{"692115":{"#nid":"692115","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ph.D. Proposal Oral Exam - Surabhi Athalye","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAugmented Model-Based and Model-Free Frameworks for Secure Cyber-Physical Systems Operation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr.\u0026nbsp;Vamvoudakis, Advisor\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wardi, Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Coogan\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe objective of the proposed research is to develop approaches that extend and exploit the capabilities of mathematical models for secure cyber-physical design and operation, while judiciously incorporating model-free augmentations to recover any performance loss incurred due to modeling imprecision. In particular, we will focus on two main goals: (a) broadening the functionality of models to derive novel quantitative measures to assess system properties and vulnerability to adversarial intervention; and (b) deriving autonomous frameworks that will intelligently introduce complementary data-driven and model-free techniques into the decision-making scheme to robustify model-based architectures against performance degradation resulting from imperfect knowledge and\/or modeling inaccuracies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Augmented Model-Based and Model-Free Frameworks for Secure Cyber-Physical Systems Operation"}],"uid":"28475","created_gmt":"2026-08-29 14:12:29","changed_gmt":"2026-08-29 14:14:22","author":"Daniela Staiculescu","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-09-01T11:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-09-01T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-09-01T13:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-09-01 15:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-09-01 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-09-01 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Room 317, Montgomery Knight","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_YzJlZDAyNzktY2QzNy00ZWNkLWFlNmMtYTE3ZjcxOTlhZDYy%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223a3e6bec-34f3-4f3b-8ea4-99a7f8690556%22%7d","title":"Microsoft Teams Meeting link"}],"groups":[{"id":"434371","name":"ECE Ph.D. Proposal Oral Exams"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}