Publications
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Robust Transformer-Enhanced Tire Force Estimation: Combining Model-Based Observer and Deep Learning
M Ghorbani, A Hosseinzadeh, M Pirani, A Khajepour
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2026 -
A Security Mechanism Against Inference Attacks on Networked Systems
E Nekouei, M Pirani, C Weng, MA van Wyk
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2025 -
Multi-Objective Agent-Based Model Predictive Controller for Plug-and-Play Vehicle Control
J Zhong, L Khoshnevisan, S Huang, M Pirani, YV Pant, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2025 -
Decision Making in Urban Traffic: A Game Theoretic Approach for Autonomous Vehicles Adhering to Traffic Rules
K Shu, M Ning, AR Alghooneh, S Li, M Pirani, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2025 -
Cyber-Physical Security of Vehicles: Zero Dynamics Attacks Against Vehicle's Lateral Dynamics
G Shaaban, H Fourati, A Kibangou, C Prieur, M Pirani
European Journal of Control, 101316, 2025 -
Survey of Distributed Algorithms for Resource Allocation over Multi-Agent Systems
M Doostmohammadian, A Aghasi, M Pirani, E Nekouei, H Zarrabi, et al.
Annual Reviews in Control 59, 100983, 2025 -
On the Design of Resilient Distributed Single Time-Scale Estimators: A Graph-Theoretic Approach
M Doostmohammadian, M Pirani
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2025 -
Game-Theoretic Motion Planning with Perception Uncertainty and Right-of-Way Constraints
P Panahandeh, AR Alghooneh, M Pirani, B Fidan, A Khajepour
Sensors 24 (24), 8177, 2024 -
Eliminating Uncertainty of Driver's Social Preferences for Lane Change Decision-Making in Realistic Simulation Environment
Z Deng, W Hu, C Sun, D Chu, T Huang, W Li, C Yu, M Pirani, D Cao, et al.
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 26 (2), 1583–1597, 2024 -
A Hybrid Model-Data Vehicle Sensor and Actuator Fault Detection and Diagnosis System
M Zabihi, RV Mehrizi, A Kasaiezadeh, M Pirani, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25 (7), 8121–8133, 2024 -
Game-Theory in Practice: Application to Motion Planning and Decision Making in an Autonomous Shuttle Bus
K Shu, AR Alghooneh, M Ning, S Li, M Pirani, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25 (11), 18624–18635, 2024 -
Learning Agent-Based Model Predictive Control for Holistic Vehicle Performance
J Zhong, RV Mehrizi, M Pirani, C Yu, A Kasaiezadeh, YV Pant, et al.
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25 (11), 17482–17492, 2024 -
Reselect: A New Approach for Continual Learning with Application to Vehicle State Estimation
A Hosseinzadeh, RV Mehrizi, M Pirani, S Chenouri, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2024 -
Network Critical Slowing Down: Data-Driven Detection of Critical Transitions in Nonlinear Networks
M Pirani, S Jafarpour
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 11 (2), 573–585, 2024 -
Graph-Theoretic Approaches for Analyzing the Resilience of Distributed Control Systems: A Tutorial and Survey
M Pirani, A Mitra, S Sundaram
Automatica 157, 111264, 2023 -
Human Inspired Autonomous Intersection Handling Using Game Theory
K Shu, RV Mehrizi, S Li, M Pirani, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 24 (10), 11360–11371, 2023 -
Multibin Breathing Pattern Estimation by Radar Fusion for Enhanced Driver Monitoring
A Gharamohammadi, M Pirani, A Khajepour, G Shaker
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 73, 1–12, 2023 -
Medium-Fidelity Evaluation and Modeling for Perception Systems of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles
C Sun, Y Cui, ND Dào, RV Mehrizi, M Pirani, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 9 (1), 1711–1721, 2023 -
Impact of Network Topology on the Resilience of Vehicle Platoons
M Pirani, S Baldi, KH Johansson
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 23 (9), 15166–15177, 2022 -
Resilient Coordinated Movement of Connected Autonomous Vehicles
M Safi, SM Dibaji, M Pirani
European Journal of Control 64, 100613, 2022 -
Optimal Active Fault Detection in Inverter-Based Grids
M Pirani, M Hosseinzadeh, JA Taylor, B Sinopoli
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 31 (3), 1411–1417, 2022 -
Security-Aware Optimal Actuator Placement in Vehicle Platooning
MH Basiri, M Pirani, NL Azad, S Fischmeister
Asian Journal of Control 24 (4), 1557–1574, 2022 -
A Game-Theoretic Framework for Security-Aware Sensor Placement Problem in Networked Control Systems
M Pirani, E Nekouei, H Sandberg, KH Johansson
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 67 (7), 3699–3706, 2021 -
Consensus-Based Distributed Estimation in the Presence of Heterogeneous, Time-Invariant Delays
M Doostmohammadian, UA Khan, M Pirani, T Charalambous
IEEE Control Systems Letters 6, 1598–1603, 2021 -
Strategic Sensor Placement on Graphs
M Pirani, JA Taylor, B Sinopoli
Systems & Control Letters 148, 104855, 2021 -
A Graph-Theoretic Equilibrium Analysis of Attacker-Defender Game on Consensus Dynamics Under Performance Metric
M Pirani, E Nekouei, H Sandberg, KH Johansson
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering 8 (3), 1991–2000, 2021 -
A Randomized Filtering Strategy Against Inference Attacks on Active Steering Control Systems
E Nekouei, M Pirani, H Sandberg, KH Johansson
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 17, 16–27, 2021 -
Controllability of AC Power Networks with DC Lines
M Pirani, JA Taylor
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 36 (2), 1649–1651, 2020 -
A Systems and Control Perspective of CPS Security
SM Dibaji, M Pirani, DB Flamholz, AM Annaswamy, KH Johansson, et al.
