Research
Quantitative research, now focused on medicine and applied AI.
My current research is in medical research and applied AI — most recently a peer-reviewed collaboration in vascular biomechanics. It builds on doctoral work that modeled attackers and defenders of cyber-physical manufacturing systems: the same habit of quantifying risk and failure modes shapes how I evaluate AI systems today.
Themes
What the research is about
Game-theoretic cybersecurity
Modeling attackers and defenders of cyber-physical manufacturing systems as strategic players — Nash, Bayesian and quantal-response equilibria — to quantify risk and decide where security spending pays off.
Risk quantification
Monte Carlo simulation, FMEA and loss distributions that turn security and reliability questions into numbers a leadership team can act on.
Operations & manufacturing
Scheduling under attack, lean improvement, and production-line fitness — the operations-research roots of my later forecasting and optimization work.
Publications
11 peer-reviewed publications
2025
- Cybersecurity Selected
Zarreh, A., Zarreh, M., Saygin, C., & Wan, H.
Journal of Future Sustainability , 5, 179–194 · doi:10.5267/j.jfs.2025.9.002
- Biomechanics Selected
Jadidi, M., Razian, S. A., Zarreh, A., Shahbad, R., & Kamenskiy, A.
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology , 24(5), 1565–1589 · doi:10.1007/s10237-025-01981-4
2021
- Cybersecurity
Bracho Avila, A., Zarreh, A., Saygin, C., Wan, H., & Lee, Y.
International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research , 9, 395–404 · doi:10.14741/ijmcr/v.9.4.6
2020
- Cybersecurity Selected
Cyber-physical security evaluation in manufacturing systems with a Bayesian game model
Zarreh, A., Lee, Y., Al Janahi, R., Wan, H., & Saygin, C.
Procedia Manufacturing , 51, 1158–1165 · doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.163
- Manufacturing systems
Effectiveness and fitness of production line to meet customers' demand
Al Janahi, R., Lee, Y., Zarreh, A., & Wan, H.
Procedia Manufacturing , 51, 1348–1354 · doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.188
2019
- Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity concerns for total productive maintenance in smart manufacturing systems
Zarreh, A., Wan, H., Lee, Y., Saygin, C., & Al Janahi, R.
Procedia Manufacturing , 38, 532–539 · doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.067
- Cybersecurity
Risk assessment for cyber security of manufacturing systems: A game theory approach
Zarreh, A., Wan, H., Lee, Y., Saygin, C., & Al Janahi, R.
Procedia Manufacturing , 38, 605–612 · doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.077
- Manufacturing systems
Implementing Kaizen through a Lean RACE model: A case study
Al Janahi, R., Wan, H., & Zarreh, A.
Proceedings of the IISE Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida · doi:10.31224/osf.io/8sxh9
2018
- Cybersecurity Selected
A game theory based cybersecurity assessment model for advanced manufacturing systems
Zarreh, A., Saygin, C., Wan, H., Lee, Y., & Bracho, A.
Procedia Manufacturing , 26, 1255–1264 · doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.07.162
- Cybersecurity
Zarreh, A., Saygin, C., Wan, H., Lee, Y., & Bracho, A.
Procedia Manufacturing , 17, 1001–1008 · doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.10.087
- Cybersecurity
A simulation-based platform for assessing the impact of cyber-threats on smart manufacturing systems
Bracho, A., Saygin, C., Wan, H., Lee, Y., & Zarreh, A.
Procedia Manufacturing , 26, 1116–1127 · doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.07.148
Earlier manuscripts (2)
- Zarreh, A., Lee, Y., Al Janahi, R., Wan, H., & Saygin, C. (2021). Cybersecurity risk management framework in cyber-physical manufacturing systems using failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and game theory. Manuscript (submitted to Risk Analysis).
- Nie, L., Zarreh, A., & Wan, H. (2020). A game-theory approach for optimizing shop floor scheduling in a virtual manufacturing network. Manuscript (submitted to Journal of Scheduling).
Open to consulting, advisory roles and select projects.
Working on medical or applied AI research?
I'm always interested in collaborations that connect rigorous methods with systems people actually use.