Hamid Reza Ghaeini

Singapore University of Technology and Design

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Hamid Reza Ghaeini is a leading researcher in the security of cyber-physical systems and industrial control systems (ICS). His work focuses on developing novel techniques to protect critical infrastructure, particularly programmable logic controllers (PLCs), from sophisticated cyber-attacks. Ghaeini’s most notable contribution is the PAtt (Physics-based Attestation) framework, which uses physical process behavior to verify the integrity of control logic in real time—a groundbreaking approach that addresses the limitations of traditional software-based attestation. This work, published in 2019, has garnered 21 citations and is recognized for its practical impact on safety-critical applications. Beyond PAtt, Ghaeini has advanced the field of embedded systems security, exploring how to detect and prevent attacks that manipulate control logic to drive industrial processes into unsafe states. His research bridges the gap between theoretical security models and real-world industrial deployments, making him a key figure in the fight to secure energy, manufacturing, and water treatment systems. For students and researchers, Ghaeini’s work offers a compelling example of how physics-aware security can outpace conventional defenses in the increasingly connected world of Industry 4.0.