Dr Adnan Anwar

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Senior Lecturer, Cyber Security

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Info Technology

Campus

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus

Contact

adnan.anwar@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 522 73679

Biography

Dr. Anwar is a Cyber Security academic at Deakin University, and a member of the Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI). Previously he has worked as a Data Scientist and analytics team leader at Flow Power. He has over 10 years of industrial, research, and teaching experience in universities and research laboratories including NICTA (now, Data61 of CSIRO), University of New South Wales (UNSW), La Trobe University, and Deakin University. He received his PhD and Master by Research degree from UNSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). He has authored over 50+ articles including journals, conference articles and book chapters in prestigious venues (H-index is 17). He has attracted research income from Government, Defence, Industries and received numerous awards at Deakin for excellence in research and teaching. Dr. Anwar’s research has greatly improved the state of the art in artificial intelligence and data-driven cybersecurity research for critical infrastructure in Australia, while his teaching (over 1200 graduates) is helping to develop the next generation of Australian experts in the area of data analytics for security and privacy.

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Career highlights

-- Over 10 years of research, teaching and industrial experience related to critical infrastructure security.


-- Author of more than 50 scientific publications including high impact journal articles, book chapters and prestigious conference papers (Over 800 citations with H-index of 17).

-- Obtained grants and awards from external sources like Australian Defence, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).

-- Successful internal grant worth of $250,000 from Deakin University along with other investigators.

-- I have worked with Australian Universities and Industries like UNSW, NICTA, Victoria University, La Trobe University, and Flow Power and have established international collaboration.

-- Engagement with IEEE as an active member for the last 7 years, incl. cybersecurity community for 6 years.

-- Editing special issues in prestigious journals and working with the conference technical committees.

Research interests

Cyber Security for Industrial Systems, Smart Grid Security, SCADA security

Teaching interests

- Cyber Security incl. Wireless and IoT Security

- Cyber Security Analytics

- Application of Artificial Intelligence to solve emerging challenges

- Intelligent techniques incl. Optimization and Signal processing

- Data Science Application incl. HPC, Big Data and Blockchain

- Privacy preserving data analytics

- Currently, developed and conducting an unit named “Analytics for Security and Privacy”

Knowledge areas

Cyber Security

Internet of Things

Critical Infrastructure Security incl. Smart Grid Security

Analytics (ML and AI) for Emerging Applications incl. Blockchain

Professional activities

- Associate Editor, International Journal of Computers and Applications (IJCA), Taylor and Francis, 2021-current

- Event Organiser and promotion chair, IEEE VIC IoT Community
- Editor, Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security, Springer Nature, 2021
- Guest Editor, Issue "Networked Intelligent Systems for a Sustainable Future", Sustainability, MDPI, 2020
- Track Chair, Analytics and Forensics Track, TrustCom 2020
- Reviewer (performed over 30 reviews), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
- Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
- Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems
- Reviewer, ACM Computing Surveys
- Reviewer, IEEE IoT Journal
- And other reputed Elsevier and MDPI Journals

Awards

- Research Award for Excellence in Early Career Research Performance from School of IT at Deakin University, 2020
- Teaching and Learning Award for Excellence in Unit Leadership and Unit Management from School of IT at Deakin University, 2020
- Postgraduate Research Student Support (PRSS) travel grant
- ACM travel grant for attending CIKM 2015
- Best paper Award from TENSYMP 2018
- University Postgraduate Award (UPA), from UNSW (July 2013- March 2017)
- UNSW TFR Scholarship July 2010 - July 2012
- Overseas student health cover (OSHC), by Australian Defence Force Academy (2012-2014)
- PhD travel grant, UNSW
- Scholarship during B.Sc. ( 3 year OIC Scholarship)

Projects

- Cybersecurity Training and Innovation for IoT-Enabled Smart Energy Grids for Australian and Japanese Researchers (Lead CI), funded by Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), 2021, $15,000


- Small-scale Home/Office Secure Energy Management based on Individual Power Consumption Data Analysis, funded by C4NET of Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Unico, 2021, $55,000

- Zero Trust Architectures for Australia's Critical Infrastructure Security, funded by Australian Defence, 2020, AUD $60,741

- Data Integrity Attacks and Countermeasures for Resilient Energy System Operation (Lead CI and Ranked top among all applications), MAAP Discovery Scheme,  Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment (SEBE), Deakin University, 2021-2024, Approx. AUD $250,00 salary for PhD student and RA

- Privacy-preserving Collaborative Learning for Critical Infrastructure Applications (Lead CI),  funded by Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment (SEBE), Deakin University, 2021, AUD $4,780

- Development of a Privacy-preserving Collaborative Deep Learning Model for CPS (Lead CI), funded by Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovatrion (CSRI), Deakin University, 2021, AUD $10,000.

