Mohammad Ashjaei, Associate Professor, Docent

About me: I am a senior lecturer with a docent diploma at Mälardalen University (MDU) working at the Networked and Embedded Systems department. I am affiliated with the Complex Real-Time Embedded Systems (CORE) and the Heterogeneous Systems - Hardware Software Co-design (HERO) research groups. I have received my PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering from MDH in November 2016, and after that until April 2020 I was an associate researcher at MDU. My doctoral dissertation is on resource reservation for industrial switched Ethernet networks. 

Research: Since May 2020 I am a senior lecturer at MDU in the area of data communication for embedded systems. I have received my docent diploma in Dec 2021. My main focus of research is on resource reservation in communication, where the communication can be in different context, such as automation networks, automotive networks, as well as cloud and fog communication infrastructures. I am also interested in predictability analysis, design configuration, dynamic and adaptive configurations, and software development of real-time communication networks in various domains. I have worked (and still working) in several research projects in different roles that can be found in the "Projects" section. 

Co-applicant of the granted projects:

 
Teaching: Besides research I am teaching topics related to data communications in various bachelor and master courses. I am teaching distance courses in computer networks. I also have lectures in embedded systems courses, such as data communication for embedded systems, embedded systems I, embedded systems II, and distance course in IoT fundamentals. I have also given several guest lectures in Porto University, Aveiro University, Eindhoven University of Technology, Volvo Construction Equipment, HIAB.

Community services: I was a visiting researcher at Aveiro University in Portugal in 2013. During that time I have also visited Porto University in Portugal. I was a reviewer and subreviewer for many prominent journals and conferences including RTS, TII, TIE, TECS, WFCS, RTCSA, RTSS, ETFA, IECON and INDIN. 

  • Co-chair of the Track on Real-Time Systems and Applications of the 28th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2024.
  • Publicity co-chair of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), 2024.
  • Co-organizer and co-chair of the 5th Workshop on Advanced Technologies in Industrial Vehicular Systems (DIVERSE) located at the 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2023
  • Co-General chair of the 26th International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC) 2023 to be held in Nashville, USA.
  • Co-chair of the Track on Real-Time (and Networked) Embedded Systems of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2023.
  • Co-chair of the Track on Real-Time (and Networked) Embedded Systems of the 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2022.
  • Program Committee Co-chair of the 25th International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC) 2022 to be held in Västerås, Sweden.
  • Co-chair of the Track on Real-Time (and Networked) Embedded Systems of the 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2021
  • Treasure chair of 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2021
  • Co-organizer and co-chair of the 4th Workshop on Advanced Technologies in Industrial Vehicular Systems (DIVERSE) located at the 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2022
  • Co-organizer and co-chair of the 3rd Workshop on Advanced Technologies in Industrial Vehicular Systems (DIVERSE) located at the 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2021
  • Co-chair of the Special Session on Adaptive and Reconfigurable Cyber-Physical Systems at the 25th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2020
  • Co-organizer and co-chair of the 2nd Workshop on Advanced Technologies in Industrial Vehicular Systems (DIVERSE) located at the 25th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2020
  • Co-chair of the Special Session on Adaptive and Reconfigurable Cyber-Physical Systems at the 24th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2019
  • Co-organizer and co-chair of the 1st Workshop on Advanced Technologies in Industrial Vehicular Systems (DIVERSE) located at the 24th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2019


Since May 2020 I am a senior lecturer at MDU in the area of data communication for embedded systems. I have received my docent diploma in Dec 2021. My main focus of research is on resource reservation in communication, where the communication can be in different context, such as automation networks, automotive networks, as well as cloud and fog communication infrastructures. I am also interested in predictability analysis, design configuration, dynamic and adaptive configurations, and software development of real-time communication networks in various domains. I have worked (and still working) in several research projects in different roles that can be found in the "Projects" section. 

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Latest publications:

An Improved Worst-Case Response Time Analysis for AVB Traffic in Time-Sensitive Networks (Dec 2024)
Daniel Bujosa Mateu, Julián Proenza , Alessandro Papadopoulos, Thomas Nolte, Mohammad Ashjaei
45th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2024)

Towards Developing a Supervisory Agent for Adapting the QoS Network Configurations (Sep 2024)
Sebastian Leclerc, Kasra Ekrad, Bjarne Johansson, Ines Alvarez, Mohammad Ashjaei, Saad Mubeen
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'24)

Using NETCONF for Automatic Fault Diagnosis in Time-Sensitive Networking (Sep 2024)
Ines Alvarez, Saad Mubeen, Mohammad Ashjaei
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'24)

Redundancy Link Security Analysis:\An Automation Industry Perspective (Sep 2024)
Björn Leander, Bjarne Johansson, Saad Mubeen, Mohammad Ashjaei, Tomas Lindström
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'24)

Real-Time Fault Diagnosis of Node and Link Failures for Industrial Controller Redundancy (Sep 2024)
Kasra Ekrad, Sebastian Leclerc, Bjarne Johansson, Ines Alvarez, Mohammad Ashjaei, Saad Mubeen
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2024)

TALESS: TSN with Legacy End-Stations Synchronization (Aug 2024)
Daniel Bujosa Mateu, Julián Proenza , Alessandro Papadopoulos, Thomas Nolte, Mohammad Ashjaei
Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society (OJIES)

PhD students supervised as main supervisor:

Daniel Bujosa Mateu
Kasra Ekrad
Madiha Umar

PhD students supervised as assistant supervisor:

Aldin Berisa
Bahar Houtan (former)
Sebastian Leclerc
Václav Struhár
Zenepe Satka