Simin Nadjm-Tehrani

Professor, Head of Unit

From January 2000 I have been the Director of Real-time Systems Laboratory (RTSLAB) at Linköping university. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science from Linköping University in 1994.

I acted as a full professor at university of Luxembourg 2006-2008, returning to resume my position at Linköping from September 2008.

From January 2000 I have been the Director of Real-time Systems Laboratory (RTSLAB) at Linköping university. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science from Linköping University in 1994.

My current research interests relate to dependability in resource-constrained distributed systems with recent work in:

Adaptive anomaly detection in critical infrastructures
Adaptive resource allocation in adhoc and delay-tolerant networks
Energy-efficient protocol design and middleware
Formal analysis of safety and fault tolerance
System availability:
- mathematical and experimental analysis
- support for fault tolerance in middleware

My earlier work in the field of education include:

curriculum design
problem-based learning (PBL)
authentic examination
gender and computer science

Details of my recent activities and publications can be found on the RTSLAB web pages

Publications

2025

Elisa Bertino, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (2025) Invited Paper: Smart Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 ACM WORKSHOP ON SECURE AND TRUSTWORTHY CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, SAT-CPS 2025 (Conference paper)

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Nelson Makau Mutua, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Petr Matousek (2025) Penetrating the Power Grid: Realistic Adversarial Attacks on Smart Grid Intrusion Detection Systems CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES SECURITY, CRITIS 2024, p. 249-268 (Conference paper)

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Valency Colaco, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (2025) Real-Time Evasion Detection in Tree Ensemble Automotive Intrusion Detection Systems 16th IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) (Conference paper)

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Klervie Tocze, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (2025) Energy Metrics for Edge Microservice Request Placement Strategies PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH ACM/SPEC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING, ICPE 2025, p. 347-354 (Conference paper)

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John Törnblom, Emil Karlsson, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (2025) Finding Minimum-Cost Explanations for Predictions made by Tree Ensembles

Research

robot dog Spot, drone, small helicopter, operator

WASP at Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

WASP, Wallenberg AI autonomous systems and software program, is the largest individual research investment in Sweden in modern times. One of the WASP research environments at LiU is located at the Department of Computer and Information Science.

Resilient Information and Control Systems (RICS)

Relying on service continuity for societal functions starts by understanding the complex socio-technical systems that must operate to deliver electricity, water, heat and other critical services to society.

NEST-project:AIR2

AI for Attack Identification, Response, and Recovery - Where software and communications meet in the next decade: cybersecurity attacks and defences

News

The researchers who need to be one step ahead

Today’s society rests on cyber security and the ability to be one step ahead of hackers. In recent years, a new threat has emerged – AI. However, according to researchers Elisa Bertino and Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, AI could also be part of the solution.

A part of the supercomputer that glows red.

AI may boost society's cybersecurity

The race between hackers trying to crack systems vital to the functioning of society and cybersecurity experts is constantly ongoing. LiU-researchers will now develop AI that can detect hacker attacks and take action before any damage is done.

CRITIS Conference and hybrid threats

The CRITIS conference for 2019 was held in Linköping, organised by Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at LiU.