Cedomir Stefanovic

Professor, Group leader

• Assoc. prof, AAU, 2016-2020
• Postdoc/Resarch assistant prof., AAU, 2012 - 2015
• Dipl.-Ing., Mr.-Ing., and Dr.-Ing. in Electrical engineering, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Sokol Kosta

Associate professor

• Assistant Professor, AAU, 2016-2020
• Postdoc, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST, 2015 - 2016)
• Postdoc, Sapienza University of Rome (2013 - 2015)
• BSc, MSc, PhD in CS, Sapienza University of Rome (2006, 2009, 2013 - supervisor Prof. Alessandro Mei)

Hossam Mohamed Farag

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

• Postdoc at Aalborg University
• PhD in Computer Engineering, Mid Sweden University (supervisor Prof. Mikael Gidlund)
• B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aswan University, Egypt

Yan Kyaw Tun

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

• Postdoc at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Postdoc at Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea (supervisor Prof. Choong Seon Hong)
• BE in Marine Electrical Systems and Electronic Engineering, Myanmar Maritime University, Myanmar

Vasilis Ntinas

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

• Postdoc at TUD | Dresden University of Technology, Germany
• Ph.D. in ECE, DUTh, Greece (supervisor Prof. Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis) and in Electronics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain (supervisor Prof. Antonio Rubio)
• M.Sc. in Microelectronics and Computer Systems, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
• Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Jerónimo Sánchez García

Industrial PhD on the MSCA DN QUARC project at AAU and NVIDIA (supervisor S. Kosta, co-supervisor Juan Jose Vegas Olmos). Research Interests - High-Performance Computing (HPC), NIC Offloading, In-Network Computing, Software Optimization

• MSc in High Performance Computing, University of A Coruña, Spain

• BSc in Computer Engineering, University of Almería, Spain

Ozan Karaali

PhD on the DFF CLIMB project (supervisor C. Stefanovic)

• M.Sc. in Informatics, TU München, Germany

• B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey

Michele Zanitti

PhD on the EU Horizon Europe I3LUNG project (supervisor S. Kosta, co-supervisors Yan K. Tun and Ming Shen)

• M.Sc. in Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Aalborg University, Denmark

• B.Sc. in Web Technologies and Multimedia, University of Udine, Italy

Rifqi Juli Indrayanto

PhD on the Real-time Stream Data Analysis for Offshore Wind Turbine Monitoring (supervisor S. Kosta and co-supervisors Mustafa Özger)

• M.Sc. in Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Aalborg University, Denmark

• B.Eng. in Computer Engineering, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Reza Tadayoni

2018 – Now, Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Systems, AAU; Head of CMI Section

• 2008 – 2017, Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Systems, AAU
• Assistant Professor (2001-2004) and Associate Professor (2004-2008), Department of Communications, Optics and Materials (COM), DTU
• 1998 -2001, PhD in ICT and Media Convergence, Department of telecommunications, DTU
• 1986 -1991 M.Sc.E.E., DTU with specialization in Broadband Communications

Edlira Dushku

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity. Research interests - Trusted Computing, IoT Security, Cyber Resilience.

• Postdoc at DTU, Denmark (2020-2022)
• PhD in Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (2016-2020)
• B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Tirana, Albania (2007, 2013)

Israel Leyva Mayorga

Associate professor, Connectivity Section, AAU

• Assistant Professor, AAU (2021 – 2024)
• Postdoc, AAU (2019 – 2021)
• PhD in Telecommunications, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain (2015 – 2018)
• BSc in Telematics Engineering and MSc in Mobile Computing Systems, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico (2011, 2014)

Rifqi Juli Indrayanto

Master student at ICTE, AAU. Student helper on the NFC MARESEC project (Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2026, supervisor S. Kosta).

• B.Eng. in Computer Engineering, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Indonesia

André Oliveira Barbosa

Master student at Cybersecurity, AAU. Student helper on the NFC MARESEC project (Oct. 2025 - Mar. 2026, supervisor S. Kosta). Student helper on the Erasmus+ FGPE++ project (Nov. 2024 - Oct. 2025, supervisor S. Kosta).

• BSc in Computer Science, University of Minho, Portugal

Matteo Clementin

Master student in Computer Engineering, AAU. Student helper on the EU Horizon Europe I3LUNG project (May 2026 - May 2027, supervisor S. Kosta).

• B.Sc. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Trieste, Italy

Dimosthenis Iliadis-Apostolidis

March 2023 - June 2026
Role: Industrial PhD on the MSCA DN QUARC project at AAU and NVIDIA (supervisor S. Kosta, co-supervisor Juan Jose Vegas Olmos). Research Interests - Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Programmable Networks, Computer/System Architecture. Now Software Applications Engineer at Microchip Technology Inc., Denmark.

