Walter Lucia

Dr. Walter Lucia is an Associate Professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University. His research focuses on secure and resilient control of cyber-physical systems and model predictive control strategies for autonomous vehicles. He supervises MASc and PhD students in programs such as Information Systems Security, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Information and Systems Engineering.

His research interests encompass cybersecurity in control systems, including strategies against false data injection and setpoint attacks. He develops resilient control architectures and applies model predictive control to autonomous systems like self-driving cars and mobile robots. Recent work emphasizes data-driven safety mechanisms, encrypted control systems, and collision-free platooning of mobile robots.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Dr. Lucia's advising roles include overseeing multiple graduate programs, though specific student names are not listed. His publications reflect a strong focus on control theory applications, cyber-physical system security, and optimization techniques.

Labs or collaborative teams are not explicitly detailed in the text, but his research themes suggest involvement in interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of engineering and cybersecurity.