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DOCTORAL PROGRAM TIED TO THE
ACCESS LINNAEUS CENTER
KTH Linnaeus Center for
Autonomic Complex Communication
Networks, Signals and Systems
www.access.ee.kth.se
Evaluation Report
prepared for the
Swedish Research Council
October 25, 2011

Contents
Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 1
Questions to the Vice Chancellor of KTH .............................................................................................. 1
Questions to the Director of the doctoral program .................................................................................. 2
Appendix 1: list of ACCESS PhD
Appendix 2: Economic report July 2006 – June 2011
Appendix 3: Financial plan July 2011 – June 2016

Summary
The ACCESS graduate school has initiated Ph.D. courses in new relevant areas. There has
been a balance between courses given by KTH faculty and guests professors. We have also
successfully attracted students from outside the ACCESS research environment. The overall
impression we get from the the Ph.D. students is that they think the courses in the program are
valuable and of high quality. We do not have any major plans for changing the program. The
main challenge in the remaining period of funding is that by the end of it, the ACCESS
graduate school needs to be to a large extent integrated in the formal KTH doctoral programs
with which it overlaps. This in order to secure a sustainable solution that will continue to exist
after the VR funding ends.
Questions to the Vice Chancellor of KTH
1. Has the doctoral program influenced the strategic priorities of the university/HEI (higher
education institution)? If so, please describe.
All PhD level education at KTH is now organized as formal doctoral programs
(doktorsprogram). The ACCESS graduate school, and the related (but now closed) national
graduate school for telecommunications (GST), served as useful models in the development
of principles for new doctoral programs; Mikael Skoglund was a member of the committee,
appointed by the KTH Faculty Dean, that prepared guidelines for the new programs.
2. What share of the courses offered by the doctoral program are new courses at the
university?
All courses are new courses. (Either completely “new” or significantly updated and
redeveloped versions of previously existing courses.)
3. Has the doctoral program strengthened the postgraduate education and, if so, how?
Besides serving as a one useful model in preparing for new doctoral programs all over KTH,
the ACCESS graduate school has strengthened the PhD education at KTH in, for example, the
following ways:
− New courses are now offered on topics that lie on the boundary between traditional
disciplines (ämnen).
− The ACCESS graduate school serves the important purpose of uniting the students in
the general field of the ACCESS environment.
− The ACCESS graduate school has successfully disseminated results and knowledge to
PhD students who are not directly associated with the ACCESS environment.
− Through the series of intensive courses presented by guest professors, the ACCESS
graduate school has successfully marketed ACCESS and KTH and created multiple
new important connections between KTH and world-leading international institutions.
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Questions to the Director of the doctoral program
1. Describe how the doctoral program has been managed and organized since the previous
evaluation (conducted in 2008). Which parts have performed well, and which ones have not
performed as well? Have the organization and the management been changed and, if so, how
and why?
As before, the program is lead by the coordinator/director, Mikael Skoglund. Skoglund is a
chaired professor of communication theory since 2003. His experience, relevant to his role
here, includes being director for KTH’s master program in wireless systems during 2002–05,
head of the communication theory laboratory at KTH since 2004, and vice-dean for Electrical
Engineering since 2009. He has also been on the EE undergraduate education committee and
he was responsible for the communications specializations at the I and E programs at KTH.
The director is interacting with the program steering committee, presently comprising the
following members:
− Bo Wahlberg, Chairman (professor)
− Karl Henrik Johansson (professor)
− Magnus Jansson (docent)
− Stylianos Gisdakis (PhD student)
− Haopeng Li (PhD student)
Since 2008, Johansson has replaced Björn Ottersten (reason: Johansson is the new overall
director for the ACCESS Center), and Jansson has replaced Ulf Jönsson (who tragically
passed away in early 2011). Wahlberg is the appointed chairman since the launch of the
graduate school. He has long experience in undergraduate and graduate education, including
being a vice president of KTH “prorektor” 1999–2002, responsible for academic affairs,
including undergraduate and graduate education.
