Mohammad Pirani

University of Toronto, Amirkabir University of Technology

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Mohammad Pirani is a researcher whose work spans cyber-physical systems security, networked control systems, and multi-agent coordination. He has made particularly significant contributions to the field of autonomous vehicle platooning, applying rigorous mathematical frameworks to address real-world vulnerabilities in connected transportation systems. His most influential work, "Security of Vehicle Platooning: A Game-Theoretic Approach" (2019, 38 citations), introduced a novel game-theoretic methodology to analyze and counteract cyber attacks on vehicle platoons, examining both directed and undirected network topologies to characterize how communication quality affects system resilience. Building on this foundation, Pirani extended his research toward strategic defense through optimal actuator placement in platoon systems, developing principled methods for mitigating the impact of intelligent adversaries in cyber-physical environments. His earlier work on swarm behavior and nanofluid cluster formation reveals a broader intellectual curiosity rooted in biological self-organization and multi-agent systems, themes that continue to inform his security-focused research. Pirani's scholarship bridges control theory, graph theory, and game theory, offering frameworks that are both theoretically rigorous and practically relevant for engineers designing secure, autonomous transportation networks.