Annual Reviews in Control 47, 394–411, 2019 -
A Graph-Theoretic Approach to the Performance of Leader–Follower Consensus on Directed Networks
M Pirani, H Sandberg, KH Johansson
IEEE Control Systems Letters 3 (4), 954–959, 2019 -
Cooperative Vehicle Speed Fault Diagnosis and Correction
M Pirani, E Hashemi, A Khajepour, B Fidan, B Litkouhi, SK Chen, et al.
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 20 (2), 783–789, 2019 -
Security of Vehicle Platooning: A Game-Theoretic Approach
MH Basiri, M Pirani, NL Azad, S Fischmeister
IEEE Access 7, 185565–185579, 2019 -
Fault Tolerant Consensus for Vehicle State Estimation: A Cyber-Physical Approach
E Hashemi, M Pirani, A Khajepour, B Fidan, S Chen, B Litkouhi
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 15 (9), 5129–5138, 2019 -
Robustness of Leader-Follower Networked Dynamical Systems
M Pirani, EM Shahrivar, B Fidan, S Sundaram
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 5 (4), 1752–1763, 2018 -
Cooperative Estimation of Road Condition Based on Dynamic Consensus and Vehicular Communication
M Jalalmaab, M Pirani, B Fidan, S Jeon
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 4 (1), 90–100, 2018 -
Resilient Corner-Based Vehicle Velocity Estimation
M Pirani, E Hashemi, A Khajepour, B Fidan, A Kasaiezadeh, SK Chen, et al.
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 26 (2), 452–462, 2018 -
Spectral and Structural Properties of Random Interdependent Networks
EM Shahrivar, M Pirani, S Sundaram
Automatica 83, 234–242, 2017 -
Corner-Based Estimation of Tire Forces and Vehicle Velocities Robust to Road Conditions
E Hashemi, M Pirani, A Khajepour, A Kasaiezadeh, SK Chen, B Litkouhi
Control Engineering Practice 61, 28–40, 2017 -
Graph Theoretic Approach to the Robustness of k-Nearest Neighbor Vehicle Platoons
M Pirani, E Hashemi, JW Simpson-Porco, B Fidan, A Khajepour
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 18 (11), 3218–3224, 2017 -
Opinion Dynamics-Based Vehicle Velocity Estimation and Diagnosis
E Hashemi, M Pirani, A Khajepour, B Fidan, A Kasaiezadeh, SK Chen
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 19 (7), 2142–2148, 2017 -
A Comprehensive Study on the Stability Analysis of Vehicle Dynamics with Pure/Combined-Slip Tyre Models
E Hashemi, M Pirani, A Khajepour, A Kasaiezadeh
Vehicle System Dynamics 54 (12), 1736–1761, 2016 -
On the Smallest Eigenvalue of Grounded Laplacian Matrices
M Pirani, S Sundaram
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 61 (2), 509–514, 2016 -
Cooperative Least Square Parameter Identification by Consensus within the Network of Autonomous Vehicles
M Jalalmaab, M Pirani, B Fidan, S Jeon
SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars — Electronic and Electrical Systems, 2016 -
Study of Swarm Behavior in Modeling and Simulation of Cluster Formation in Nanofluids
M Pirani, H Basirat Tabrizi, A Farshad
Modelling and Simulation in Engineering 2013 (1), 142165, 2013
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Fast-Convergent Anytime-Feasible Dynamics for Distributed Allocation of Resources over Switching Sparse Networks with Quantized Communication Links
M Doostmohammadian, A Aghasi, M Pirani, E Nekouei, UA Khan, et al.
