Research & Projects

Research Interests

Automatic Control and Time-Delay Systems

Robust control, observer design, and digital control of systems with time delays, including applications in teleoperation and dynamic systems.

Industrial Systems and Smart Operations

Modeling, analysis, and optimization of complex industrial systems, with applications in quarry operations, production systems, smart factories, and off-road machinery.

Simulation and Optimization

Simulation-based decision support, real-time and stochastic optimization, and development of integrated simulation platforms for industrial applications.

Digital Twins and Data-Driven Systems

Development of digital twin frameworks combining physical models, operational data, and AI methods for performance prediction, monitoring, and intelligent control.

Battery Modelling and Energy Systems

Battery performance modelling, degradation analysis, and optimization of battery operation for electrified industrial and transportation systems.

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:

• Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (2026)

• European Journal of Control (2023, 2026).

• 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

• Advisory Committee Member, 2nd International Conference on Emerging Computational Intelligence (ICECI 2026).

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