About

Rachad Atat

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Dr. Rachad Atat received the Ph.D. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas, USA, the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, and the B.E. degree (Distinction) in Computer Engineering from the Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon. Prior to joining LAU, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Assistant Research Scientist at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at LAU. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, graph learning, and critical infrastructure cybersecurity. He has authored extensively in leading journals and conferences and has participated in nationally and internationally funded research projects in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and networking. In 2026, he received the Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award from the LAU School of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his research contributions.

SDGs Research Mapping

Dr. Nadine Abbas conducts research relevant to the following SDGs:

Honors and Awards

August 2026 Lebanon Innovate Innovation Insights Initiative – Winning Submission: 
Selected as one of the winning submissions under the EU-funded Lebanon Innovate Program for the article “Why High-Performing AI Cannot Always Be Trusted.”
May 2026 LAU School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award: 
Awarded in recognition of distinguished research achievements and exceptional dedication to scholarship and the mission of the School.
January 2024 4th International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE) Best Paper Award.
April 2023 IEEE Senior Membership Grade.
January 2019 Texas A&M University at Qatar Research Excellence Travel Award.
November 2016 Global Communications Conference Best Paper Award.
October 2016 NSF Travel Grant Award.
January 2014 The University of Kansas Engineering Fellowship Award.
September 2008
–February 2010		 Student Honor Society Member at Lebanese American University.
September 2008 Discovery Scholarship Recipient Award from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Selected Publications

