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Positions
2020 - present:
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Full-Professor,
Intelligent Future Technology, University of Mälardalen, Sweden.
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2016 - 2020:
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Associate Professor,
Intelligent Future Technology, University of Mälardalen, Sweden.
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2014 - 2016:
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EU Marie Curie Fellow,
Department of Electronic Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Techonology, Sweden.
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2011 - 2014:
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Assistant Professor,
Embedded Computer and Electronic Systems, Department of IT, University of Turku, Finland.
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2008 - 2011:
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Researcher ,
Embedded Computer and Electronic Systems, Department of IT, University of Turku, Finland.
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2006 - 2008:
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Researcher ,
Low-Power High-Performance Nanosystems Lab., School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Tehran, Iran.
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2006 - 2008:
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Lecturer,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical College of Shariaty, Tehran, Iran.
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Education
- 2014 - 2017:
Docent, Embedded Systems, University of Mälardalen, Sweden
- 2008 - 2011:
PhD., ICT, Dept. of IT, University of Turku, Finland
- 2009 - 2010:
MBA, Faculty of Economy, University of Turku, Finland
- 2004 - 2006:
Master., Computer Architecture, School of ECE, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
- 1998 - 2002:
BS., Computer Hardware Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran.
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Research Areas/Interest
- Brain-inspired/Neuromorphic Computing Architectures (SNN, ANN, accelerators, etc.)
- Many/Multi-core Systems-on-Chip (Mapping & scheduling, memory and utilization wall, etc.)
- Bio-Inspired Computing & Machine Learning (Ant colony, genetic, Q-learning, etc.)
- Reliability in Embedded Systems (Fault tolerance, testing, aging, etc.)
- Reconfigurable Architectures (FPGA, DRRA, CGRA, etc.)
- Interconnection Networks (time-aware, multicasting, adaptive routing, etc)
- Dynamic Power Management (Dark silicon, low power design etc.)
- Parallel Computing/Programming (openMP, MPI, openCL, cuda, etc.)
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Project Funding
- GreenDL (“Green Deep Learning for Edge Devices”, 2022-2026, Swedish Research Council (VR), 6M-SEK), Rule: Principal Investigator.
- SafeAI (“Dependable AI in Safe Autonomous Systems”, 2022-2026, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), 2.5M-SEK), Rule: Principal Investigator, Industrial partner: SAAB
- AutoDeep (“Automatic Design of Safe, High-Performance and Compact Deep Learning Models for Autonomous Vehicles”, 2020-2023, VINNOVA, 1.2 M-SEK), Rule: Principal Investigator, Industrial partner: Volvo and ZenseAct.
- SafeDeep (“Dependable Deep Learning for Safety-Critical Airborne Embedded Systems”, 2019-2022, VINNOVA, 600K-SEK), Rule: Co-Principal Investigator, Industrial partner: SAAB.
- DeepLeg (“Energy-Efficient Hardware Accelerator for Embedded Deep Learning”, 2019-2020, STINT, 150K-SEK), Rule: Principal Investigator.
- DESTINE (“Developing Predictable Vehicle Software Utilizing Time Sensitive Networking”, 2019-2022, VINNOVA, 6M-SEK), Rule: Co- Principal Investigator, Industrial partners: Volvo-CE and Arcticus.
- HERO (“Heterogeneous systems: software-hardware integration”, 2018-2022, Knowledge Foundation (KKS), 25M-SEK/2.5M-Euro), Rule: Co-Principal Investigator, Industrial partners: ENEA, Volvo-CE, Arcticus, Alten, and UniBap..
- DeepMaker (“Deep Learning Accelerator on Commercial Programmable Devices”, 2018-2021, Knowledge Foundation (KKS), 6M-SEK/600K-Euro), Rule: Principal Investigator, Industrial partners: SAAB, UniBap, and Kiwok.
- CUBRIC (“CUstom designed BRain-Inspired integrated Circuit”, 2014-2016, EU, KTH, UTU, and VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems), 3.9M-SEK/400K-Euro), Rule: Principal Investigator.
- uBrain (“Custom Design Brain-Inspired Computing Platform”, 2015-2016, funded by Kaute Foundation in Finland, 18K-Euro), Rule: Principal Investigator.
- ERoT (“Efficient, Robust, and Trustable Embedded Systems”, 2014-2017, EU, VINNOVA, KTH and UTU, 4.5M-SEK/500K-Euro), Rule: co-investigator.
