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Masoud Barati

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Masoud Barati received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in 2013, and completed a postdoc at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2014. He has served as an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Houston and Louisiana State University. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His primary research interest lies in the development of pure and applied mathematics for electric power systems modeling and underestanding.

In pure mathematics, he utilizes algebraic geometry and category theory to address computational problems within power systems. For applied mathematics, he leverages optimization simulation, quantum computing, Bayesian statistics, and deep learning to develop power system applications. These computational tools are employed in various aspects of power system operation and control, as well as planning, under both normal conditions and during natural hazards such as heat waves, snowstorms, flooding, and cyber-attacks. Additionally, his research interests extend to the AC optimal power flow, energy justice, and managing multi-interdependent infrastructures.

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Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, 2009 - 2013

Albeladi, F., & Barati, M. (2024). Utilizing grid-supportive load response to shape resilient frequency control of the power grid. IET GENERATION TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, 18(2), 388-400.Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). doi: 10.1049/gtd2.13082.

Barati, M. (2024). A Global Solution Algorithm for AC Optimal Power Flow through Linear Constrained Quadratic Programming.

Barati, M. (2024). Enhancing ACPF Analysis: Integrating Newton-Raphson Method with Gradient Descent and Computational Graphs.

Nozarian, M., Fereidunian, A., & Barati, M. (2024). A System of Systems Approach to Reliability-Oriented Planning of People-Centric Smart City Energy Infrastructure: A Bilevel MILP Formulation. IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL, 18(4), 2085-2096.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2024.3474090.

Zhao, M., & Barati, M. (2024). Synergizing Machine Learning with ACOPF: A Comprehensive Overview.

Ahmadkhaniha, A., Mafi, Y., Kazemikhah, P., Aghababa, H., Barati, M., & Kolahdouz, M. (2023). Performance Analysis of the Hardware-Efficient Quantum Search Algorithm. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, 62(8), 168.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s10773-023-05424-7.

Ahmadkhaniha, A., Mafi, Y., Kazemikhah, P., Aghababa, H., Barati, M., & Kolahdouz, M. (2023). Enhancing quantum teleportation: an enable-based protocol exploiting distributed quantum gates. OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 55(12), 1079.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s11082-023-05351-1.

Celik, Y., Petri, I., & Barati, M. (2023). Blockchain supported BIM data provenance for construction projects. COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY, 144, 103768.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.compind.2022.103768.

Jormand, H., Barati, M., Bashirian, S., Khazaei, S., Jenabi, E., & Zareian, S. (2023). Developing and validation of COVID-19 media literacy scale among students during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Psychol, 11(1), 315.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01353-6.

Moravej, Z., Ebrahimi, A., Pazoki, M., & Barati, M. (2023). Time domain differential protection scheme applied to power transformers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS, 154, 109465.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2023.109465.

Nozarian, M., Fereidunian, A., & Barati, M. (2023). Reliability-Oriented Planning Framework for Smart Cities: From Interconnected Micro Energy Hubs to Macro Energy Hub Scale. IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL, 17(3), 3798-3809.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2023.3244498.

Zhao, M., & Barati, M. (2023). Substation Safety Awareness Intelligent Model: Fast Personal Protective Equipment Detection Using GNN Approach. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, 59(3), 3142-3150.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TIA.2023.3234515.

Zhou, C., Barati, M., & Shafiq, O. (2023). A compliance-based architecture for supporting GDPR accountability in cloud computing. FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESCIENCE, 145, 104-120.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.future.2023.03.021.

Afshar, S., Pecenak, Z.K., Barati, M., & Disfani, V. (2022). Mobile charging stations for EV charging management in urban areas: A case study in Chattanooga. APPLIED ENERGY, 325, 119901.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119901.

Barati, M., & Rana, O. (2022). Tracking GDPR Compliance in Cloud-Based Service Delivery. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SERVICES COMPUTING, 15(3), 1498-1511.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TSC.2020.2999559.

Zhao, M., & Barati, M. (2021). A Real-Time Fault Localization in Power Distribution Grid for Wildfire Detection Through Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, 57(4), 4316-4326.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TIA.2021.3083645.

Barati, M., Rana, O., Petri, I., & Theodorakopoulos, G. (2020). GDPR Compliance Verification in Internet of Things. IEEE ACCESS, 8, 119697-119709.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3005509.

Davarikia, H., Barati, M., Al-Assad, M., & Chan, Y. (2020). A novel approach in strategic planning of power networks against physical attacks. ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH, 180, 106140.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2019.106140.

Wormuth, B., Wang, S., Dehghanian, P., Barati, M., Estebsari, A., Filomena, T.P., Kapourchali, M.H., & Lejeune, M.A. (2020). Electric Power Grids Under High-Absenteeism Pandemics: History, Context, Response, and Opportunities. IEEE Access, 8, 215727-215747.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3041247.

Wu, Y., Barati, M., & Lim, G.J. (2020). A Pool Strategy of Microgrid in Power Distribution Electricity Market (vol 35, pg 3, 2020). IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, 35(3), 2487.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2020.2977410.