2. Please comment on how the recommendations (if any) from the evaluation panel
conducting the first evaluation (in 2008) have been taken into consideration.
There were no specific such recommendations.
3. Have the goals, as formulated in the call for applications, been achieved?
We think in general, “yes very much so.” Below, we comment in more detail how we think
the goals have been met.
How has the doctoral programme strengthened the Linnaeus environment?
The ACCESS graduate school has initiated multiple new Ph.D. courses, which integrate
research areas and the competences of the different groups in the center. The steering
committee has invited the ACCESS research groups to propose new courses, in all relevant
areas. However, we have in particular solicited proposals in areas where a lack has been
identified. The goal has been to support courses on new topics and lay a foundation for
research in emerging relevant fields within the ACCESS environment. Initially, we also
supported renewal of existing courses in order for them to better fit the objectives of
ACCESS. However during the past three years the focus has been on supporting entirely new
courses. One particularly important strategy has been to invite visiting professors with the
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ight competence to give new courses based on their own material. This has been an efficient
way to obtain excellent courses in new areas.
The ACCESS graduate school has also initiated joint courses with partners. We have for
example sponsored intensive courses / workshops on Statistical Mechanics of Distributed
Information Systems, Statistical Mechanics of Game Theory, Learning and Inference (jointly
with NORDITA and The Academy of Finland). Another effort, jointly with the ACCESS
research center, is the ACCESS Distinguished Lecture Series, which has also had a very
important educational role. For the lecture series, we have invited world leading researchers to
give broader surveys of their current research. This has been highly successful and
appreciated by Ph.D. students and Faculty; each seminar usually attracts 50 to 60 participants.
Most of these are Ph.D. students. Our experience so far is very positive. The ACCESS
graduate school has initiated Ph.D. courses in new relevant areas, and there has been a
balance between courses given by KTH faculty and guests professors. The new courses have
bridged several crucial gaps on the boundaries between traditional disciplines. Two important
topics for such courses are, for example, Game Theory and Bayesian Networks. The new
courses also serve the important purpose of creating a “we” feeling among the ACCESS
graduate students and also market the center toward research environments that are not
formally part of the ACCESS Center.
How has the doctoral program’s association with the Linnaeus environment affected
postgraduate students in other research groups?
We have successfully attracted students from outside the ACCESS research environment, see
Appendix 1 for a list of students.
4. Describe the courses currently offered in the doctoral programme and the reasons for
arranging these particular courses. Are there courses that would have been desirable to
organize within the doctoral programme, but could not be arranged for various reasons? If
so, please describe the reasons.
The ACCESS graduate school director is responsible for the curriculum. Courses are
developed by the responsible teachers. With the quality assessments and the interests of the
ACCESS environment as a basis, the long term evolution of the curriculum is monitored by
the director and the study committee. Decisions regarding adoption of new courses to the
curriculum are prepared by the director, and taken by the study committee. Teachers in the
ACCESS environment can propose new courses. Alternatively, the director and/or study
committee can identify the need for a course on a certain topic, and contact relevant research
groups and solicit proposals. When a course is adopted to the curriculum, the responsible
teacher (his/her group or department) is eligible for financial support from the ACCESS
graduate school.
The ACCESS graduate school courses are classified into different categories, as follows: A
preparatory course gives an advanced introduction to a relevant topic, with the purpose to
provide necessary knowledge to pursue research in the areas defined by the ACCESS
environment. Preparatory courses are presented on a regular basis; nominally at an interval of
at most two years.
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A specialized course is directed toward Ph.D. students that are well underway in their
studies, and will cover advanced topics, better tailored to the specialized fields of research in
the general area of the ACCESS environment. These courses are not necessarily presented on
a regular basis.
