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 MDU (back then 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. 

Main applicant of the in-progress project:

• FLEXATION: 2024-2027

Co-applicant of the in-progress projects:

Community services: I am a reviewer for many international journals and conferences including RTS, TII, TIE, TECS, WFCS, RTAS, DATE, ETFA, ISORC, IECON and INDIN. 

• 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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Scheduling 5G Radio Resources for the Transmission of Real-time TSN Flows (Dec 2025)
Zenepe Satka, Federico Aromolo , Mohammad Ashjaei, Alessandro Biondi , Daniel Casini , Hossein Fotouhi, Niccolo Borgioli , Masoud Daneshtalab, Mikael Sjödin, Saad Mubeen

Characterizing Time-Critical Internet of Things (Oct 2025)
Sebastian Leclerc, Alessio Bucaioni, Mohammad Ashjaei

A Study of On-Device Deep Reinforcement Learning for Task Offloading under Dynamic 5G Channel Conditions (Sep 2025)
Gorka Nieto , Idoia de la Iglesia , Unai LOPEZ , Cristina Perfecto , Mohammad Ashjaei, Ali Balador
International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (ETFA'25)

A Methodology to Map Industrial Automation Traffic to TSN Traffic Classes (Sep 2025)
Kasra Ekrad, Inés Álvarez , Bjarne Johansson, Saad Mubeen, Mohammad Ashjaei
30th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2025)

CONAN-TSN: An Integrated Toolchain for CONfiguration and ANalysis of TSN Networks (Sep 2025)
Daniel Bujosa Mateu, Mohammad Ashjaei, Saad Mubeen
30th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2025)

Bridging TSN and 5G networks: Prototype design and evaluation for real-time embedded systems (Aug 2025)
Zenepe Satka, Mohammad Ashjaei, Josefina Nord , William Rosales Mayta , Didrik Nordin , Daniel Ragnarsson , Saad Mubeen
Journal of Systems Architecture, 2025 (JSA)

Daniel Bujosa Mateu (former)
Kasra Ekrad
Madiha Umar
Muhammad Waqas
Volodymyr Trykoz

Aldin Berisa
Bahar Houtan (former)
Sebastian Leclerc
Václav Struhár