol. 148 (12) 04022067

Flood Risk Mitigation and Valve Control in Stormwater Systems: State-Space Modeling, Control Algorithms, and Case Studies

Jr., Marcus Nóbrega Gomes, Marcio H Giacomoni, Ahmad F Taha, Eduardo M Mendiondo

Water arXiv

journal Water Resources Research Vol. 58 (4) e2021WR029856

Model Order Reduction for Water Quality Dynamics

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Ankush Chakrabarty, Lina Sela, Ahmed A Abokifa

Water arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Vol. 67 (8) 3836–3850

Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Parameterization Using Interval-Based Global Optimization: Computing Lipschitz Constants and Beyond

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Vu Hoang

Control & Networks arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Vol. 9 (3) 1531–1543

Observers for Differential Algebraic Equation Models of Power Networks

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Junbo Zhao

Energy arXiv Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Vol. 23 (8) 13026–13039

Where Should Traffic Sensors Be Placed on Highways?

Sebastian A Nugroho, Suyash C Vishnoi, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel, Taposh Banerjee

Transportation arXiv Publisher

conference 2022 American Control Conference (ACC) 4553–4558

How Vintage Linear Systems Controllers Have Become Inadequate in Renewables-Heavy Power Systems: Limitations and New Solutions

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha

Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 1–5

Impact of Uncertainty from Renewables on Dynamic State Estimation of Power Networks

Muhammad Nadeem, Ahmad F Taha, Sebastian A Nugroho

Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 691–698

Model Predictive Control for Stormwater Reservoirs: Investigating Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization

Jr., Marcus Nóbrega Gomes, Marcio H Giacomoni, Ahmad F Taha, Eduardo M Mendiondo

Water Climate DOI Publisher

conference 2022 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 1162–1167

On Differential Privacy and Traffic State Estimation Problem for Connected Vehicles

Suyash C Vishnoi, Ahmad F Taha, Sebastian A Nugroho, Christian G Claudel

Transportation arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2022 Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting 1–10

Optimal Sensor Placement on Highway Networks: A Traffic Dynamics Based Approach

Sebastian A Nugroho, Suyash C Vishnoi, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel

Transportation

conference 2022 North American Power Symposium (NAPS) 1–6

Power System Dynamic State Estimation Based on Discretized Nonlinear Differential Algebraic Equation Models

Venkatanaga A Aryasomyajula, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha

Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2022 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 7174–7179

Robust Dynamic State Estimation of Multi-Machine Power Networks with Solar Farms and Dynamics Loads

Muhammad Nadeem, Ahmad F Taha

Energy arXiv

2021

journal IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Vol. 22 (1) 64–78

A Control-Theoretic Approach for Scalable and Robust Traffic Density Estimation Using Convex Optimization

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel

Transportation arXiv

journal Sustainable Cities and Society Vol. 69 102832

Buildings-to-Distribution-Network Integration for Coordinated Voltage Regulation and Building Energy Management via Distributed Resource Flexibility

Hannah Fontenot, Krishna Sandeep Ayyagari, Bing Dong, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha

Energy DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Control Systems Letters Vol. 5 (4) 1195–1200

Control Node Selection Algorithm for Nonlinear Dynamic Networks

Aleksandar Haber, Sebastian A Nugroho, Patricio Torres, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 36 (6) 5909–5921

Dynamic State Estimation for Power System Control and Protection

Yu Liu, Abhinav Kumar Singh, Junbo Zhao, A. P. Meliopoulos, Bikash Pal, M. A. M. Ariff, Thierry Van Cutsem, Mevludin Glavic, Zhenyu Huang, Innocent Kamwa, Lamine Mili, Saleem Mir, Ahmad F Taha, Vladimir Terzija, Shenglong Yu

Energy arXiv

journal Water Resources Research Vol. 57 (5) e2020WR027771

How Effective Is Model Predictive Control in Real-Time Water Quality Regulation? State-Space Modeling and Scalable Control

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed A Abokifa

Water arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Vol. 30 (2) 507–519

Probabilistic State Estimation in Water Distribution Networks

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Lina Sela, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water arXiv

journal Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Vol. 147 (7) 04021040

Revisiting the Water Quality Sensor Placement Problem: Optimizing Network Observability and State Estimation Metrics

Ahmad F Taha, Shen Wang, Yi Guo, Tyler H Summers, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni, Ahmed A Abokifa

