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About MRTC

Mälardalen Real-Time Research Centre (MRTC) organises all research and postgraduate education within computer science and electronics at the School of Innovation, Design and Engineering (IDT) at Mälardalen University (MDH). The research covers a wide spectrum - from pure computer science to applied electronics - but with an emphasis on computer engineering and software.

With a strong application focus on computers and computing in products and production systems (of various types), research is conducted in the disciplines of real-time and embedded systems, industrial software engineering, data communication, intelligent systems, and robotics.


  About MRTC:   MRTC Annual Reports (in PDF format):
  In Swedish:
After merging with the Department of Electrons in 2005, our research areas have been expanded to the fields of biomedical technology and mechatronics.

Mälardalen Real-Time research Centre was formally established January 1st 1999 as the result of a profile grant from the KK-foundation (KKS) and a focused effort on real-time related research since 1987 at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (IDt). 2004 was the last year of the profile grant from KKS. This grant of totally 36 MSEK (and matching industrial involvement of close to 40 MSEK) has been a key factor in the rapid growth of MRTC. During its initial six years, MRTC has transformed from a few cooperating research groups to a full fledge research centre.

The single most important factor behind this development is our dedicated staff; including the initial core group which has maintained the cooperative atmosphere, recruited researchers that have brought new influences and competences, and the many graduate students that have made rapid progress and ensured steady production of research results.

Please, read more about us in MRTC annual reports.

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