Mikael Gidlund

Professor|Professor

Tjänstetitel: Professor
Telefon arbete: +46 (0)10-1428692
E-postadress: mikael.gidlund@miun.se
Ort: Sundsvall
- Anställd inom ämnet:
- Datateknik
- Forskningscentra:
- Sensible Things that Communicate, STC
- Avdelning:
- Institutionen för data- och elektroteknik (DET)

Always seeking outstanding PhD and Postdocs to work on cutting-edge & high-impact research.

Bakgrund

Mikael Gidlund received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. In 2005, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. From 2006 to 2007, he was a Research Engineer and a Project Manager with Acreo AB, Kista, Sweden, where he was responsible for wireless broadband communication. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Senior Specialist and a Project Manager with Nera Networks AS, Bergen, where he was responsible for next-generation IP-based radio solutions. From 2008 to 2013, he was a Senior Principal Scientist and a Global Research Area Coordinator of wireless technologies with ABB Corporate Research, Västerås, Sweden, where he was responsible for technology and strategy plans, standardization, and innovation in the wireless automation area. He has pioneered the area of industrial wireless sensor network. Since 2014, he has been a Full Professor of computer engineering with Mid Sweden University. He has authored or co-authored close to 200 scientific publications in refereed journals and conferences. He holds over 20 patents (granted and pending applications) in the area of wireless communications. His current research interests include wireless communication and networks, wireless sensor networks, medium access protocols, and security.

Dr. Gidlund received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial IT in 2014. He was a co-author to the 2022 IEEE Sweden VT-COM-IT Joint Chapter Best Student Journal Paper Award (Awarded to Luca Beltramelli for the paper “LoRa Beyond ALOHA: An Investigation of Alternative Random Access Protocols, ). He is an IEEE Senior Member and is currently the Chair of the IEEE IES Technical committee on Cloud and Wireless Systems for Industrial Applications. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, Journal of Information Processing Systems and area editor for SENSORS (MDPI).

Forskningsområden

Wireless Communication, Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Coexistence, Signal Processing, and Network Security.

Forskning

My group is currently working in the following research themes:
- Future Wireless Networks (5G/6G) using AI/ML
- Integrated Sensing and Communication for beyond-5G
- Time-and mission-critical wireless communication targeting industrial applications.
- Industrial Internet of Things.
- IoT Security.

We collaborate with top-notch researchers at City University of Hong Kong, Iowa State University (USA), Univ. of Connecticut (USA), Kyung Hee University (South Korea), Oulu University (FIN), Aalborg University (DEN), Trinity College Dublin (IRE), Univ. of Bergen (NOR), Royal Institute of Technology - KTH (SWE), Uppsala University (SWE), Beijing Jiatong University (CHN), National University of Science and Technology - NUST (PAK), Univ. of Texas at Austin (US) and India Institute of Technology at Hydrabad (IN).

Undervisning

I am currently head of the subject computer engineering, program manager for our international MSc programme in Computer Engineering and the Master by research programme in Computer Engineering.

I teach the following courses on our MSc program in Computer Engineering: Wireless Communication (6 ECTS), Advanced topics in Computer Engineering (6ECTS), Networked Embedded Systems with Real-time Applications (6ECTS), Perfomance analysis and simulation of communication systms (6 ECTS), and MSc thesis work (30 ECTS).

I teach the following PhD courses: Information Theory (7.5 ECTS), Queuing Theory and its applications (7.5 Credits), Wireless Sensor Networks (7.5 ECTS).

Current PostDocs:
- Muhammad Waseem, (Ph.D. from National University of Science and Technology (NUST, Pakistan). Feb. 2022 - .
- Fateme Salehi, (Ph.D. from Birjand University, Iran), Oct. 2022 - .

Current PhD students:
- Sujash Naskar, MSc from Univ. of Calcutta, India (expected to graduate in 2024).
- Farnaz Khodakhah, MSc from Shiraz University, Iran (Expected to graduate 2024).
- Maxim Friesen, MSc from TW-OWL, Germany (Expected to graduate in 2026). This is a joint collaboration with TW-OWL and Prof. Juergen Jasperneite.

