Hossein Fotouhi, Associate Professor, Docent
Hossein Fotouhi is an Associate Professor at Mälardalen University (MDU), where he has been since 2015, initially joining as a Postdoctoral researcher. He obtained his PhD degree from University of Porto, Portugal in 2015, focusing on "Reliable Mobility Support in Low-Power Wireless Networks". During his doctoral studies, he contributed as a researcher at CISTER/INESC-TEC. His research interests include connectivity, sensor networks, wireless communication systems, and intelligent communication, with a specialization in integrating AI/ML algorithms into communication networks. Notably, he has secured several project fundings at MDU, including the prestigious VR starting grant, a highly competitive funding opportunity in Sweden.
Research Opportunities and Visits
I welcome motivated students and researchers interested in wireless communication, cybersecurity, IoT, industrial networks, edge computing, and AI-enabled communication systems.
- Master's students: I am interested in supervising motivated Master's students on topics related to my research.
- Prospective PhD students: Funded PhD positions are advertised on the MDU Job Opportunities page. Please apply through the official recruitment system. I cannot offer positions outside advertised vacancies and may not respond to individual inquiries.
- Visiting PhD students and postdocs: Research visits of 3–6 months are welcome, subject to availability and approval. Visitors are expected to secure their own funding. Please contact me with your CV, proposed research plan, expected publication outcomes, and funding details.
- Postdoctoral researchers: Funded positions are advertised through MDU. Researchers interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship with MDU as the host institution are welcome to contact me with a research proposal and CV.
- Visiting faculty: I welcome short-term research visits and collaborations involving joint publications, research proposals, and international partnerships. Financial support, if available, is subject to university approval.
Current projects and roles:
- R2Microgrid (Resilient and Robust Microgrid Systems) project, under Resilient, Energy System Competence Center, co-funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and MDU, started Jan 2025. Role: project manager
- AutoFL (Cross-Layer Trusted Systems for Heterogeneous Federated Learning at Scale), Role: co-applicant, member
- ARRAY (Automation Region Research Academy), Role: member
Past projects and roles:
- GREENER (Intelligent energy management in connected construction sites), FFI-Vinnova, started in 2020, 4 years, partners: Volvo CE and VTI, Role: project leader. Public report available here
- PROVIDENT (Predictable Software Development in Connected Vehicles Utilising Blended TSN-5G Networks), FFI-Vinnova, started in 2020, 4 years, partners: HIAB and Arcticus, Role: co-applicant, member
- MobiFog (mobility management in Fog-assisted IoT networks), VR starting grant project (started 2019, 4 years), project leader
- FlexiHealth (flexible softwarized networks for digital healthcare), Prospekt KKS (started 2019, 2 years): 3 companies are involved (Alten, Ondosis, Accellrate), project leader
- Health5G (Future eHealth powered by 5G), Celtic Next European project (started 2019, 3 years), co-applicant and WP leader
- FiC (Future factories in the Cloud), member
- ESS-H plus (Embedded Sensor Systems for Health Research Profile), KKS research profile (started 2019, 3 years), co-applicant, member
- Independent Expert Evaluator, European Commission / European Research Executive Agency (REA), Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2026.
- Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, IEEE ICCE 2026 and 2027.
- Finance Chair, IEEE ETFA 2026.
- Track Chair, IEEE WF-IoT 2024–2026 and IEEE AIoT 2026.
- Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors.
- PhD Thesis Examiner, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Uppsala University, Mid Sweden University, and international universities.
Teaching:
- Course responsible of "Internet of Things, Data Communication and Security", DVA268, since 2024.
- Guest lecture at "Design of autonomous systems", DVA485, Feb 28, 2024.
- Docent lecture on "Dependable Low-Power Wireless Communication" in Feb 27, 2024.
- Guest lecture at "Autonomous Vehicles", FLA433, 2023.
- Course responsible of "Internet of Things, Data Communication and Security", DVA268, 2023.
- Teaching at "Introduction to the Internet of Things for the manufacturing industry", PPU322, 2023.
- Teaching at "Industrial Internet of Things for Manufacturing Industry", PPU434, 2023.
- SEMANTIC project summer school on "emerging models and trends for dynamic network slicing and resource virtualization". Talk on "mobility management solutions: from 5G to IoT networks", June 2022.
- Guest lecture at the Introduction Course of Networking Students (BSc), 2021
- Developing and teaching at IoT and Fog Computing course (Ph.D. level), 2019
- Developing IIoT course (Master), 2019
- Teaching at Practical real-time control and embedded dynamic simulations (Master), 2019
- Teaching at Wireless Communication (Bachelor), 2019
- Teaching at Sensor Techniques (Master), 2017
- Teaching at Autonomous Systems course (Master), 2019 and 2020
- Track chair on "AI for IoT Communication and Networking" at IEEE AIoT 2026.