- CRS (“Towards Reliable Many-Core Embedded Systems from Unreliable Components”, 2014-2017, funded by Academy of Finland, 230K-Euro), Rules: co-investigator.
- MANAGE (“Data Management of 3D Systems for the Dark Silicon Age”, 2013-2017, a consortium between UTU and VTT, funded by Academy of Finland, 1.5M-Euro), Rules: co-Investigator.
- AGENT (“Agent-Based Management of CMOS Hyper Cores”, 2011-2013, a consortium between UTU, VTT, and Aalto University, funded by Academy of Finland, 1M-Euro), Rules: co-Investigator.
- AMEBA (“Agent-based Management of Embedded Data Reserves”, 2012-2014, a consortium between UTU and ÅBO Akademi, funded by Academy of Finland, 600K-Euro), Rule: co-Investigator.
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Teaching Experiences/Courses
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Design of Autonomous Systems (Mälardalen University, Sweden) (2019-present)
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Autonomous Vehicle (Mälardalen University, Sweden) (2017- present)
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Programming of Reliable Embedded Systems (Mälardalen University, Sweden) (2016--present)
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Embedded Systems (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) (2015)
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Digital Logic Lab. (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)(2014-2015)
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FPGA Prototyping (University of Turku, Turku, Finland) (2013-14)
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Data Communication (University of Turku, Turku, Finland)
(2013-14)
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Seminar on Embedded Computing (University of Turku,
Turku, Finland) (2012-14)
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MultiProcessor Architectures (University of Turku, Turku, Finland)
(2013-14)
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Digital Communication Systems (University of Turku, Turku, Finland) (2013-14)
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HDL-based Design (University of Turku, Turku, Finland)
(2011-13)
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Computer Architecture (Technical College of Shariaty, Tehran, Iran)
(2005-2008)
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Digital Circuit Design (Technical College of Shariaty, Tehran, Iran)
(2005-2008)
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Advanced Programming with C++ (Technical College of Shariaty, Tehran, Iran)
(2005-2008)
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Computer Architecture (Azad University of Parand, Parand, Iran)
(2005-2008)
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Advanced Programming (Azad University of Parand, Parand, Iran)
(2005-2008)
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Professional Experiences
- Technical Activities:
Supported full chip layout and verification from synthesis to tape-out using Cadence tools (Encounter
and Virtuoso) and Synopsis tools (Design Compiler & Prim power). Tape-out experience:
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Academic Activities:
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Editor Activities for Journals
- Associate Editor of Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (MICPRO) - Since 2015
- Associate Editor of Elsevier Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering (CAEE) - Since 2014
- Associate Editor of World Research Journal of Computer Architecture (JCA) - Since 2012
- Editorial Board of the International Journal of Embedded and Real-Time Communication Systems -
(IJERTCS) - Since 2013
- Editorial Board of the International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems (IJARAS) -
Since 2012
- Editorial Boardof the International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST) -
Since 2012
- Guest Editor, Elsevier Journal of Integration, VLSI, On-Chip Parallel and Network-Based
Systems, (2014)– CfP
- Guest Editor, Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems, Manycore Embedded
Systems, (2014)– CfP
- Guest Editor, Journal of IET (Computers and Digital Techniques), Emerging On-Chip Networks and
Architectures, (2013)– CfP
- Guest Editor, Springer Journal of Computing, Special Issue on On-Chip Parallel and Network
Systems, (2013)– CfP
- Guest Editor, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, Special Issue on Design
Challenges for Manycore Processors, (2013)– CfP
- Guest Editor, Elsevier Journal
of System Architecture, Special Issue on Network-based
Manycore Embedded Systems, (2012)– CfP
- Conference and symposium Organizer
- Track Co-Chair, Network-on-Chip – DATE,
in IEEE Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference, 2019.
- Program Chair, 25th IEEE Inter. Conf. on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing – PDP,
Russia, 2017.
- Program Chair, 11th IEEE Symp. on Reconfigurable Communication-centric SoC – ReCoSoC,
Tallinn, Estonia, 2016.
- Program Chair, 24th IEEE Inter. Conf. on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing – PDP,
Greece, 2016.
- General Chair, 23rd IEEE Inter. Conf. on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing – PDP,
Finland, 2015.
- Track Co-Chair, Network on Chip (NoC), Interconnects, and 3D-IC– SOCC,
in IEEE System-on-Chip Conference, 2014.
- Workshop/Special-Session Organizer
- General Chair, 9th ACM International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures– NoCArc,
in conj. with
Micro, 2016.
