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Vahid Behzadan

Secure And Assured Intelligent Learning (SAIL) Security Of Deep Reinforcement Learning Safety Assessment Of Complex Adaptive Systems Machine Learning For Cybersecurity Psychopathological Approach To AI Safety

About

Vahid Behzadan is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and Data Science. He is also the founder and director of the Secure and Assured Intelligent Learning (SAIL) research group, and mentors the University's hacking team. Dr. Behzadan's research is primarily on the safety and security of artificial intelligence and complex adaptive systems. His pioneering work on the security of deep reinforcement learning is recognized as seminal contributions to this growing field of research. Dr. Behzadan's recent work includes publications on the applications of machine learning to security and safety assessment of complex systems, such as driverless cars, unmanned aerial systems, and smart cities. He has presented numerous invited talks on the security of machine learning, and applications of data science in cybersecurity at venues such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWSAP) foundation, the Black Hat conference, and UK's Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL). His research on the psychopathological approach to AI safety has been featured in national and international news.

Research Performance Summary

63
Total Papers
2410
Total Citations
18
H-Index
2011-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

A novel utilization of cluster-tree wireless sensor networks for situation awareness in smart grids

Year: 2011

Citations: 12

Venue: 2011 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies

Latest Recorded Paper

VSF-Med: A Vulnerability Scoring Framework for Medical Vision-Language Models

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.00052

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
6
2024
6
2023
5
2022
6
2021
6
2020
3
2019
11
2018
9
2017
6
2016
2
2015
2

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 31
Journal 2
Book 2

Top Coauthors

Behzadan Munir Upadhayay

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 22
Avg. Citations / Paper 3.7
H-Index 4

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 26
Citations 191
Avg. Citations / Paper 7.3
H-Index 8

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 30
Citations 2185
Avg. Citations / Paper 72.8
H-Index 16

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 12
Avg. Citations / Paper 12
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

VBehzadan@newhaven.edu
2034794723

Detected Research Keywords

Ad Hoc Networks Synthetic Reduced Nearest Technical Report Cleverhans Report Cleverhans V2 Cleverhans V2 Adversarial V2 Adversarial Examples Adversarial Examples Library Mitigation Policy Manipulation Founding Domain Ai Domain Ai Forensics