About

Monireh Dabaghchian is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Morgan State University. She is also affiliated with the Cybersecurity Assurance and Policy (CAP) Center. She received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA in 2019.

Research Interest

Dr. Dabaghchian’s research lies at the intersection of cybersecurity and machine learning (ML). She is interested in studying and analyzing the threats, and vulnerabilities in IoT devices such as smart cars, and intelligent vehicle platooning in autonomous vehicles as well as ML security. She applies existing machine learning techniques and designs new ML algorithms with theoretical analysis to design effective and robust defense mechanisms to mitigate potential cybersecurity threats. Dr. Dabaghchian is the recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, 2021. Her research studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals including IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning and Neural Systems as well as ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking. She has also received the PowerLIVE Faculty Award 2022 for her commitment and contribution to the student’s academic success.

A copy of Dr. Dabaghchian’s CV can be found here: CV

Recent News

1. Dr. Dabaghchian has received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from George Mason University 2020.

2. Our paper titled “Machine Learning-Based Delay-Aware UAV Detection and Operation Mode Identification over Encrypted Wi-Fi Traffic” has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics (TIFS) 2020.

Selected Publications

1. Pilot Contamination Attack Detection for 5G MmWave Grant-Free IoT Networks 
   N. Wang, W. Li, A. Alipour-Fanid, L. Jiao, M. Dabaghchian, K. Zeng                                                                                      
   IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 2020
2. Compressed-Sensing-Based Pilot Contamination Attack Detection for NOMA-IoT Communications                                                                                                               
   N. Wang, W. Li, A. Alipour-Fanid, M. Dabaghchian, K. Zeng
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2020
3. Machine Learning-Based Delay-Aware UAV Detection and Operation Mode Identification over Encrypted Wi-Fi Traffic
   A. Alipour-Fanid, M. Dabaghchian, N. Wang, P. Wang, L. Zhao, K. Zeng                 
   IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 2020
4. Pilot Contamination Attack Detection for NOMA in 5G Mm-Wave Massive MIMO Networks 
   N. Wang, L. Jiao, A. Alipour-Fanid, M. Dabaghchian, K. Zeng                                   
   IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics Security (TIFS) 2020
5. Machine Learning-Based Delay-Aware UAV Detection over Encrypted WiFi Traffic   
   A. Alipour-Fanid, M. Dabaghchian, N. Wang, P. Wang, L. Zhao, K. Zeng                   
   IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS) CPS-SEC 2019
6. Optimal Resource Allocation for Secure Multi-User Wireless Powered Backscatter Communication with Artificial Noise                                                                                 
   P. Wang, N. Wang, M. Dabaghchian, K. Zeng, Z. Yan                                                    
   IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2019
7. Online Learning with Randomized Feedback Graphs for Optimal PUE Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks 
   M. Dabaghchian, A. Alipour-Fanid, K. Zeng, Q. Wang, P. Auer                          
   IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN) 2018
8. Impact of Mobility on Physical Layer Security over Wireless Fading Channels          
   J.Tang, M. Dabaghchian, K. Zeng, H. Wen                                                                   
   IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC) 2018
9. Efficient Identity Spoofing Attack Detection for IoT in Mm-Wave and Massive MIMO 5G Communication                                                                                                           
   N. Wang, L. Jiao, P. Wang, M. Dabaghchian, K. Zeng                                                 
   IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2018
10. String Stability Analysis of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Under Jamming Attacks 
    A. Alipour-Fanid, M. Dabaghchian, H. Zhang, K. Zeng                                               
    IEEE 18th International Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering 2017
11. Online Learning-based Optimal Primary User Emulation Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks
    M. Dabaghchian, A. Alipour-Fanid, K. Zeng, Q. Wang                                                    
    IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS) 2016
12. Intelligence Measure of Cognitive Radios with Learning Capabilities                                  
    M. Dabaghchian, S. Liu, A. Alipour-Fanid, K. Zeng, X. Li, and Y. Chen                       
    IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2016
13. Minimum outage routing in cooperative multi-hop networks                                             
    P. Ahmadi, M. Dabaghchian and B. Jabbari                                                                 
    IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) 2014