- General Chair, 4th ACM International Workshop on Manycore Embedded system – MES,
in conj. with ISCA, 2016.
- General Chair, 8th ACM International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures– NoCArc,
in conj. with
Micro, 2015.
- General Chair, 3rd ACM International Workshop on Manycore Embedded system – MES,
in conj. with ISCA, 2015.
- General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Interconnection Networks – HPIN,
in conj. with HPCS, Italy, 2014.
- General Chair, 7th ACM International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures– NoCArc,
in conj. with
Micro, 2014.
- General Chair, IEEE Special Session on On-Chip Parallel and Network-Based Systems – OCPNBS,
in conj. with PDP, 2015.
- General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Parallel Computations for Neural Networks – PCNN,
in conj. with HPCS, Italy, 2014.
- General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Interconnection Networks – HPIN,
in conj. with HPCS, Italy, 2014.
- General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Dynamic Reconfigurable Network-on-Chip – DRNoC,
in conj. with HPCS, Italy, 2014.
- General Chair, 2nd ACM International Workshop on Manycore Embedded system – MES,
in conj. with ISCA, 2014.
- General Chair, IEEE Special Session on On-Chip Parallel and Network-Based Systems – OCPNBS,
in conj. with PDP, 2014.
- General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Interconnection Networks – HPIN,
in conj. with HPCS, Finland, 2013.
- General Chair, 1st ACM International Workshop on Manycore Embedded system – MES,
in conj. with ISCA, 2013.
- General Chair, IEEE Special Session on On-Chip Parallel and Network-Based Systems – OCPNBS,
in conj. with PDP, 2013.
- General Chair, IEEE Special Session on Networked Embedded Computing– NEC,
in conj. with SoC, 2013.
- TPC Chair, ACM International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures– NoCArc,
in conj. with
Micro, 2013.
- WSs Chair, International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation – HPCS-14,
- WSs Chair, 15th IEEE Inter. Conf. on Scalable Computing and Communications – ScalCom-15,
- Technical Program Committee (TPC)
- IEEE/ACM Design, Automation, and Test in Europe – DATE (2014-19), Track D8
- IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, – DAC (2019)
- IEEE/ACM International Conference On Computer Aided Design – ICCAD (2016-18)
- IEEE International Conf. on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing – ICA3PP (2017-20)
- IEEE International Symp. on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications – ISPA (2019-20)
- IEEE/ACM Symposium on Networks-on-Chip – NOCS (2013-19)
- IEEE International Conf. on High Performance Computing and Communications – HPCC (2018-20)
- IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference – ASPDAC (2014 - 16)
- IEEE/ACM International Conference on VLSI Design – VLSID (2014 - 16)
- IEEE System-on-Chip Conference – SOCC (2013 - 18)
- IEEE Euromicro Conf on Parallel,Distributed,Network-based Computing – PDP (2012-20)
- IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing – CPSCom (2018)
- IEEE International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test Symposium – VDAT (2015)
- IEEE Symposium on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia – ESTIMedia (2012-18)
- IEEE Inter. Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip – MCSoC (2014 - 18)
- IEEE Nordic Circuit and Systems Conference – NORCAS (2014 - 17)
- Inter. Conf. on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics – PACBB (2015 - 17)
- IEEE Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era – DTIS (2014, 15)
- IEEE Int. Japan-Egypt Conf. on Electronics Communication and Computers – JECECC (2014 - 18)
- ACM Workshop on Network-on-Chip Architectures – NoCArc (2013-18)
- ACM workshop on Manycore- Embedded Systems – MES (2013-16)
- IEEE Conference on Computer Architecture & Digital Systems – CADS (2013-18)
- IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing – EUC (2013)
- IEEE Conference on Embedded Software and Systems – ICESS (2011, 12)
- IEEE International Conference on Embedded Computing – EmbeddedCom (2012)
- ACM Workshop on Context-Awareness for Self-Managing Systems – CASEMANS (2012)
- IEEE Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (Special Session: M2APS) – DSD (2012)
- DATICS Workshop Series – IAENG IMECS, IFIP NPC, IEEE BCFIC (2012)
- IEEE Conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Enterprise Applications – NESEA (2011, 12)
Served as a reviewer for the following journals:
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Journal Reviewer
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS),
- IEEE Transaction on Computer-Aided Design (TCAD),
- IEEE Transaction on Computer (TC),
- IEEE Transaction on VLSI,
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (IEEE TCAS I),
- IET Computers & Digital Techniques
- ACM Transaction on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS),
- ACM Transaction on Design Automation of Electronic Systems(TODAES),
- ACM Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC),
- ACM Transaction on ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO);
- Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA-Elsevier),
- Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS-Elsevier),
- Cluster Computing (Springer),
- Computing (Springer),
- Supercomputing (Springer),
- VLSI Integration (COMPELEC-Elsevier),
- Microprocessors and Microsystems (MICPRO-Elsevier),
- Computers & Electronics (COMPELEC-Elsevier),
- Computers & Mathematics with Applications (Elsevier),
- Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
- Mechatronics (Elsevier),
- Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE).