An intensive course is presented at a high pace over a relatively short period of time (1 day to
3 weeks), typically by a visiting scientist or guest professor. As mentioned, the main goal of
the ACCESS graduate school is to offer courses that bridge gaps between traditional research
areas. Another very important goal is to use ACCESS graduate school funding to be able to
attract international top-researchers to come to KTH to present intensive courses.
During 2007–8 the ACCESS graduate school also offered a summer school. This was done
jointly with the National Graduate School for Telecommunications (GST). The GST was the
main source of funding for this event. Since the GST is now closed we have however not been
able to fit an ambitious summer school into the curriculum for the ACCESS graduate school,
and we have instead given priority to new courses and invited guest lecturers.
5. Has there been any attempt to determine what the postgraduate students think about the
education provided by the doctoral programme (for example by a questionnaire)? If so, what
were the results?
As part of the requirement to receive ACCESS graduate school funding, the responsible
teacher in each course is expected to submit a self-evaluation of the course after completion.
A formal course evaluation (based on questionnaires to students) is not mandatory, partly
since it is hard to implement such evaluations in courses with few participants. However,
many teachers still choose to perform evaluations. Since we do not have evaluations for all
courses, and since we have not formally summarized the evaluations received, we choose not
to comment on the result of evaluations of particular courses. However, based on the input we
have, we feel that it is safe to say the following: 1) ACCESS graduate school courses are in
general highly appreciated and well-received by the students; 2) the intensive courses
presented by externally invited guest professors are the single most important added-value
created by the graduate school.
6. Describe the ways in which the doctoral programme has influenced the education of postgraduate
students.
The focus of the ACCESS graduate school is to initiate new Ph.D. courses, which integrate
research areas and the competences of the different groups in the center. Our strategy is to use
ACCESS graduate school funding to complement existing Ph.D. education initiatives at KTH,
with a focus on complementing other existing courses to cover the boundary between
ACCESS Center research topics.
The study committee has invited the ACCESS research groups to propose new courses, in all
relevant areas. However, we have in particular solicited proposals in areas where a lack has
been identified. The goal has been to support courses on new topics and lay a foundation for
research in emerging relevant fields within the ACCESS environment. During the first two
years of the ACCESS graduate school, we also supported renewal of existing courses in order
for them to better fit the objectives of ACCESS, however our focus is now on only supporting
completely new courses. These efforts have been complemented by our strategy to invite
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visiting professors with the right competence to give new courses based on their own material.
This has been an efficient way to obtain excellent courses in new areas. Our experience with
courses presented by external visitors is very positive and we will continue with this strategy.
Our extensive international collaborations and our reputation make it attractive for world class
researchers to visit. In addition, the ACCESS research center coordinates a mobility program
to support this.
As mentioned, the ACCESS graduate school has also been influential in preparing strategies
and formats for the new doctoral programs at KTH. The ACCESS graduate school director,
Mikael Skoglund, was a member of the committee that prepared instructions for the new
programs. The three new programs that are most overlapping with ACCESS are those in
Electrical Engineering (Elektro- och systemteknik), Computer Science (Datalogi) and Applied
and Computational Mathematics (Tillämpad matematik).
In addition, the ACCESS graduate school has initiated joint courses with partners, for
example the Summer School is held jointly with the GST. We have also sponsored an
intensive course / workshop on Statistical Mechanics of Distributed Information Systems
(jointly with NORDITA and The Academy of Finland). Another effort, jointly with the
ACCESS research center, is the ACCESS Distinguished Lecture Series, which has also had a
very important educational role. For the lecture series, we have invited world leading
researchers to give broader surveys of their current research. This has been highly successful
and appreciated by Ph.D. students and Faculty; each seminar usually attracts 50 to 60
participants. Most of these are Ph.D. students.
7. What are the plans for the doctoral programme for the remaining period? What changes
have been made compared to the original plan?
