Hui Lin

Hui Lin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. She leads the Dependable Cyber-Physical Systems (DeCPS) Laboratory, focusing on enhancing security and resilience in smart power grids through interdisciplinary approaches combining cybersecurity, computer networks, and artificial intelligence.

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017)
• M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (2010)

Her research spans cyber-physical security, IoT defense mechanisms, and smart grid resilience. Key methodologies include physics-informed graph neural networks, runtime semantic analysis, and software-defined networking virtualization. She has developed frameworks like HELICSAuto for co-simulation and DefRec for anti-reconnaissance defense.

Recent publications focus on programmable switch security, prediction-based grid monitoring, and AI-driven attack mitigation. Funded by NSF, DoD, and DOE, she received the 2022 NSF CAREER Award and a best poster award at SoSSDN 2016. Her lab actively recruits PhD students and post-doctoral researchers.

• 2022 NSF CAREER Award
• Best Poster Award at SoSSDN Workshop 2016

Grants include:

• 2024 DoD ONR Co-PI: "Advancing Research on Cyber-Physical Security and Resilience"
• 2023 NSF PI: "SaTC Small - Enabling Programmable In-Network Security for an Attack-Resilience Smart Grid"
• 2023 NSF PI: "PARP: Mislead Physical-Disruption Attacks by Preemptive Anti-Reconnaissance"
• 2020 NSF PI: "Preempting Physical Damage from Control-Related Attacks"