Current PhD and MSc Students

NAME YEAR DEGREE THESIS TOPIC AND CO-SUPERVISION
H. Mohan Rao 2020 PhD Alarm Correlation Analysis
M.H. Rahaman 2020 PhD Operator Response Modeling
J. Wei 2021 PhD Cyber-Security and Detection
Z. Guo 2021 PhD Cyber-Security and Detection
S.A. Najafi 2023 PhD Alarm Flood Monitoring
Y. Tao 2023 PhD Alarm Configuration and Performance
M. Aliabadi 2023 MSc Alarm System Design
F. Goncalves 2023 MSc Mode-Based alarm Systems
A. Mashouf 2023 MSc Abnormal Situation Monitoring


Current Research and Visiting Fellows

NAME YEAR POSITION RESEARCH AREA AND CO-SUPERVISION
L. Deng 2023 PDF AI-Enabled Process Modeling (with Dr. Z. Shu)
F. Jia 2024 PDF Fault Diagnosis and Alarm Systems
N. Yang 2024 PDF Alarm Monitoring and Event-Triggered Systems


Recently Completed PhD and MSc Students

NAME DATE OF COMPLETION DEGREE THESIS TITLE CURRENT AFFILIATION
Y. Rahimi Aug. 2024 MSc Advanced Alarm Systems: Optimal Design, Performance Comparison, and Alarm Flood Monitoring UofA.
J.L. Li Aug. 2024 MSc Dynamic Periodic Event-triggered Multi-Agent Consensus Using Relative-State Measurements: A Hybrid System Approach DND, Ottawa.
M.R. Parvez Oct. 2023 PhD Development of Data-Driven Methods for Alarm Flood Monitoring and Analysis Texas A&M University, USA.
L. Deng Aug. 2023 PhD Event-Triggered Robust Model Predictive Control UofA.
H.S. Alinezhad June 2023 PhD Advanced Machine Learning-Based Alarm Flood Monitoring Using Alarm Data HV Logic, Calgary.
M.H. Dhullipalla March 2023 PhD Networked Implementation of Continuous-Time Distributed Algorithms: A Hybrid System Approach KTH, Sweden.
Z. Cheng Aug. 2022 MSc Vulnerability of Cyber-Physical Systems to Optimal Stealthy Deterministic Attack Strategies Spartan Controls, Edmonton.
J. Zhou Aug. 2022 PhD Optimal Cyber-Attacks under Energy and Stealthiness Constraints in Cyber-Physical Systems Central South University, Changsha.
J. Yang Dec. 2021 PhD Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems Huawei, Beijing.
K. Wang Jan. 2021 MSc A Data-Driven Method to Discover Association Rules of Mode-Dependent Alarms Accenture, Vancouver.
B. Zhou Jan. 2021 PhD Advanced Methods for Alarm Monitoring and Alarm Flood Analysis Based on Industrial Data Enverus, Calgary.
M.H. Roohi Jan. 2021 PhD Control and Alarm Systems Interplay and Co-Design Micro Focus, Toronto.
I. Amini Dec. 2020 MSc Data-Driven Methods in Pipeline Leakage Detection PulseMedica, Edmonton.
Y. Xiong Sept. 2019 PhD Performance Analysis and Design for Abnormality Detection Systems Boeing, Vancouver.
J. Huang Sept. 2018 PhD Optimal State Estimation of Cyber-Physical Systems RS Energy Group, Calgary.
A. Al-Dabbagh March 2018 PhD Topological Design for the Control of Connected Disperse Systems UBC, Okanagan, BC.


Last updated April 4, 2025.