Since we think the present way of running the ACCESS graduate school is successful, we do
not have any plans for major changes, and we still follow the original plan. The one main
change so far is that we do no longer offer an ambitious summer school (see discussion
above), to make room for new courses and invited guest professors. Furthermore, the one
major challenge for the coming period is that we need to start integrate the activities in the
ACCESS graduate school into the relevant KTH doctoral programs, in order to prepare for a
smooth transition when the funding for the ACCESS graduate school end.
8. What is your prognosis regarding the standing of the doctoral programme ten years from
now? What is your strategy for maintaining a strong doctoral programme after the grant
period?
As mentioned, our plan is to slowly start to integrate the courses in the ACCESS graduate
school into the relevant KTH doctoral programs, that is, those in Electrical Engineering
(Elektro- och systemteknik), Computer Science (Datalogi) and Applied and Computational
Mathematics (Tillämpad matematik). Our prognosis on the standing of the ACCESS graduate
school in ten years is that it is by then fully integrated in these KTH doctoral programs.
9. With which research groups does the doctoral programme collaborate? Describe this
collaboration and its added value.
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The ACCESS graduate school does not formally collaborate with groups or environments
outside the ACCESS Linnaeus center when it comes to preparing and monitoring a
curriculum, etc. However the graduate school benefits greatly from the many research
collaborations that are entertained by ACCESS Faculty members. Furthermore, we wish to,
once more, stress the importance of our series of intensive courses presented by guest
researchers/professors.
10. How are postgraduate students admitted to courses in the doctoral programme? How
many applicants are there for each place? Describe the profile of the applicant group
(including gender distribution) and the selection process.
The ACCESS graduate school courses are open to ACCESS doctoral students, other doctoral
students, industry researchers and senior master/engineering students (primarily the
preparatory courses). Courses are advertised in several different ways:
− They are listed on the ACCESS graduate school web-page;
− The ACCESS graduate school director sends announcements and reminders to all
ACCESS research groups via email;
− The courses are advertised via the same email lists as where ACCESS seminars and
the ACCESS distinguished lecture series are announced;
− Each individual teacher advertises his/her own course, through own channels.
For each course, the responsible teacher takes the final decision in admitting a student to the
course. In general, the ACCESS graduate school strives to attract only highly motivated
students. We advise the teachers to clearly state the required prerequisites for each course, and
to check that accepted students fulfill these.
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Appendix 1
Present a list of courses, course leaders, lecturers and participants in courses that the
doctoral programme has offered since you submitted the report ffor the previous evaluation
(in 2008).
Courses
The following is a list of courses presented during 2008–2011 (including courses scheduled to
be given later during the Fall 2011). Additional information can be found here:
www.access.kth.se - link to ‘Graduate School.’
Fall 2011
– Sparse signal processing, specialized course
– Principles of wireless sensor networks, specialized course
– Parallel and distributed computing, specialized course
– Research communication, preparatory
Spring 2011
– Multi-agent and networked control systems, specialized course
– Bayesian networks, preparatory
– Game theory, preparatory course
Fall 2010
– Sensornet programming, specialized
– Internet congestion control, intensive, Prof. Steven Low
– Network algorithms, specialized
Spring 2010
– Advanced Topics in Hybrid and Embedded Control Systems, Prof. Claire Tomlin
– Generalized principal component analysis, intensive, Prof. Shankar Sastry
– Distributed optimization, intensive, Prof. Stephen Boyd
– Convex optimization methods for robust control, intensive, Prof. Roy Smith
– Statistical mechanics of learning and inference, intensive/workshop
– Multiuser information theory, specialized course
– Nonlinear Systems: Analysis and Control, preparatory course
Fall 2009
– Temporal logic, intensive course
– Principles of wireless sensor networks, specialized course
– A celebration of the field of systems and control, intensive/workshop
– System identification, preparatory course
– Games, decisions and information, specialized course
Spring 2009
– Complex systems
– Statistical mechanics of game theory
– Game theory, preparatory course
– Bayesian networks, preparatory course

Fall 2008
– The generalized moment problem and rational measures, intensive course, Prof.