Former Postdocs:
Aamir Mahmood (PhD from Aalto University, Finland), currently assistant professor (tenure track) at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.
– Lakshmikanth Guntupalli (PhD from Univ. of Agder, Norway), currently experienced researcher at Ericsson Research, Lund, Sweden.
– Claro Noda (PhD from Univ. of Minho, Portugal), currently freelancing.
– Mohamed H. Eldefrawy (PhD from Alexandria University, Egypt), currently assistant professor at Halmstad University, Sweden.
– Ismail Butan (PhD from Univ. of South Florida, USA), currently postdoc at Chalmers University, Sweden.
- Mygun Gil Kyung (PhD from KAIST, South Korea), currently at Samsung Electroncis, South Korea.
- Simone Grimaldi (PhD from Mid Sweden University), currently at Ericsson Research, Sweden.
- Sarder Fakhrul Abedin (PhD from Kyung Hee University, Korea). Currently assistant professor (tenure track) at Mid Sweden University.
- Luca Beltramelli (Ph.D. from Mid Sweden University). Currently at Ericsson AB, Linköping, Sweden.
- Kyi Thar, (Ph.D. from Kyung Hee University, South Korea). Currently assistant professor at Mid Sweden University.

Former PhD students:
- Hossam Farag, PhD degree awarded in 2020. Currently a postdoc at Aalborg University, Denmark.
- Simone Grimaldi, PhD degree awarded in 2020. Currently at Ericsson Research, Sweden
- Luca Beltramelli, PhD degree awarded in 2020. Currently a postdoc at Mid Sweden University.
- Teklay Gebremichael, Lic.Eng degree awarded 2020.
- Klas Gustavsson (co-supervisor), Lic.Eng degree awarded 2018, Mid Sweden University. Currently BI analysts at SOS Alarm, Sweden.
– Mehrzad Lavassani (co-supervisor), Lic.Eng degree awarded 2019, Mid Sweden University, currently at RISE, Sweden.
– Apala Ray (co-supervisor), Ph.D degree awarded 2017 at Mälardalen University, currently global cyber security manager at ABB, India.
– Filip Barac, PhD degree awarded in 2016, currently at Ericsson AB, Sweden.
Felix Dobslaw (co-supervisor), PhD degree awarded 2015, currently a postdoc at Chalmers University, Sweden.
– Victor Kardeby, PhD degree awarded in 2015, currently at RISE, Sweden.
– Yu Kan (co-supervisor), Ph.D degree awarded 2014 at Mälardalens University, currently Ass. Professor at LaTraube University, Australia.
– Stefan Forsström, PhD degree awarded 2014, currently at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.
– Wei Shen (co-supervisor), PhD degree awarded 2014, currently at Ericsson Research, Sweden.
– Johan Åkerberg (co-supervisor), Ph.D degree awarded 2011 at Mälardalens University, currently head of technology at Addiva AB, Sweden.

Övrigt

Visit our team

MSc thesis in our group: If you are interested in visiting our group to carry out your MSc thesis, do not hesitate to contact me. We offer several interesting thesis topics in the wide range of AI/ML for beyond-5G wireless communication, radio resource management issues for beyond-5G wireless communication and LPWAN technologies, Network security for IoT, Trustworthy Edge computing, joint sensing and communication, TSN over 5G-and beyond, and intelligent spectrum management.
Potential PhD students: To have the best chance of receiving a response, please send a focused email. Let me know your name, universities, GPAs at those universities in the original scale (in other words out of 10 or out of 20 is fine), and any publications. Please include a detailed CV. Please let me know specific areas of interest to you, and the kind of research that you might want to do in terms of theory, practice and implementation. It will also be useful if you share your broader plans after graduation (industry, academia, startup, or otherwise). Many of my students go to industry, but quite a few have gone on to successful careers in academia. Also, it is useful if you identify one of my papers that you like and explain why.
Visiting PhD students: We continually have a limited number of openings for visiting PhD students. Recommended duration is 1-3 months. We cannot offer financial support, but will provide office space, access to University facilities, and a stimulating research environment. Feel free to contact me with a concrete research and publication plan.
Students funded under the China Scholarship Council (http://www.csc.edu.cn): I offer a small number of positions for Chinese students funded by the CSC for visits up to 1 year.
Postdoctoral researchers: We have occasional openings for postdoctoral researchers, which will be announced on LinkedIN and MIUN vacancies page. However, you may consider applying for a Marie Curie fellowship (see http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/ and click "When to apply").
Visiting faculty: If you are interested in visiting the Department of Electrical Engineering for a short-term research stay, we can offer limited financial support. Feel free to get in touch for further information.