Publications    

Research Areas

Cybersecurity:

Journal Publications:

  1. Wali, S., Farrukh, Y. A., Khan, I., & Bastian, N. D. (2024). Meta: Towards a Unified, Multimodal Dataset for Network Intrusion Detection Systems. IEEE Data Descriptions.
  2. Farrukh, Y. A., Wali, S., Khan, I., & Bastian, N. D. (2024). XG-NID: Dual-Modality Network Intrusion Detection using a Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network and Large Language Model.
    Link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.16021

  3. Farrukh, Y. A., Wali, S., Khan, I., & Bastian, N. D. (2024). AIS-NIDS: An intelligent and self-sustaining network intrusion detection system. Computers & Security, 144, 103982. (Impact Factor = 4.8)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167404824002876

  4. Wali, S., Farrukh, Y. A., Khan, I., & Hamilton, J. A. (2024). Covert Penetrations: Analyzing and Defending SCADA Systems from Stealth and Hijacking Attacks. Authorea Preprints.
    Link: https://www.techrxiv.org/doi/full/10.36227/techrxiv.170630137.76126893

  5. Farrukh, Y.A., Wali, S., Khan, I. and Bastian, N.D., 2023. SeNet-I: An approach for detecting network intrusions through serialized network traffic images. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 126, p.107169.
    (Impact Factor = 8.0)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952197623013532?dgcid=coauthor

  6. Wali, Syed, and Irfan Khan. "Explainable AI and random forest based reliable intrusion detection system." (2021).
    Link: https://www.techrxiv.org/articles/preprint/Explainable_AI_and_Random_Forest_Based_Reliable_Intrusion_Detection_system/17169080 

Conference Publications:

  1. Khan, I., Farrukh, Y. A., & Wali, S. (2024, June). ByteStack-ID: Integrated Stacked Model Leveraging Payload Byte Frequency for Grayscale Image-based Network Intrusion Detection. In ICC 2024-IEEE International Conference on Communications (pp. 2731-2736). IEEE
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10622596

  2. Hussain, B. Z., & Khan, I. (2024). Sequentially Integrated Convolutional-Gated Recurrent Unit Autoencoder for Enhanced Security in Industrial Control Systems.
    Link: https://www.techrxiv.org/doi/full/10.36227/techrxiv.170906892.24387391

  3. Hussain, B. Z., Hasan, Y., & Khan, I. (2024). Neural Network Based Anomaly Detection Method for Network Datasets. Authorea Preprints.
    Link: https://www.techrxiv.org/doi/full/10.36227/techrxiv.170906907.74394397

  4. Ravindranath, K. V., & Khan, I. A. (2024, April). Enhanced Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS)-Resilient to Environmental Variations for Military Applications. In 2024 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10553451

  5. Y. A. Farrukh, S. Wali, I. Khan and N. D. Bastian, "Detecting Unknown Attacks in IoT Environments: An Open Set Classifier for Enhanced Network Intrusion Detection," MILCOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Boston, MA, USA, 2023, pp. 121-126,
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10356319

  6. YA. Farrukh, I. Khan, S. Wali, DA Bierbrauer, J. Pavlik, ND Bastian, “Payload-Byte: A Tool for Extracting and Labeling Packet Capture Files of Modern Network Intrusion Detection Datasets”, International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT), 2022.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10062281

  7. Wali, Syed, and Irfan Khan. "Explainable Signature-based Machine Learning Approach for Identification of Faults in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems." In 2022 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9750761

  8. Farrukh, Yasir Ali, Zeeshan Ahmad, Irfan Khan, and Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan. "A sequential supervised machine learning approach for cyber attack detection in a smart grid system." In 2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.00476

Power Electronics & EV Systems:

Journal Publications:

  1. I. Khan, S. Rahman, M. A. Ayaz, M. Amir and H. Shehada, "Review of Isolated DC-DC Converters for Application in Data Center Power Delivery," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 5436-5446, July-Aug. 2024
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10475517

  2. Daraz, A., Khan, I. A., Basit, A., Malik, S. A., AlQahtani, S. A., & Zhang, G. (2024). Frequency regulation of interconnected hybrid power system with Assimilation of electrical vehicles. Heliyon, 10(6).
    Link: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)04104-5

  3. Subhani, N., May, Z., Alam, M. K., Khan, I., Hossain, M. A., & Mamun, S. (2023). An improved non-isolated quadratic DC-DC boost converter with ultra high gain ability. IEEE Access, 11, 11350-11363.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10035400

  4. Khan, I. A., Mokhlis, H., Mansor, N. N., Illias, H. A., Awalin, L. J., & Wang, L. (2023). New trends and future directions in load frequency control and flexible power system: A comprehensive review. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 71, 263-308.
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016823002028

  5. Islam, Shirazul, Atif Iqbal, Mousa Marzband, Irfan Khan, and Abdullah MAB Al-Wahedi. "State-of-the-art vehicle-to-everything mode of operation of electric vehicles and its future perspectives." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 166 (2022): 112574.
    (Impact Factor = 14.98)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032122004701

