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AsteriaX Labs

Research

Applied questions in learning systems, security, and energy.

Investigating the behavior of intelligent systems under real constraints: distributed data, evolving threats, and infrastructure that depends on reliable energy.

How stages are labelled

  1. Exploratory Research

    Mapping a problem space and choosing a question worth answering.

  2. Baseline Investigation

    Replicating existing published work to establish a reliable reference.

  3. Ongoing Research

    Running a defined investigation against an established baseline.

01 · Led by Will

Federated Learning & Cybersecurity

Ongoing Research

How federated intrusion detection systems share knowledge across clients whose traffic differs, with a focus on prototype-based methods and rare attack classes.

Thesis research in progress within an existing published framework.

  • Federated Intrusion Detection
  • Non-IID Data
  • Prototype-Based Knowledge Sharing
  • Server-Side Prototype Aggregation
  • Rare-Class Detection
Read the full direction: Federated Learning & Cybersecurity
Server aggregationwk,c ∝ nk,cβClient 1Client 2Client 3Client KPrototypes ↑Global prototypes ↓Class AClass BClass C
Fig. 01 · Server-side prototype aggregation. Schematic only.

02 · Led by Yoga

Malware Detection & Deep Learning

Baseline Investigation

Malware detection that combines deep representation learning with heuristic search for feature selection, starting from careful replication of existing work.

Studying and replicating an external published approach.

  • Malware Detection
  • Deep Representation Learning
  • Feature Selection
  • Heuristic Search
  • Reproducible Experiments
Read the full direction: Malware Detection & Deep Learning
01SamplesRaw features02RepresentationDeep learning03SelectionHeuristic search04ClassifierMalicious / benignCandidate feature subsetsSchematic only. Configuration is under replication.
Fig. 02 · Hybrid detection pipeline. Schematic only.

03 · Led by Faisal

Renewable Energy & Telecommunications

Exploratory Research

Exploring how renewable sources, particularly solar, can support reliable power for telecommunications infrastructure such as base transceiver stations.

Surveying the problem space. Research question not yet confirmed.

  • Renewable Energy
  • Telecommunications Infrastructure
  • Solar-Assisted BTS Power Systems
  • Energy Monitoring
  • Power Reliability
  • Potential Energy Optimization
Read the full direction: Renewable Energy & Telecommunications
Monitoring layer · generation · storage state · loadSolar PVGenerationGrid / BackupWhere availableControllerPower conditioningStorageBattery bankBTS LoadRadio equipment
Fig. 03 · Solar-assisted BTS power system. Schematic only.