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Ethiopia
Nigussie
Docent, ​Department of Computing
Dr. Sc. (Tech.)

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Areas of expertise

cybersecurity of low-power wireless networks
internet-of-things
wireless sensor networks
self-aware and adaptive distributed systems
sensor fusion, trust and security of autonomous vehicles
access control of mobile devices
system-on-chip
Network-on-Chip
on-chip interconnects.

Biography

Dr. Ethiopia Nigussie is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Computing, Faculty of Technology, University of Turku, Finland. Dr. Nigussie got her Dr.Sc. (Tech.) degree from University of Turku (Finland) in 2010, M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) in 2004 and B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) in 2000. She has more than 19 years of experience in research, teaching, student supervision, project management, and voluntary professional services in the area of embedded systems, system-on-chip, internet-of-things, cybersecurity, wireless communication systems and autonomous systems. She has published a book in Springer and about 80 publications in reputable international journals and conferences. She has supervised 7 PhD students and 29 M.Sc. theses. She has secured in and collaborated on 8 national and international projects. She has an active collaboration network with international research groups at universities in US, Europe and Africa. She was a Visting Researcher at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), US; University of Notre Dame, US; and Technical University of Dresden, Germany. She has been awarded four research excellence awards from different foundations including two times from Nokia Foundation. She has taught 4 and 8 undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Turku. She has been active in the scientific community by serving in different roles. Dr. Nigussie served as a doctoral thesis committee member for seven PhD dissertations in different countries. She has She served as General Chair for IEEE International Conference on ICT for Development Africa, TPC Chair, and TPC member for a number of reputable international conferences. She also organized several special sessions and workshops in international conferences. She served as Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Embedded and Real-Time and Communication Systems and currently serving as a Guest Editor in  MDPI Sensors and MDPI Applied Sciences. She is a Senior IEEE member.

Teaching

- Wireless sensor networks

- Internet of Things

- Low-power connectivity technologies

- Security protocols and solutions for low-power communication technologies

- ICT for development

Publications

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Programmable Systems for Intelligence in Automobiles (PRYSTINE): Final results after Year 3 (2021)

Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design
Norbert Druml, Anna Ryabokon, Rupert Schorn, Jochen Koszescha, Kaspars Ozols, Aleksandrs Levinskis, Rihards Novickis, Ethiopia Nigussie, Jouni Isoaho, Selim Solmaz, Georg Stettinger, Sergio Diaz, Mauricio Marcano, Jorge Villagra, Juan Medina, Martina Schwarz, Antonio Artuñedo, Mauro Comi, Rutger Beekelaar, Onur Özçelik, Elif Aksu Taşdelen, Yeşim Gürbüz, Jan Saijets, Jukka Kyynäräinen, Dmitry Morits, Björn Debaillie, Maxim Rykunov, Joan Escamilla, Jarno Vanne, Tomi Korhonen, Kalle Holma, Eva-Maria Matzhold, Carlo Novara, Fabio Tango, Paolo Burgio, Giuseppe Calafiore, Milad Karimshoushtari, Emilie Boulay, Miguel Dhaens, Kylian Praet, Han Zwijnenberg, Henri Palm, David Aledo Ortega, Ercan Kalali, Tuomas Pensala, Arto Kyytinen, Morten Larsen, Omar Veledar, Georg Macher, Michael Lafer, Lorenzo Giraudi, Jakob Reckenzaun, Daniel Hammer, Naveen Mohan, Josef Schmid, Alfred Höß, Shai Ophir, Anand Dubey, Jonas Fuchs, Maximilian Lübke, Andrei Anghel, Nicolae-Cătălin Ristea, Martin Törngren, Alua Musralina, Marlene Harter, Joseena Memadathil Jose, George Dimitrakopoulos
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))