Supervisor
Biography
Ali Khoshlahjeh Sedgh was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1999. He has received his BSc degree in electrical engineering and his MSc in electrical engineering – control from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, in 2021 and 2024 respectively. He joined the Instrumentation Laboratory team in 2021, where he has been involved in teaching and conducting practical research. His research interests include safe control systems, cyber-physical systems, fault detection, robust control, and system identification (Google Scholar). He is currently pursuing a PhD in Design and Implementation of Safe and Secure Large-Scale Cyber-Physical System at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).
Education
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering – Control, KNTU, Tehran, Iran, 2021 – 2024
- Supervisor: Prof Hamid Khaloozadeh
- Thesis: Practical Implementation of Reinforcement Learning Methods for Attack Detection in a Liquid Level Control Cyber Physical System
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, KNTU, Tehran, Iran, 2017 – 2021
- Supervisor: Prof Hamid Khaloozadeh
Working experience
- Instructor at Instrumentation Laboratory of K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2022 – 2026
Awards and achievements
- SINGA Scholarship, 2026 – Present
Publications
- A.K. Sedgh, O. Payam, H.R. Chavoshi, H. Khaloozadeh. Implementation of an RL-Based Cyberattack Detector using VaR Thresholding Approach – ISA Transactions, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2026.02.003
- H.R. Chavoshi, A.K. Sedgh, H. Khaloozadeh. Resilience PI Controller Design for Mitigating Weak Denial-of-Service Attacks in Cyber-Physical Systems – IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications, 2025. DOI: 10.1049/cps2.70002
- H.R. Chavoshi, A.K. Sedgh, H. Khaloozadeh. Resilient Control for Cyber-Physical Systems Against Denial-of-Service Cyber Attacks Using Kharitonov’s Theorem – IEEE 64th International Scientic Conference on Information Technology and Management Science of Riga Technical University (ITMS), 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ITMS59786.2023.10317694
- H.R. Chavoshi, A.K. Sedgh, M Aliyari-Shoorehdeli, H. Khaloozadeh. Practical Implementation of Multiple Faults in a Coupled-Tank System: Veried by Model-Based Fault Detection Methods – IEEE 11th RSI International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICRoM), 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ICRoM60803.2023.10412498
- A.H. Salasi, H.R. Chavoshi, O. Payam, A.K. Sedgh, H. Khaloozadeh. Enhancing Cybersecurity in Nonlinear Networked Control Systems through Robust PI Controller Design and Implementation against Denial-of-Service Attacks – IEEE 9th International Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Automation (ICCIA), 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ICCIA61416.2023.10506398