The Team

Staff and Researchers

Juha Plosila

Professor, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Head of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory research group and Smart Systems cost centre

Dr. Juha Plosila is a Professor in the field of Autonomous Systems and Robotics at the University of Turku (UTU), Department of Future Technologies, Finland. He received a PhD degree in Electronics and Communication Technology from UTU in 1999. He is the head of the EIT Digital Master Programme in Embedded Systems at the EIT Digital Master School (European Institute of Innovation and Technology), and is a member in the Node Strategy Committee of the EIT Digital Helsinki/Finland node. (Researchgate)

Email: juplos@utu.fi

Hashem Haghbayan

Adjunct Processor (Docent), Department of Computing

Hahsem received a BA  degree in computer engineering from  Ferdowsi  University of  Mashhad,  an  MSc degree in computer architecture from University of Tehran, Iran, and Ph.D. with honor from University of Turku, Finland. Since 2022 he is an Adjunct Professor (Docent) and lecturer at the University of Turku, Finland. His research interests include high-performance energy-efficient architectures for autonomous systems  and artificial  intelligence.  He has several years of experience working in industry, developing algorithms for automation and designing IP cores. (Researchgate)

Email: mohhag@utu.fi

Golnaz Sahebi

Doctoral Student, Department of Computing

Research interests: Solving multi-objective problems by applying meta-heuristic optimization methods, machine learning, deep learning, and parallel computing in the safe navigation of swarm of autonomous drones and medical analytics. (Researchgate)

Email: golnaz.sahebi@utu.fi

Sajad Shahsavari

Doctoral Candidate, Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Research interests: Deep neural networks, time-series prediction, reinforcement learning and data analysis. (Researchgate)

Email: sajad.s.shahsavari@utu.fi

Masoomeh Karami

Doctoral Student, Department of Computing

Research interests: Design methodologies for embedded systems, in particular focusing fault tolerance and reliability issues, runtime resource management in homogeneous multi-core systems. (Researchgate)

Email: masoomeh.m.karami@utu.fi

Amir Ijaz

Doctoral Researcher, Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Email: amir.ijaz@utu.fi

Miika Kolu

Doctoral Student, Department of Computing

Research interests: Computer vision, deep learning, representation learning, and cognitive computing.

Email: miika.p.kolu@utu.fi

Henri Sulo

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Computing

Research interests: Material physics, lithium-ion battery, data science, and intelligent control for processor and battery systems in satellites.
 

Huma Mahboob

Doctoral Student, The Commons of the Department of Computing

Research interests: Unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous vehicles, XAI, and complexity reduction.

Email: huma.mahboob@utu.fi

Diluna Adeesha

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Computing

Research interests: Developmental robotics, digital factory

Email: dawarn@utu.fi

Chen Wu

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Computing

Research interests: Resource Management of Mobile Robot, Autonomous System, Embedded System

Email: chenwu@utu.fi

Teemu Saukkio

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Computing

Research interests: Fuzzy Control Algorithms, Environment Aware Robots, Autonomous Robots, Control Algorithms, Quadruped Robots.

Email: teemu.saukkio@utu.fi

Reza Mohammadi

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Computing

Research interests: Computer Vision, Edge Computing, Real-time Surveillance, Autonomous Vehicles, Trajectory Prediction and Robotics.

Research Assistants and TRAINEES

Afrooz Naseri

Research Interests: Autonomous System, Resource Management of Mobile Robot, Nonlinear Control Systems, Machine Learning, Data Science

Email: afnase@utu.fi

Aman Manishbhai Vyas

Research Interests: Computer Vision, Deep learning for robotics, Visual Odomerty, Visual Slam

Email: amvyas@utu.fi

Suvi Jokinen

Research interests: Unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and swarm intelligence, embedded systems, and collision avoidance.

Email: ssjoki@utu.fi

Abdul Malik

Research Interests: Bio Robotics, Collaborative Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Digital Twins

Email: abmali@utu.fi

Azeez Jimoh

Research Interests: Embedded systems, Autonomous Systems, Software Design and Development

Email: azeez.a.jimoh@utu.fi 

Alumni

Sherif A.S. Mohamed

Ph.D. Information and Communication Technology, 2023

Anam Tahir

Doctor of Science in Technology (DSc. Tech.), 2023

Jawad Yasin

Ph.D. Information and Communication Technology, 2022

Amin Majd

Ph.D. Information and Communication Technology, 2019

Deyu Wang

UTU-FUDAN Master’s degree, 2019