Published Journals

  1. Abdaljalil, S., Sharma, P., Serpedin, E., Atat, R., and Kurban, H., “SINdex: Semantic INconsistency Index for Hallucination Detection in LLMs”, IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, vol. 7, pp. 1145-1155, 2026, doi: 10.1109/OJCS.2026.3697236.
  2. Aboelmagd, S., Atat, R., Takiddin, A., “Simplicial Graph-Based Detection and Localization of Cyber Attacks Against Large-Scale Smart Grids”, in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2026.3682950.
  3. Mughal, U.A., Elshazly, A., Atat,R., Ismail, M., “Generalizable Topology-aware GNN-Based Intrusion Detection System for UAV Swarms”, in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1569-1580, 1 Jan.1, 2026, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3630488.
  4. Keçeci, C., Atat,R., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Distributed detection and mitigation of FDIAs in smart grids via federated learning”, in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 172, 2025, 111126, ISSN 0142-0615, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.111126.
  5. Cakiroglu, M.O., Altun, I.B., Fahim, S.R., Kurban, H., Dalkilic, M.M., Atat, R., Takiddin, A., and Serpedin, E., “An Extended Frequency-Improved Legendre Memory Model for Enhanced Long-term Electricity Load Forecasting”, IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, vol. 12, pp. 691-701, 2025, doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3615513.
  6. Sweeten, J., Elshazly, A., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Refaat, S.S., and Atat, R., “Cyber-Physical Fusion for GNN-Based Attack Detection in Smart Power Grids”, in IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, vol. 12, pp. 515-528, 2025, doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3594625.
  7. Fahim, S.R., Atat, R., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “An Unsupervised Approach to Enhance Cyber Resiliency of Power Systems Against False Data Injection Attacks on Voltage Stability”, International Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering & Telecommunications, vol. 14, no. 2, pp.88-93, March 2025, doi: 10.18178/ijeetc.14.2.88-93.
  8. Abdaljalil, S., Kurban, H., Atat, R., Serpedin, E., and Qaraqe, K., “Deep Temporal and Structural Embeddings for Robust Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Dynamic Graphs”, IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, vol. 6, pp. 1100-1109, 2025, doi: 10.1109/OJCS.2025.3584942.
  9. Atat,R., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “Graphon Neural Networks-Based Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Power Systems”, in IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, vol. 12, pp. 24-35, 2025, doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3530352.
  10. Islam, M., Atat,R., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Enhancing power grid management and incident response mechanisms through consortium blockchain”, in IET Smart Grid, e12203 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1049/stg2.12203.
  11.  Elnour, M., Atat, R., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “Eigenvector Centrality-Enhanced Graph Network for Attack Detection in Power Distribution Systems”, in Elsevier’s Electric Power Systems Research, Volume 241, 2025, 111339, ISSN 0378-7796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2024.111339.
  12. Fahim, S.R., Atat,R., Keçeci, C., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Planning Strategy of EV Charging Stations and DGs Using GCNN-Based Predicted Power Demand”, in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 4528-4542, April 2025, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3541190.
  13. Fahim, S.R., Atat,R., Keçeci, C., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Graph Neural Network-Based Approach for Detecting False Data Injection Attacks on Voltage Stability”, in IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, vol. 12, pp. 12-23, 2025, doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2024.3524268.
  14. Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Atat,R., Serpedin, E., “Spatio-Temporal Graph-Based Generation and Detection of Adversarial False Data Injection Evasion Attacks in Smart Grids”, in IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 6601-6616, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TAI.2024.3464511.
  15. Islam, M.A., Atat,R., Ismail, M., “Software-Defined Networking Based Resilient Proactive Routing in Smart Grids Using Graph Neural Networks and Deep Q-Networks”, in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 111169-111186, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3438938.
  16. Fahim, S.R., Atat,R., Keçeci, C., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “ Graph Autoencoder-Based Power Attacks Detection for Resilient Electrified Transportation Systems”, in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 9539-9553, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2024.3355094.