Water arXiv

journal Automatica Vol. 134 109904

Towards Understanding Sensor and Control Nodes Selection in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems: Lyapunov Theory Meets Branch-and-Bound

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv

conference 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) 1–5

Co-Optimization of Interdependent Water and Power Distribution Networks

Krishna Sandeep Ayyagari, Shen Wang, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2021 IEEE Madrid PowerTech 1–6

Energy-Efficient Optimal Water Flow Considering Pump Efficiency

Krishna Sandeep Ayyagari, Shen Wang, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2021 American Control Conference (ACC) 4824–4829

Feedback Stabilization and Output Tracking for Discrete-Time Lipschitz Nonlinear Systems via Iterative Convex Approximations

Sebastian A Nugroho, Suyash C Vishnoi, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel

Control & Networks arXiv

conference 2021 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 309–314

On the Simultaneous Estimation of Dynamic and Algebraic States in Power Networks via State Observer

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Junbo Zhao

Energy DOI Publisher

patent U.S. Patent Application No. 16-227744, patent filed December 20, 2018

Real-Time Detection and Mitigation of Time Synchronization Attacks on the Global Positioning System

Ali Khalajmehrabadi, Nikolaos Gatsis, David Akopian, Ahmad F Taha

Security Publisher

patent U.S. Patent Application No. 62-516830, patent filed December 13, 2018

Systems and Methods for Optimizing Buildings-to-Grid Integration

Bing Dong, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Zhaoxuan Li, Ankur Pipri

Energy Publisher

2020

journal Water Resources Research Vol. 56 (3) e2019WR025694

A New Derivative-Free Linear Approximation for Solving the Network Water Flow Problem with Convergence Guarantees

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Lina Sela, Marcio H Giacomoni, Nikolaos Gatsis

Water arXiv

journal Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy Vol. 8 (4) 597–606

Multi-Period Power System State Estimation with PMUs under GPS Spoofing Attacks

Paresh Risbud, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha

Energy Security

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Vol. 7 (3) 1151–1163

Receding Horizon Control for Drinking Water Networks: The Case for Geometric Programming

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water arXiv

journal IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 35 (3) 1923–1935

Robust Dynamic State Estimation of Synchronous Machines with Asymptotic State Estimation Error Performance Guarantees

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Junjian Qi

Energy arXiv

journal IEEE Control Systems Letters Vol. 4 (1) 145–150

Tuning-Free, Low Memory Robust Estimator to Mitigate GPS Spoofing Attacks

Junhwan Lee, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, David Akopian

Security arXiv

conference 2020 American Control Conference (ACC) 1197–1202

Asymmetric Cell Transmission Model-Based, Ramp-Connected Robust Traffic Density Estimation under Bounded Disturbances

Sebastian A Nugroho, Suyash C Vishnoi, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel, Taposh Banerjee

Transportation arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2020 American Control Conference (ACC) 4558–4563

New Insights on One-Sided Lipschitz and Quadratically Inner-Bounded Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

Sebastian A Nugroho, Vu Hoang, Maria Radosz, Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 6009–6013

Sequential Methods for Detecting a Change in the Distribution of an Episodic Process

Taposh Banerjee, Edmond Adib, Ahmad F Taha, Eugene John

Learning & AI Transportation

2019

journal Automatica Vol. 106 124–133

Algorithms for Joint Sensor and Control Nodes Selection in Dynamic Networks

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Tyler H Summers, Ram Krishnan

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 10 (2) 1237–1249

Buildings-to-Grid Integration Framework

Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Bing Dong, Ankur Pipri, Zhaoxuan Li

Energy arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 10 (3) 2495–2506

Coupling Load-Following Control with OPF

Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha, Joshua A Taylor

Energy arXiv Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems Vol. 49 (8) 1612–1623

Energy Crowdsourcing and Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Blockchain-Enabled Smart Grids

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Jianhui Wang, Karla Kvaternik, Adam Hahn

Energy arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Vol. 6 (3) 1210–1222

Robust Control for Renewable-Integrated Power Networks Considering Input Bound Constraints and Worst-Case Uncertainty Measure

Ahmad F Taha, Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan, Sebastian A Nugroho, Nikolaos Gatsis, Junjian Qi