- Zero Trust Architectures: Continuous Authentication for Resource-Constrained Heterogeneous IT/OT Platforms funded by Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovatrion (CSRI), Deakin University, 2021, AUD $18,000.

- Minor Equipment Grants 2019, School of IT, Deakin Uni, AUD $3,000

- Internal Research Grant, School of IT, 2019, , Deakin Uni, AUD $13,000

Publications

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2023

False data injection threats in active distribution systems: A comprehensive survey

M Husnoo, A Anwar, N Hosseinzadeh, S Islam, A Mahmood, R Doss

(2023), Vol. 140, pp. 344-364, Future Generation Computer Systems, C1

journal article

HiCoOB: Hierarchical Concurrent Optimistic Blockchain Consensus Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Systems

J Abdella, Z Tari, R Mahmud, N Sohrabi, A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 3927-3943, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, C1

journal article

A Bayesian Deep Learning Approach With Convolutional Feature Engineering to Discriminate Cyber-Physical Intrusions in Smart Grid Systems

Devinder Kaur, Adnan Anwar, Innocent Kamwa, Shama Islam, S Muyeen, Nasser Hosseinzadeh

(2023), Vol. 11, pp. 18910-18920, IEEE Access, Piscataway, N.J., C1

journal article

Deakin microgrid digital twin and analysis of AI models for power generation prediction

I Natgunanathan, V Mak-Hau, S Rajasegarar, A Anwar

(2023), Vol. 18, pp. 1-11, Energy Conversion and Management: X, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Data-driven Approach for State Prediction and Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grid

H Reda, A Anwar, A Mahmood, N Chilamkurti

(2023), Vol. 11, pp. 455-467, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, C1

journal article

FedDiSC: A computation-efficient federated learning framework for power systems disturbance and cyber attack discrimination

M Husnoo, A Anwar, H Reda, N Hosseinzadeh, S Islam, A Mahmood, R Doss

(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 100271-100271, Energy and AI, C1

journal article

A VAE-Bayesian deep learning scheme for solar power generation forecasting based on dimensionality reduction

D Kaur, S Islam, M Mahmud, M Haque, A Anwar

(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 100279-100279, Energy and AI, C1

journal article

A Secure Federated Learning Framework for Residential Short Term Load Forecasting

M Husnoo, A Anwar, N Hosseinzadeh, S Islam, A Mahmood, R Doss

(2023), pp. 1-1, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, C1

journal article

Total Harmonics Distortion Prediction at the Point of Common Coupling of industrial load with the grid using Artificial Neural Network

E Ugwuagbo, A Balogun, B Ray, A Anwar, C Ugwuishiwu

(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 1-10, Energy and AI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

A Taxonomy of Cyber Defence Strategies Against False Data Attacks in Smart Grids

Haftu Reda, Adnan Anwar, Abdun Mahmood, Zahir Tari

(2023), Vol. 55, pp. 1-37, ACM Computing Surveys, New York, N.Y., C1

journal article

Cybersecurity for Industrial IoT (IIoT): Threats, countermeasures, challenges and future directions

S Mekala, Z Baig, A Anwar, S Zeadally

(2023), Vol. 208, pp. 294-320, Computer Communications, C1

journal article

Blockchain-Based and Fuzzy Logic-Enabled False Data Discovery for the Intelligent Autonomous Vehicular System

Ziaur Rahman, Xun Yi, Ibrahim Khalil, Adnan Anwar, Shantanu Pal

(2023), ASSS '23 : Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Security on Software and Systems, Melbourne, Vic., E1

conference

FeDiSa: A Semi-asynchronous Federated Learning Framework for Power System Fault and Cyberattack Discrimination

