M.Sc. Thesis Projects
We are continuously Looking for M.Sc. students interested in a thesis project within the fields of:
cybersecurity and privacy,
resilient control systems,
fault detection,
data-driven methods for security, anomaly detection, control,
learning, control and optimization.
Please take a look at list of open projects below and contact me for further information.
If you already have a project idea within cybersecurity or related areas, feel free to discuss it with me!
Currently open MSc degree projects
Currently Supervising
Postdocs
Javad Parsa (2024-). "Secure Federated Learning", Uppsala University (main supervisor).
Jingwei Dong (2024-). "Robust Fault Detection", Uppsala University (main supervisor).
Daniel Arnström (2023-). "Secure Learning and Control", Uppsala University (main supervisor).
Ruslan Seifullaev (2023-). "Secure Control", Uppsala University (main supervisor).
Alain Govaert (2023-). "Resilience and Security in Networked Systems", Uppsala University (main supervisor).
Ph.D. students
David Vävinggren (Start: Sep. 2024, co-sup.). "Adversarial Statistical Learning".
Xinyu Wei (Start: Sep. 2024, main sup.). "Adverse Interactions in Distributed Voltage Control".
Ville Kjellqvist (Start: June 2024, main sup.). "Securing Cyber Physical Systems from adversarial and malicious actors".
Alessandro Varalda (Start: Sep. 2023, co-sup.). "Closing the loop in real-time cyber-neural systems".
Lovisa Eriksson (Start: Aug. 2023, main sup.). "Security and Safety in Sequential Decision-Making".
Usama Zafar (Start: Feb. 2023, co-sup.). "Secure Federated Machine Learning at Scale".
Zhenlu Sun (Start: Oct. 2022, co-sup.). "Data-driven Vulnerability Analysis for Critical Infrastructures".
Sanja Karilanova (Start: Oct. 2021, co-sup.). "Data Processing with Spiking Neural Networks for Electronic Skin Applications".
Anh Tung Nguyen (Start: May 2021, main sup.). "Security in large-scale control systems".
Previously Supervised
Postdocs
Mohamed Abdalmoaty (2022-2023). "Privacy and Security in Network Controlled Systems", Uppsala University (co-supervisor). (currently Postdoc at ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Arunava Naha (2019-2022). "Quickest change detection", Uppsala University (co-supervisor). (currently Researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden)
Abbas Arghavani (2020-2021). "Covert wireless communications", Uppsala University (co-supervisor). (currently Assist. Prof. at Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Ph.D. students supervised or co-supervised
Fatih Emre Tosun, "Sensor Attack Detection in Artificial Pancreas Systems: A Control-theoretic Approach", Doctoral thesis, March 2025 (main sup.).
Sribalaji C. Anand, "Risk-Based Analysis and Design of Secure Control Systems", Doctoral thesis, May 2024 (main sup.). (awarded a VR Int. Postdoc grant, hosted by KTH and U Penn)
Saba Chockalingam (Apr. 2015 - Dec. 2020). "Secure Our Safety: Building Cyber Security for Flood Management", TU Delft. Graduated in Dec. 2020. (SINTEF, Norway)
Kaikai Pan (Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2018). "Cyber Security of Intelligent Power Grids: Vulnerability and Impact Assessment Frameworks", TU Delft. Graduated in Mar. 2020.
Mingxiao Ma (Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2017). "Cyber-Secure Voltage Control for Smart Distribution Systems", TU Delft
Farzam Fanitabasi (Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2017). "Distributed Data Analysis Using Fog Computing in Internet of Things", TU Delft
Laura Fichtner (Oct. 2015 - Aug 2017). "Cybersecurity as a Contested Concept and its Consequences", TU Delft
M.Sc. students
Uppsala University (Sep. 2017 - present)
Duc Huy Ley (subject reader, 2023). M.Sc. thesis: "Surprise-based Exploration in Multi-Arm Bandits".
Ankit Khandeparkar (subject reader, 2023). M.Sc. thesis: "Embedded implementation of learning and control algorithms on a rotary inverted pendulum".
Mingjie Huang (subject reader, 2023). M.Sc. thesis: "Condition Monitoring in Robot Systems".
Rana Faheem Iftikhar (subject reader, 2023). M.Sc. thesis: "Stabilization of Multi-Hop
Control Networks Subject to Malicious Attacks".
Kevin Coleman (subject reader, 2023). M.Sc. thesis: "Dataset Drift Detection for Machine Learning Applications in Radar Warner Receivers".
Benjamin Bucknall (supervisor, 2022). M.Sc. thesis: "Surprise-based Reinforcement Learning".
Karl Wallentin (supervisor, 2022). M.Sc. thesis: "Practical Evaluation of Digital Signal Watermarking".
Teja K. Hulgesh (subject reader, 2022). M.Sc. thesis: "Evaluation of Security Mechanisms in Control Systems".
Nils Lorentzon (subject reader, 2021). M.Sc. thesis: "Interaction Rate and Delay in Reinforcement Learning".
Albin Barcheus (subject reader, 2021) "Non-Excluding, Dynamic Fire Escape Assistance Systems".
Johan Bostrom (subject reader, 2021) "Compliance & Standards - The Journey To Security".
Simon Bethdavid (subject reader, 2020). "Zero-Knowledge Agent Trained for the Game of Risk".
Delft University of Technology (Oct. 2015 - Aug. 2017)
Maarten Steinfort (2016/2017). M.Sc. thesis: "Towards Big Data Analytics Embedment in Business Operations"
Rafik Chelak (2016). M.Sc. thesis: "Towards an Enterprise Architecture Design for Sustainable Auto Mobility in the Region of Roelofarendsveen"(Co-Sup.)
Ryan Cheung (2016/2017). M.Sc. thesis: "DDoS Attacks in the Financial Sector" (Co-Sup.)
Robert Crone (2016). M.Sc. thesis: "Big Data Veracity Assessment"
Salem Shanina (2016). M.Sc. thesis: "Customer Analytics Maturity of Dutch SME Finance Banks"
Yifu Tian (2016). M.Sc. thesis: "Model-based Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Inventory Record Inaccuracy in Customs Warehouse Management in the Netherlands"
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Nov. 2009 - Von. 2014)
Martina Giannini (2014). M.Sc. thesis: "Improving Cyber-Security of Power System State Estimators"
Thoralf Schwarz (2012). M.Sc. thesis: "Uncertainty Analysis of a Fault Detection and Isolation Scheme for Multi-Agent Systems"
Albert Navarro Forment (2011). M.Sc. thesis: "Security Analysis of a Wireless Quadruple Tank Control System"
Daniel Pérez Huertas (2011). M.Sc. thesis: "Cyber-Security and Safety Analysis of Interconnected Water Tank Control Systems"
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