- PhD thesis examiner of Nils Jörgensen at KTH on "Joint Communication and Mission Planning: The Real-world Challenges of Factory 5G", May 7, 2026.
- PhD thesis examiner of Anupama Mondal at Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIITA), Prayagraj UP India on "Design and Development of an Energy-Efficient Learning-Driven Routing and UAV-Assisted Data Collection Protocol for IoT Networks", 2026.
- TPC co-chair at IEEE ICCE 2027.
- Workshop co-chair at IEEE WF-IoT 2026.
- TPC co-chair at IEEE CODASSCA 2026.
- Finance chair at IEEE ETFA 2026.
- Lead Guest Editor at IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors. Special section on "Emerging Technologies in Sensor Networks II", 2026.
- PhD thesis examiner of Farnaz Khodakhah at Mid Sweden University on "Medium Access Design for 5G and Beyond: Multi-Service Coexistence and Collaboration Strategies", April 24, 2025.
- TPC co-chair at IEEE ICCE 2026.
- IEEE Periodicals Track Chair at WF-IoT 2025.
- PhD defence of Iliar Rabet on "Reliable Low-Power Wireless Networks in Dynamic Environments", January 2025.
- PhD thesis examiner of Dilushi Piumwardane at Uppsala University on "Multi-Tag Backscatter Networks", June 2024.
- IoT Journal Track Chair at WF-IoT 2024.
- Lead Guest Editor at IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors. Special section on "Emerging Technologies in Sensor Networks", 2023.
- Guest editor at Elsevier Measurement-Sensors, 2023.
ORCID, Google Scholar, LinkedIn
Hossein Fotouhi’s research focuses on dependable communication for adaptive distributed intelligence, addressing fundamental challenges related to reliability, latency, mobility, energy constraints, and interoperability across heterogeneous systems. His work emphasises joint communication–computation orchestration and network–edge co-design to enable resilient, efficient, and scalable cyber-physical and industrial AI systems.
His research interests are Network Resilience, Network Cybersecurity, Wireless Networks, Intelligent Wireless Communication, Sensor Networks, Mobile Computing, Edge Computing, Internet of Things, and Software Defined Networking.
He is currently involved in the following projects: (1) R2Microgrid, (2) RENEW, and (3) PROVIDENT. He was involved in many projects in the past, such as (1) MobiFog, (2) GREENER, and (3) ESS-H research profile, (4) ecare@home, (5) READY, (6) FiC, (7) Health5G, and (8) FlexiHealth.
He published papers in several top notch venues, including EWSN, WFCS, ETFA, COMPSAC, HealthCom Conferences, and IEEE IoT, IEEE TMC, IEE Sensors, IEEE ACCESS, Elsevier Ad-hoc Networks, Elsevier COMCOM, MDPI Sensors, and MDPI JSAN journals.
Modeling and Evaluating an Intelligent Health Monitoring System for Detecting Atrial Fibrillation (Mar 2026) Petter Nordin, Hossein Fotouhi, Miguel Leon Ortiz, Oana Cramariuc , Tiberiu Seceleanu, Maryam Vahabi International Journal of Network Dynamics and Intelligence (IJNDI)
Real-Time Inference for IIoT Using Distributed Low-Power Edge Clusters (Dec 2025) Dinesh Sah, Maryam Vahabi, Hossein Fotouhi World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT'2025)
Federated learning at theedgeinIndustrial Internet of Things: Areview (Feb 2025) Dinesh Sah, Maryam Vahabi, Hossein Fotouhi Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM)
Optimizing Energy Efficiency in UPA-Assisted SWIPT Massive MIMO Systems Over Rician Fading Channels (Jan 2025) Mohammad Hassan Adeli, Dariush Abbasi-Moghadam , Hossein Fotouhi, S. Mohammad Razavizadeh IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society (OJ-CS)
Forte: Hybrid Traffic-Aware Scheduling for Mobile TSCH Nodes (Oct 2024) Iliar Rabet, Hossein Fotouhi, Mário Alves , Maryam Vahabi, Mats Björkman IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
A Stochastic Network Calculus Model for TSCH Schedulers (Jun 2024) Iliar Rabet, Hossein Fotouhi, Mário Alves , Jaya Prakash Champati , James Gross , Maryam Vahabi, Mats Björkman IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC)
Dino Mustefa
Iliar Rabet (former)
Joakim Örneskans
Shunmuga Priyan Selvaraju (former)