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Mehdi Karimibiuki is a cybersecurity researcher specializing in the security and resilience of cyber-physical systems, with a particular focus on robotic vehicles (RVs). His work addresses one of the most pressing challenges in autonomous systems: protecting RVs from sophisticated physical attacks such as sensor tampering and spoofing that can compromise navigation and mission integrity. Karimibiuki's most influential contribution, "Out of Control" (2019, 45 citations), exposed critical vulnerabilities in control algorithm-based estimation techniques used by RVs, establishing a foundational understanding of attack surfaces in autonomous platforms. Building on this, he developed PID-Piper (2021, 41 citations), a novel recovery framework enabling robotic vehicles to restore safe operation following physical sensor attacks. His investigation into stealthy attacks against control-based intrusion detection systems (2021, 35 citations) further demonstrated the limitations of existing defenses and raised the bar for security research in this domain. His most recent work introduces DeLorean (2024), a unified framework integrating attack detection, diagnosis, and recovery, reflecting a maturing vision for holistic RV security. With over 120 cumulative citations, Karimibiuki has made measurable contributions to securing the autonomous systems increasingly relied upon across industrial and defense sectors.