Jin Wei-Kocsis

Associate Professor

Contact Info

765-496-0023

Knoy 289

West Lafayette

Jin Wei-Kocsis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology (CIT). Her research focuses on cooperative and trustworthy physics-informed artificial intelligence for advancing cyber-physical systems (CPS). Dr. Kocsis leads a multidisciplinary research team with diverse expertise, unified by the goal of addressing critical challenges in the design and operation of cyber-physical-social systems—such as smart grids and multi-human, multi-robot systems. Under her leadership, the team has introduced novel research directions and methodologies to develop cooperative and trustworthy deep learning-powered solutions. Dr. Kocsis’s impactful work has been recognized through multiple prestigious awards, including the NASA Early Career Faculty Grant, NSF awards, the Homeland Security National Training Program/Continuing Training Grant, the Transportation Research Board Grant, and the DOE/SuNLaMP Award.

Research Interests

Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning
Blockchain Techniques
Cyber-Physical-Social Security and Privacy

Education History

PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 2014
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2008
B.E. Electronic Information Engineering, Beihang University, 2004.

Honors and Awards

NSF Award (2024 to Present) for a project "Enabling Next-Generation HyFlex Field Laboratories through an Innovative Leaner-In-The-Loop Multi-Robot System," My Role: PI, $900,000K
NSF Award (2024 to Present) for a project "Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: AI and Cybersecurity Education for Cyberinfrastructure: A Hands-on Approach," My Pole: Lead PI, $640,000.
NSF Award (2022 to Present) for a project "FW-HTF-P: Interactive Multi-Human Multi-Remote-Robot Operations for the Future of Construction Work", My Role: PI, $150.000K.
NSF EAGER Award (2021 to Present) for a project "EAGER: SaTC-EDU: Cybersecurity Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Novel Proactive and Collaborative Learning Paradigm", My Role: PI, $299.934K.
NASA Early Career Faculty Grant (2017 - Present) for project “RNCP: A Resilient Networking and Computing Paradigm for NASA Space Exploration”, My Role: PI, $333.020K.
Homeland Security National Training Program Continuing Training Grant (2020 to Present) for a collaborative project "Cyber Resilience Adaptive Virtual Reality Experiences (CRAVRE)," with Texas A&M University, My Role: Co-PI, $1.5M.
Transportation Research Board (2021 to Present) for a collaborative project "Airport Blockchain Implementation Guidebook," with InterVISTAS Consulting, Inc, My Role: Co-PI, $21036 (My Share).
Transportation Research Board (2021 to Present) for a project "A Toolkit for Establishing Airport Catchment Areas," My Role: Co-PI, $300K
DoE, SuNLaMP Award (2016-2019) for a collaboration project “SuNLaMP: Opportunistic Hybrid Communications Systems for Distributed PV Coordination” with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), My Role: University PI, $261.781K (My share).
Purdue Agriculture-Polytechnic Collaborative Projects Competition (2021 to Present) for a project "Automated Monitoring and Management of Plant Nitrogen Status in Organic Farming Using Decentralized and Collaborative IoT Sensors and Image Analyses," My Role: PI, $26984
UA NSF I-Corps (2018 - 2019) for Project “3S-Chain: Smart, Secure, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-Powered Blockchain-Powered Networking and Monitoring System”, $2.5K.
UA NSF I-Corps (2019) for Project “Crowdsourced AI”, $2.5K.
2015 Firestone Research Initiative Fellowship Award, $10 K.
Best Paper Award at The 1st IEEE Conference on Energy lnternet and Energy System lntegration for paper entitled “Towards Resilient Networked Microgrids Blockchain-Based Peer-to-Peer Electricity Trading Mechanism”.
Best Paper Award at 2016 IEEE PES General Meeting for paper entitled “Towards Smarter Cities: A Self-Healing Resilient Microgrid Social Network”.
Best Paper Award at International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research for paper entitled “A Self-Healing Microgrid Social Network with Distributed Energy Trading Mechanism”.
Best Paper Award Finalist (2012) at Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) for paper entitled “On the Use of Cyber-Physical Hierarchy for Smart Grid Security and Efficient Control”.