Christopher Byrnes
– Introduction to Model Order Reduction, specialized course
– WSN programming, intensive course
Summer and Fall 2008
– Global navigation satellite systems, specialized course
Spring 2008
– PhysDIS: physics of distributed information systems, intensive course/workshop
– Nonlinear Systems: Analysis and Control, preparatory course
– Stochastic Estimation and Control, intensive course
Non-ACCESS students
The following is a list of PhD students that have followed courses sponsored by the ACCESS
Graduate school, and who are not directly active in the ACCESS environment:
– Per Austrin, KTH/CSC
– Fredrik Carlsson, KTH/SCI
– Mikael Fallgren, KTH/SCI
– Mats Werne, KTH/SCI
– Per Sahlholm, KTH/EE
– Tahir Naseer Queshi, KTH/ITM
– Erik Nordström, Uppsala
– Kristoffer Sjöö, KTH/CAS
– Andreas Lundblad, KTH/CSC
– Juan Carlos Sanchez-Aarnoutse
– Linus Gustafsson
– Magnus Persson
– Peter Almström
– Pilar Manzanares
– Seunghee Lee
– Tahir Naseer Queshi, KTH/Machine Design
– Kristoffer Sjö, Nada/CAS
– Danny Bickson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
– Baki Cakici, SICS
– Sang Hoon Lee, KAIST
– Mikael Onsjö, Chalmers
– Sadegh Raeisi, Sharif
– Jack Raymond, Aston Univ
– Jeremy Stribling, MIT
– Shervin Bagheri, KTH/Mechanics
– Steffen Waldherr, Uni. Stuttgart)
– Christian Smith, KTH/CSC
– Oscar Danielsson, KTH/CSC
– Cristian Vasile Achin, Aalto
– Kartik Anand, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste
– John Ardelius, SICS

– Chaitanya Gokhale, Max Planck Institute
– Weini Huang, Max Plank Institute
– Timo Ikonen, Aalto
– Juha Koivisto, Aalto
– Panos Papadopoulos, King’s College
– Matti Peltomäki, Aalto
– René Pfotzner, University of Jena
– Francisco Santos, Université Libre de Bruxelles
– Daniel Strömbom, Uppsala
– Sven Van Segbroeck, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
– Teodor Sommestad, KTH/ICS
– Ulrik Franke, KTH/EES/ICS
– Joel Höglund, SICS
– Du Ho Kang, KTH/COS
– Saltanat Khamit, KTH/COS
– Ali Nazmi Özyagci, KTH/COS
– Lei Shi, KTH/COS
– Sibel Tombaz, KTH/COS
– Cenny Wenner, Stockholm University and KTH/CSC
– Ibrahim Orhan, School of Health and Technology
– Ubaldo Tiberi, UAQ
– Jonas Wåhslén, School of Health and Technology
– Dogan Yazar, Uppsala University and SICS
– Prem Raj Adhikari, Aalto
– Venkat Chandrasekaran, MIT
– Muhammad Ali Faisal, Aalto
– Jussi Gillberg, Aalto
– Hongli Zeng, Aalto
– Juan Carlos Vasquez, INRIA
– Abdullah Al-Mamun, Univ. Southampton
– Iacopo Mastromatteo, SISSA, Italy
– Jason Sakellariou, Universite Paris Sud
– Tommi Suvutaival, Aalto
– Dario Villamaina, La Sapienza, Rome
– Seppo Virtanen, Aalto
– Aree Witoelar, Univ. Groningen
– Can Kilicbay, Uppsala
– Biruk Silase Geletu, Blekinge Institute of Technology
– Guillermo Rodríguez Cano, Uppsala
– Ali Houmani, KTH/ICT
– Magnus Jobs, Uppsala
– Frederik Hermans, Uppsala
– Fredrik Bjurefors, Uppsala
– Olof Rensfelt, Uppsala
– Fredrik Asplund, KTH Machine Design
– Shervin Bagheri, KTH/SCI
– Björn Halvarsson, Uppsala University
– Erik Henriksson, KTH/EE
– Rujiroj Leelaruji, KTH/EE
– Charles Nader, ITB

– Erik Olofsson, KTH/EE
– Maria Werlefors, Uppsala University
In addition, multiple Erasmus exchange students (Master Level)

ACCESS PhD Students
Name Last name
Year
of
birth
Year
PhD
planne
d
Male
(M)/
Femal
e (F)
Starting
year in the
Linnaeus
environme
nt
Ending year
in the
Linnaeus
environment
% (of full
time)
participati
on in the
Linnaeus
environme
nt
1
% (of
full time)
funded
by the
Linnaeu
s Grant
or
universit
y cofinancin
g
% (of
full
time)
extern
al
fundin
g
Main subject area in
postgraduate education
Main supervisor
Research group in the
Linnaeus environment
Leefke Dössel 1984 2014 F 2009 80 0 40 Telecommunications Lars Rasmussen Architecture & Concepts
