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Thomas Nolte is Professor of Computer Science at Mälardalen Real-Time Research Centre (MRTC), Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden. In 2010 he was awarded Future Research Leader by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). He has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed fora (journals and conferences). His services to the research community include: Board Member of Elsevier's JSA; Guest Editor of IEEE TII; General Chair of SIES 2011; Program Chair 13 times including SIES 2012, ETFA 2012 and WFCS 2012; PC-member of more than 85 technical program committees, including all top events in real-time systems: RTSS, ECRTS, RTAS and RTCSA, and factory automation: SIES, ETFA and WFCS. His research interests include predictable execution and performance of embedded systems, design, modeling and analysis of real-time systems, multicore systems, distributed embedded real-time systems.

Open positions [ Contact me for more information ]

• 1 PhD Student Position, specializing in Many-Core Real-Time Systems, application deadline April 30 2013, information here.
• 1 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Computer Science, specializing in Multi-Core Real-Time Systems (funding possibilities 1-24 months), application deadline July 15 2013, information here.

Professional service [ Curriculum Vitae available at Dr. Nolte's private home page ]

Dr. Nolte is:

• Leader of the Complex Real-Time Embedded Systems (CORE) research group
• Chair of the Swedish National Real-Time Association (SNART)
• Chair of the IEEE IES Technical Committee on Factory Automation (TCFA)
• Senior Member of IEEE
• Member of IEEE Computer Society (CS)
• Member of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES)
• Member of IEEE CS Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (TCRTS)

Dr. Nolte is/has been involved in the following activities (as either PC-Member, Program Chair, Organizer, General Chair):