  6. Rahman, Syed, Irfan Ahmed Khan, Ashraf Ali Khan, Ayan Mallik, and Muhammad Faisal Nadeem. "Comprehensive review & impact analysis of integrating projected electric vehicle charging load to the existing low voltage distribution system." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 153 (2022): 111756.
    (Impact Factor = 14.98)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032121010273

  7. Deshmukh, Sheetal, Atif Iqbal, Shirazul Islam, Irfan Khan, Mousa Marzband, Syed Rahman, and Abdullah MAB Al-Wahedi. "Review on classification of resonant converters for electric vehicle application." Energy Reports 8 (2022): 1091-1113.
    (Impact Factor = 6.87)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484721014517 

Conference Publications:

  1. S. Rahman, H. Shehada and I. A. Khan, "Review of Isolated DC-DC Converters for Applications in Data Center Power Delivery," 2023 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, USA, 2023, pp. 1-6,
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10078490

  2. Ayaz, M. A., Ehsani, M., Rahman, S., Khan, I., & Su, C. L. (2024, May). How Green Are Electric Vehicles in Developing Countries?. In 2024 IEEE/IAS 60th Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference (I&CPS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10563324

  3. Rahman, Syed, Ahmed Imteaj, Irfan Khan, and M. Hadi Amini. "Cascaded Solid State Transformer Structure to Power Fast EV Charging Stations from Medium Voltage Transmission Lines." In 2020 54th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, pp. 1359-1364. IEEE, 2020.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9443388

  4. Ahmad, Fareed, Atif Iqbal, Imtiaz Ashraf, Mousa Marzband, and Irfan Khan. "Placement of Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Stations using Grey Wolf Optimization in Electrical Distribution Network." In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2022.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9715842

  5. Ahmed, Abdellahi, Atif Iqbal, Irfan Khan, Abdulla Al-Wahedi, Hasan Mehrjerdi, and Syed Rahman. "Impact of EV charging station penetration on harmonic distortion level in utility distribution network: a case study of Qatar." In 2021 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9384952
  6. Khalid, Mohd Rizwan, Irfan A. Khan, Nimra Idris Siddiqui, Salman Hameed, and MS Jamil Asghar. "Performance Evaluation of Multilevel DC-AC Converter To Interface EV Battery For V2H Application." In 2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9654685

Autonomous Marine and Aircraft Systems:

  1. S. Rahman, I. Khan, S. Dey, and A. Mallik, "Triple-Active Bridge-based Dynamic Power Balancing Solution for Minimizing Overdesigning in Military Aircraft Power System," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
    (Impact Factor = 6.8)
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10275060

  2. I. Ullah, S. Rahman and I. A. Khan, "SST-Based Marine Shipboard System to Achieve Improved Performance & Easy Renewable Energy Integration," 2023 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, USA, 2023, pp. 1-6,
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10078485

  3. Syed Rahman, Jonathan Ghering, Nicolas Elizondo, and Irfan Ahmad Khan, “Intelligent Filtering Solutions for Improving Power Quality in Marine Shipboard Systems,” In 2022 Kansas Power and Energy Conference, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2022.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9814803

  4. Rahman, Syed, Roberto Cervantes, Irfan A. Khan, Atif Iqbal, and Shahrin Ayob. "Active Power Filtering Solution for Improving Power Quality in Cold Ironed Electric Ships." In 2021 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9627303

  5. Khan, Irfan Ahmed, and Syed Rahman. "Review and Analysis of Blockage of Suez Canal Region Due to Giant Container Ship." Marine Technology Society Journal 55, no. 5 (2021): 39-43.
    Link: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mts/mtsj/2021/00000055/00000005/art00004

  6. Tariq, M. Zeeshan, Syed Rahman, Irfan A. Khan, and Faisal Nadeem Khan. "PV Fed Battery and Ultra-Capacitor Based Hybrid Energy Storage for Powering Marine Loads." In 2021 International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9441479

  7. Rahman, Syed, and Irfan A. Khan. "Investigation of Power Quality Issues in Cold Ironed (Shore Connected) Grid Connected Electric Ships." In 2020 54th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, pp. 1353-1358. IEEE, 2020.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9443569

  8. Asalapuram, VidyaSagar, Irfan Khan, and Kotesh Rao. "A novel architecture for condition based machinery health monitoring on marine vessels using deep learning and edge computing." In 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics (ISMCR), pp. C1-3. IEEE, 2019.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8955729

Smart Grid System Resiliency:

Journal Publications:

  1. Khan, I. A., Mokhlis, H., Mansor, N. N., Illias, H. A., Daraz, A., Ramasamy, A. K., ... & Afzal, A. R. (2024). Load frequency control in power systems with high renewable energy penetration: A strategy employing PIλ (1+ PDF) controller, hybrid energy storage, and IPFC-FACTS. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 106, 337-366.
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016824006951

  2. Rahman, S., Khan, I., Ayaz, M. A., & Iqbal, A. (2024). A Distributed Filtering-Based Comprehensive Framework to Optimize Grid Performance of Harmonic-Polluted Distribution Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10608441

