Arvind Easwaran

Associate Professor
School of Computer Science and Engineering

Not all those who wander are lost.

- J. R. R. Tolkien

Biographical Sketch

Arvind Easwaran is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He received a PhD degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, in 2008. Prior to joining NTU in 2013, he has been an Invited Research Scientist at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal, between 2009 and 2010, and a Research & Development Scientist at Honeywell Aerospace, USA, between 2010 and 2012. In NTU, he is leading (has led) several research projects spanning areas including real-time scheduling, safety assurance for learning-enabled cyber-physical systems and optimization for building energy management. He is the Senate Chair for the 8th NTU Senate, a Cluster Director in the Future Mobility Solutions research programme at the Energy Research Institute @ NTU, a co-Director for the NRF-CREATE program DesCartes on hybrid artificial intelligence (a collaborative initiative with CNRS, France), and a recipient of the Nanyang Education Award (School) in 2020. He was also a ACM Distinguished Speaker between 2018-2020.

Teaching

  • CE3103 Embedded Programming: 2023.
  • IE7010 Automated Vehicles: 2018/19.
  • CE4057/CZ4057 Time-Critical Computing: 2018/19.
  • CE2005/CZ2005 Operating Systems: 2016/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24.
  • CE7452 RTOS for Cyber-Physical Systems: 2015/16/19.
  • CE4053/ES6153 Embedded Operating Systems: 2014/15/16.
  • CE4051/ES6151Embedded Systems Design: 2013/14/15.
  • CE3003 Microcontroller based System Design: 2013.

Research

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) encompass systems in which the cyber world of computation and communication closely interacts with the physical world of sensors and actuators. These are highly networked and deeply embedded systems such as those found in modern day aircrafts, automotives, factories, medical devices, smart phones, electric grids, etc. From driver-less cars and air traffic management using sense and avoid, to plug-and-play operating rooms and smart electric grids that integrate traditional and renewable energy sources, intelligent automation of an enormous scale is finding its way into many of these systems.

Arvind's primary research interests are in the design and analysis of safety-critical and time-critical CPS, with a particular focus on cyber-resource management and safety assurance. The current research themes can be broadly classified as follows:

  1. Resource Management and Scheduling
  2. Safety Assurance in Learning Enabled Systems

For further details, please visit CPS Research Group @ SCSE,NTU.

Awards

  • Best Poster Award: BuildSys 2023.
  • Nanyang Education Award (School): 2020.
  • Nanyang Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award (Team): 2020.
  • ACM Distinguished Speaker Award: 2018-2020.
  • Best Paper Award: RTSS 2012.
  • Best Session/Track Paper Award: DASC 2012.
  • Best Student Paper Award: RTAS 2011.
  • Most Viable Solution Award: PhD forum in RTSS 2007.

Professional Activities

Conference/Workshop Chairs, Editorial Boards, Steering Committees

Conference/Journal/Book Role Year(s)
IEEE Technical Community on Real-Time Systems (TCRTS) Executive Committee Member (Community Outreach) 2022 -
International Workshop on Mixed-Criticality Systems (WMC) Steering Committee Member 2021 -
IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA) Steering Committee Member 2021 -
IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS) Program Chair 2022
IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA) General co-Chair 2020
IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA) Program Chair (Real-Time Systems) 2019
Broad Based Board of Studies for M.Sc (IT) programme, Alagappa University, India Foreign Panel Member and Subject Expert 2019 -
IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS) Program co-Chair 2019
IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS) Track Chair (IoT and Cyber Physical System) 2018
IEEE International Symposium on Real-Time Computing (ISORC) General co-Chair 2018, 2019
Springer Handbook of Real-Time Computing Section Editor 2018 -
Workshop on Mixed-Criticality Systems(WMC) Program co-Chair 2017
IEEE International Symposium on Real-Time Computing (ISORC) Program co-Chair 2017
International Real-Time Scheduling Open Problems Seminar (RTSOPS) Program co-Chair 2015, 2016
IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium Work-in-Progress Session (RTAS WiP) Program Chair 2015
IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks and Applications (CPSNA) Program co-Chair 2014
IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems Work-in-Progress Session (SIES WiP) Program Chair 2013
International Workshop on Compositional Theory and Technology for Real-Time Embedded Systems (CRTS) Program co-Chair 2009

Conference Technical Program Committee

Conference Year(s)
International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS) 2018, 2023, 2024
IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS) 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS) 2012, 2014, 2015, 2024
IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) 2015, 2016, 2018, 2024
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS) 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024
Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022
IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications(RTCSA) 2010, 2017, 2018
International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID) 2020
ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC) 2017
IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS) 2013
International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS) 2013
IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks and Applications (CPSNA) 2012

Contact Information

  • Mailing address:
    Nanyang Technological University,
    School of Computer Science and Engineering,
    N4-02a-32 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
  • Office: N4-02a-27a
  • Email: arvinde@ntu.edu.sg
  • Phone: +65-6790-4596
  • Fax: +65-6792-6559