  17. Atat,R., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “Joint Cascade Vulnerability Assessment of Interdependent Power–Water Infrastructures,”, in IEEE Systems, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 5931-5942, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2023.3314099.
  18. Atat,R., Shaaban, M.F., Ismail, M., Serpedin, E., “Efficient UAV Paths Design for Post-Disaster Damage Assessment of Overhead Transmission Lines”, IET Smart Grid, 1– 19 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1049/stg2.12120.
  19. Takiddin, A., Atat,R., Ismail, M., Boyaci, O., Davis, K., Serpedin, E., “Generalized Graph Neural Network-Based Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grids”, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TETCI.2022.3232821.
  20. Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Atat,R., Davis, K. R., and Serpedin, E., “Robust Graph Autoencoder-based Detection of False Data Injection Attacks Against Data Poisoning in Smart Grids”, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, doi: 10.1109/TAI.2023.3286831.
  21. Jamshed, M. A., Ismail, M., Pervaiz, H., Atat, R., Bayram, I.S., and Ni, Q., “Reinforcement Learning-based Allocation of Fog Nodes for Cloud-based Smart Grid”, e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, 2023, 100144, ISSN 2772-6711.
  22. Islam, M. A., Ismail, M., Atat, R., Boyaci, O., and Shannigrahi, S., “Software-Defined Network-Based Proactive Routing Strategy in Smart Power Grids Using Graph Neural Network and Reinforcement Learning”, Elsevier’s e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, 2023, 100187, ISSN 2772-6711.
  23. Atat,R., Ismail, M., Serpedin, E., “Limiting the Failure Impact of Interdependent Power-Communication Networks via Optimal Partitioning”, in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2022.3188648.
  24. Atat,R., Ismail, M., Refaat, S. S., Serpedin, E., “Cascading Failure Vulnerability Analysis in Interdependent Power-Communication Networks”, IEEE Systems Journal, 2021, doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2021.3128698.
  25. Atat, R., Ismail, M., Serpedin, E., and Overbye, T., “Dynamic Joint Allocation of EV Charging Stations and DGs in Spatio-Temporal Expanding Grids”, in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 7280-7294, 2020.
  26. Atat, R., Ismail, M., Shaaban, M. F., Serpedin, E., and Overbye, T., “Stochastic Geometry-Based Model for Dynamic Allocation of Metering Equipment in Spatio-Temporal Expanding Power Grids”, in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 2080-2091, May 2020.
  27. Atat, R., Liu, L., Wu, J., Ashdown, J., and Yi, Y. “Green Massive Traffic Offloading for Cyber-Physical Systems over Heterogeneous Cellular Networks”, Mobile Networks and Applications Springer Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, pp.1364-1372, Aug. 2019.
  28. Atat, R., Liu, L., Wu, J., Li, G., Ye, C., and Yi, Y. “Big Data Meet Cyber-Physical Systems: A Panoramic Survey”, IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 73603-73636, 2018.
  29. Wu,S. Atat, R., Mastronarde,N. and Liu,L., “Improving the Coverage and Spectral Efficiency of Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks using Device-to-Device Relays”, in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 2251-2265, May 2018.
  30. Atat, R., Liu,L., Ashdown, J., Medley, M., Matyjas, J., and Yi,Y. “A Physical Layer Security Scheme for Mobile Health Cyber-Physical Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Internet of Things, vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 295-309, Feb. 2018.
  31. Hamedani, K., Liu, L., Atat, R., Wu, J., and Yi, Y. “Reservoir Computing Meets Smart Grids: Attack Detection using Delayed Feedback Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 734-743, Feb. 2018.
  32. Li, J.; Liu, L.; Zhao, C.; Hamedani, K.; Atat, R., and Yi, Y. “Enabling Sustainable Cyber Physical Security Systems Through Neuromorphic Computing”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 112-125, June 2017.
  33. Atat, R., Liu,L., Chen, H., Wu, J., Li, H., and Yi,Y. “Enabling Cyber-Physical Communication in 5G Cellular Networks: Challenges, Spatial Spectrum Sensing, and Cyber-Security”, IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 49-54, 4 2017.
  34. Atat, R., Liu,L., Mastronarde,N. and Yi,Y. “Energy Harvesting-Based D2D-Assisted Machine-Type Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, No.3, March 2017.
  35. Yaacoub,E., Atat, R., Al-Sharora,A., Alouini,M. “Mobile relays for enhanced broadband connectivity in high speed train systems”,Elsevier Physical Communication Journal. Vol. 12, pp.105-115, September 2014.
  36. Atat, R., Yaacoub,E., Alouini,M., Filali,F., and Abu-Dayya,A. “Delay-Sensitive Content Distribution via Peer-to-Peer Collaboration in Public Safety Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks”, Ad Hoc Networks journal (Elsevier), vol. 16, pp.182-196, May 2014.
  37. Atat, R., Yaacoub,E., Alouini,M. and Abu-Dayya,A. “Cooperative Ad Hoc Networks for Energy and Delay Efficient Content Distribution with Fast Channel Variations”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC) Journal. Vol. 12, No.18, December 2012.

