{"id":42,"date":"2026-10-18T15:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/opportunities\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:20:47","slug":"opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"People &amp; Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Prospective research students<\/h2>\n<p>I welcome motivated undergraduate and graduate students interested in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, reinforcement learning, and intelligent power systems. Students with experience in Python, machine learning, optimization, or power-system simulation are especially encouraged to reach out.<\/p>\n<h2>Research opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>Undergraduate projects, graduate thesis topics, and interdisciplinary collaborations are possible in areas such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graph-based intrusion detection for power systems<\/li>\n<li>AI-assisted smart-grid stability assessment<\/li>\n<li>Trustworthy machine learning<\/li>\n<li>Safe reinforcement learning for grid control<\/li>\n<li>Security of critical energy infrastructure and data centers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"\/mmassaoudi\/research\/\">Research<\/a> page for current directions.<\/p>\n<h2>Useful background<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Python and PyTorch<\/li>\n<li>Machine learning and reinforcement learning<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity fundamentals<\/li>\n<li>Power-system simulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to get involved<\/h2>\n<p>To express interest, please email <a href=\"mailto:mmassaoudi@tarleton.edu\">mmassaoudi@tarleton.edu<\/a> with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your CV<\/li>\n<li>A transcript, where appropriate<\/li>\n<li>A brief description of your technical background and research interests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research participation and financial support depend on project availability.<\/p>\n<h2>Collaborations<\/h2>\n<p>I welcome collaborations with academic and industry partners working on AI, cybersecurity, smart grids and intelligent energy systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prospective research students I welcome motivated undergraduate and graduate students interested in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, reinforcement learning, and intelligent power systems. Students with experience in Python, machine learning, optimization, or power-system simulation are especially encouraged to reach out. Research opportunities Undergraduate projects, graduate thesis topics, and interdisciplinary collaborations are possible in areas such as: Graph-based &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/opportunities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">People &amp; Opportunities<\/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-42","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 18, 2026","modified":"Updated on October 18, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 18, 2026 3:20 pm","modified":"Updated on October 18, 2026 3:20 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","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=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mmassaoudi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}