Iqbal Hussain 1979 2014 M 2009 80 0 40 Telecommunications Lars Rasmussen Architecture & Concepts
Ian Marsh 1965 2009 M 2006 2009 50 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture & Concepts
Ignacio Más 1971 2008 M 2006 2008 50 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture & Concepts
Zaki Ahmed 1985 2015 M 2010 80 0 40 Telecommunications Lars Rasmussen Architecture &Concepts
Ilias Chatzidrossos 1981 2011 M 2006 2011 80 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Jing Fu 1978 2008 M 2006 2008 80 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Maksym Girnyk 1984 2014 M 2009 80 0 40 Telecommunications Lars Rasmussen Architecture &Concepts
Ioannis Glaropoulos 1981 2013 M 2008 2013 80 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Antonio Gonga 1983 2014 M 2009 80 0 80 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Architecture &Concepts
Anders Gunnar M 2005 2011 20 0 100 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Architecture &Concepts
Olafur Helgason 1976 2011 M 2006 2011 80 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Sylvia Kouyoumdjieva 1983 2014 F 2009 2014 80 0 0 Electrical Engineering Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Peter Larsson 1966 2015 M 2010 80 0 40 Telecommunications Lars Rasmussen Architecture &Concepts
Nan Li 2016 F 2011 80 0 40 Electrical Engineering Lars Rasmussen Architecture &Concepts
Niels Möller 2008 M 2006 2008 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Architecture &Concepts
Valentino Pacifici 1985 2015 M 2011 2015 80 0 0 Electrical Engineering Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Ljubica Pajevic 1984 2014 F 2010 2014 80 0 0 Electrical Engineering Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Pablo Soldati 1978 M 2005 2011 80 0 80 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Architecture &Concepts
Liping Wang 1982 2013 F 2008 2013 80 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Vladimir Vukadinovic 1977 2010 M 2006 2010 80 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts
Ognjen Vukovic 1985 2014 M 2010 2014 80 0 0 Telecommunications Gunnar Karlsson Architecture &Concepts

Zhenhua Zou 1984 2013 M 2009 80 0 80 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Architecture &Concepts
John Ardelius 1978 2012 M 2009 80 0 80 Distributed systems S. Krishnamurthy Computation & Algorithms
Enrico Avventi 1980 2011 M 2006 50 20 80 Systems & control Anders Lindquist Computation & Algorithms
Musard Balliu 1985 2014 M 2009 2014 80 0 80 Security Mads Dam Computation & Algorithms
Greschbach Benjamin 1983 2016 M 2011 80 0 80 Security Sonja Buchegger Computation & Algorithms
Oleksandr Bodriagov 1985 2015 M 2010 80 0 80 Security Sonja Buchegger Computation & Algorithms
Mika Cohen 1978 2008 M 2006 2008 Security Mads Dam Computation & Algorithms
Aymeric d'Herouel 1980 2011 M 2006 2011 80 40 40 Biological Physics Erik Aurell Computation & Algorithms
Alberto Gonzalez 1977 2008 M 2006 2008 80 0 0 Telecommunications Rolf Stadler Computation & Algorithms
Meng Guo 1988 2015 M 2011 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Computation & Algorithms
Nicolas Innocenti 1986 2015 M 2010 2015 80 80 80 Biological Physics Erik Aurell Computation & Algorithms
Kristján Jónsson 1975 2013 M 2009 2013 80 0 Distributed systems Mads Dam Computation & Algorithms
Andreas Lundblad 1982 2012 M 2007 2012 80 0 80 Security Mads Dam Computation & Algorithms
Hamid Mahdavian 2014 M 2010 80 0 80 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Computation & Algorithms
Karl Palmskog 1982 2014 M 2009 2014 80 0 80 Programming languages Mads Dam Computation & Algorithms
Oliver Schwarz 1986 2014 M 2010 2015 80 0 80 Security Mads Dam Computation & Algorithms