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Public Examiner/Opponent :
- Opponent on the PhD thesis “Dependability Improvement of NoC-based Systems”, Behrad Niazmand, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), 2018.
- Opponent on the PhD thesis “Adaptive Routing Methods for On-Chip Interconnection Networks”, Poona Bahrebar, Gent University, 2017.
- Opponent (grading committee) on the PhD thesis “Flexible Electrical and Photoelectrical Artificial Synapses for Neuromorphic Systems”, Kunlong Yang, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 2018.
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Supervision
- Postdoc:
- Sima Sinaie, Efficient Design and Integration of Recurrent Deep Neural Networks, since 2019.
- Current PhDs:
- Adnan Ghaderi, High-Throughput, Scalable, and Programmable Switch Architecture for TSNs, since 2019.
- Bahar Houtan, Schedullatbility analysis of time-sensitive networking, since 2019.
- Mohammad Riazati, Reliable Heterogeneous Integration, since January 2019.
- Mohammad Loni, Customizing the Architecture of Convolutional Neural Networks for COTS Embedded Platforms, since September 2017.
- Graduated PhDs (and licentiates):
- Amin Majd, Distributed and lightweight meta-heuristic optimization method for complex problems, 2019.
- Mohammad Fattaholmannan, Hierarchical management of hyper-core architectures, 2016 (licentiate).
- Sergei Dytckov, Design and implementation of spiking neural networks, 2017 (licentiate).
- Fahimeh Farahnakian, Resource Management in Micro and Micro Architecture, 2018 (licentiate).
- Mohammad Fattaholmannan, Hierarchical management of hyper-core architectures, 2016 (licentiate).
- Manoj Bohra, Adaptive routing algorithms in NoC-based manycore systems, since 2013, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India., 2016.
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Publications
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Research Awards
- Best Paper Award for the paper “Multi-objective Optimization of Real-Time Task Scheduling Problem for Distributed Environments” IEEE 6th Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS), 2019.
- Best Paper Award for the paper “Designing Compact Convolutional Neural Network for Embedded Stereo Vision Systems” IEEE 12th International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC), 2018.
- HiPEAC Paper Award for “EbDa: A New Theory on Design and Verification of Deadlock-free Interconnection Networks,” IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 2017,
- HiPEAC Paper Award for “Customizable Compression Architecture for Efficient Configuration in CGRAs”, FCCM 2016.
- HiPEAC Paper Award for “Shift Sprinting: Reliable Temperature-aware MCSoC Architecture in Dark Silicon Era”, DAC 2016.
- HiPEAC Paper Award for “Smart Hill Climbing for Agile Dynamic Mapping in Many-Core Systems”, DAC 2013.
- Fellowship Grant for Mobility, European Marie-Curie Program, 2014.
- Research Grant Award for
Excellence in Graduate Studies from Ulla Tuominen Foundation, 2011.
- Research Grant Award for
Excellence in Graduate Studies from ST-Micro., 2011.
- Research Grant Award for
Excellence in Graduate Studies from ST-Micro., 2010.
- 4-year fellowship for Doctoral
Degree from Graduate School in
Electronics, Telecommunications and Automation (GETA)
of Helsinki University of Technology, 2009.
- Research Grant Award for
Excellence in Graduate Studies from Nokia Foundation, 2009.
- Grant Award for Master thesis from
Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC),
2006.
- Grant Award for Master thesis from
Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC),
2005.
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Project Evaluation
- Belgian Research Council (FWO), since 2018.
- Irish Research Council since 2017.
- European Horizon 2020/ICT and COST Action since 2016.
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF), since 2016.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), since 2015.
- Research Department of Sultan Qaboos University and Oman Research Council, since 2015.
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Contacts
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Intelligent Future Technology, Mälardalen University
Mälardalen University/IDT., Gurksaltargatan 9
Office Tel: +46-7878-15189
Email: masoud.daneshtalab (at) mdh.se
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