Conference Papers

  1. Fahim, S.R., Atat, R., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Kurban, H., and Serpedin, E., “Optimizing EV Charging Infrastructure Utilization via Dynamic Rerouting and Predictive Load”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  2. Noureddine H., El Hajj, M., Atat, R., Ahasan, M. R., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “A Transfer Learning Approach to Dictionary Learning-Based Attack Detection and Classification in Power Systems”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  3. Elnour, M., Atat, R., Kurban, H., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K. R., and Serpedin, E., “Edge-Conditioned Contrastive Graph Learning for False Data Injection Detection in Transmission Power Systems”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  4. Aboelmagd, S., Atat, R., Ismail, M., Refaat, S. S., and Takiddin, A.,“Multi-Higher-Order Simplicial Neural Networks for Cyber Attack Detection in Power Systems”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  5. Ahasan, M. R., Burnside, A., Atat, R., Fahim, S. R., and Takiddin, A.,“CALNet: Convolutional Autoencoder for Time and Energy-Based Attack Localization in EVCS”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  6. Aboelmagd, S., Gralike, G., Atat, R., Ismail, M., and Takiddin, A.,“Metric Learning for Generalizable Cyber Attack Detection in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, 2026 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), September 2026, Newark, DE, USA.
  7. Ahasan, M. R., Islam, M., Atat, R., Refaat, S. S., Ismail, M., Serpedin, E., and Takiddin, A., “Efficient Neural Architecture Search for Anomaly Detection in Smart Grids Using Real-Time Data”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  8. Aboelmagd, S., Islam, M., Avlonitis, B., Atat, R., Ismail, M., Serpedin, E., and Takiddin, A., “Higher-Order Topology-Aware Attack Strategies Against Smart Grids”, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm), October 2026, College Station, TX, USA.
  9. Elshazly, A., Roberts, J., Atat, R., Ismail, M., “LLM-Guided Cyber-Physical Attack Path Identification in Smart Grids”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  10. Billingsley, B., Elshazly, A., Roberts, J., Atat, R., and Ismail, M., “Assessing Large Language Models for Critical Node Identification in Power Grids”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  11. Ahasan, M. R., Lakshminarayanan, M., Atat, R., Serpedin, E., and Takiddin, A., “GTLeak: Graph Isomorphism Networks with Transformers for Water Leakage Detection”, 52ndAnnual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2026), October 2026, Doha, Qatar.
  12. Noureddine H., El Hajj, M., Atat, R., Ahasan, M. R., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “Dictionary Learning-Based Multi-Class Detection of Attacks and Faults in Power Systems”, SoutheastCon 2026, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2026, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SoutheastCon63549.2026.11476335.
  13. Ahasan, M. R., Alhendi, M.N., Atat, R., and Takiddin, A., “GAEloc: Graph Autoencoder for Attack Localization in Cyber-Physical Water Distribution Systems”, ICC 2026 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICC59461.2026.11587100.
  14. Atwi, M., Atat, R., and Honeine, F., “Locally Deployed Language Models for Pathology Education: A Comparative Analysis of Fine-tuning and Retrieval-Augmented Generation on Consumer Hardware”, Fourth International Conference on Medical Education, Sep. 2025, LAU, Beirut, Lebanon.
  15. Ahasan, M. R., Fahim, S. R., Atat,R., and Takiddin, A.,“A Graph-Based Optimization Approach for Resilient EV Rerouting in Disrupted Charging Networks”, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CCNC65079.2026.11366605.
  16. Aboelmagd, S., Traina, A., Atat,R., and Takiddin, A.,“Transferrable Graphon-Based Detection of Adversarial Samples in Power Grid Networks”, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CCNC65079.2026.11366379.
  17. Cakiroglu, M., Altun, I., Fahim, S. R., Kurban, H., Dalkilic, M., Atat,R., Takiddin, A., Serpedin, E., and Qaraqe, K., “De Bruijn Graph-Enhanced Time Series Models for Electricity Load Forecasting”, ISSCS 2025 (17-th International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems), Iasi, Romania, 2025, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ISSCS66034.2025.11105646.
  18. Islam, M., Ismail, M., Atat,R., Kurban, H., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Decentralized N-1 Contingency Analysis for Cascading Failure Prediction in Multi-Region Power Systems using Consortium Blockchain”, 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET 2025), Paris, France, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICECET63943.2025.11472349.
  19. Ahasan, M. R., Joad, F., Atat, R., Thompson, C., Serpedin, E., and Takiddin, A. “Graph Transfer Learning-Based Attack Detection in Cyber-Physical Water Distribution Systems”, 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2025), Palermo, Italy, 2025, pp. 1912-1916, doi: 10.23919/EUSIPCO63237.2025.11226298.
  20. Joad, F., Atat, R., Mbayed, H., and Takiddin, A., “Recurrent Graph Neural Network-Based Identification of Replay Attacks in Power Networks”, 2024 4th International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME), Male, Maldives, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICECCME62383.2024.10796488.
  21. Mughal, U.A., Atat,R., Ismail, M., “Graph Neural Network-Based Intrusion Detection System for a Swarm of UAVs”, MILCOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Washington, DC, USA, 2024, pp. 578-583, doi: 10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024.10773671.
  22. Fahim, S.R., Atat, R., Keçeci, C., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Cyberattack Aware Load Frequency Control in Power Systems”, 2024 58th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 1058-1062, doi: 10.1109/IEEECONF60004.2024.10942756.
  23. Fahim, S.R., Atat, R., Keçeci, C., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Generalized FDIA Detection in Power Dependent Electrified Transportation Systems”, 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Lyon, France, 2024, pp. 1851-1855, doi: 10.23919/EUSIPCO63174.2024.10715443.
  24. Takiddin A., Atat, R., Mbayed, H., Ismail M., and Serpedin, E., “Resilience of Data-Driven Cyberattack Detection Systems in Smart Power Grids”, 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Lyon, France, 2024, pp. 1992-1996, doi: 10.23919/EUSIPCO63174.2024.10715330.
  25. Atat, R., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “Graphon-Based Synthetic Power System Model and Its Application in System Risk Analysis”, 2023 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Bucharest, Romania, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ISC257844.2023.10293721.