Energy arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Vol. 6 (2) 750–762

Time-Varying Sensor and Actuator Selection for Uncertain Cyber-Physical Systems

Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Tyler H Summers, Sebastian A Nugroho

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 10 (4) 3535–3548

Vulnerability Analysis of Smart Grids to GPS Spoofing

Paresh Risbud, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha

Energy Security arXiv

conference 2019 American Control Conference (ACC) 1936–1941

Characterizing the Nonlinearity of Power System Generator Models

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Junjian Qi

Energy arXiv Publisher

conference Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS) 301

Control of Water Distribution Networks Using Convex Approximations: WIP Abstract

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water DOI Publisher

conference World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019

Geometric Programming Approach for Optimal Control of Water Distribution Networks

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water Publisher

conference 2019 American Control Conference (ACC) 1470–1475

Geometric Programming-Based Control for Nonlinear, DAE-Constrained Water Distribution Networks

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni

Water arXiv DOI Publisher

conference Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS) 304–305

On the Need for Sensor and Actuator Placement Algorithms in Nonlinear Systems: WIP Abstract

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

conference 2019 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 4551–4556

Sensor Placement Strategies for Some Classes of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems via Lyapunov Theory

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2019 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 5474–5479

State Estimation in Water Distribution Networks through a New Successive Linear Approximation

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni, Lina Sela

Water arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2019 American Control Conference (ACC) 2658–2663

Traffic Density Modeling and Estimation on Stretched Highways: The Case for Lipschitz-Based Observers

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Christian G Claudel

Transportation DOI Publisher

2018

journal Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Vol. 144 (8) 04018048

Battle of the Attack Detection Algorithms: Disclosing Cyber Attacks on Water Distribution Networks

Riccardo Taormina, Stefano Galelli, Nils Ole Tippenhauer, Elad Salomons, Avi Ostfeld, Demetrios G Eliades, Mohsen Aghashahi, Raanju Sundararajan, Mohsen Pourahmadi, M Katherine Banks, others

Learning & AI Water DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Access Vol. 6 77155–77168

Comparing Kalman Filters and Observers for Power System Dynamic State Estimation with Model Uncertainty and Malicious Cyber Attacks

Junjian Qi, Ahmad F Taha, Jianhui Wang

Energy arXiv DOI

journal Applied Energy Vol. 219 123–137

Occupancy-Based Buildings-to-Grid Integration Framework for Smart and Connected Communities

Bing Dong, Zhaoxuan Li, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis

Energy DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Vol. 65 (8) 6425–6435

Real-Time Rejection and Mitigation of Time Synchronization Attacks on the Global Positioning System

Ali Khalajmehrabadi, Nikolaos Gatsis, David Akopian, Ahmad F Taha

Security arXiv DOI Publisher

journal IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 9 (2) 886–899

Risk Mitigation for Dynamic State Estimation Against Cyber Attacks and Unknown Inputs

Ahmad F Taha, Junjian Qi, Jianhui Wang, Jitesh H Panchal

Energy arXiv DOI

conference 2018 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) 880–884

A Fixed-Point Iteration for Steady-State Analysis of Water Distribution Networks

Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan, Nikolaos Gatsis, Marcio H Giacomoni, Ahmad F Taha

Water DOI Publisher

conference 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 1–5

Blockchain-Assisted Crowdsourced Energy Systems

Shen Wang, Ahmad F Taha, Jianhui Wang

Energy arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2018 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Best paper award, second place

Control Systems and Robotics Outreach to Middle-School Girls: Approach, Results, and Suggestions

Pranav A Bhounsule, Ahmad F Taha, Sebastian A Nugroho

conference 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2857–2864

Dynamic Actuator Selection and Robust State-Feedback Control of Networked Soft Actuators

N Ebrahimi, Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, W Gao, A Jafari

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

conference 2018 American Control Conference (ACC) 5399–5405

Impact of Occupancy-Based Buildings-to-Grid Integration on Frequency Regulation in Smart Grids

Bing Dong, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Zhaoxuan Li, Ankur Pipri

Energy Publisher

conference 2018 52nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 1858–1862

On Static and Adaptive Policies for Chance-Constrained Voltage Regulation

Krishna Sandeep Ayyagari, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha, Bing Dong

Energy Publisher

conference 2018 American Control Conference (ACC) 6156–6161

Robust Control of Power Networks under Worst-Case Load and Renewables Uncertainty

