Iman Shames

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Iman Shames is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Control and Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Iman Shames has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 62 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 39 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Iman Shames's work include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (49 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (28 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (17 papers). Iman Shames is often cited by papers focused on Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (49 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (28 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (17 papers). Iman Shames collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Sweden and United States. Iman Shames's co-authors include Karl Henrik Johansson, Henrik Sandberg, André Teixeira, Brian D. O. Anderson, Barış Fi̇dan, Farhad Farokhi, Mohammad Deghat, Adrian N. Bishop, Changbin Yu and Mikael Johansson and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Scientific Reports and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Iman Shames

148 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

A secure control framework for resource-limited adversaries 2011 2026 2016 2021 2014 2011 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A secure control framework for resource-limited adversaries
    2014 860 citations Iman Shames et al. profile →
  2. Distributed fault detection for interconnected second-order systems
    2011 330 citations Iman Shames et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Iman Shames Australia 29 2.2k 2.2k 1.0k 788 589 161 3.9k
Zhiqiang Zuo China 36 2.4k 1.1× 3.3k 1.5× 467 0.5× 563 0.7× 255 0.4× 305 4.9k
Kun Liu China 34 2.4k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 562 0.7× 220 0.4× 214 5.2k
Farshad Khorrami United States 32 706 0.3× 3.1k 1.4× 413 0.4× 810 1.0× 517 0.9× 297 4.1k
Lei Zou China 38 2.8k 1.3× 3.3k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 774 1.0× 238 0.4× 138 5.1k
Wook Hyun Кwon South Korea 34 2.3k 1.1× 3.5k 1.6× 715 0.7× 924 1.2× 286 0.5× 226 5.4k
Jan Lunze Germany 31 1.6k 0.7× 6.6k 3.0× 760 0.7× 870 1.1× 257 0.4× 371 8.4k
Guoliang Wei China 50 5.1k 2.3× 6.0k 2.7× 2.1k 2.1× 1.1k 1.3× 301 0.5× 235 8.7k
Thomas Parisini Italy 40 1.4k 0.6× 5.2k 2.4× 1.0k 1.0× 944 1.2× 175 0.3× 353 6.7k
Soummya Kar United States 42 4.1k 1.9× 2.4k 1.1× 1.9k 1.8× 2.9k 3.6× 230 0.4× 230 7.2k
Chao Deng China 44 3.5k 1.6× 4.2k 1.9× 400 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 276 0.5× 167 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Iman Shames

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Fields of papers citing papers by Iman Shames

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iman Shames

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Iman Shames. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Iman Shames based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Iman Shames. Iman Shames is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Khosoussi, Kasra & Iman Shames. (2025). Joint State and Noise Covariance Estimation.
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Molloy, Timothy L., et al.. (2025). Two-Player Dynamic Potential LQ Games with Sequentially Revealed Costs. 7266–7271. 1 indexed citations
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Braun, Philipp, Giulia Giordano, Christopher M. Kellett, Iman Shames, & Luca Zaccarian. (2024). Optimizing Shifted Stabilizers With Asymmetric Input Saturation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(2). 751–766. 4 indexed citations
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Shames, Iman, et al.. (2024). Online Interior-Point Methods for Time-Varying Equality-Constrained Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(4). 2636–2643. 1 indexed citations
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Braun, Philipp, et al.. (2023). Capture the flag games: Observations from the 2022 Aquaticus competition. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(2). 11363–11368.
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Manton, Jonathan H., et al.. (2023). On Distributed Nonconvex Optimisation via Modified ADMM. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 7. 3699–3704.
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Shames, Iman, et al.. (2023). Nonuniform Observability for Moving Horizon Estimation and Stability with Respect to Additive Perturbation. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. 61(5). 3018–3050. 4 indexed citations
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Khorasani, K., et al.. (2022). Mitigation and resiliency of multi-agent systems subject to malicious cyber attacks on communication links. Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University).
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Zamani, Mohammad, et al.. (2022). On Modularity in Reactive Control Architectures, with an Application to Formal Verification. ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems. 6(2). 1–36. 10 indexed citations
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Khorasani, K., et al.. (2022). Undetectable Cyber Attacks on Communication Links in Multi-Agent Cyber-Physical Systems. Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University). 8 indexed citations
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Leong, Alex S., Mohammad Zamani, & Iman Shames. (2022). A Logistic Regression Approach to Field Estimation Using Binary Measurements. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations
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Murguia, Carlos, et al.. (2021). On Privacy of Dynamical Systems: An Optimal Probabilistic Mapping Approach. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 16. 2608–2620. 1 indexed citations
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Murguia, Carlos, Farhad Farokhi, & Iman Shames. (2020). Secure and Private Implementation of Dynamic Controllers Using Semi-Homomorphic Encryption. TU/e Research Portal. 47 indexed citations
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Shames, Iman, et al.. (2019). Online Optimization Using Zeroth Order Oracles. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 4(1). 31–36. 14 indexed citations
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Shames, Iman, et al.. (2019). Communication Connectivity in Multi-agent Systems with Multiple Uncooperative Agents. Asian Control Conference. 673–678. 1 indexed citations
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Shames, Iman, Chris Manzie, Robert Chin, et al.. (2018). A Machine Learning Approach for Tuning Model Predictive Controllers. 2003–2008. 10 indexed citations
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Shames, Iman, et al.. (2017). On eigenvalues of Laplacian matrix for a class of directed signed graphs. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 523. 281–306. 27 indexed citations
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Darup, Moritz Schulze, et al.. (2017). Towards Encrypted MPC for Linear Constrained Systems. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 2(2). 195–200. 97 indexed citations
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Farokhi, Farhad, Iman Shames, & Michael Cantoni. (2015). Optimal Contract Design for Information Acquisition and Sensing.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Shames, Iman, Adrian N. Bishop, Matthew Smith, & Brian D. O. Anderson. (2011). Analysis of target velocity and position estimation via doppler-shift measurements. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 507–512. 8 indexed citations

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