Elena Basan

About

Elena Basan is a cybersecurity researcher whose work centers on the protection of mobile robotic systems and autonomous robot networks — a niche but increasingly critical field at the intersection of robotics, wireless communications, and information security. Her research has made significant contributions to understanding and mitigating the vulnerabilities inherent in group-controlled mobile robot systems, particularly under the constraints of limited computational and power resources. Basan's most influential work, "Method for Detecting Abnormal Activity in a Group of Mobile Robots" (2019, 21 citations), addresses the challenge of adapting conventional network security mechanisms to the unique demands of robotic environments. Complementing this, her 2017 analysis of security protocols for mobile robot group control (15 citations) laid important groundwork for secure communication frameworks in decentralized robotic systems. Her investigations into Denial of Service attacks, internal network threats, and traffic-based anomaly detection — including an innovative application of Kullback-Leibler Divergence — demonstrate both technical depth and methodological creativity. With over 80 cumulative citations and a body of work spanning attack analysis, anomaly detection, and security assessment frameworks, Basan has established herself as a dedicated voice in robotic cybersecurity, producing research that is directly relevant to the safe deployment of autonomous systems in real-world environments.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Method for Detecting Abnormal Activity in a Group of Mobile Robots

   21 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Analysis of ways to secure group control for autonomous mobile robots

   15 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Evaluating and Detecting Internal Attacks in a Mobile Robotic Network

   10 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Analysis of the Impact of Denial of Service Attacks on the Group of Robots

   8 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Studying the Impact of Active Network Attacks on a Mobile Robots Group

   8 citations · 2019
6. 6
   Analysis of Attack Intensity on Autonomous Mobile Robots

   7 citations · 2024
7. 7
   Overview of Information Security Issues for a Robotic System

   4 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Analysis of the initial security of the robotics system

   3 citations · 2019
9. 9
   Detection of Anomalies in the Robotic System Based on the Calculation of Kullback-Leibler Divergence

   3 citations · 2019
10. 10
    Analysis of the Security Problems of Robotic Systems

    3 citations · 2019

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