M Husnoo, A Anwar, H Reda, N Hosseinzadeh, S Islam, A Mahmood, R Doss

(2023), pp. 1-6, INFOCOM 2023 : IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, Hoboken, New Jersey, E1

conference
2022

Machine Learning Based IDS for Cyberattack Classification

A Mayes, A Anwar

(2022), Vol. 1025, pp. 93-111, Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security, Berlin, Germany, B1

book chapter

Obfuscation-Based Mechanisms in Location-Based Privacy Protection

Basia Wozny, L Pan, A Anwar

(2022), Vol. 1025, pp. 191-211, Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security, Cham, Switzerland, B1

book chapter

SDN-IoT empowered intelligent framework for industry 4.0 applications during COVID-19 pandemic

A Rahman, C Chakraborty, A Anwar, M Karim, M Islam, D Kundu, Z Rahman, S Band

(2022), Vol. 25, pp. 2351-2368, Cluster Computing, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Measurement-driven blind topology estimation for sparse data injection attack in energy system

A Anwar, A Mahmood, Z Tari, A Kalam

(2022), Vol. 202, pp. 1-11, Electric Power Systems Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

An Improved SLIC Algorithm for Segmentation of Microscopic Cell Images

F He, M Mahmud, A Kouzani, A Anwar, F Jiang, S Ling

(2022), Vol. 73, pp. 1-6, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Synthetic Energy Data Generation Using Time Variant Generative Adversarial Network

S Asre, A Anwar

(2022), Vol. 11, pp. 1-24, Electronics, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

USMD: UnSupervised Misbehaviour Detection for Multi-Sensor Data

A Alsaedi, Z Tari, R Mahmud, N Moustafa, A Mahmood, A Anwar

(2022), pp. 1-16, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Piscataway, NJ, C1

journal article

Enhancing AES Using Chaos and Logistic Map-Based Key Generation Technique for Securing IoT-Based Smart Home

Z Rahman, X Yi, M Billah, M Sumi, A Anwar

(2022), Vol. 11, pp. 1-15, Electronics, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Comprehensive survey and taxonomies of false data injection attacks in smart grids: attack models, targets, and impacts

H Reda, A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2022), Vol. 163, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, C1

journal article

Rolling horizon optimisation based peer-to-peer energy trading under real-time variations in demand and generation

Ajai Kochupurackal, Karnav Pancholi, S Islam, A Anwar, A Oo

(2022), pp. 1-25, Energy Systems, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA): A Comprehensive Survey

N Syed, S Shah, A Shaghaghi, A Anwar, Z Baig, R Doss

(2022), Vol. 10, pp. 57143-57179, IEEE Access, Piscataway, N.J., C1

journal article

Data-Driven Behavioural Biometrics for Continuous and Adaptive User Verification Using Smartphone and Smartwatch

Akriti Verma, Valeh Moghaddam, Adnan Anwar

(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 1-17, Sustainability, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

GridAttackAnalyzer: A Cyber Attack Analysis Framework for Smart Grids

T Le, M Ge, A Anwar, S Loke, R Beuran, R Doss, Y Tan

(2022), Vol. 22, Sensors, Switzerland, C1

journal article

False Data Injection Attack Detection in Smart Grid Using Energy Consumption Forecasting

A Mahi-Al-rashid, F Hossain, A Anwar, S Azam

(2022), Vol. 15, pp. 1-17, Energies, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Optimum Energy Management for Air Conditioners in IoT-Enabled Smart Home

Ashleigh Philip, Shama Islam, Nicholas Phillips, Adnan Anwar

(2022), Vol. 22, pp. 1-17, Sensors, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Blockchain in vehicular ad hoc networks: applications, challenges and solutions

A Akhter, M Ahmed, A Anwar, A Shah, A Pathan, A Zengin

(2022), Vol. 40, pp. 94-130, International Journal of Sensor Networks, C1

journal article

AI-Driven EEC for Healthcare IoT: Security Challenges and Future Research Directions

M Adil, M Khan, A Farouk, M Jan, A Anwar, Z Jin

(2022), pp. 1-8, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, C1

journal article

Preface

M Ahmed, S Islam, A Anwar, N Moustafa, A Pathan

(2022), A7

edited book

Blockchain Meets Secured Microservice Architecture: A Trustworthy Consensus Algorithm

Mohiuddin Ahmed, A Akhter, A Rashid, Mahdi Fahmideh, Al-Sakib Pathan, Adnan Anwar

(2022), pp. 53-60, WINSYS 2022: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, E1

conference

IoT-based Analysis for Smart Energy Management

G Huang, A Anwar, S Loke, A Zaslavsky, J Choi

(2022), VTC2022-Spring : Proceedings of the IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference 2022, Helsinki, Finland, E1

conference

Smart Home/Office Energy Management based on Individual Data Analysis through IoT Networks

