Advances in Safety and Security of Cyber-Physical Systems: Sliding Mode Observers, Coalitional Control and Homomorphic Encryption

Without us realizing it, solutions for safety and security are present all around us. However, everyone has undoubtedly also experienced how inconvenient some safety and security measures can be. For example, think about security checks at the airport, the need to wear a bicycle helmet, or being asked to perform 2-factor authentication to log...

Secure State Estimation under Actuator and Sensor Attacks using Sliding Mode Observers

Interconnections in modern systems make them vulnerable to adversarial attackers both by corrupting communication channels and compromising entire subsystems. The field of secure state estimation (SSE) aims to provide correct state estimation even when an unknown part of the measurement signals is corrupted. In this letter, we propose a...

A sliding mode observer approach to oscillatory fault detection in commercial aircraft

The Flight Control System (FCS) is one of the most important systems in all modern aircraft. For such systems it is required to have robust Fault Detection Isolation and Reconfiguration (FDIR) functionalities with high detection performance. In this work we specifically consider the Oscillatory Failure Cases (OFC), which, if not mitigated,...

Anomaly Detection in Intersection Control: Sliding Mode Observer Based Anomaly Detection in Virtual Platooning Enabled Intersection Control

Road intersections have a large impact on road accidents and travel delay. Applying infrastructure, such as stop signs and traffic lights, are supposed to prevent collisions on the intersection. However, such methods contribute to the travel delay, while accidents still occur due to human errors. Considering the rise of automation within...