Mikael Gidlund

Professor|Professor

Professional title: Professor
Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428692
Email: mikael.gidlund@miun.se
Location: Sundsvall
- Employed at the subject:
- Computer Engineering
- Research centers:
- STC Research Centre
- Department:
- Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering (DET)

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

Background

Mikael Gidlund received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. In 2005, he served as a Visiting Researcher with the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway. From 2006 to 2007, Dr. Gidlund worked as a Research Engineer and Project Manager with Acreo AB, Kista, Sweden, where he oversaw wireless broadband communication projects. He then joined Nera Networks AS, Bergen, as a Senior Specialist and Project Manager, focusing on next-generation IP-based radio solutions from 2007 to 2008.

From 2008 to 2014, Dr. Gidlund was a Senior Principal Scientist and Global Research Area Coordinator for wireless technologies at ABB Corporate Research, Västerås, Sweden. In this role, he led efforts in technology and strategy planning, standardization, and innovation within the wireless automation domain, pioneering industrial wireless sensor networks. Since 2014, he has been a Full Professor of Computer Engineering at Mid Sweden University and currently holds an adjunct professorship at Beijing Jiaotong University, China.

Dr. Gidlund has an extensive publication record, with over 200 scientific articles in refereed journals and conferences. He is an inventor with over 20 patents (granted and pending) in wireless communications. His research interests encompass wireless communication and networks, wireless sensor networks, medium access protocols, and security.

As recognized leader in his field, Dr. Gidlund received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial IT in 2014. He also co-authored the paper that won the 2022 IEEE Sweden VT-COM-IT Joint Chapter Best Student Journal Paper Award. An IEEE Senior Member, he chaired the IEEE IES Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Systems for Industrial Applications from 2019 to 2021. Dr. Gidlund is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, and the Journal of Information Processing Systems. Additionally, he serves as an Area Editor for SENSORS (MDPI).

Dr Gidlund is frequently invited to speak at international conferences and symposia, where he shares his expertise and insights on wireless communication technologies for verticals.

Area of interest

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

Research

My group is currently working in the following research themes:
- Future Wireless Networks (5G/6G) using AI/ML
- 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), University of L'Aquila (Italy), University of Brescia (Italy), IMT Atlantique (FRA) and India Institute of Technology at Hydrabad (IN).

Teaching and tutoring

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:
- Fateme Salehi,(Ph.D. from Brijand University, Iran.), Oct. 2022 -
- Mehdi Haghshenas (Ph.D. from Polytecnico Milano), April 2024 -

Current PhD students:
- Sujash Naskar, MSc from Univ. of Calcutta, India (expected to graduate in 2025).
- Farnaz Khodakhah, MSc from Shiraz University, Iran (Expected to graduate 2025).
- Maxim Friesen, MSc from Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (TH-OWL), Germany. (Expected to graduate in December 2026. This collaboration is with Institute for Industrial IT (inIT) at TH-OWL, Germany).
- Hamed Talebian, MSc from Tampere University, Finland (Expected to graduate in 2028. This is in collaboration with TH-OWL, Germany, and U-blox).
- Tranh Nho Duc (Expected to graduate in 2028).
- Neda Shalavi (Expected to graduate in 2028).

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), Assistant professor at Mid Sweden University.
- Muhammad Waseem, (Ph.D. from National University of Science and Technology (NUST, Pakistan). Currently a Wireless Expert at TietoEvry, Sweden.

Former PhD students:
- Hossam Farag, PhD degree awarded in 2020. Currently an assistant professor (tenure-track) 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 Ericsson AB, Linköping, Sweden.
- Raúl Rondón, Lic. Eng. degree awarded 2019.
- 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 an assistant professor at MIUN, Östersund.
– 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 AB, Linköping, Sweden.
– Johan Åkerberg (co-supervisor), Ph.D degree awarded 2011 at Mälardalens University, currently head of technology at Addiva AB, Sweden.

Other information

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 students: I am always interested in supervising strong, motivated students at the Master and PhD level. If you are interested, please apply to Mid Sweden University (MIUN) through the appropriate channels. Once you have been accepted at MIUN , feel free contact me. For PhD positions, please check this website as well as the MIUN vacancies page. If there are no vacancies listed, this means there are no openings at that time and there is no point in contacting me.
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.