• SOCA - IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications
  • Kauai, Hawaii, December 16-18, 2013.
  • Taipei, Taiwan, December 17-19, 2012.
  • Irvine, CA, USA, December 12-14, 2011.
  • Perth, Australia, December 14-15, 2010.
  • Taipei, Taiwan, December 14-15, 2009.
• RTSS - IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
  • Vancouver, Canada, December 3-6, 2013.
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 5-7, 2012.
  • Vienna, Austria, November 29-December 2, 2011.
  • San Diego, CA, USA, November 30-December 3, 2010.
  • Washington, DC, USA, December 2-4, 2009.
  • Barcelona, Spain, December 1-3, 2008.
• ESTIMedia - IEEE/ACM Symposium on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia
  • Montreal, Canada, October 3-4, 2013.
  • Tampere, Finland, October 11-12, 2012.
  • Taipei, Taiwan, October 13-14, 2011.
• ETFA - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
  • Cagliari, Italy, September 10-13, 2013.
  • Krakow, Poland, September 17-21, 2012.
  • Toulouse, France, September 5-9, 2011.
  • Bilbao, Spain, September 13-16, 2010.
  • Mallorca, Spain, September 22-26, 2009.
  • Hamburg, Germany, September 15-18, 2008.
  • Patras, Greece, September 25-28, 2007.
  • Prague, Czech Republic, September 20-22, 2006.
• SEAA - EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications
  • Santander, Spain, September 4-6, 2013.
  • Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, September 5-8, 2012.
  • Oulu, Finland, August 30 - September 2, 2011.
• RTCSA - IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications
  • Taipei, Taiwan, August 19-21, 2013.
  • Seoul, Korea, August 20-22, 2012.
  • Toyama, Japan, August 29-31, 2011.
  • Macau SAR, P.R.C., August 23-25, 2010.
  • Beijing, China, August 24-26, 2009.
  • Daegu, Korea, August 21-23, 2007.
• VtRES - Workshop on Virtualization for Real-Time Embedded Systems
  • Taipei, Taiwan, August 20-21, 2013.
• CPSNA - IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks, and Applications
  • Taipei, Taiwan, August 19-20, 2013.
• WASA - International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications"
  • Zhangjiajie, China, August 7-10, 2013.
• ECRTS - EUROMICRO Conference on Real-Time Systems
  • Paris, France, July 9-12, 2013.
  • Pisa, Italy, July 11-13, 2012.
  • Porto, Portugal, July 6-8, 2011.
  • Brussels, Belgium, July 6-9, 2010.
  • Dublin, Ireland, July 1-3, 2009.
• OSPERT - Annual Workshop on Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time Applications
  • Paris, France, July 9, 2013.
• WATERS - International Workshop on Analysis Tools and Methodologies for Embedded and Real-time Systems
  • Paris, France, July 9, 2013.
  • Pisa, Italy, July 10, 2012.
  • Porto, Portugal, July 5, 2011.
• SIES - IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems
  • Porto, Portugal, June 19-21, 2013.
  • Karlsruhe, Germany, June 20-22, 2012.
  • Västerås, Sweden, June 15-17, 2011.
  • Trento, Italy, July 7-9, 2010.
  • Montpellier La Grande Motte, France, June 11-13, 2008.
  • Lisbon, Portugal, July 4-6, 2007.
• ISET - International Symposium on Embedded Technology
  • Daegu, Korea, May 23-24, 2013.
• RTAS - IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium
  • Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 8-11, 2013.
  • Beijing, China, April 16-19, 2012.
  • Chicago, IL, USA, April 11-14, 2011.
  • Stockholm, Sweden, April 12-15, 2010.
  • San Francisco, CA, USA, April 13-16, 2009.
  • San Jose, CA, USA, April 4-7, 2006.
• APRES - Workshop on Adaptive and Reconfigurable Embedded Systems
  • Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 8, 2013.
  • Beijing, China, April 16, 2012.
  • Chicago, IL, USA, April 11, 2011.
  • Grenoble, France, October 11, 2009.
  • St. Louis, MO, USA, April 21, 2008.
• CRTS - Workshop on Compositional Theory and Technology for Real-Time Embedded Systems
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 4, 2012.
  • Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2011.
  • San Diego, CA, USA, November 30, 2010.
  • Washington, DC, USA, December 1, 2009.
  • Barcelona, Spain, November 30, 2008.
• WTR - Brazilian Workshop on Real-Time and Embedded Systems
  • Natal/RN, Brazil, November 5-9, 2012.
  • Florianopolis, Brazil, November 7-11, 2011.
  • Gramado/RS, Brazil, May 24, 2010.
  • Recife, Brazil, May 25, 2009.
• RACS - ACM Research in Applied Computation Symposium
  • San Antonio, TX, USA, October 23-26, 2012.
  • Miami, FL, USA, November 2-5, 2011.
• SOCNE - IEEE International Workshop on Service Oriented Architectures in Converging Networked Environments
  • Krakow, Poland, September 21, 2012.
  • Toulouse, France, September 5, 2011.
  • Perth, Australia, April 20-23, 2010.
• CPSNA - International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks, and Applications
  • Seoul, Korea, August 19, 2012.
  • Toyama, Japan, August 28, 2011.
• ICECCS - IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems
  • Paris, France, July 18-20, 2012.
• CORCS - IEEE International Workshop on Component-Based Design of Resource-Constrained Systems
  • Izmir, Turkey, July 16-20, 2012.
  • Munich, Germany, July 18-22, 2011.
  • Seattle, WA, USA, July 20-24, 2009.
  • Turku, Finland, July 28-August 1, 2008.
• RTN - International Workshop on Real-time Networks
  • Pisa, Italy, July 10, 2012.
• ICESS - IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems
  • Liverpool, UK, June 25-27, 2012.
  • Changsha, China, November 16-18, 2011.
  • Bradford, UK, June 29-July 1, 2010.
• WFCS - IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems
  • Lemgo, Germany, May 21-24, 2012.
  • Nancy, France, May 18-21, 2010.
  • Dresden, Germany, May 20-23, 2008.
• RTSOAA - IEEE International Workshop on Real-Time Service-Oriented Architecture and Applications
  • University of California, Irvine, USA, December 12-14, 2011.
• ESA - IEEE International Symposium on Advanced Topics on Embedded Systems and Applications
  • Changsha, China, November 16-18, 2011.
• EUC - IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing
  • Melbourne, Australia, October, 24-26, 2011.
  • Hong Kong SAR, China, December, 11-13, 2010.
  • Vancouver, Canada, August 29-31, 2009.
• GreenCom - IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications
  • Chengdu, Sichuan, China, August 1-3, 2011.
• RTiS - Real-Time in Sweden
  • Västerås, Sweden, June 13-14, 2011.
  • Lund, Sweden, August 18-20, 2009.
  • Västerås, Sweden, August 21-22, 2007.
• CPNS - International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Networking Systems
  • Shanghai, China, April 15, 2011.
• ICCPS - ACM/IEEE Second International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Chicago, IL, USA, April 11-14, 2011.
• AMICS - IEEE Workshop on Architectures and Applications for Mixed-Criticality Systems
  • Newport Beach, CA, USA, March 28-31, 2011.
• M-BED - Workshop on Model Based Engineering for Embedded System Design
  • Grenoble, France, March 14-18, 2011.
• CSE - IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering
  • Hong Kong SAR, China, December 11-13, 2010.
  • Vancouver, Canada, August 29-31, 2009.
• RACS - International Conference on Reliable & Autonomous Computational Science
  • Atlanta, GA, USA, October 27-30, 2010.
• EMC - International Conference on Embedded and Multimedia Computing
  • Cebu, Philippines, August 11-13, 2010.
• SAC - ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
  • Sierre, Switzerland, March 21-26, 2010.
• WCPS - International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 22, 2009.
• COMES - PROGRESS Workshop on Component Models for Embedded Systems
  • Sigtuna, Sweden, June 17-18, 2008.

