Jakob Axelsson, Professor


Jakob Axelsson received an M.Sc. from Linköping University in 1993, and a Ph.D. in 1997 for a thesis on hardware/software codesign of real-time systems. He has been working at ABB Corporate Research and ABB Power Generation (now Alstom) in Baden, Switzerland, Volvo Technological Development (now Volvo Technology), Carlstedt Research & Technology, and Volvo Car Corporation, all in Göteborg, Sweden. He is currently professor in software and systems engineering at Mälardalen University in Västerås.He is also with RISE in Stockholm, where he is a senior research leader in systems-of-systems engineering. 

Jakob Axelsson is responsible for the MSc level course DVA479 Systems-of-Systems Engineering, which is an online course that is part of MDU's life-long learning portfolio.

Jakob Axelsson's current research interests are primarily related to the development of systems-of-systems. This includes cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things; software engineering; system architecture; modeling techniques; and analysis of risks, safety, and business aspects. Particular emphasis is placed on systemic issues, and a systems engineering approach is used.

Some presentations of Jakob's research are available here: https://play.mdh.se/playlist/dedicated/0_hfj0ssba/.

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Latest publications:

Towards a Core Ontology for Missions and Capabilities in Systems of Systems (Jun 2023)
Joyce Martin, Jakob Axelsson, Jan Carlson, Jagadish Suryadevara
18th Annual System Of Systems Engineering Conference (SoSE2023)

Higher-Level Capabilities of System-of-Systems Constituents: A Case of Industrial Ecosystems (Jun 2023)
Jakob Axelsson, Peter Eriksson
18th Annual System Of Systems Engineering Conference (SoSE2023)

Systems-of-Systems and Digital Twins: A Survey and Analysis of the Current Knowledge (Jun 2023)
Thomas Olsson , Jakob Axelsson
18th Annual System Of Systems Engineering Conference (SoSE2023)

Navigating the Cyber-Security Risks and Economics of System-of-Systems (Jun 2023)
Terese Besker , Ulrik Franke , Jakob Axelsson
18th Annual System Of Systems Engineering Conference (SoSE2023)

Towards a Risk Analysis Method for Systems of Systems: A Case Study on Wildfire Rescue Operations (May 2023)
Marjorie Pettersson, Jakob Axelsson, Pontus Svenson , Anna Johansson
20th Annual Global Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2023)

The Capability Concept in the Context of Systems of Systems: A Systematic Literature Review (Oct 2022)
Joyce Martin, Jakob Axelsson, Jan Carlson, Jagadish Suryadevara
8th International Symposium on Systems Engineerging (ISSE 2022)

PhD students supervised as main supervisor:

David Rylander (former)
Håkan Gustavsson (former)
Joyce Martin
Marjorie Pettersson
Peter Wallin (former)
Sara Dersten