Publications and Presentations

Selected Patent Publication

Blockchain-Powered Crowdsourced Computing System (US Patent No. 11,063,759)
Blockchain-Powered Cloud Management System (Publication No. US-2020-0374127-A1)
3S-Chain: Smart, Secure, and Software-defined networking (SDN)-powered blockchain-powered networking and monitoring system. (We have received Notice of Allowance)

Selected Book Chapters and Journal Articles

J. Wei-Kocsis, M. Sabounchi, G.J. Mendis, P. Fernando, B. Yang, and T. Zhang, "Cybersecurity Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Novel Proactive and Collaborative Learning Paradigm," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 395-404, 2024.
Y. Wu, G.J. Mendis, and J. Wei, "DDLPF: A Practical Decentralized Deep Learning Paradigm for Internet of Things Applications," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, October 2020.
G.J. Mendis, Y. Wu, J. Wei, M. Sabounchi, and R. Roche, "A Blockchain-Powered Decentralized and Secure Computing Paradigm," IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, March 2020.
P. Srikantha, J. Wei, and D. Kundur, “Cyber-Physical Strategies for Generator Coherency in the Face of Malicious Attack,” Cyber-Physical-Social Systems and Constructs in Electric Power Engineering, IET, 2016.
J. Wei and D. Kundur, “Biologically Inspired Hierarchical Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Distributed Control Framework For Sustainable Smart Grids,” Cyber Physical Systems Approach to Smart Electric Power Grid, pp. 219 – 259, Springer-Verlag Inc., 2015.
J. Zhang, A. Hasandka, J. Wei, S.M.S. Alam, T. Elgindy, A. Florita, S. Mohagheghi, B.-M. Hodge1, “Hybrid Communication Architectures for Distributed Smart Grid Applications,” Energy, Vol. 11, No. 871, pp. 1-16, 2018.
M. Sabounchi, J. Wei, D. Lee, and D. Kundur, “Flocking-based Adaptive Granular Control Strategy for Autonomous Microgrids in Emergency Situations,” IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, 2018.
G.J. Mendis, J. Wei and A. Madanayake, “Deep Learning based Radio-Signal Identification with Hardware Design,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2019.
M.B. Kamal, G.J. Mendis, and J. Wei, “Intelligent Soft Computing-based Security Control for Energy Management Architecture of Hybrid Emergency Power System for More-Electric Aircrafts,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Vol 12, Issue 4, August 2018.
Y. He, G.J. Mendis, and J. Wei, “Real-time Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grids: A Deep Learning-Based Intelligent Mechanism,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol 8, Issue 5, September 2017.
Y. He and J. Wei, “A Self-Healing Microgrid Social Network with Distributed Energy Trading Mechanism,” International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research, Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 75 – 86, August 2016 (Best Paper).
J. Wei, D. Kundur and K. Butler-Purry, “A Novel Bio-Inspired Technique for Rapid Real-Time Generator Coherency Identification,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 178 – 188, January 2015.
J. Wei, D. Kundur, T. Zourntos and K. Butler-Purry, “A Flocking-Based Paradigm for Hierarchical Cyber-Physical Smart Grid Modeling and Distributed Control,” IEEE Transactions in Smart Grid, Vol. 5, Issue 6, pp. 2687 – 2700, November 2014.
J. Wei and D. Kundur, “GOAliE: Goal-Seeking Obstacle and Collision Evasion for Resilient Multicast Routing in Smart Grid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 567 – 579, June 2015.

Selected Conference Papers:

