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Manimaran Govindarasu

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University

Manimaran Govindarasu is currently the Mehl Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, India, and has been on the faculty of Iowa State University since 1999. His research experiences are in the areas of cyber-physical system (CPS) security for the smart grid, cyber security, real-time systems and networks, and Internet of Things (IoT). He has co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed research publications, and has given several invited talks and tutorials at reputed IEEE conferences, and delivered more than dozen industry training sessions on the subject of power grid cyber security (e.g., NERC GridSecCon 2015, 2016). He is a co-author of the text “Resource Management in Real-time Systems and Networks,” MIT Press, 2001. He served as a guest co-editor for flagship IEEE publications (IEEE Network, IEEE Power & Energy, IEEE Trans. on Secure and Dependable Computing), and serving as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid since 2013. His research is funded by NSF, DHS, and DOE, and by industry-university collaborative research centers (PSERC and EPRC). He is the founding chair of the Cyber Security Task Force within IEEE Power & Energy Society AMPS Committee. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

As Russians hack the US grid, a look at what's needed to protect it

Aug 08, 2018 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

The U.S. electricity grid is hard to defend because of its enormous size and heavy dependency on digital communication and computerized control software. The number of potential targets is growing as internet of things...

Cybersecurity of the power grid: A growing challenge

Feb 25, 2017 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Called the largest interconnected machine, the U.S. electricity grid is a complex digital and physical system crucial to life and commerce in this country. Today, it is made up of more than 7,000 power plants, 55,000...

Economy

Asian Stocks Slide as U.S.-Iran Fighting Lifts Oil Prices

Asian stock markets fell on Monday as renewed U.S.-Iran fighting heightened geopolitical risks, pushed oil prices higher and added to inflation concerns at a time when investors are increasingly pricing in another Federal...

Gold Prices Rebound as Fed Rate Hike Bets Rise

Gold prices edged higher on Monday, recovering slightly after a sharp selloff in the previous session as investors reassessed the Federal Reserves interest rate outlook following Chair Kevin Warshs hawkish comments on...

Ukraine Seeks Early EU Funds to Cover $27B Defence Gap

Ukraines new Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara has pledged to give Kyivs international partners a clear strategy for fighting Russia as the government seeks additional financing to address a $27 billion military budget...

Canada Backs €100B Global Defence Bank as G7 Support Lags

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is backing plans for a new global defence bank designed to accelerate military investment, although several major economies have yet to join ahead of a planned charter signing this...

US Stock Futures Fall as Iran Strikes, Fed Rate Fears Rise

U.S. stock futures moved lower Sunday evening as renewed military tensions between the United States and Iran pushed oil prices higher, while investors remained concerned about the Federal Reserves increasingly hawkish...

Politics

Nepal Seeks More China Glacier Data After Deadly Himalayan Flood

Nepal is pushing for stronger disaster data-sharing with China after a catastrophic Himalayan glacier collapse triggered floods and mudslides that killed nearly 800 people across both countries and left more than 3,000...

Iran Targets U.S. Forces in Jordan as Missiles Intercepted

Iran launched missile attacks targeting U.S. forces stationed in Jordan on Sunday, marking a fresh escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran as military exchanges resumed across the region. Fox News reporter...

Iran’s Khamenei Urges Muslim, Gulf Unity Against ‘Real Enemy’

Irans Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has called on Muslim countries, particularly Gulf Arab states, to strengthen unity and confront what he described as their real enemy, arguing that divisions across the Islamic world...

U.S. Strikes Iranian Launchers on Larak Island

U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island after detecting preparations by Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to deploy sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported, citing a U.S....

Ukraine Eyes US Investment for New Defence Tech Fund

Ukraines former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking investment from the United States for a proposed defence technology fund focused on developing next-generation weapons systems, according to a Financial Times...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Faraday Future Delivers First Robots in Middle East, Plans September Launches

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) has completed its first robotics sale and delivery in the Middle East, marking an early milestone in the electric vehicle and AI technology companys regional...

Pinterest Stock Falls as CFO Julia Brau Donnelly Resigns

Pinterest Inc. (NYSE: PINS) shares fell sharply in after-hours trading on Friday after the social media company announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer Julia Brau Donnelly, prompting investor attention on the...

PayPal Shares Sink as $50 Billion Takeover Bid Collapses

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) shares plunged in extended trading after a consortium led by private equity firm Advent International and payments giant Stripe reportedly ended its pursuit of the digital payments company....

Nvidia Pauses AI Cloud Financing Deals Amid Antitrust Concerns

Nvidia has temporarily halted some deals tied to a recently introduced financing program for artificial intelligence cloud companies, amid internal concerns that the arrangement could attract greater antitrust scrutiny,...

Google Changes EU Spam Policy Amid Antitrust Scrutiny

Google has revised its spam policy in Europe after concerns from European Union regulators raised the possibility of a significant antitrust fine for Alphabet, the search giants parent company. The company said Friday that...