CURRICULUM VITAE

for Ernst Nordstr¨om

Personal Data

Born in , , on April 12, 1966

Married to Karin

Academic Qualifications June 1985 Gymnasieexamen in Natural Science Program, March 1992 Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Uppsala University Thesis: Interpretation of Results from Artificial Neural Networks Used for Error Diagnostics within Telecommunication September 1995 Licentiate in Computer Systems, Uppsala University Opponent: Soren Blaabjerg Thesis: Neural Networks for Traffic Control in ATM Networks December 1998 Ph.D in Computer Systems, Uppsala University Opponent: Michal Pioro Thesis: Markov Decision Problems in ATM Traffic Control

Professional Activities June 1986 – July 1987 Televerket, Falun, (Computer Programmer) June 1988 – August 1988 Kvarnsvedens Paper Mill, Borl¨ange, (Process control) June 1989 – August 1989 KLF-ZVL OMNIA, Zilina, (Finite elemements method) June1990 – August1990 EricssonRadar,Kista,(Pictureanalysis) August 1991 – January 1992 Ellemtel Telecommunication Systems Laboratories, Alvsj¨o(Master¨ thesis project) February1992 – December 1998 Departmentof Computer Systems, Uppsala University (PhD student) August 1996 – October 1996 Department of Telecommunications, Technical University of (Visiting researcher) January 1999 – May 2000 Department of Computer Systems, Uppsala University (Assistant Professor) June2000 – August2000 EricssonTrafficLab,Budapest(Visiting researcher) September 2000 – June 2008 Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University (Assistant Professor)

Teaching

1 1992 Short course on VHDL, Uppsala University 1992–1999 Lab assistant in data communication and distributed systems, Uppsala University 1999 Lecturer in Data communication course, B level (20 lectures), Uppsala University 2000 Lecturer in Operating systems cours, B level (4 lectures), Dalarna University 2000–2002 Lecturer in Data communication course, B level (30 lectures), Dalarna University 2001–2003 Lecturer in Network modelling course, D level (45 lectures), Dalarna University 2003 Lecturer in Wireless communication course, D level (10 lectures) Dalarna University 2005 Lecturer in Wireless communication course, D level (10 lectures) Dalarna University 2006 Lecturer in Wireless communication course, D level (10 lectures) Dalarna University 2006 Lecturer in Network modelling course, PhD level (9 lectures) Karlstad University 2006 Lecturer in Algorithms and complexity course, D level (10 lectures) Dalarna University 2007 Lecturer in Wireless communication course, C level (10 lectures) Dalarna University 2007 Lecturer in Cryptography course, B level (12 lectures) Dalarna University 2008 Lecturer in Operations research course, D level (6 lectures) Dalarna University 2008 Lecturer in Wireless communication course, C level (10 lectures) Dalarna University

Master thesis supervision 1994 ATM signalling, Uppsala University 1997 Shortest path routing, Uppsala University 1998 Scheduling of packets in communication networks, Uppsala University 2000 T. Hill, Influence of the TCP/IP Protocol Mechanism on the IP Packet Traffic Self-Similarity in Resource-bounded Network, Uppsala University 2000 B. Henriques, Policing in an IP-based GSM access neywork , Uppsala University 2000 J. L¨ubeck, Evaluation of the Markov Decision Framework for CAC and Routing in Broadband networks, Uppsala University 2001 J. Berg, R. Osbeck, Study of data communication network at Falun, Dalarna University 2001 H. Fernlund, Study of Wireless Internet access technologies in , Dalarna University 2003 K. Mahesh, Performance evaluation of single link pure delay systems, Dalarna University