W. Lin and J. Wei-Kocsis, "Think, Reflect, Create: Metacognitive Learning for Zero-Shot Robotic Planning with LLMs," arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.14899, May 2025.
M. Soy, J. Fu, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, D. Gan, J. Wei-Kocsis, and B.C. Min, "Remote Physical Control for Upgrading Heavy Construction Equipment," 42nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), July 2025.
H. Zhao, J. Wei-Kocsis, A.H. Akhijahani, and K.L. Butler-Purry, "Advancing Distribution System Restoration via an Innovative Physics-Informed Decision Transformer," The 4th Annual AAAI Workshop on AI to Accelerate Science and Engineering (AI2ASE), March 2025.
Y. Wu, J. Wei and R. Roche, “A Domain Knowledge -Enabled Hybrid Semi-Supervision Learning Method,” 2019 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Ottawa, Canada, November 11 - 14, 2019.
M.B. Hossain, J. Wei and R. Roche, “Reinforcement Learning-Driven QoS-Aware Intelligent Routing for Software-Defined Networks,” 2019 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Ottawa, Canada, November 11 - 14, 2019.
M. Sabounchi and J. Wei, “An ADMM-based Decentralized Voltage Management Mechanism for Distribution Networks,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm), Beijing, China, October 21 – 24, 2019.
G.J. Mendis, J. Wei, A. Madanayake, and S. Mandal, “Spectral Attention-Driven Intelligent Target Signal Identification on a Wideband Spectrum,” IEEE Cognitive Communications for Aerospace Applications Workshop (CCAA), Cleveland, OH, June 24 – 25, 2019.
A. Madanayake, J. Wei, D. Psychogiou, S. Mandal, G.J. Mendis, N. Udayanga and Y. Wang “AI-Enabled Contextually-Aware Spectrum Sensors with Machine-Learning-Enhanced RF Circuits for Improved Spectral Efficiency in Cognitive Radio” The 4th NSF mmW RCN Workshop, Brooklyn, NY, July 12-13, 2018.
S.S. Khan and J. Wei, “Real-Time Power Outage Detection System using Social Sensing and Neural Networks,” The 6th IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, Anaheim, CA, November 26-29, 2018.
M. Sabounchi, J. Wei and R. Roche, “Blockchain-Enabled Peer-to-Peer Data Trading Mechanism,” IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Halifax, Canada, July 30 - August 3, 2018.
M. Sabounchi and J. Wei, “A Decentralized P2P Electricity Market Model for Microgrids,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Portland, OR, August 5-9, 2018.
M. Sabounchi and J. Wei, “Towards Resilient Networked Microgrids Blockchain-Based Peer-to-Peer Electricity Trading Mechanism,” Proc. IEEE Conference on Energy lnternet and Energy System lntegration, Beijing, China, CA, November 26-28, 2017 (Best Paper).
G.J. Mendis, J. Wei and A. Madanayake, “Deep Learning-Based Intelligent Method for Automatic Modulation Classification in Cognitive Radios,” WInnCommm 2017, San Diego, CA, November 13 – 17, 2017.
G.J. Mendis, J. Wei and A. Madanayake, “Deep Learning-Based Cognitive Radar System for Micro-UAS Detection and Classification,” WInnCommm 2017, San Diego, CA, November 13 – 17, 2017.
M.B. Kamal and J. Wei, “Data-Driven Energy Management Architecture for More-Electric Aircrafts,” The 2017 Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems (ISAP) Conference, San Antonio, TX, September 2017.
G.J. Mendis, J. Wei, and A. Madanayake, “Deep learning cognitive radar for micro UAS detection and classification,” IEEE Cognitive Communications for Aerospace Applications Workshop (CCAA), pp. 1-5, Cleveland, OH, June 2017.
G.J. Mendis, J. Wei, and A. Madanayake, “Deep belief network for automated modulation classification in cognitive radio,” IEEE Cognitive Communications for Aerospace Applications Workshop (CCAA), pp. 1-6, Cleveland, OH, June 2017.
Y. Fu, Y. He, G. J. Mendis and J. Wei, “A Privacy-Preserving Middleware Mechanism for Smart Grids,” the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analysis, Sichuan, China, pp. 394 – 399, April 2017.
M.B. Kamal and J. Wei, “Attack-Resilient Energy Management Architecture of Hybrid Emergency Power System for More-Electric Aircrafts,” Proc. IEEE Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), April 2017.
Y. Wu, J. Wei and B.-M. Hodge, “A Distributed Middleware Architecture for Attack-Resilient Communications in Smart Grids,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, Paris, France, pp. 1-7, May 2017.
M.B. Kamal and J. Wei, “ANFIS-DBN Based Energy Management Architecture of Hybrid Emergency Power System for More-Electric Aircrafts,” IEEE 2nd International Conference on DC Microgrids, Nürnberg, Germany, June 2017.
M. Sabounchi and J. Wei, “A Decentralized Real-Time Electricity Market Mechanism for Autonomous Microgrids,” Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2017.
Y. Wu, G.J. Mendis, Y. He, J. Wei, B.-M. Hodge, “An Attack-Resilient Middleware Architecture for Grid Integration of Distributed Energy Resources,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical, and Social Computing, Chengdu, China, pp. 485-591, December 2016.
G. J. Mendis, J. Wei, and A, Madanayake, “Deep Learning-Based Automated Modulation Classification for Cognitive Radio,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems 2016, Shenzhen, China, pp. 1-6, December 2016.
G. J. Mendis, T. Randeny, J. Wei, and A, Madanayake, “Deep Learning Based Doppler Radar for Micro UAS Detection and Classification,” MILCOM 2016, Baltimore, MD, pp. 924-929, November 2016.
Y. He and J. Wei, “A Game-Theoretic Model for Energy Trading of Privacy-Preserving Microgrid Social Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Sydney, Australia, pp. 388-394, November 2016.
Y. He, G. J. Mendis, Q. Gao, and J. Wei, “Towards Smarter Cities: A Self-Healing Resilient Microgrid Social Network,” Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, pp. 1-5, July 2016 (Best Paper).
