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most citedA Zero-Sum Game Framework for Optimal Sensor Placement in Uncertain Networked Control Systems under Cyber-Attacks

14 citations · 63 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

cs.RO2026

Lie Rarely, Lie Big: Stealthy Insider Attacks on LLM Robot Teams

Sribalaji C. Anand, George J. Pappas

When a team of robots delegates planning and mutual trust to LLM agents, a single compromised robot can corrupt the shared outcome. We study this threat in a grounded task: a multi…

math.OC2026

Verifying performance, stability, and feasibility of inexact non-linear model predictive controllers

Rajiv Sambharya, Sribalaji C. Anand, George Pappas

We introduce a verification framework to numerically analyze inexact model predictive controllers (MPCs) in the constrained non-linear discrete-time setting. Rather than modifying…

math.OC2026

Antagonistic Control: Foundations, Scalability and Nonlinearity

Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

This paper studies the worst-case impact of constrained control inputs: an input seeks to maximize the average cost of some outputs, measured in the or norm, while rema…

eess.SY2026

Katz Centrality-Based Security Allocation in Positive Networks

Anh Tung Nguyen, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

This paper deals with security allocation challenges for networked control systems represented by positive-weighted digraphs under stealthy false data injection attacks. These syst…

eess.SY2026

Scalable Design of Attack-Resilient Controllers for Positive Systems

Alba Gurpegui, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

This paper proposes a framework for secure and resilient controller design for positive systems against cyber-attacks. In particular, we consider a network-controlled system where…

cs.MA2026

Resilient Consensus in Agentic AI

Sribalaji C. Anand, George J. Pappas

Large language model (LLM) agents are increasingly deployed in multi-agent systems where they must coordinate and agree on shared decisions. We ask whether classical resilient cons…

eess.SY2026

Attack Detection using Time Series Foundation Models

Sribalaji C. Anand, Anh Tung Nguyen, George J. Pappas

This paper addresses the problem of attack detection in cyber-physical systems without any knowledge of the plant model or its structure. A remotely located plant transmits sensor…

cs.LG2026

Adversarial Robustness of Deep State Space Models for Forecasting

Sribalaji C. Anand, George J. Pappas

State-space model (SSM) for time-series forecasting have demonstrated strong empirical performance on benchmark datasets, yet their robustness under adversarial perturbations is po…

eess.SY2025

On Frequency-Weighted Extended Balanced Truncation

Sribalaji C. Anand, Henrik Sandberg

This paper addresses the problem of frequency-weighted extended balanced truncation for discrete and continuous-time linear time-invariant plants. We show that the frequency-weight…

eess.SY2025

Quantifying Security for Networked Control Systems: A Review

Sribalaji C. Anand, Anh Tung Nguyen, André M. H. Teixeira +2

Networked Control Systems (NCSs) are integral in critical infrastructures such as power grids, transportation networks, and production systems. Ensuring the resilient operation of…

eess.SY2025

Security Metrics for Uncertain Interconnected Systems under Stealthy Data Injection Attacks

Anh Tung Nguyen, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

This paper quantifies the security of uncertain interconnected systems under stealthy data injection attacks. In particular, we consider a large-scale system composed of a certain…

eess.SY2025

Security of Gradient Tracking Algorithms Against Malicious Agents

Sribalaji C. Anand, Alexander J Gallo, Nicola Bastianello

Consensus algorithms are fundamental to multi-agent distributed optimization, and their security under adversarial conditions is an active area of research. While prior works prima…

eess.SY2025

Stealthy Sensor Attacks Against Direct Data-Driven Controllers

Sribalaji C. Anand

This paper investigates the vulnerability of discrete-time linear time-invariant systems to stealthy sensor attacks during the learning phase. In particular, we demonstrate that a…

eess.SY2025

Feasibility of Randomized Detector Tuning for Attack Impact Mitigation

Sribalaji C. Anand, Kamil Hassan, Henrik Sandberg

This paper considers the problem of detector tuning against false data injection attacks. In particular, we consider an adversary injecting false sensor data to maximize the state…

cs.CR2025★ 2 cited

Switching multiplicative watermark design against covert attacks

Alexander J. Gallo, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira +1

Active techniques have been introduced to give better detectability performance for cyber-attack diagnosis in cyber-physical systems (CPS). In this paper, switching multiplicative…

eess.SY2024

Scalable and Optimal Security Allocation in Networks against Stealthy Injection Attacks

Anh Tung Nguyen, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

This paper addresses the security allocation problem in a networked control system under stealthy injection attacks. The networked system is comprised of interconnected subsystems…

eess.SY2023

Data-Driven Identification of Attack-free Sensors in Networked Control Systems

Sribalaji C. Anand, Michelle S. Chong, André M. H. Teixeira

This paper proposes a data-driven framework to identify the attack-free sensors in a networked control system when some of the sensors are corrupted by an adversary. An operator wi…

eess.SY2023★ 1 cited

Optimal Detector Placement in Networked Control Systems under Cyber-attacks with Applications to Power Networks

Anh Tung Nguyen, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira +1

This paper proposes a game-theoretic method to address the problem of optimal detector placement in a networked control system under cyber-attacks. The networked control system is…

eess.SY2023★ 3 cited

Risk-based Security Measure Allocation Against Injection Attacks on Actuators

Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

This article considers the problem of risk-optimal allocation of security measures when the actuators of an uncertain control system are under attack. We consider an adversary inje…

eess.SY2022★ 3 cited

Privacy and Security in Network Controlled Systems via Dynamic Masking

Mohamed Abdalmoaty, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

In this paper, we propose a new architecture to enhance the privacy and security of networked control systems against malicious adversaries. We consider an adversary which first le…

eess.SY2022★ 14 cited

A Zero-Sum Game Framework for Optimal Sensor Placement in Uncertain Networked Control Systems under Cyber-Attacks

Anh Tung Nguyen, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

This paper proposes a game-theoretic approach to address the problem of optimal sensor placement against an adversary in uncertain networked control systems. The problem is formula…

eess.SY2022★ 5 cited

Risk assessment and optimal allocation of security measures under stealthy false data injection attacks

Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira, Anders Ahlén

This paper firstly addresses the problem of risk assessment under false data injection attacks on uncertain control systems. We consider an adversary with complete system knowledge…

math.OC2022★ 9 cited

Risk-averse controller design against data injection attacks on actuators for uncertain control systems

Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira

In this paper, we consider the optimal controller design problem against data injection attacks on actuators for an uncertain control system. We consider attacks that aim at maximi…

cs.CR2021★ 8 cited

Design of multiplicative watermarking against covert attacks

Alexander J. Gallo, Sribalaji C. Anand, André M. H. Teixeira +1

This paper addresses the design of an active cyberattack detection architecture based on multiplicative watermarking, allowing for detection of covert attacks. We propose an optima…