Omar A. Beg
Omar A. Beg
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Omar A. Beg

Ph.D.  ·  PMP  ·  Associate Professor & Department Chair

Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering  ·  University of Texas Permian Basin

Omar A. Beg is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at UTPB. His research applies formal methods and artificial intelligence to build cyber-resilient microgrids and smart power systems. He holds a PMP certification from PMI and previously served as an Assistant Professor of Research at UT Arlington, working on Office of Naval Research–funded projects.

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Research Interests

Microgrids are finite-inertia power systems that integrate distributed generation including renewable energy resources, energy storage, and loads. Such microgrids have evolved into cyber-physical systems due to complex software-based controllers, IoT, and communication networks, making them vulnerable to cyber intrusions.


Dr. Beg's multidisciplinary research applies techniques from formal methods and artificial intelligence to make microgrids more resilient against cyber attacks and physical faults. The goal is to develop intelligent techniques that ensure cyber-physical microgrids maintain trusted assurance despite potential emergent contingencies, attacks, and failures.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

  • Shan Zuo, Omar A. Beg, Ali Davoudi, and Frank L. Lewis, "Resilient Networked AC Microgrids Under Unbounded Cyber Attacks," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 3785–3794, Sept. 2020.
  • Omar A. Beg, Luan Viet Nguyen, Taylor T. Johnson, and Ali Davoudi, "Signal Temporal Logic-based Attack Detection in DC Microgrids," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3585–3595, July 2019. [link]
  • Omar A. Beg, Houssam Abbas, Taylor T. Johnson, and Ali Davoudi, "Model Validation of PWM DC-DC Converters," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no. 9, pp. 7049–7059, Sept. 2017.
  • Omar A. Beg, Taylor T. Johnson, and Ali Davoudi, "Detection of False-data Injection Attacks in Cyber-Physical DC Microgrids," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 2693–2703, Oct. 2017.
  • Stanley Bak, Omar A. Beg, Sergiy Bogomolov, Taylor T. Johnson, Luan Viet Nguyen, and Christian Schilling, "Hybrid Automata: from Verification to Implementation," International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 21, pp. 87–104, Feb. 2019. [link]

Conference & Workshop Papers

  • Omar A. Beg, Luan Viet Nguyen, Taylor T. Johnson, and Ali Davoudi, "Computer-Aided Formal Verification of Power Electronics Circuits," Frontiers in Analog CAD, Frankfurt, Germany, 2017. [link]
  • Omar A. Beg, Ali Davoudi, and Taylor T. Johnson, "Reachability Analysis of Transformer-Isolated DC-DC Converters," ARCH 2017, co-located with CPS Week, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2017.
  • Omar A. Beg, Ali Davoudi, and Taylor T. Johnson, "Charge Pump Phase-Locked Loops and Full Wave Rectifiers for Reachability Analysis," ARCH 2016, co-located with CPS Week, Vienna, Austria, April 2016.

Teaching

I taught a wide variety of courses pertaining to Electrical and Computer Engineering. The following new courses/labs were prepared, developed, and delivered in line with the ABET guidelines:

Signals and Systems  ·  Control Systems  ·  Digital Circuit Design and Lab  ·  Electromagnetic Fields  ·  Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis Lab  ·  Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis  ·  Electronic Circuit Analysis Lab  ·  Foundations of Electrical Engineering  ·  Electric Power Systems Lab  ·  Power Electronics  ·  Design Methodology in Electrical Engineering

I developed the laboratory manuals for various labs and conducted the labs for the first time at The University of Texas Permian Basin for the new electrical engineering program.

I have prepared a new course, titled "Foundations of Electrical Engineering," to meet the ABET accreditation requirements.