Bjorn Terelius 1984 2013 M 2008 2013 80 0 80 Cryptography Douglas Wikström Computation & Algorithms
Håkan Terelius 1987 2014 M 2010 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Computation & Algorithms
Misbah Uddin 1983 2015 M 2011 2015 80 0 0 Telecommunications Rolf Stadler Computation & Algorithms
Maria Werner 1978 2010 F 2006 2010 80 0 80 Biological Physics Erik Aurell Computation & Algorithms
Fetahi Wuhib 1977 2010 M 2006 2010 80 0 0 Telecommunications Rolf Stadler Computation & Algorithms
Rerngvit Yanggratoke 1983 2015 M 2011 2015 80 0 0 Electrical Engineering Rolf Stadler Computation & Algorithms
Hongli Zeng 1983 2012 F 2009 2012 40 0 0 Physics Erik Aurell Computation & Algorithms
Hildur Æsa Oddsdóttir 1984 2015 F 2011 30 20 60 Optimization Forsgren Sensing & Actuation
Assad Alami 2013 M 2009 80 0 100 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Obada Alhaj Moussa 1982 2013 M 2008 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Bastiaan Kleijn Sensing & Actuation
Martin Andreasson 1987 2015 M 2011 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
José Araujo 1985 2013 M 2008 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Burak Demirel 1984 M 2009 80 0 80 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Piergiuseppe Di Marco 1983 2013 M 2008 80 0 100 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Mikael Fallgren 1982 2011 M 2007 30 80 Optimization Forsgren Sensing & Actuation
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Farhad Farokhi 1987 2014 M 2010 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Oscar Flärdh 1980 M 2009 80 0 80 Automatic control Håkan Hjalmarsson Sensing & Actuation
Erik Henriksson 1982 2012 M 2007 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Gustav Henter 1980 2012 M 2007 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Bastiaan Kleijn Sensing & Actuation
Janusz Klejsa 1981 2012 M 2006 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Bastiaan Kleijn Sensing & Actuation
Ermin Kozica 1982 2011 M 2007 2011 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Bastiaan Kleijn Sensing & Actuation
Haopeng Li 1985 2015 M 2010 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Arne Leijon Sensing & Actuation
Magnus Lindhé 1978 2012 M 2006 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Johan Markdahl 1982 2014 M 2010 30 80 Systems & control Xiaoming Hu Sensing & Actuation
Anders Möller 1982 2012 M 2007 50 20 60 Systems & control Xiaoming Hu Sensing & Actuation
Pangun Park 1980 2011 M 2007 2011 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Petko Petkov 1980 2012 M 2007 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Bastiaan Kleijn Sensing & Actuation
Pravin Rama Kumar 1982 2013 M 2008 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Bastiaan Kleijn Sensing & Actuation
Chithrupa Ramesh 1982 2013 F 2008 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Per Sahlholm 2011 M 2006 2011 80 0 80 Automatic control Karl H. Johansson Sensing & Actuation
Christopher Sturk 1982 2015 M 2010 80 0 80 Automatic control Henrik Sandberg Sensing & Actuation
Andre Teixeira 1986 2013 M 2009 80 0 80 Automatic control Henrik Sandberg Sensing & Actuation
Johan Thunberg 1982 2013 M 2009 50 30 50 Systems & control Xiaoming Hu Sensing & Actuation
Yuecheng Yang 1986 2015 M 2011 30 80 Systems & control Xiaoming Hu Sensing & Actuation
Guoqiang Zhang 1980 2010 M 2006 2010 80 0 80 Sound and Image Processing Bastiaan Kleijn Sensing & Actuation
Mattias Andersson 1980 2012 M 2007 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Mariette Annergren 1982 2015 F 2010 80 0 80 Automatic control Bo Wahlberg Transmission & Radio
