I am a Professor at Mälardalen University (MDH) and leading the Heterogeneous System research group (www.es.mdh.se/hero/). I joined KTH as European Marie Curie Fellow in 2014. Before that, I was a university lecturer and group leader at the University of Turku in Finland from 2012-2014.

My research focuses on the theoretical foundations of centralized and distributed AI and deep learning algorithms, their practical applications in resource management, computer vision, biomedical fields, and algorithm-hardware co-design. My research vision encompasses four key areas (KA):

KA1: Robustness, Reliability, Fairness, and Security in AI
KA2: Generative AI and synthetic data
KA3: AI acceleration / AI algorithm-hardware co-design
KA4: Federated learning

My group has a track record of developing methods and tools for optimizing AI/DL models using multi-objective neural architecture search (NAS), specialized pruning and quantization techniques and designing specialized AI/DL hardware accelerators. List of the open-source tools: https://www.es.mdh.se/hero/tools/

Summary of my leadership qualifications:

- Have (co-)led many research projects including: AutoFL, GreenDL, FASTER-AI, SafeAI, SafeDeep, AutoDeep, DeepMaker, DESTINE, PROVIDENT, HERO, AGENT, CUBRIC, ERoT, and µBrain with a total estimation of 160 MSEK; currently leading 6 AI projects (as PI).

- Have over 15+ years of teaching experience in computer science and AI in four countries: Uni. Tehran, Uni. Turku, Taltech, KTH and MDU (Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Iran), and have developed more than 10 advanced- and 3 basic- courses in multiple countries and different programs (e.g. robotics, dependable systems, and applied AI).

- Have contributed to 2 international books, 8 book chapters, over 46 journal papers (10+ ACM/IEEE transaction journals) and over 200 reviewed international conference papers.

- Supervisor of over 9 passed PhDs and postdocs since 2011.

- Co-leading the heterogenous system research group (HERO) with 10+ PhD students and 3+ postdoc since 2018.

- Associate editors of journals of Elsevier MICPRO & MDPI Imaging

- Technical program committee of 20+ major conferences in AI and design automation

- General chairman, vice-chairman, and steering committee member of multiple conferences.

- Have been on the Euromicro board of directors and a member of the HiPEAC network since 2016.

- Have collaborated with more than 50 international institutes and co-authors with more than 221 scientists (according to DBLP record)

- 5 grant awards for excellence in research from the Nokia Foundation, Kaute Foundation, Ulla Tuominen Foundation, Nanotechnology Initiative Council, and Telecommunication Research Center.

- Multiple evaluation committees: Belgian Research Council, Irish Research Council, European Horizon, Austrian Science Fund, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Focusing on core AI principles via pioneering novel theoretical algorithms to address performance, reliability, security, robustness, and fairness concerns in AI models.
AI algorithm-hardware co-design / AI accelerator

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Latest publications:

Bridging the Gap: An Interface Architecture for Integrating CAN and TSN Networks (Dec 2024)
Aldin Berisa, Saad Mubeen, Masoud Daneshtalab, Mohammad Ashjaei, Mikael Sjödin, Benjamin Kraljusic , Nejla Zahirovic
MRTC Report, Mälardalen Real-Time Research Centre (MRTC 2024)

Enhancing Drone Surveillance with NeRF: Real-World Applications and Simulated Environments (Oct 2024)
Joakim Lindén, Giovanni Burresi , Håkan Forsberg, Masoud Daneshtalab, Ingemar Söderquist
43rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) (DASC'43)

Autonomous Realization of Safety-and Time-Critical Embedded Artificial Intelligence (Mar 2024)
Joakim Lindén, Andreas Ermedahl, Hans Salomonsson , Masoud Daneshtalab, Bjorn Forsberg , Paris Carbon
Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference (DATE'24)

A Systematic Literature Review on Hardware Reliability Assessment Methods for Deep Neural Networks (Jan 2024)
Mohammad Ahmadilivani , Mahdi Taheri , Jaan Raik , Masoud Daneshtalab, Maksim Jenihhin
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)

Analysis and Improvement of Resilience for Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks (Oct 2023)
Mohammad Ahmadilivani , Jaan Raik , Masoud Daneshtalab, Alar Kuusik
36th IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems (DFT 2023)

Efficient On-device Transfer Learning using Activation Memory Reduction (Sep 2023)
Amin Yoosefi , Seyedhamidreza Mousavi, Masoud Daneshtalab, Mehdi Kargahi
International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC)

Project Title	Status
PROVIDENT: Predictable Software Development in Connected Vehicles Utilising Blended TSN-5G Networks	active
AutoDeep: Automatic Design of Safe, High-Performance and Compact Deep Learning Models for Autonomous Vehicles	active
AutoFL: Cross-Layer Trusted Systems for Heterogeneous Federated Learning at Scale	active
AVANS - civilingenjörsprogrammet i tillförlitliga flyg- och rymdsystem	finished
DeepMaker: Deep Learning Accelerator on Commercial Programmable Devices	finished
Dependable AI in Safe Autonomous Systems	active
DESTINE: Developing Predictable Vehicle Software Utilizing Time Sensitive Networking	finished
DPAC - Dependable Platforms for Autonomous systems and Control	active
Energy-Efficient Hardware Accelerator for Embedded Deep Learning	finished
FAST-ARTS: Fast and Sustainable Analysis Techniques for Advanced Real-Time Systems	finished
FASTER-ΑΙ: Fully Autonomous Safety- and Time-critical Embedded Realization of Artificial Intelligence	active
GreenDL: Green Deep Learning for Edge Devices	active
HERO: Heterogeneous systems - software-hardware integration	finished
INTERCONNECT: Integrated Time Sensitive Networking and Legacy Communications in Predictable Vehicle-platforms	active
RELIANT Industrial graduate school: Reliable, Safe and Secure Intelligent Autonomous Systems	active
SafeDeep: Dependable Deep Learning for Safety-Critical Airborne Embedded Systems	finished

PhD students supervised as main supervisor:

Ali Zoljodi
Bostan Khan
Joakim Lindén
Mohammad Riazati (former)
Seyedhamidreza Mousavi
Yana Tejasukmana (former)
Zafer Yigit

PhD students supervised as assistant supervisor:

Aldin Berisa
Amin Majd (former)
Bahar Houtan (former)
Mahdi Taheri
Mohammad Ahmadilivani
Mohammad Loni (former)
Zenepe Satka

MSc theses supervised (or examined):

Thesis Title	Status
OBJECT RECOGNITION THROUGH DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL LEARNING FOR FPGA	finished

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