G Huang, A Anwar, S Loke, A Zaslavsky, J Choi

(2022), pp. 302-308, SmartGridComm 2022: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids 2022, Singapore, Singapore, E1

conference

Error Spectrum Analysis of Solar Power Prediction for Deakin Microgrid Digital Twin

I Natgunanathan, A Anwar, S Rajasegarar, V Mak-Hau

(2022), Vol. 2022-November, pp. 1-6, APPEEC 2022 : Proceedings of the 14th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, E1

conference

DμDT: The Deakin University Microgrid Digital Twin

V Mak-Hau, A Henkel, M Abdelrazek, S Rajasegarar, A Anwar, A Fletcher

(2022), Vol. 2022-November, pp. 1-6, APPEEC 2022 : Proceedings of the 14th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, E1

conference

FedREP: Towards Horizontal Federated Load Forecasting for Retail Energy Providers

M Husnoo, A Anwar, N Hosseinzadeh, S Islam, A Mahmood, R Doss

(2022), Vol. 2022-November, APPEEC 2022 : Proceedings of the 14th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, E1

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Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Testbed and Datasets for CyberSecurity and Digital Forensics

S Mekala, Z Baig, A Anwar

(2022), 2022 International Conference on Smart Generation Computing, Communication and Networking, SMART GENCON 2022, E1

conference
2021

Machine learning based cybersecurity defense at the age of Industry 4.0

S Vishavnath, A Anwar, M Ahmed

(2021), Vol. 971, pp. 355-368, Studies in computational intelligence, Cham, Switzerland, B1

book chapter

Securing contemporary eHealth architectures: Techniques and methods

N Syed, Z Baig, A Anwar

(2021), pp. 207-234, Security and Privacy in the Internet of Things: Architectures, Techniques, and Applications, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Improving malicious PDF classifier with feature engineering: A data-driven approach

A Falah, L Pan, S Huda, S Pokhrel, A Anwar

(2021), Vol. 115, pp. 314-326, Future Generation Computer Systems, C1

journal article

A secured privacy-preserving multi-level blockchain framework for cluster based VANET

A Akhter, M Ahmed, A Shah, A Anwar, A Zengin

(2021), Vol. 13, pp. 1-25, Sustainability (Switzerland), C1

journal article

A blockchain-based authentication protocol for cooperative vehicular ad hoc network

A Suaib Akhter, M Ahmed, A Shahen Shah, A Anwar, A Kayes, A Zengin

(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 1-21, Sensors (Switzerland), Switzerland, C1

journal article

Vulnerability and impact analysis of the iec 61850 goose protocol in the smart grid

H Reda, B Ray, P Peidaee, A Anwar, A Mahmood, A Kalam, N Islam

(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 1-20, Sensors, C1

journal article

An Architecture and Performance Evaluation of Blockchain-Based Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading

J Abdella, Z Tari, A Anwar, A Mahmood, F Han

(2021), Vol. 12, pp. 3364-3378, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, C1

journal article

Cyber attacks and faults discrimination in intelligent electronic device-based energy management systems

B Ruhul Amin, M Hossain, A Anwar, S Zaman

(2021), Vol. 10, pp. 1-15, Electronics (Switzerland), C1

journal article

Preprocessing of Breast Cancer Images to Create Datasets for Deep-CNN

A Beeravolu, S Azam, M Jonkman, B Shanmugam, K Kannoorpatti, A Anwar

(2021), Vol. 9, pp. 33438-33463, IEEE Access, Piscataway, NJ, C1

journal article

Iot-enabled smart energy grid: Applications and challenges

S Abir, A Anwar, J Choi, A Kayes

(2021), Vol. 9, pp. 50961-50981, IEEE Access, C1

journal article

Detecting autism spectrum disorder using machine learning techniques: An experimental analysis on toddler, child, adolescent and adult datasets

M Hossain, M Kabir, A Anwar, M Islam

(2021), Vol. 9, Health Information Science and Systems, England, C1

journal article

LCDA: Lightweight Continuous Device-to-Device Authentication for a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA)

S Shah, N Syed, A Shaghaghi, A Anwar, Z Baig, R Doss

(2021), Vol. 108, Computers and Security, C1

journal article

Bi-level poisoning attack model and countermeasure for appliance consumption data of smart homes