  26. Fahim, S.R., Atat, R., Keçeci, C., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Forecasting EV Charging Demand: A Graph Convolutional Neural Network-Based Approach”, 2024 4th International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE), Jan. 2024, Doha, Qatar (BEST PAPER AWARD).
  27. Sweeten, J., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Refaat, S.S., and Atat, R., “Cyber-Physical GNN-Based Intrusion Detection in Smart Power Grids”, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm), Nov. 2023, Glasgow, Scotland.
  28. Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., Atat,R., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “Graph Autoencoder-Based Detection of Unseen False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grids”, Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2023.
  29. Takiddin, A., Atat, R., Ismail, M., Davis, K.R., and Serpedin, E., “A Graph Neural Network Multi-Task Learning-Based Approach for Detection and Localization of Cyberattacks in Smart Grids”, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2023), Rhodes Island Greece, June 2023.
  30. Atat,R., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “Cascading Failures Mitigation Strategy for Resilient Water Infrastructures”, 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Yokohama, Japan, July 2023.
  31. Atat,R., Ismail, M., Davis, K., and Serpedin, E., “Large-Scale Cascading Failure Mitigation in Power Systems via Typed-Graphlets Partitioning”, 2023 North American Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2023, pp. 1-5.
  32. Islam, M.A., Ismail, M., Boyaci, O., Atat,R., and Shannigrahi, S., “Graph Neural Network Based Prediction of Data Traffic in Cyber-Physical Smart Power Grids”, IEEE SmartGridComm’22, Singapore, Oct. 2022, pp. 1-6.
  33. Atat,R., Ismail, M., Serpedin, E., “Attack Strategies Comparison Based on the Most Critical Nodes in Interdependent Power-Communication Networks”, SGRE-2022 - 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Doha, Qatar, 2022, pp. 1-6.
  34. Islam, M.A., Ismail, M., Atat,R., Shannigrahi, S., “A Software-Defined Routing Strategy Based on Reinforcement Learning in Smart Power Grid”, SoutheastCon22, Mobile, Alabama, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6.
  35. Atat,R., Ismail, M., Refaat, S. S., Serpedin, E., “On the Impact of Control Center Allocation on Power-Communication Network Vulnerability”, IEEE ISGT Europe 2021, Espoo, Finland, 2021, pp. 1-6.
  36. Atat, R., Ismail, M., Refaat, S., and Serpedin, E., “Stochastic Geometry Model for Interdependent Cyber-Physical Communication-Power Networks”, ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, 2020, pp. 1-6.
  37. Atat, R., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “Stochastic Geometry Planning of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations”, ICASSP 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain, 2020, pp. 3062-3066.
  38. Atat, R., Ismail, M. and Serpedin, E., “Stochastic Geometry-based Model for Spatio-temporal Expanding Smart Grids”, 2019 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Chengdu, China, 2019, pp. 457-462.
  39. Atat, R., Shafin, R. and Serpedin, E., “Toward Solar Energy Harvesting for Small Cell Networks: Technology, Feasibility, and Challenges”, 2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at’19), Funchal, Portugal, 2019, pp. 90-95.
  40. Atat, R., et al. “Cognitive Relay Networks with Energy and Mutual-Information Accumulation”, IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments, Honolulu, HI, USA, Apr. 2018.
  41. Wu,S., Atat, R., Mastronarde,N., and Liu,L. “Coverage Analysis of D2D Relay-Assisted Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks”, 2017 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference WCNC, San Fransisco, CA USA, March 2017.
  42. Atat, R., Liu,L. and Yi,Y., “Privacy Protection Scheme for eHealth Systems: A Stochastic Geometry Approach”, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’16), Washington, DC USA, Dec. 2016.
  43. Atat, R., Liu, L., Ashdown, J., Medley, M., Matyjas, J., and Yi, Y., “Improving Spectral Efficiency of D2D Cellular Networks Through RF Energy Harvesting”, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’16), Washington, DC USA, Dec. 2016. (BEST PAPER AWARD).
  44. Atat, R., Liu, L., Ashdown, J., Medley, M., and Matyjas, J., “On the Performance of Relay-Assisted D2D Networks under Spatially Correlated Interference”, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’16), Washington, DC USA, Dec. 2016.
  45. Atat, R., Chen, H. and Liu, L., Ashdown, J., Medley, M., and Matyjas, J., “Fundamentals of Spatial RF Energy Harvesting for D2D Cellular Networks”, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’16), Washington, DC USA, Dec. 2016.
  46. Atat, R. and Liu,L., “On the Achievable Transmission Capacity of Secrecy-Based D2D Cellular Networks”, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’16), Washington, DC USA, Dec. 2016.
  47. Chen, H., Shafin,R., Atat, R., Yi,Y., and Liu,L., “Performance Analysis on Nano-Networks: A Stochastic Geometry Approach”, Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, NANOCOM 2016, New York, NY, USA, September 28-30, 2016.
  48. Atat, R., Yaacoub,E., Alouini,M. and Filali,F. “Delay efficient cooperation in public safety vehicular networks using LTE and IEEE 802.11p”, 9th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) - Special session Information dissemination in vehicular networks, pp.316-320, Las Vegas, USA, January 2012.
  49. Atat, R., Shakir,M. and Alouini,M. “On the interference rejection capabilities of triangular antenna array for cellular base stations”, 16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference(MELECON 2012), pp.39-42, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2012.
  50. Atat, R., Yaacoub,E., Alouini,M. and Abu-Dayya,A. “Cooperative relay-based multicasting for energy and delay minimization”, 8th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2012), pp.808-813, Limassol, Cyprus, August 2012.
  51. Shakir,M., Atat, R., and Alouini,M. “On the Interference Suppression Capabilities of Cognitive Enabled Femto Cellular Networks”, The Second International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT 2012), pp.402-407, Hammamet, Tunisia, June 2012.
  52. Atat, R., Yaacoub,E., Alouini,M. and Abu-Dayya,A. “Heterogeneous LTE/802.11a Mobile Relays for Data Rate Enhancement and Energy-Efficiency in High Speed Trains”, GLOBECOM 2012 Workshop - The 7th International Workshop on Heterogeneous, Multi-hop, Wireless and Mobile Networks (HeterWMN 2012), Anaheim, California, December 2012.

