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Tensegrity Robot Endcap-Ground Contact Estimation with Symmetry-aware Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network

Wenzhe Tong, Yicheng Jiang, Chi Zhang, Maani Ghaffari, Xiaonan Huang · 2026

Tensegrity robots possess lightweight and resilient structures but present significant challenges for state estimation due to compliant and distributed ground contacts. This paper introduces a symmetr…

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Cyber-Physical Co-Simulation of Load Frequency Control under Load-Altering Attacks

Micha{l} Forystek, Andrew D. Syrmakesis, Alkistis Kontou, Panos Kotsampopoulos, Nikos D. Hatziargyriou, Charalambos Konstantinou · 2025

Integrating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) devices into the power grid brings many benefits. However, it also exposes the grid to new potential cyber threats. Many control and protect…

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Optimal Planning for Enhancing the Resilience of Modern Distribution Systems Against Cyberattacks

Armita Khashayardoost, Ahmad Mohammad Saber, Deepa Kundur · 2025

The increasing integration of IoT-connected devices in smart grids has introduced new vulnerabilities at the distribution level. Of particular concern is the potential for cyberattacks that exploit hi…

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Exploring the Effects of Load Altering Attacks on Load Frequency Control through Python and RTDS

Micha{l} Forystek, Andrew D. Syrmakesis, Alkistis Kontou, Panos Kotsampopoulos, Nikos D. Hatziargyriou, Charalambos Konstantinou · 2025

The modern power grid increasingly depends on advanced information and communication technology (ICT) systems to enhance performance and reliability through real-time monitoring, intelligent control, …

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Survey of Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids: Attack Impact, Detection and Mitigation

Sajjad Maleki, Shijie Pan, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Charalambos Konstantinou · 2024

The growing penetration of IoT devices in power grids despite its benefits, raises cybersecurity concerns. In particular, load-altering attacks (LAAs) targeting high-wattage IoT-controllable load devi…

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NanoSLAM: Enabling Fully Onboard SLAM for Tiny Robots

Vlad Niculescu, Tommaso Polonelli, Michele Magno, Luca Benini · 2023

Perceiving and mapping the surroundings are essential for enabling autonomous navigation in any robotic platform. The algorithm class that enables accurate mapping while correcting the odometry errors…

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Uncovering Load-Altering Attacks Against N-1 Secure Power Grids: A Rare-Event Sampling Approach

Maldon Patrice Goodridge, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Alessandro Zocca · 2023

Load-altering attacks targetting a large number of IoT-based high-wattage devices (e.g., smart electric vehicle charging stations) can lead to serious disruptions of power grid operations. In this wor…

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Mitigating Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids Using Cyber-Resilient Economic Dispatch

Zhongda Chu, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Balarko Chaudhuri, Fei Teng · 2022

Large-scale Load-Altering Attacks (LAAs) against Internet-of-Things (IoT) enabled high-wattage electrical appliances (e.g., wifi-enabled air-conditioners, electric vehicles, etc.) pose a serious threa…

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Analysis of Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids: A Rare-Event Sampling Approach

Maldon Patrice Goodridge, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Christopher Few · 2022

By manipulating tens of thousands of internet-of-things (IoT) enabled high-wattage electrical appliances (e.g., WiFi-controlled air-conditioners), large-scale load-altering attacks (LAAs) can cause se…

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Cyber Insurance Against Cyberattacks on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Samrat Acharya, Robert Mieth, Charalambos Konstantinou, Ramesh Karri, Yury Dvorkin · 2021

Cyberattacks in the energy sector are commonplace. Load-altering cyberattacks launched via the manipulations of high-wattage appliances and assets are particularly alarming, as they are not continuous…

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On the Feasibility of Load-Changing Attacks in Power Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Juan Ospina, XiaoRui Liu, Charalambos Konstantinou, Yury Dvorkin · 2020

The electric power grid is a complex cyberphysical energy system (CPES) in which information and communication technologies (ICT) are integrated into the operations and services of the power grid infr…

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Modelling Load-Changing Attacks in Cyber-Physical Systems

Luca Arnaboldi, Ricardo M. Czekster, Roberto Metere, Charles Morisset · 2019

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are present in many settings addressing a myriad of purposes. Examples are Internet-of-Things (IoT) or sensing software embedded in appliances or even specialised meters t…

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Public Plug-in Electric Vehicles + Grid Data: Is a New Cyberattack Vector Viable?

Samrat Acharya, Yury Dvorkin, Ramesh Karri · 2019

High-wattage demand-side appliances such as Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) are proliferating. As a result, information on the charging patterns of PEVs is becoming accessible via smartphone applicat…

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Protecting the Grid against IoT Botnets of High-Wattage Devices

Saleh Soltan, Prateek Mittal, H. Vincent Poor · 2018

We provide methods to prevent line failures in the power grid caused by a newly revealed MAnipulation of Demand (MAD) attacks via an IoT botnet of high-wattage devices. In particular, we develop two a…

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