M Billah, A Anwar, Z Rahman, S Galib

(2021), Vol. 14, Energies, C1

journal article

Deep transfer learning based intrusion detection system for electric vehicular networks

S Mehedi, A Anwar, Z Rahman, K Ahmed

(2021), Vol. 21, Sensors, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Do not get fooled: Defense against the one-pixel attack to protect IoT-enabled Deep Learning systems

M Husnoo, A Anwar

(2021), Vol. 122, Ad Hoc Networks, C1

journal article

A novel multi-stage distributed authentication scheme for smart meter communication

M Hegde, A Anwar, K Kotegar, Z Baig, R Doss

(2021), Vol. 7, pp. 1-36, PeerJ Computer Science, United States, C1

journal article

A Blockchain-Based Emergency Message Transmission Protocol for Cooperative VANET

M Ahmed, N Moustafa, A Akhter, I Razzak, E Surid, A Anwar, A Shah, A Zengin

(2021), pp. 1-10, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Piscataway, N.J., C1

journal article

Differential Privacy for IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructure: A Comprehensive Survey

M Husnoo, A Anwar, R Chakrabortty, R Doss, M Ryan

(2021), Vol. 9, pp. 153276-153304, IEEE Access, Piscataway, N.J., C1

journal article

Dependable Intrusion Detection System for IoT: A Deep Transfer Learning-based Approach

S Mehedi, A Anwar, Z Rahman, K Ahmed, I Rafiqul

(2021), pp. 1-12, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Piscataway, N.J., C1

journal article

CVSS based attack analysis using a graphical security model: review and Smart Grid case study

T Duy Le, M Ge, P The Duy, H Do Hoang, A Anwar, S Loke, R Beuran, Y Tan

(2021), Vol. 354, pp. 116-134, SGIoT 2020 : Proceedings of the 4th European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) International Conference on Smart Grid and Internet ofThings, TaiChung, Taiwan, E1

conference

DAAB: Deep Authorship Attribution in Bengali

A Dipongkor, M Islam, H Kayesh, M Hossain, A Anwar, K Rahman, Md Razzak

(2021), pp. 1-9, IJCNN 2021 : Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Shenzhen, China, E1

conference

A Performance Based Study on Deep Learning Algorithms in the Effective Prediction of Breast Cancer

P Ghosh, S Azam, K Hasib, A Karim, M Jonkman, A Anwar

(2021), Vol. 2021-July, pp. 1-8, IJCNN 2021 : Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Shenzhen, China, E1

conference
2020

Machine learning and data analytics for the IoT

E Adi, A Anwar, Z Baig, S Zeadally

(2020), Vol. 32, pp. 16205-16233, Neural Computing and Applications, C1

journal article

Machine learning to ensure data integrity in power system topological network database

A Anwar, A Mahmood, B Ray, M Mahmud, Z Tari

(2020), Vol. 9, Electronics (Switzerland), C1

journal article

Grid attacksim: A cyber attack simulation framework for smart grids

T Le, A Anwar, S Loke, R Beuran, Y Tan

(2020), Vol. 9, pp. 1-21, Electronics (Switzerland), C1

journal article

TON_IoT Telemetry Dataset: A New Generation Dataset of IoT and IIoT for Data-Driven Intrusion Detection Systems

Abdullah Alsaedi, Nour Moustafa, Zahir Tari, Abdun Mahmood, Adnan Anwar

(2020), Vol. 8, pp. 165130-165150, IEEE ACCESS, Piscataway, N.J., C1

journal article

Echo-id: Smart user identification leveraging inaudible sound signals

S Ali Shah, A Shaghaghi, S Kanhere, J Zhang, A Anwar, R Doss

(2020), Vol. 8, pp. 194508-194522, IEEE Access, C1

journal article

DistB-Condo: Distributed Blockchain-based IoT-SDN Model for Smart Condominium

A Rahman, M Islam, Z Rahman, M Reza, A Anwar, M Mahmud, M Nasir, R Noor

(2020), Vol. 8, pp. 209594-209609, IEEE Access, Piscataway, N.J., C1

journal article

A spatiotemporal data summarization approach for real-time operation of smart grid

Z Shah, A Anwar, A Mahmood, Z Tari, A Zomaya

(2020), Vol. 6, pp. 624-637, IEEE transactions on big data, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1

journal article

Building resilience against COVID-19 pandemic using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT: a survey of recent progress