Q. Gao, Y. Wu and J. Wei, “Social Community-Based Scheme for preserving Privacy of Smart Meters,” ACM e-Energy Workshop, Waterloo, Canada, June 2016.
Y. He and J. Wei, “A Distributed Energy Trading Mechanism in a Self-Healing Microgrid Social Network,” The 4th International Scientific Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 1-5, May 2016.
Q. Gao and J. Wei, “Towards Sustainable Smart Cities: Reducing Peak Power Consumption with Privacy-Preserving Social Networking,” CPSWeek 2016, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1-6, April 2016.
J. Wei and G. J. Mendis “A Deep Learning-Based Cyber-Physical Strategy to Mitigate False Data Injection Attack in Smart Grids,” CPSWeek 2016, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1-6, April 2016.
J. Wei, “A Data-Driven Cyber-Physical Detection and Defense Strategy Against Data Integrity Attacks in Smart Grid Systems,” Proc. IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP15), pp. 667 - 671, Orlando, FL, December 2015.
A.K. Farraj, E.M. Hammad, J. Wei, D. Kundur, and K.L. Butler-Purry, “Performance of Flocking-Based Control Schemes in Smart Grid Applications,” Proc. IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP14), Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 233-237, December 2014.
A.K. Farraj, E.M. Hammad, J. Wei, D. Kundur, and K.L. Butler-Purry, “Performance Evaluation of Flocking-Based Distributed Cyber-Physical Control for Smart Grid,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Venice, Italy, pp. 964 – 969, November 2014.
J. Wei and D. Kundur, “A Multi-Flock Approach to Rapid Dynamic Generator Coherency Identification,” Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 1-5, July 2013.
J. Wei and D. Kundur, “A Flocking-Based Model for DoS-Resilient Communication Routing in Smart Grid,” Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Anaheim, CA, pp. 3519-3524, December 2012.
J. Wei, D. Kundur, T. Zourntos, and K.L. Butler-Purry, “Probing the Telltale Physics: Towards a Cyber-Physical Protocol to Mitigate Information Corruption in Smart Grid Systems,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Tainan, Taiwan, pp. 372 – 377, November 2012.
J. Wei and D. Kundur, “Two-Tier Hierarchical Cyber-Physical Security Analysis Framework for Smart Grid,” Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, pp. 1-5, July 2012.
J. Wei, D. Kundur, T. Zourntos and K.L. Butler-Purry, “A Flocking-Based Dynamical Systems Paradigm for Smart Power System Analysis,” Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, pp. 1-6, July 2012.
J. Wei, D. Kundur and T. Zourntos, “On the Use of Cyber-Physical Hierarchy for Smart Grid Security and Efficient Control,” Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE), Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-6, April-May 2012.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Multiple Visual-Targets Tracking in Decentralized Wireless Camera Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), San Jose, CA, pp. 1056-1061, October 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Distributed Secure Compressive Spectrum Sensing in Wireless Cognitive Radio Networks,” Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), San Jose, CA, pp. 1-6, October 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Decentralized Sensor-Coordination Optimization for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Miami, FL, pp. 1-5, December 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Energy-Efficient Distributed Spectrum Sensing for Wireless Cognitive Radio Networks,” Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Communications and Networking, San Diego, CA, pp. 1-6, March 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Two-Tier Optimal-Cooperation Based Secure Distributed Spectrum Sensing for Wireless Cognitive Radio Networks,” Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Communications and Networking, San Diego, CA, pp. 1-6, March 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Efficient Node Collaboration for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking Using Two-Tier Wireless Camera Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 1-5, May 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Decentralized-Detection Based Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 1-5, May 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Sensor Self-Organization for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Decentralized Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-6, April 2010.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Dynamic Node Collaboration for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Two-Tier Wireless Camera Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Boston, MA, pp. 1-7, October 2009.
J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Two-Tier Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Boston, MA, pp. 1-6, October 2009.
J. Wei, X. Wang, and V.L. Syrmos, “Multi-target Tracking in a Two-Tier Hierarchical Architecture,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Information Fusion, Cologne, Germany, pp. 1-8, June-July 2008.
J. Wei, X. Wang, and V.L. Syrmos, “Effcient Multi-Target Tracking with a Two-Tier Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Network,” Proc. International Conference on Software Process (ICSP), Leipzig, Germany, pp. 2596-2599, May 2008.

Provisional Patents:

3S-Chain: Smart, Secure, and Software-defined networking (SDN)-powered Blockchain-Powered Networking and Monitoring System
Autonomous Biomimetic RF Receiver Front-Ends with Attention and Saliency