Latest publications [ Show all publications ]

Research projects

On-going:
• ARROWS - Design Techniques for Adaptive Embedded Systems
• AUTOSAR for Multi-Core in Automotive and Automation Industries
• MRTV - Mälardalen Real-Time Virtualizer
• PPMsched - Performance Preserving Multicore Scheduling
• PREMISE - Predictable Multicore Systems
• PRESS - Predictable Embedded Software Systems
• START - Stochastic Real-Time Analysis of Embedded Software Systems
• SYNOPSIS


Finished:
• ARIES - Applied Research in Industrial and Embedded Software
• HISCORE - Hierarchical Scheduling of Complex Real-Time Embedded Systems
• PG-Demo-SAVE – The SAVE demonstrator
• PG-Pla-SSI – SubSystem Integration
• PROGRESS
• RATAD - Reliability and Timing Analysis of Distributed systems
• SAVE
• SAVE++

Supervised Ph D students

• Sara Afshar
• Mohammad Ashjaei
• Moris Behnam  (finished)
• Hamid Reza Faragardi
• Johan Fredriksson  (finished)  (assistant supervisor)
• Daniel Hallmans
• Meng Liu
• Yue Lu  (finished)
• Nima Moghaddami Khalilzad
• Farhang Nemati  (finished)
• Hang Yin  (assistant supervisor)
• Mikael Åsberg

• A Stochastic Framework for Real-Time Systems under Preemptive Priority-Driven Scheduling by using Matlab
• Analys av OMG's Data-Distribution Service standard (Real Time Publish Subscribe) som applikationsprotokoll i tågets IP-nätverk.
• Automated orchestra for industrial automation
• Automatic Synthesis of Components for SaveComp Component Technology
• Formal analysis and verification of a real-time task-scheduler implementation in the seL4 microkernel
• Hierarchical server-based communication with switched Ethernet
• Implementation of the Hierarchical Scheduling Framework in the TrueTime Simulation Tool
• Implementing a Simulator for Symmetric Multi-core Platforms
• Implementing Hierarchical Scheduling in the AUTOSAR platform
• Inspelarenhet i FPGA för analys av inbyggd programvara
• Kommunikationsmoduler för affärssystem
• Model transformation of software in automotive embedded systems
• Modeling and timing analyzing for complex real-time embedded systems by using SPIN
• On Resource Sharing under Multiprocessor Semi-Partitioned Scheduling
• Plattformsoberoende utvärderingsprogram för vitvaror
• SaveOS - The interface between SaveCCM and the target platform.
• Simulation of distributed and multi-core embedded real-time systems
• Temporal Assessment of Embedded Software Systems by using Timing Traces
• Using Graphical processing units, GPUs, in complex embedded systems
• Utveckling av ny kommunikations-buss för mikrodatorer i realtids-system
• Verifiering och integrering av komponenter i gemensamma system