Wu, Y., Barati, M., & Lim, G.J. (2020). A Pool Strategy of Microgrid in Power Distribution Electricity Market. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, 35(1), 3-12.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2019.2916144.

Abbasi, S., Barati, M., & Lim, G.J. (2019). A Parallel Sectionalized Restoration Scheme for Resilient Smart Grid Systems. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, 10(2), 1660-1670.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TSG.2017.2775523.

Barati, M., & Saeedi, F. (2019). Derivations of abelian Lie algebra extensions. NOTE DI MATEMATICA, 39(2), 71-86. doi: 10.1285/i15900932v39n2p71.

Barati, M., Jalali, M., & Forghani, Y. (2019). Alternating optimization to solve penalized regression-based clustering model. EXPERT SYSTEMS, 36(6).Wiley. doi: 10.1111/exsy.12462.

Hanif, S., Zhang, K., Hackl, C.M., Barati, M., Gooi, H.B., & Hamacher, T. (2019). Decomposition and Equilibrium Achieving Distribution Locational Marginal Prices Using Trust-Region Method. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, 10(3), 3269-3281.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TSG.2018.2822766.

Sharifian, S., & Barati, M. (2019). An ensemble multiscale wavelet-GARCH hybrid SVR algorithm for mobile cloud computing workload prediction. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING AND CYBERNETICS, 10(11), 3285-3300.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s13042-019-01017-1.

Znidi, F., Davarikia, H., Iqbal, K., & Barati, M. (2019). Multi-layer spectral clustering approach to intentional islanding in bulk power systems. JOURNAL OF MODERN POWER SYSTEMS AND CLEAN ENERGY, 7(5), 1044-1055.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s40565-019-0554-1.

Barati, M., & Yavari, M. (2018). A power conversion chain with an internally-set voltage reference and reusing the power receiver coil for wireless bio-implants. MICROELECTRONICS JOURNAL, 74, 69-78.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.mejo.2018.01.023.

Davarikia, H., & Barati, M. (2018). A tri-level programming model for attack-resilient control of power grids. JOURNAL OF MODERN POWER SYSTEMS AND CLEAN ENERGY, 6(5), 918-929.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s40565-018-0436-y.

Kargarian, A., Mohammadi, J., Guo, J., Chakrabarti, S., Barati, M., Hug, G., Kar, S., & Baldick, R. (2018). Toward Distributed/Decentralized DC Optimal Power Flow Implementation in Future Electric Power Systems. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, 9(4), 2574-2594.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TSG.2016.2614904.

Khayatian, A., Barati, M., & Lim, G.J. (2018). Integrated Microgrid Expansion Planning in Electricity Market With Uncertainty. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, 33(4), 3634-3643.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2017.2768302.

Masoud, B., Ali, S.H., & Ahad, K. (2016). Congestion Management by a Real-Time Optimal Dispatch through Balancing Mechanism Method for Electricity Markets.

Masoud, B., Ali, S.H., & Ahad, K. (2016). Congestion Relief and Load Curtailment Reduction with FACTS Devices.

Masoud, B., Mohammad, N.M., & Ahad, K. (2016). Optimal Price and Quantity Determination of Retailer Electric Contract and maximizing social welfare in Retail Electrical Power Markets with DG.

Barati, M., & Sharifian, S. (2015). A hybrid heuristic-based tuned support vector regression model for cloud load prediction. JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTING, 71(11), 4235-4259.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s11227-015-1520-y.

Afshar, K., & Barati, M.M. (2013). A new approach for determination and cost allocation of reserve in the restructured power systems. ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH, 100, 25-33.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2013.02.008.

Farahani, H.F., Khalili, M., Rabiee, A., & Barati, M. (2013). Nonlinear and linear models for losses of plug in hybrid electric vehicle: A computation approach. JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, 5(6), 063130.AIP Publishing. doi: 10.1063/1.4850496.

Khodayar, M.E., Barati, M., & Shahidehpour, M. (2012). Integration of High Reliability Distribution System in Microgrid Operation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, 3(4), 1997-2006.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TSG.2012.2213348.

Basulaiman, K., & Barati, M. (2021). Sequence-to-Sequence Forecasting-aided State Estimation for Power Systems. In 2021 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 00, (pp. 1-6).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpec51183.2021.9384984.

Ullah, S.M.S., Abianeh, A.J., Ferdowsi, F., Basulaiman, K., & Barati, M. (2021). Measurable Challenges in Smart Grid Cybersecurity Enhancement: A Brief Review. In 2021 IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech), 00, (pp. 331-338).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/greentech48523.2021.00060.

Zhao, M., & Barati, M. (2021). Low-order Moment Relaxation of ACOPF via Algorithmic Successive Linear Programming. In 2021 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 00, (pp. 1-6).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpec51183.2021.9384946.

Zhao, M., & Barati, M. (2021). A Sensitive-eigenvalues based Global Algorithm for Penalized SDP Relaxation of ACOPF. In 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/isgt49243.2021.9372234.