  3. Meola, A. A. Á., McKinney, Z., Khan, I., Bates, C., Rangel, R., Collie, P., & Demayo, T. (2024). Integrating Renewable Energy Behind the Meter in Upstream Oil and Gas Operations: A Practical Guide. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10508078

  4. Ishaq, Saima, Irfan Khan, Syed Rahman, Tanveer Hussain, Atif Iqbal, and Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan. "A review on recent developments in control and optimization of micro grids." Energy Reports 8 (2022): 4085-4103.
    (Impact Factor = 8.67)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722000804

  5. Elavarasan, Rajvikram Madurai, Rishi Pugazhendhi, Muhammad Irfan, Lucian Mihet-Popa, Irfan Ahmad Khan, and Pietro Elia Campana. "State-of-the-art sustainable approaches for deeper decarbonization in Europe–An endowment to climate neutral vision." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 159 (2022): 112204.
    (Impact Factor = 14.98)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032122001277

  6. Elavarasan, Rajvikram Madurai, Rishi Pugazhendhi, Muhammad Irfan, Lucian Mihet-Popa, Pietro Elia Campana, and Irfan Ahmad Khan. "A novel Sustainable Development Goal 7 composite index as the paradigm for energy sustainability assessment: A case study from Europe." Applied Energy 307 (2022): 118173.
    (Impact Factor = 9.746)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261921014446

  7. Zou, Shangyan, Xiang Zhou, Irfan Khan, Wayne W. Weaver, and Syed Rahman. "Optimization of the electricity generation of a wave energy converter using deep reinforcement learning." Ocean Engineering 244 (2022): 110363.
    (Impact Factor = 3.795)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0029801821016590

  8. Taheri, Seyed Iman, Mauricio BC Salles, and Irfan Ahmad Khan. "Supporting distributed energy resources with optimal placement and sizing of voltage regulators on the distribution system by an improved teaching‐learning‐based optimization algorithm." International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems 31, no. 8 (2021): e12974.
    (Impact Factor = 2.86)
    Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2050-7038.12974

  9. Chang, Xinyue, Yinliang Xu, Hongbin Sun, and Irfan Khan. "A distributed robust optimization approach for the economic dispatch of flexible resources." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 124 (2021): 106360.
    (Impact Factor = 4.63)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0142061520308231

  10. Nazir, Muhammad Shahzad, Ahmad N. Abdalla, Yeqin Wang, Zhang Chu, Ji Jie, Peng Tian, Mingxin Jiang, Irfan Khan, P. Sanjeevikumar, and Yongfeng Tang. "Optimization configuration of energy storage capacity based on the microgrid reliable output power." Journal of Energy Storage 32 (2020): 101866.
    (Impact Factor = 8.78)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352152X20317035

  11. Khan, Irfan, Yinliang Xu, Soummya Kar, Mo-Yuen Chow, and Vikram Bhattacharjee. "Compressive sensing and morphology singular entropy-based real-time secondary voltage control of multiarea power systems." IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 15, no. 7 (2018): 3796-3807.
    (Impact Factor = 11.648)
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8533417

  12. Bhattacharjee, Vikram, and Irfan Khan. "A non-linear convex cost model for economic dispatch in microgrids." Applied energy 222 (2018): 637-648.
    (Impact Factor = 9.746)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261918305439

  13. Khan, Irfan, Yinliang Xu, Hongbin Sun, and Vikram Bhattacharjee. "Distributed optimal reactive power control of power systems." IEEE Access 6 (2017): 7100-7111.
    (Impact Factor = 3.367)
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8186156

  14. Khan, Irfan, Zhicheng Li, Yinliang Xu, and Wei Gu. "Distributed control algorithm for optimal reactive power control in power grids." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 83 (2016): 505-513.
    (Impact Factor = 5.659)
    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0142061516306366 

Conference Publications:

  1. Khan, I., Mokhlis, H., Illias, H. A., & Mansor, N. (2023, December). Load Frequency Control of Renewable Sources Through Hybrid Energy Storage. In 2023 Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i-PACT) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10434538

  2. S. Wali, I. Khan, YA. Farrukh, MA. Fasih, M. Kazmi, “Development of Open-Source, Edge Energy Management System for Tactical Power Networks”, International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT), 2022.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10062066

  3. Sadaf, Shima, Atif Iqbal, Mohammad Meraj, Pandav Kiran Maroti, Md Samiullah, and Irfan Khan. "A New Type of Boost Converter with Dual Duty and High Gain for DC Microgrid Applications." In 2022 Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2022.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9776823

  4. Ahmed, Ali, Muhammad Faisal Nadeem, Arooj Tariq Kiani, and Irfan Khan. "An overview on optimal planning of distributed generation in distribution system and key issues." In 2021 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9384976

  5. Khan, Shahrukh, Arshad Mahmood, Mohd Tariq, Mohammad Zaid, Irfan Khan, and Syed Rahman. "Improved dual switch non-isolated high gain boost converter for DC microgrid application." In 2021 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9384956

  6. Wan, Qiang, WenPing Zhang, Yinliang Xu, and Irfan Khan. "Distributed control for energy management in a microgrid." In 2016 IEEE/PES transmission and distribution conference and exposition (T&D), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2016.
    Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7519897