• ME in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Mieszko Jan Ferens Michalek

June 2025 - March 2026
Role: PostDoc on the Thomas B. Thriges Fond QUCISAFE project. Now Quantum Specialist at Terma A/S.

• Ph.D. in Cybersecurity ( MSCA ITN IoTalentum , supervisor S. Kosta, co-supervisor E. Dushku), Aalborg University, Denmark
• MSc in Telecommunication Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain
• BSc in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain

Luca Sparapani

March – July 2026
Role: Visiting Research Intern (working with S. Kosta on the on the QUCISAFE project)

• BSc in Computer Engineering, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• MSc in Cybersecurity (ongoing), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Weifan Zhang

2022 – 2025
Role: PhD on the 5G Enabled Autonomous Mobile Robotic Systems Project (supervisor Preben E. Mogensen, co-supervisor S. Kosta)

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Henan University, China

• M.Sc. in Computer Science, Fuzhou University, China

Ting-Hui Cheng

Role: Student helper (May 2025 - Jul. 2025) on the Erasmus+ FGPE++ project and research assistant (Aug. 2025 - Dec. 2025) on the EU Chips-JU CLEVER project (supervisor S. Kosta).

• M.Sc. in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

• B.Sc. in Biomechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Wenrui Yu

Role: Research assistant on the EU Chips-JU CLEVER project, Jan. 2025 - Oct. 2025 (supervisor S. Kosta). Now PhD student at ES Department, AAU.

• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, TU Delft, the Netherlands

• B.Sc. in Electronical and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, China

Xiaoyu Luo

Role: Research assistant on the EU Chips-JU CLEVER project, Apr. 2025 - Oct. 2025 (supervisor S. Kosta). Now PhD student at CS Department, AAU.

• M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• B.Sc. in Computer Science and Technology, Beijing University of Technology, China

Darshan Gowda

Role: Research assistant on the EU Chips-JU CLEVER project, Dec. 2024 - Sep. 2025 (supervisor S. Kosta).

• M.Sc. in Industrial Automation and Robotics Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India

• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India

Ezgi Zeynep Hossein Poor

August 2025
Role: Intern (working with S. Kosta)

• 4th year Medical Student in Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Asmad Bin Abdul Razzaque

Role: Guest PhD student at the ECN group during the period 01 feb. 2025 - 31 july 2025, working with Prof. Cedomir Stefanovic. PhD student at Sapienza University of Rome on the topic of Random Multiple Access Protocols (supervisor Prof. Andrea Baiocchi).

• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology (NUST- SEECS), Islamabad, Pakistan

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila, Pakistan

Theodoros Aslanidis

Role: Guest PhD student at the ECN group (1 Apr. 2025 - 30 Aug. 2025, working with Assoc. Prof. Sokol Kosta). PhD student at University College Dublin on the topic of Reinforcement Learning, Cloud Computing, ML for Systems (supervisor Asst. Prof. Dimitris Chatzopoulos). (LinkedIn, Scholar)

• Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Greece

Muhammad Waleed

Role: PhD on the MSCA ITN IoTalentum project from Sep. 2021 (supervisor S. Kosta, co-supervisor Prof. Knud Erik Skouby). Defended the PhD on Jan. 24, 2025 with evaluation committee members Assoc. Prof. Rasmus L. Olesen (AAU, chair), Assoc. Prof. Simone Silvestri (University of Kentucky, US), Senior Research Scientist Luigi Vigneri (IOTA Foundation). Research interests - cyber security, the Internet of Things, machine learning, trust management, and network communication.

• Researcher in the Trust Data Analytics and Management Lab, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Chosun University, South Korea

• M.Sc. in Computer Systems Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar, Pakistan

Nickels Witte

Role: Master student at Erasmus Mundus DCLEAD, AAU. Student helper on the CLEVER project (Apr. 2023 - Apr. 2024, supervisor S. Kosta).

Nikhil Bhagwatrao Gaikwad

In the ECN Lab in October 2023 - November 2024.
Now Researcher at Samsung Research Denmark, Copenhagen.
Role: Postdoc on the EU KDT-JU CLEVER project (supervisor S. Kosta).

• Postdoc at Signal Processing and Machine Learning Group, Aarhus University, Denmark
• PhD in Edge Intelligence, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India
• M. Tech. in Electronics Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India

Valentino Servizi

In the ECN Lab in 2020-2021 (supervisor S. Kosta).
Now Test Data Scientist at Vestas (LinkedIn profile)
Role: Research assistant (supervisor S. Kosta).

• MSc ICTE at AAU Copenhagen, Denmark

• PhD at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), at the Machine Learning for Smart Mobility (MLSM) group

Ralf Lübben

In the ECN Lab for 6 months in 2023/2024.
Professor at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences (Personal website).
Role: Visiting researcher (working with S. Kosta and C. Stefanovic).