PhD Dissertation

  1. Enabling Cyber-Physical Communication in 5G Cellular Networks: Challenges, Solutions and Applications PDF Link

Book Chapters

  1. Atat, R., Takiddin, A., Ismail, M., and Serpedin, E., “AI-Driven Higher-Order Graph Learning for Cascading Failure Detection and Localization in Smart City Infrastructure,” submitted for publication in AI-Driven Smart Cities, M. Rahmani-Andebili, Ed., Springer, under review, 2026.
  2. Atat,R., and Ismail, M. (2019). ”Multi‐RAT D2D Communication Paradigms: Potential Benefits and Challenging Issues”, in Wiley 5G Ref, pp.1-19.
  3. Shakir,M., Atat, R., and Alouini,M. (2013) ”Interference Suppression Capabilities of Smart Cognitive-Femto Networks (SCFN)”, in Al-Dulaimi, A., Cosmas, J., and Mohammed, A. (Eds), in Self-Organization and Green Applications in Cognitive Radio Networks, IGI Global. (The book has been awarded Best Paper in the New Applications of Cognitive Principles to Communications category for the WUN CogCom Best Paper Awards 2013).
  4. Atat, R., Yaacoub, E., Alouini, M.-S., and Abu-Dayya,A. (2013), ”Cooperative Peer-to-Peer Content Sharing Techniques for Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks with Fast Channel Variations”, published in Green Networkings and Communications: ICT for Sustainability, Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, USA.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD with Honors in Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas, 2017.
  • MS in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 2012.
  • BE in Computer Engineering with Distinction, Lebanese American University, 2010.
Best Paper Award