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Vahid Heydari

Security And Privacy Of Industrial Control Systems And IoT Moving Target Defense (MTD) Malware Analysis Zero-Trust Networking Attack Detection On Mobile And Wireless Systems
Morgan State University Department of Computer Science

About

Dr. Vahid Heydari, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he conducts teaching and research in cybersecurity, security and privacy of industrial control systems and IoT, wireless networks, moving target defense (MTD), machine learning, malware analysis, and zero-trust networking. His work includes detecting attacks on mobile and wireless systems and developing defenses for modern networked environments, and he has presented research in high-profile conferences and journals in security and networking.

Research Performance Summary

31
Total Papers
174
Total Citations
7
H-Index
2012-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

A new acknowledgment-based scheme against malicious nodes and collusion attack in MANETs

Year: 2012

Citations: 2

Venue: 2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on Communication Technology

Latest Recorded Paper

IAR: Multi-Round Cost-Aware Hardening for Endpoint Ransomware Detection

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: 2026 IEEE 23rd Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
2
2025
4
2024
1
2022
3
2021
1
2020
2
2019
2
2018
5
2017
2
2016
4
2015
3

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 15
Journal 5
Book 2

Top Coauthors

Heydari Yoo Nyarko

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 3
Avg. Citations / Paper 0.5
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 7
Citations 28
Avg. Citations / Paper 4
H-Index 3

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 141
Avg. Citations / Paper 8.8
H-Index 6

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 2
Avg. Citations / Paper 1
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

vahid.heydari@morgan.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Moving Target Defense Anti Censorship Framework Mobile Ipv6 Moving Ipv6 Moving Target Acknowledgment Scheme Against Network Intrusion Detection Detect Black Hole Black Hole Attack Ad Hoc Networks