S Abir, Shama Islam, Adnan Anwar, Abdun Mahmood, Aman Oo

(2020), Vol. 1, pp. 506-528, IoT, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Towards a lightweight continuous authentication protocol for device-to-device communication

S Shah, N Syed, A Shaghaghi, A Anwar, Z Baig, R Doss

(2020), pp. 1119-1126, Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 19th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2020, Guangzhou, China, E1

conference

Measurement unit placement against injection attacks for the secured operation of an IIoT-based smart grid

Adnan Anwar, S Abir

(2020), pp. 767-774, TrustCom 2020 : Proceedings of IEEE's 19th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, Guangzhou, China (part-virtual), E1

conference
2019

Smart Grid Co-Simulation Tools: Review and Cybersecurity Case Study

T Le, A Anwar, R Beuran, S Loke

(2019), pp. 39-45, icSmartGrid 2019 : Proceedings of the 7th Intrenational Conference on Smart Grid, Newcastle, New South Wales, E1

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2018

Distinguishing between cyber injection and faults using machine learning algorithms

B Amin, A Anwar, M Hossain

(2018), pp. 19-24, IEEE TENSYMP 2018 : Impact of the Internet of Things : Proceedings of the IEEE Region 10 Symposium, Sydney, N.S.W., E1-1

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2017

Ensuring data integrity of OPF module and energy database by detecting changes in power flow patterns in smart grids

A Anwar, A Mahmood, Z Tari

(2017), Vol. 13, pp. 3299-3311, IEEE transactions on industrial informatics, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1

journal article

HPC-based intelligent Volt/VAr control of unbalanced distribution smart grid in the presence of noise

A Anwar, A Mahmood, J Taheri, Z Tari, A Zomaya

(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 1446-1459, IEEE transactions on smart grid, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1

journal article

Modeling and performance evaluation of stealthy false data injection attacks on smart grid in the presence of corrupted measurements

A Anwar, A Mahmood, M Pickering

(2017), Vol. 83, pp. 58-72, Journal of computer and system sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2016

Anomaly detection in electric network database of smart grid: graph matching approach

A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2016), Vol. 133, pp. 51-62, Electric power systems research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Estimation of smart grid topology using SCADA measurements

A Anwar, A Mahmood, M Pickering

(2016), pp. 539-544, SmartGridComm 2016 : Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Sydney, N.S.W., E1-1

conference

Stealthy and blind false injection attacks on SCADA EMS in the presence of gross errors

A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2016), pp. 1-5, PESGM 2016 : Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, Mass., E1-1

conference

Data-driven stealthy injection attacks on smart grid with incomplete measurements

A Anwar, A Mahmood, M Pickering

(2016), Vol. 9650, pp. 180-192, PAISI 2016 : Proceedings of the 11th Pacific Asia Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics 2016, Auckland, N.Z., E1-1

conference
2015

Identification of vulnerable node clusters against false data injection attack in an AMI based Smart Grid

Adnan Anwar, Abdun Mahmood, Zahir Tari

(2015), Vol. 53, pp. 201-212, Information systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

An investigation of performance analysis of anomaly detection techniques for big data in SCADA systems

Mohiuddin Ahmed, Adnan Anwar, Abdun Mahmood, Zubair Shah, Michael Maher

(2015), Vol. 2, pp. 1-16, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, Gent, Belgium, C1-1

journal article

A data-driven approach to distinguish cyber-attacks from physical faults in a smart grid

A Anwar, A Mahmood, Z Shah

(2015), pp. 1811-1814, CIKM 2015 : Proceedings of the 24th ACM International on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Melbourne, Vic., E1-1

conference

False data injection attack targeting the LTC transformers to disrupt smart grid operation

A Anwar, A Mahmood, M Ahmed

(2015), Vol. 153, pp. 252-266, SecureComm 2014 : Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks 2014, Beijing, China, E1-1

conference
2014

Vulnerabilities of smart grid state estimation against false data Injection attack

A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2014), pp. 411-428, Green energy and technology, Singapore, B1-1

book chapter

Swarm intelligence based multi-phase OPF for peak power loss reduction in a smart grid

A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2014), pp. 1-5, 2014 IEEE PES : Charting the course to a new energy future : Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, National Harbor, Md., E1-1

conference

CF-PSO based loss sensitivity clustering technique to identify optimal DG allocation nodes for energy efficient smart grid operation