Sebastian A Nugroho, Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan, Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Junjian Qi

Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2018 American Control Conference (ACC) 4159–4164

Simultaneous Sensor and Actuator Selection/Placement through Output Feedback Control

Sebastian A Nugroho, Ahmad F Taha, Tyler H Summers, Nikolaos Gatsis

Control & Networks arXiv DOI Publisher

2017

conference 2017 American Control Conference (ACC) 5300–5305

Actuator Selection for Cyber-Physical Systems

Ahmad F Taha, Nikolaos Gatsis, Tyler H Summers, Sebastian A Nugroho

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

conference 2017 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) 1050–1054

Chance Constrained Optimization of Distributed Energy Resources via Affine Policies

Krishna Sandeep Ayyagari, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha

Energy DOI Publisher

conference World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2017 660–675

Identification of Cyber Attacks on Water Distribution Systems by Unveiling Low-Dimensionality in the Sensory Data

Marcio H Giacomoni, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha

Learning & AI Water DOI Publisher

conference Building Simulation 2017: 15th International Conference of IBPSA

Modelling, Simulation and Control of Smart and Connected Communities

Zhaoxuan Li, Ankur Pipri, Bing Dong, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha, Nanpeng Yu

Energy Publisher

2016

conference 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) 1–5

Assessing Power System State Estimation Accuracy with GPS-Spoofed PMU Measurements

Paresh Risbud, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha

Energy Security DOI Publisher

conference 2016 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 4104–4109

Augmenting the Optimal Power Flow for Stability

Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F Taha, Joshua A Taylor

Energy DOI Publisher

conference Proceedings of SPIE Defense + Security Vol. 9837 98370A

Planning Energy-Efficient Bipedal Locomotion on Patterned Terrain

Ali Zamani, Pranav A Bhounsule, Ahmad F Taha

DOI Publisher

2015

journal Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control Vol. 137 (5) 051006

Decentralized Control Framework and Stability Analysis for Networked Control Systems

Ahmed Elmahdi, Ahmad F Taha, Dengfeng Sun, Jitesh H Panchal

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

journal International Journal of Control Vol. 88 (5) 920–934

Unknown Input Observer Design and Analysis for Networked Control Systems

Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed Elmahdi, Jitesh H Panchal, Dengfeng Sun

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

thesis Purdue University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Secure Estimation, Control and Optimization of Uncertain Cyber-Physical Systems with Applications to Power Networks

Ahmad F Taha

Control & Networks Energy Publisher

2014

journal Energy Policy Vol. 71 63–75

A Quasi-Feed-In-Tariff Policy Formulation in Micro-Grids: A Bi-Level Multi-Period Approach

Ahmad F Taha, Nadim A Hachem, Jitesh H Panchal

Energy DOI Publisher

conference 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) 234–239

An Optimal General Purpose Scheduler for Networked Control Systems

Ahmed Elmahdi, Ahmad F Taha, Dengfeng Sun, Jitesh H Panchal

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

conference 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) 3278–3283

Networked Unknown Input Observer Analysis and Design for Time-Delay Systems

Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed Elmahdi, Jitesh H Panchal, Dengfeng Sun

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

conference 2014 11th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) 857–862

Observer-Based Decentralized Control Scheme for Stability Analysis of Networked Systems

Ahmed Elmahdi, Ahmad F Taha, Dengfeng Sun

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

conference ASME 2014 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) V003T47A001

Pure Time Delay Analysis for Decentralized Networked Control Systems

Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed Elmahdi, Jitesh H Panchal, Dengfeng Sun

Control & Networks Publisher

conference 2014 52nd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton) 936–942

Stability Analysis of Networked Control Systems with Unknown Inputs

Ahmad F Taha, Ahmed Elmahdi, Jitesh H Panchal, Dengfeng Sun

Control & Networks DOI Publisher

2013

journal IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems Vol. 44 (7) 894–907

Decision-Making in Energy Systems with Multiple Technologies and Uncertain Preferences

Ahmad F Taha, Jitesh H Panchal

Energy DOI Publisher

2012

conference 2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton) 98–105

A Hybrid Scheduling Protocol to Improve Quality of Service in Networked Control Systems

Ahmed Elmahdi, Ahmad F Taha, Stefen Hui, Stanislaw H Żak

Control & Networks DOI Publisher