DB 4.362B, 501 W César E Chávez Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78207, USA
khayatian@sentinelhive.org
Faculty Profile
School of Architecture and Planning
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Biography
Dr. Khayatian is an Assistant Professor in the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He is the Director of SentinelHive and holds appointments at the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) and the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management (CECM). Prior to joining UTSA, Dr. Khayatian was a scientist at the Swiss Federal Laboratories (Empa) and a lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) from 2019 to 2023. He was also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo from 2018 to 2019.
Research Interests
Dr. Khayatian’s research primarily focuses on privacy and security in building energy management systems. This includes data leakage in building automation and control systems, building data anonymization, and the reliability of data-driven building performance modeling.
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2023 – Present
- Scientist, Swiss Federal Laboratories-Empa, 2019 – 2023
- Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham-UNNC, 2018 – 2019
Education
- PhD in Building Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (2018)
- MS in Architectural Engineering, University of Guilan
- (2013) BA in Architecture, Azad University (2009)
Publications
Preprints
- Investigating the utility-privacy tradeoff of synthetic building energy profiles (under review)
- Digitalization of Urban Multi-Energy Systems – Advances in Digital Twin Applications across Life-Cycle Phases (under review)
Journals
- Yin, M., Cai, H., Gattiglio, A., Khayatian, F., Smith, R.S. and Heer, P., 2024. Data-driven predictive control for demand side management: Theoretical and experimental results. Applied Energy, 353, p.122101. [Link]
- Zhan, H., Mahyuddin, N., Sulaiman, R. and Khayatian, F., 2023. Phase change material (PCM) integrations into buildings in hot climates with simulation access for energy performance and thermal comfort: A review. Construction and Building Materials, 397, p.132312. [Link]
Conferences
- Hassoun, L., Khayatian, F., Ganobjak, M., Wernery, J. and Vivian, J., 2023, November. Integrated assessment of buildings visual and thermal performance with translucent bricks. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2600, No. 11, p. 112008). IOP Publishing. [Link]
- Fochesato, M., Khayatian, F., Lima, D.F. and Nagy, Z., 2022, November. On the use of conditional TimeGAN to enhance the robustness of a reinforcement learning agent in the building domain. In Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (pp. 208-217). [Link]
Book Chapters
- Khayatian, F., 2023. Data Anonymization and Open Sharing Are Key to a Sustainable Built Environment. In Smart Buildings and Technologies for Sustainable Cities in China (pp. 33-45). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. [Link]
Teaching
University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
- ARC 5773 Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of Buildings
- ARC 5743 Building Performance Modeling and Simulation
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
- 066-0422-00L Building Systems II
- 066-0421-00L Building Systems I
University of Nottingham (UNNC)
- ABEE2033 Architectural Engineering Design 3
- ABEE2018 Introduction to Renewable Energy
- ABEE2017 Energy and Waste
Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi)
- 057921 Building Energy Modelling and Desing + Lab
- 062527 Building Physics