2022 European Control Conference (ECC), 84–89 -
Consensus-Based Networked Tracking in Presence of Heterogeneous Time-Delays
M Doostmohammadian, M Pirani, UA Khan
2022 10th RSI International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICRoM) -
Stable Interaction of Autonomous Vehicle Platoons with Human-Driven Vehicles
M Pirani, Y She, R Tang, Z Jiang, YV Pant
2022 American Control Conference (ACC), 633–640 -
Design of Attack-Resilient Consensus Dynamics: A Game-Theoretic Approach
M Pirani, E Nekouei, SM Dibaji, H Sandberg, KH Johansson
2019 18th European Control Conference (ECC), 2227–2232 -
Attack Resilient Interconnected Second Order Systems: A Game-Theoretic Approach
M Pirani, JA Taylor, B Sinopoli
2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 4391–4396 -
Secure Control of Wide-Area Power Systems: Confidentiality and Integrity Threats
SM Dibaji, M Pirani, AM Annaswamy, KH Johansson, A Chakrabortty
2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 7269–7274 -
Synchronization of Kuramoto Oscillators in a Bidirectional Frequency-Dependent Tree Network
M Jafarian, X Yi, M Pirani, H Sandberg, KH Johansson
2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 4505–4510 -
Resilient Estimation and Control on K-Nearest Neighbor Platoons: A Network-Theoretic Approach
M Pirani, E Hashemi, B Fidan, JW Simpson-Porco, H Sandberg, et al.
IFAC-PapersOnLine 51 (23), 22–27, 2018 -
System-Theoretic Performance Metrics for Low-Inertia Stability of Power Networks
M Pirani, JW Simpson-Porco, B Fidan
Proceedings of CDC 2017, the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control -
H∞ Performance of Mechanical and Power Networks
M Pirani, E Hashemi, B Fidan, JW Simpson-Porco
IFAC-PapersOnLine 50 (1), 5196–5201, 2017 -
Distributed Robust Vehicle State Estimation
E Hashemi, M Pirani, B Fidan, A Khajepour, S Chen, B Litkouhi
2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 693–698 -
Integrated Estimation Structure for the Tire Friction Forces in Ground Vehicles
E Hashemi, M Pirani, A Khajepour, B Fidan, A Kasaiezadeh, SK Chen, et al.
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 1657–1662, 2016 -
Cooperative Road Condition Estimation for an Adaptive Model Predictive Collision Avoidance Control Strategy
M Jalalmaab, M Pirani, B Fidan, S Jeon
2016 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 1072–1077 -
Robustness and Algebraic Connectivity of Random Interdependent Networks
EM Shahrivar, M Pirani, S Sundaram
IFAC-PapersOnLine 48 (22), 252–257, 2015 -
Coherence and Convergence Rate in Networked Dynamical Systems
M Pirani, EM Shahrivar, S Sundaram
2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 968–973 -
Spectral Properties of the Grounded Laplacian Matrix with Applications to Consensus in the Presence of Stubborn Agents
M Pirani, S Sundaram
2014 American Control Conference (ACC), 2160–2165 -
Stability of Dynamical Systems on a Graph
M Pirani, T Costa, S Sundaram
Proceedings of CDC 2014, the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
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Search-Based Autonomous Vehicle Motion Planning Using Game Theory
P Panahandeh, M Pirani, B Fidan, A Khajepour
arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.15088, 2025 -
Bridging Data-Driven and Physics-Based Models: A Consensus Multi-Model Kalman Filter for Robust Vehicle State Estimation
F Mafi, L Khoshnevisan, M Pirani, A Khajepour
arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.12862, 2025 -
Resource-Aware Stealthy Attacks in Vehicle Platoons
A Eslami, M Pirani
arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.14119, 2025 -
A Novel Parameter-Tying Theorem in Multi-Model Adaptive Systems: Systematic Approach for Efficient Model Selection
F Mafi, L Khoshnevisan, M Pirani, A Khajepour
arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.20202, 2025 -
Fault Detection and Human Intervention in Vehicle Platooning: A Multi-Model Framework
F Mafi, M Pirani
arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.20209, 2025 -
An Efficient Continual Learning Framework for Multivariate Time Series Prediction Tasks with Application to Vehicle State Estimation
A Hosseinzadeh, L Khoshnevisan, M Pirani, S Chenouri, A Khajepour
arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.01669, 2025 -
Adaptive State Estimation and Continual Learning under Data Distribution Shift
A Hosseinzadeh, M Ghorbani, L Khoshnevisan, M Pirani, S Chenouri, et al.
Authorea Preprints, 2025 -
Hybrid Multi-Stage Framework for Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Vehicle Systems
M Ghorbani, L Khoshnevisan, C Sun, M Pirani, A Khajepour
Authorea Preprints, 2025 -
A Systematic Approach to Real-Time Vehicle State Estimation and Assessment
M Ghorbani, RV Mehrizi, M Pirani, A Khajepour
Authorea Preprints, 2024 -
A Gain Randomization Framework Against Inference Attacks on Control Systems
E Nekouei, M Pirani, C Weng, MA van Wyk
Authorea Preprints, 2024 -
Fast-Convergent Dynamics for Distributed Resource Allocation over Sparse Time-Varying Networks
M Doostmohammadian, A Aghasi, T Charalambous
arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.08181, 2020
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Reliable Vehicle State and Parameter Estimation
M Pirani
PhD Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2017 -
On Spectral Properties of the Grounded Laplacian Matrix
M Pirani
MASc Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2014