Research & Projects

Research Interests

• Time-Delay Systems: robust control of systems subject to time delays, teleoperation systems, and digital control systems.

• Industrial Systems: Quarry operations, production systems, smart factories, and complex industrial processes.

• Simulation and Optimization: Real-time optimization, Monte Carlo and stochastic modeling, and process optimization.

• Battery Management: Battery modeling and battery operation optimization.

Research Projects & Industrial Collaboration

Sweden

• CIRCLE-E - Advancing Circular Lifecycles in Construction Equipment (2025/2028).

• Tested-SOS - Tested Site Optimization Solutions (2024/2027).

• Circul8 - Smart Battery Circularity (2023/2027).

• ESCAPE-CD - Efficient Safety in Complex Autonomous Production Environments - Concept Development (2021/2024).

• Volvo Group Arena (2018/2024).

• TRUST-SOS - TRUSTed Site Optimisation Solutions (2021/2024).

• AIDOaRt - AI-augmented automation for efficient DevOps, a model-based framework for continuous development At RunTime in CPSs (2021/2024).

• ESCAPE - Efficient and Effective Functional Safety for Complex Autonomous Production Systems (2021/2021).

• CIRCLE LAB - Innovative Learning Approach for Circular Chemistry in Secondary Education (2020/2023).

• TRUSTCM - Trusted Decision-Making System for Cognitive Manufacturing (2020/2021).

• SUCCESS - Safety Assurance of Cooperating Construction Equipment in Semi-Automated Sites (2019/2020).

Saudi Arabia

• Intelligent Aquatic Multi-Robot Systems, Ahmed Barnawi, Anas Fattouh, and Seyed Mohamed Buhari (2015-2017).

• BCI-Based Deictic Control of a Smart Wheelchair, Anas Fattouh, Odile Horn, and Guy Bourhis (2012-2013).

Syria

• Intelligent Control of an Inverted Pendulum, Anas Fattouh and Elias Toshan (2008-2009).

Dissemination & Recognition

• TESTED-SOS Poster presented at MDU–Volvo CE Partnership Celebration, 2025.

• TRUST-SOS Final Project Report, 2025.

• Automatic parametrization of PS controllers, AIDOaRt Project, 2023.

• Among  Hackathon Winners (AIDOaRt Project), 2023.

• Excellent Oral Presentation - IEEE ICIEA, 2021.

Research Activities

Professional Memberships

• Member, Intelligent Factory Automation.

• Member, Industrial AI Systems Research Group, Mälardalen University.

• Member, Digital and Circular Industrial Services (DigiCircle) Research Group, Mälardalen University.

• Member, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

• Member, IEEE and IEEE Control Systems Society.

• Member, Swedish Engineers Association.

• Member, Syrian Computer Society.

• Member, Syrian Engineers Syndicate.

• Member, Syrian Teachers Syndicate.

 Editorial and Peer-Review Activities

 Reviewer for international journals and conferences, including:

• European Journal of Control (2023).

• MDPI Applied Sciences (2019–2021).

• IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2012–2013, 2019).

• Automatica (2004, 2013).

• Systems & Control Letters (2012).

• Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems (2012).

• European Conference on Mobile Robots (2019).

• American Control Conference (2015).

• 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control / European Control Conference (2011).

• IFAC Workshop on Engine and Powertrain Control, Simulation and Modeling (2012).

• 8th International Conference on Information Processing and Management (2013).

• International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology (2014).

• Scientific Journal of the Northern Border University (2016).

• Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Computing and Information Technology Sciences (2014–2016).

• Scientific Forum for King Abdulaziz University Students (2014–2015).

• Research Journal of Aleppo University, Engineering Sciences Series (2008–2009).

Program Committee Membership

• Program Committee Member, European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR) (ECMR 2021, ECMR 2023, ECMR 2025).