A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2014), pp. 1130-1135, ICIEA 2014 : Proceedings of the 2014 9th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Hangzhou, China, E1-1

conference

Enhanced estimation of autoregressive wind power prediction model using constriction factor particle swarm optimization

A Anwar, A Mahmood

(2014), pp. 1136-1140, ICIEA 2014 : Proceedings of the 2014 9th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Hangzhou, China, E1-1

conference

CHPSO - a new collaborative hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm

A Anwar, A Mahmood, R Islam

(2014), pp. 1768-1773, ICIEA 2014 : Proceedings of the 2014 9th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Hangzhou, China, E1-1

conference
2012

A new approach for wind and solar type DG placement in power distribution networks to enhance systems stability

N Roy, H Pota, A Anwar

(2012), pp. 296-301, PEOCO 2012 : Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference, Melaka, Malaysia, E1-1

conference

Optimum capacity allocation of DG units based on unbalanced three-phase optimal power flow

A Anwar, H Pota

(2012), IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, E1-1

conference

Optimum allocation and sizing of DG unit for efficiency enhancement of distribution system

A Anwar, H Pota

(2012), pp. 165-170, PEOCO 2012 : Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference, Melaka, Malaysia, E1-1

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Comparative study of power grid centrality measures using complex network framework

A Nasiruzzaman, H Pota, A Anwar

(2012), pp. 176-181, PEOCO 2012 : Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference, Melaka, Malaysia, E1-1

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Design a unified power quality conditioner using V2G technology

F Islam, H Pota, A Anwar, A Nasiruzzaman

(2012), pp. 521-526, 2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference, PEOCO 2012 - Conference Proceedings, Melaka, Malaysia, E1-1

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Modified centrality measure based on bidirectional power flow for smart and bulk power transmission grid

A Nasiruzzaman, H Pota, A Anwar, F Islam

(2012), pp. 159-164, 2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference, PEOCO 2012 - Conference Proceedings, Melaka, Malaysia, E1-1

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2011

Voltage stability analysis with optimum size and location based synchronous machine DG

A Anwar, N Roy, H Pota

(2011), pp. 1-5, AUPEC 2011 : Integrating renewables into the grid : Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, E1-1

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Loss reduction of power distribution network using optimum size and location of distributed generation

A Anwar, H Pota

(2011), pp. 1-6, AUPEC 2011 : Proceedings of the 2011 21st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, Brisbane, Qld., E1-1

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Funded Projects at Deakin

Other Public Sector Funding

Zero Trust Architectures for Australia's Critical Infrastructure Security.

Prof Robin Ram Mohan Doss, Dr Zubair Baig, Dr Adnan Anwar, Dr Arash Shaghaghi

DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation

  • 2020: $60,741

Cybersecurity Training and Innovation for IoT-Enabled Smart Energy Grids for Australian and Japanese Researchers

Dr Adnan Anwar, Dr Mengmeng Ge, Prof Seng Loke, Prof Robin Ram Mohan Doss

Aust Japan Foundation

  • 2021: $15,000

Cyber Harm Prevention

Prof Robin Ram Mohan Doss, Dr Jay Jeong, Prof Chad Whelan, Prof Judy Currey, A/Prof William Yeoh, Prof Gang Li, Dr Adnan Anwar, Dr Paul Cooper, Mr Damien Manuel

VIC Managed Insurance Authority

  • 2023: $175,280
  • 2022: $50,763

Industry and Other Funding

Small-scale Home/Office Secure Energy Management based on Individual Power Consumption Data Analysis

Prof Jinho Choi, Prof Seng Loke, Dr Adnan Anwar, Prof Arkady Zaslavsky

Centre for New Energy Technologies, UNICO ENTERPRISE SERVICES PTY LTD

  • 2022: $40,000
  • 2021: $20,000

Automated and adaptive cybersecurity assessment device to enable small businesses towards a privacy enabled digital transformation in Internet of Things

Dr Adnan Anwar

auDA Foundation grant awards

  • 2023: $4,902
  • 2022: $4,902

Other Funding Sources

Robust Authentication using Ambient Intelligence in Smart Environments (RAAISE).

Prof Robin Ram Mohan Doss, Dr Zubair Baig, Dr Adnan Anwar, Dr Frank Jiang

Cyber Security Research Centre Limited

  • 2023: $259,606
  • 2022: $159,674

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report