{"id":13,"date":"2026-10-17T14:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:30:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Sadok Massaoudi, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Assistant Professor of AI &amp; Machine Learning<\/strong><br \/>Computer Science &amp; Electrical Engineering<br \/>Tarleton State University<br \/>Email: <a href=\"mailto:mmassaoudi@tarleton.edu\">mmassaoudi@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:1.2em;color:#4F2D7F\"><strong>Trustworthy AI, Cyber-Physical Security, and Resilient Power Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1BAI9tTDOjz5MtnFfTyP8us4nMnsjjd3W\/view?usp=sharing\" style=\"background-color:#4F2D7F;color:#ffffff;padding:8px 16px;border-bottom:0;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;margin-right:8px\">Download CV (PDF)<\/a><a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/research\/\" style=\"background-color:#4F2D7F;color:#ffffff;padding:8px 16px;border-bottom:0;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;margin-right:8px\">Research<\/a><a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/selected-publications\/\" style=\"background-color:#4F2D7F;color:#ffffff;padding:8px 16px;border-bottom:0;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;margin-right:8px\">Publications<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qELIRCcAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9388-2115\">ORCID<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Mohamed-Massaoudi\">ResearchGate<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Mmassaoudi-cell\">GitHub<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>I am an Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Tarleton State University. My research focuses on trustworthy artificial intelligence for cyber-physical systems, with an emphasis on smart-grid cybersecurity, deep learning, reinforcement learning, power-system stability, and resilient critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>My work integrates data-driven intelligence with domain-specific physical knowledge to improve cyberattack detection, risk assessment, and secure decision-making in complex engineering systems. I hold two Ph.D. degrees, in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&amp;M University and Electronics\u2013Artificial Intelligence from INSAT, Tunisia. My professional experience spans academic research, electrical engineering, and research laboratory management.<\/p>\n<p>I welcome interdisciplinary collaborations and research opportunities involving artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, smart grids, and intelligent energy systems.<\/p>\n<h2>Impact at a glance<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.8em;color:#4F2D7F\">2,000+<\/strong><br \/>Citations<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.8em;color:#4F2D7F\">20<\/strong><br \/>h-index<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.8em;color:#4F2D7F\">Top 2%<\/strong><br \/>Scientists worldwide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Citations and h-index as of October 2026, from <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qELIRCcAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a>. Included in the Stanford\u2013Elsevier World&#8217;s Top 2% Scientists lists for 2025 and 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com\/datasets\/btchxktzyw\">official dataset<\/a>). Also recipient of the IEEE Industry Applications Society Second Prize Paper Award (2024) and competitive research funding and academic fellowships (see <a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/awards-honors\/\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Latest research highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2026, software paper:<\/strong> <em>DataAiPrep<\/em>, a machine learning data-quality assessment tool, published in <em>SoftwareX<\/em> (vol. 34, Art. 102662). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.softx.2026.102662\">Paper<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Mmassaoudi-cell\/DataAiPrep\">GitHub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2026, journal paper:<\/strong> &#8220;Topology-Aware Hierarchical Attack Graph Optimization for Cyber-Physical Power Systems,&#8221; <em>Electronics<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/electronics15132947\">Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2026, journal paper:<\/strong> FADEG, a graph neural network ensemble for intrusion detection in power systems, <em>IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/OJIA.2026.3675549\">Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2026, funding:<\/strong> Lead PI of ReCIPeS-DC, a TEES seed-funded project on resilient cyber-physical infrastructure for data centers in Texas. <a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/research\/\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Explore<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/research\/\">Research<\/a>: themes, projects and funded research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/selected-publications\/\">Publications<\/a>: selected papers with DOI links<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/software\/\">Software &amp; Data<\/a>: public tools and source code<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/opportunities\/\">People &amp; Opportunities<\/a>: collaboration and student projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of AI &amp; Machine LearningComputer Science &amp; Electrical EngineeringTarleton State UniversityEmail: mmassaoudi@tarleton.edu Trustworthy AI, Cyber-Physical Security, and Resilient Power Systems Download CV (PDF)ResearchPublications Google Scholar \u00b7 ORCID \u00b7 ResearchGate \u00b7 GitHub About I am an Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mohamed Sadok Massaoudi, Ph.D.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/author\/mmassaoudi\/","display_name":"mmassaoudi"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 weeks ago","modified":"Updated 2 weeks ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 17, 2026","modified":"Updated on October 18, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 17, 2026 2:44 pm","modified":"Updated on October 18, 2026 4:30 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}