2 2003 S. Vydyula, Call admission control and routing of self-similiar call traffic using Markov decision theory, Dalarna University 2003 L. Srikanth, Blocking Evaluation under MDP routing, Dalarna University 2004 A. Nithin, Blocking Evaluation under LLR routing, Dalarna University 2004 A. Ojuola, Performance Evaluation of the GI/G/C queue, Dalarna University 2004 E. Maheedhar, CAC and routing in loss networks: polynomial cost approximation, Dalarna University 2004 H. Yildiz, Routing with periodic state information, Dalarna University 2004 W. Ling, A soft real-time application of ISP traffic statistics, Dalarna University 2004 Z. Qi, Network emulation for a vehicular AD-hoc network, Dalarna University 2005 G. Gukuia, Modeling a superposition of renewal arrival processes, Dalarna University 2006 A. Adeyemo, Modeling a superposition of renewal processes by a MMPP, Dalarna University 2006 L. Babagbemi, Performance analysis of packet schedulers, Dalarna University 2006 L. Hadji, A unified load generator for geographically distributed generation of network traffic, Dalarna University 2007 K. Bahsi, CAC and dynamic weight selection in class-based GPS systems, Dalarna University 2007 W. Iqbal, Rate scheduling for HSUPA in UMTS, Dalarna University 2007 G. Mustafa, User interest modelling and recommendation algorithm for the future interactive television, Dalarna University 2008 F. Hameed, Rate scheduling for HSDPA in UMTS, Dalarna University 2008 R. Ngomesia, Performance evaluation of single link mixed loss-delay systems, Dalarna University

Assistant PhD thesis supervisor 2003-2006 Image classification of road signs, Dalarna University

Research funding Knowledge foundation, IT-lyftet, 2001-01-01–2004-12-31. Internal research funds, Dalarna University, 2005-01-01–2008-06-30.

Research projects Project leader of the teletraffic research project, Dalarna University, 2001-01-01–2008-06-30, Other participant at DU: Docent Fan Ming.

Participation in conferences/workshops The First Swedish National Conference on Connectionism, SNCC’92, Sk¨ovde, Sweden, Sep. 1992.

3 The World Congress on Neural Networks, WCNN’93, Portland, Oregon, July 1993. The International Workshop on Application of Neural Networks to Telecommunications, IWANNT’93, Princeton, New Jersey, Sep. 1993. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks, HSNLAB, Budepest Technical University, 1993. Workshop on Traffic Engineering, HSNLAB, Budapest Technical University, May 1994. The ATM’97 Workshop, Lisboa, Portugal, May 1997. The 15’th International Teletraffic Congress, ITC’15, Washington DC, USA, June 1997. Workshop on Traffic Engineering, HSNLAB, Budapest Technical University, May 1998. The IFIP Broadband Communications’99 conference, Hong-Kong, China, Nov 1999. Promote IT 2002, First annual conference for promoting research and advanced eduction in topics of IT, Sk¨ovde, Sweden, May 2002. Promote IT 2003, Second annual conference for promoting research and advanced eduction in topics of IT, Visby, Sweden, May 2003. Promote IT 2004, Third annual conference for promoting research and advanced eduction in topics of IT, Karlstad, Sweden, May 2004. Promote IT 2005, Fourth annual conference for promoting research and advanced eduction in topics of IT, Borl¨ange, Sweden, May 2005.

Reviewer for conferences SIGCOMM’95, IWANNT’95, International Workshop on Applications in Neural Networks IWANT’97, International Workshop on Applications in Neural Networks ICANN’98, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks MASCOTS’99, IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems Promote IT 2003, Third annual conference for promoting research and advanced eduction in topics of IT. Promote IT 2004, Fourth annual conference for promoting research and advanced eduction in topics of IT. SNCNW 2006, Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop. ITC’20 2007, 20th International Teletraffic Congress. SNCNW 2008, Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop. SNCNW 2009, Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop.

Reviewer for journals Performance Evaluation IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communcations IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks International Journal of Communication Systems European Transactions on Telecommunications

Sabbaticals

4 1996 Department of Telecommunication, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark (3 months) 2000 Ericsson Traffic Laboratory, Budapest, Hungary (3 months)

Board member at Faculty and Department at Dalarna University

Utbildnings och Forskningsn¨amnden, 2002-2004 Institutionsn¨amden Kultur, Media, Data, 2004-2005

Additional Active member in the International group, VDala Nation, Uppsala, 1989-1991 Project leader for Uppsala ATM pilot during 940801-950430 Evaluator of two senior lecturer positions at Dalarna University in 2001 Examinator of Bachelor theses in Computer Systems at Dalarna University 2003-2006 Examinator of Master theses in Intelligent Systems at Dalarna University 2006 Evaluator of PhD thesis in teletraffic systems at Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2008 Member of the 2008 Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World

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