Manimaran Govindarasu

Title(s):

Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering

Murray J. and Ruth M. Harpole Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Office

3227 Coover
2520 Osborn Dr.
Ames, IA 500111046

Information

Education

  • Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras [Chennai] (1998)
  • M.Tech, Computer Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1993)
  • B.E., Computer Science and Engineering, Bharathidasan University Thrichirappalli (1989)

Interest Areas

  • Core Areas: Cybersecurity for smart grid & critical infrastructures; Real-time systems & networks
  • Department Strategic Areas: Cyber infrastructure; Energy infrastructure

Profesional Highlights

  • Areas of expertise include: Cybersecurity and CPS Security for Smart Grid, Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructures, Real-Time Systems and Networks.
  • Co-authored nearly 250 peer-reviewed research publications, that include multiple conference best paper awards.
  • Architect of the PowerCyber Testbed, a state-of-the-art HIL Testbed for CPS Security for Smart Grid (2012 – present).
  • Founding Chair of the IEEE PES AMPS Task Force/Working Group for Cyber Security for Power Grid.
  • Served as Associate Editor and Guest Co-Editor for several flagship IEEE Transactions and Magazine publications.
  • Mentored over 60 Ph.D. and M.S graduate students for Thesis and Creative Component work.
  • PI for the DOE funded research center, CyDERMS: Cybersecurity and Resiliency of Distributed Energy Resources (DER)-integrated power grid.
  • Made significant contributions to curriculum and workforce development in Cybersecurity for Smart Grid, Internet Infrastructure Securtity, and Real-time Systmes and Networks.
Honors, Awards & Recognition

  • IEEE Fellow, 2015. Citation: “for contributions to security of power grids”
  • AAIS Fellow, 2026 [AAIS: International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences]
  • ABET Program Evaluator (PEV), since 2013
  • Best Paper Awards, Resilience Week Symposium 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023
  • Iowa State University Award for Mid-Career Achievent in Research, 2013
  • Warren Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award, ECE Department [Iowa State University], 2010
  • Iowa State University VEISHEA Outstanding Professor Award, Engineering Student Council, 2009
  • Mervin Coover Distinguished Service Award, ECE Department [Iowa State University], 2009
  • Best IT Innovation Award, National Earthquake Engineering (NEES) Annual Meeting, 2008
  • Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering [Iowa State University], 2003
  • Best Paper Award, International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), 1999
  • Young Scientist Award, Indian Science Congress Association, 1998
  • Best Solution Paper Award, Intl. Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, 1997
  • Best Student Paper Award, Computer Society of India, 1996

Publications

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vkOTo_EAAAAJ&hl=en

  • S. Purohit and M. Govindarasu, “HAVEN: A Hybrid Anomaly Detection System for Intra-Vehicular CAN-bus Communication using Rule-based and Neural Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, pp. 1-15, March 2026.
  • S. Bhattacharya, M. R. Greidanus, S. Gupta, D. Sur, S. K Mazumder, and M. Govindarasu, “Machine Learning-based Adaptive Anomaly Detection for Control Feedback Interferences in Solid State Transformers,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1840-1852, July 2025.
  • V. K. Singh, M. Govindarasu, and R. Nuqui, “Data‐Driven Anomaly Detection and Mitigation for FACTS‐Based Wide‐Area Voltage Control System,” IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-17. June 2025.
  • S. Purohit, M. Govindarasu, and B. Blakely, “FL‐ADS: Federated learning anomaly detection system for distributed energy resource networks,” IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-18. January 2025.
  • K. Khanna and M. Govindarasu, “Resiliency-driven Cyber-Physical Risk Assessment and Investment Planning for Power Substations,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 1743-1754, Sept. 2024.
  • V. K. Singh and M. Govindarasu, “A Cyber-Physical Anomaly Detection for Wide-Area Protection using Machine Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 3514-3526, July 2021.
  • Wang, M. Govindarasu, “Multi-Agent based Attack-Resilient System Integrity Protection for Smart Grid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid,, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 3447-3456, July 2020.
  • Ramesh and M. Govindarasu, “An efficient framework for privacy-preserving computations on encrypted IoT data,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 8700-8708, Sep. 2020.
  • Ashok, M. Govindarasu, and V. Ajjarapu, “Online Detection of Stealthy False Data Injection Attacks in Power System State Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 9, no. 3, pp. 1636- 1646, May 2018.
  • Ashok, M. Govindarasu, and J. Wang, “Cyber-Physical Attack-Resilient Wide-Area Monitoring, Protection, and Control for the Power Grid,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 105, no. 7, pp. 1389-1407, 2017.
  • Mohandespour, M. Govindarasu, and Z. Wang, “Rate, energy, and delay tradeoffs in wireless multicast: network coding vs. routing,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 952-963, April 2016.
  • Sridhar and M. Govindarasu, “Model-Based Attack Detection and Mitigation for Automatic Generation Control,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 580-591, March 2014.
  • Fateh and G. Manimaran, “Wireless Network Design for Transmission Line Monitoring in Smart Grid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 4, no.2, pp. 1076-1086, June 2013.
  • Sridhar, A. Hahn, and G. Manimaran, “Cyber-Physical Security for Electric Power Grid,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 210-224, Jan. 2012.
  • Sridhar, A. Hahn, and G. Manimaran, “Cyber-Physical Security for Electric Power Grid,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 210-224, Jan. 2012.
  • C.-W. Ten, C.-C. Liu, and G. Manimaran, “Vulnerability assessment of cybersecurity for SCADA systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 1836-1846, Nov. 2008.

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