Lei Bao 2009 2006 2009 80 Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Ricardo Blasco Serrano 1983 2012 M 2007 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Hieu Do 1980 2013 M 2008 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Tai Do 1984 2015 M 2010 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Jinfeng Du 1980 2014 M 2009 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Freja Egebrand 1984 F 2010 80 0 80 Automatic control Håkan Hjalmarsson Transmission & Radio
Hamed Farhadi 1983 2014 M 2009 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Frederic Gabry 1987 2015 M 2010 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Euhanna Ghadimi 1982 2013 M 2009 80 0 80 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Transmission & Radio
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Sheng Huang 1985 2016 M 2011 80 0 40 Electrical Engineering Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Per Hägg 1984 2009 M 2014 80 0 80 Automatic control Bo Wahlberg Transmission & Radio
Majid Khormuji 1981 2011 M 2006 2011 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Omid Khorsand 1985 2014 M 2010 80 0 80 Automatic control Mikael Johansson Transmission & Radio
Tung Kim 2008 2006 2008 80 Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Kittipong Kittichokechai 1985 2014 M 2009 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Johannes Kron 2011 2006 2011 80 Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Christian Larsson 1983 M 2009 80 0 80 Automatic control Håkan Hjalmarsson Transmission & Radio
Farshad Naghibi 1983 2015 M 2010 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Nicolas Schrammar 1982 2013 M 2008 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Amirpasha Shirazinia 1982 2013 M 2008 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Zhongwei Si 1980 2012 F 2007 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Efthymis Stathakis 1984 2015 M 2010 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Dennis Sundman 1983 2013 M 2008 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Zhao Wang 2016 M 2011 80 0 40 Electrical Engineering Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Niklas Wernersson 2008 2006 2008 80 Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
Sha Yao 2011 2006 2011 80 Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
S. A.Abbas Zaidi 1983 2013 M 2008 80 0 40 Telecommunications Mikael Skoglund Transmission & Radio
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Appendix 2 Economic report
Present in Excel an economic report of the doctoral programme for 1 July 2006 through 30
June 2011 per calendar year (see point 15 for details).
Income 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
VR 575 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 575 000
Total
Expenses
575 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 575 000
Coordination and
study follow up
function
100 000 200 000 200 000 200 000 200 000 100 000
Costs of course
development
0
455 000 740 000 1 600 000 1 020 000 550 000
Lecturers 0 115 000 190 000 200 000 270 000 0
Total 100 000 770 000 1 130 000 2 000 000 1 490 000 650 000

Appendix 3 Financial plan
Present in Excel a financial plan or budget of the doctoral programme for 1 July 2011
through 30 June 2016 per calendar year (see point 16 for details).
Income 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
VR 575 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 575 000
Total
Budget
575 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 1 150 000 575 000
Coordination and
study follow up
function
Costs of course
development
100 000 200 000 200 000 200 000 200 000 100 000
400 000 800 000 800 000 800 000 700 000 360 000
Lecturers 50 000 100 000 100 000 100 000 100 000 50 000
Total 550 000 1100 000 1100 000 1100 000 1000 000 510 000