Abianeh, A.J., Hosseini, M., Hosseini, M., Barati, M., & Ferdowsi, F. (2020). Identification of Small-Signal Dynamic Faults in Distribution Systems Utilizing Intelligent Classifiers. In 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/isgt45199.2020.9087652.

Barati, M., & Rana, O. (2020). Enhancing User Privacy in IoT: Integration of GDPR and Blockchain. In Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1156, (pp. 322-335).Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-2777-7_26.

Davarikia, H., Znidi, F., & Barati, M. (2020). Constraint Clustering Based Islanding Scheme For Power Networks. In 2020 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 00, (pp. 1-6).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpec48276.2020.9042568.

Yang, Z., Nazemi, M., Dehghanian, P., & Barati, M. (2020). Toward Resilient Solar-Integrated Distribution Grids: Harnessing the Mobility of Power Sources. In 2020 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/td39804.2020.9299986.

Znidi, F., Davarikia, H., Arani, M., & Barati, M. (2020). Coherency Detection and Network Partitioning based on Hierarchical DBSCAN. In 2020 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpec48276.2020.9042511.

Barati, M. (2019). Faster Than Real-time Prediction of Disruptions in Power Grids using PMU: Gated Recurrent Unit Approach. In 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/isgt.2019.8791625.

Davarikia, H., Barati, M., Chan, Y., & Iqbal, K. (2019). Budget Allocation for Power Networks Reliability Improvement: Game-Theoretic Approach. In 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 00, (pp. 1-6).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpec.2019.8662165.

Ferdowsi, F., Barati, M., & Edrington, C.S. (2019). Real-time Resiliency Assessment of Control Systems in Microgrids Using the Complexity Metric. In 2019 IEEE Green Technologies Conference(GreenTech), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/greentech.2019.8767158.

Abbasi, S., Barati, M., & Lim, G. (2018). A Simplified Parallel Power System Restoration for Large-Scale Transmission Grids. In 2018 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 00, (pp. 1-9).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tdc.2018.8440237.

Abbasi, S., Barati, M., & Lim, G. (2018). A GPP-Based Sectionalization Toward a Fast Power Transmission System Restoration. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 599, (pp. 11-21).Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-60204-2_2.

Abbasi, S., Barati, M., & Lim, G.J. (2018). Robust optimization on power system restoration following a hurricane. In IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2018, (pp. 743-748).

Davarikia, H., Barati, M., Znidi, F., & Iqbal, K. (2018). Real-Time Integrity Indices in Power Grid: A Synchronization Coefficient Based Clustering Approach. In 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/pesgm.2018.8586469.

Hanif, S., Barati, M., Kargarian, A., Gooi, H.B., & Hamacher, T. (2018). Multiphase Distribution Locational Marginal Prices: Approximation and Decomposition. In 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/pesgm.2018.8585925.

Khayatian, A., Barati, M., & Lim, G.J. (2018). Policy Making of Optimal Power Planning and Emission-Reduction with Microgrid. In 2014 IEEE PES T & D Conference and Exposition, 2018-April, (pp. 1-9).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tdc.2018.8440344.

Mehrtash, M., Mohammadi, A., Barati, M., & Kargarian, A. (2018). Security-Constrained Transmission Expansion Planning with Risk Index of N-1 Security Obtained from PMU Data. In 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/pesgm.2018.8586627.

Mohammadi, A., Mehrtash, M., Kargarian, A., & Barati, M. (2018). Tie-Line Characteristics based Partitioning for Distributed Optimization of Power Systems. In 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 00, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/pesgm.2018.8586072.

Najarian, M., Lim, G., & Barati, M. (2018). Levelized resiliency assessment of interdependent natural gas and electric power systems. In IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2018, (pp. 1360-1365).

Abbasi, S., Barati, M., & Lim, G. (2017). A multi-objective MPEC model for disaster management of power system restoration. In 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017, (pp. 872-877).

Barati, M., & Kargarian, A. (2017). A Global Algorithm for AC Optimal Power Flow Based on Successive Linear Conic Optimization. In 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2018-January, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/pesgm.2017.8273957.

Khayatian, A., Barati, M., & Lim, G.J. (2016). Market-Based and Resilient Coordinated Microgrid Planning Under Uncertainty. In 2016 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2016-July, (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tdc.2016.7520030.

Modiri-Delshad, M., Barati, M., & Rahim, N.A. (2016). Economic power dispatch in microgrids through backtracking search algorithm. In IET Conference Publications, 2016(CP688).

Barati, M., & Sharifian, S. (2015). A New Hybrid Model for Request Rate Prediction in Mobile Cloud Computing. In 2015 23rd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, 10, (pp. 1-6).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/iraniancee.2015.7146318.

Shahidehpour, M., Khodayar, M., & Barati, M. (2012). Campus Microgrid: High Reliability for Active Distribution Systems. In 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 1, (pp. 1-2).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/pesgm.2012.6345754.

Mojdehi, M.N., Kazemi, A., & Barati, M. (2009). Network Operation and Reconfiguration to Maximize Social Welfare with Distributed Generations. In IEEE EUROCON 2009, (pp. 552-557).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/eurcon.2009.5167686.