Dr. Masoud Abbaszadeh is currently a Principal Research Engineer at the GE Vernova Research Center, NY, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in 2008. From 2008 to 2011, he was a Research Engineer with Maplesoft, in Ontario, Canada, and from 2011 to 2013, he was a Senior Research Engineer at United Technologies Research Center, CT, USA, working on advanced control systems, and complex systems modelling and simulation. His research interests include estimation and detection theory, robust and nonlinear control, and machine learning with applications in cyber-physical security and resilience and autonomous systems. Dr. Abbaszadeh has authored over 170 peer-reviewed papers and 9 book chapters, holds 42 issued US patents, and has published four books. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and a member of the IEEE CSS Conference Editorial Board.