My name is Aleksandr Ometov and I am a senior researcher living in Tampere, Finland. Currently, I am coordinating the Convergence of Humans and Machines Research field, and manage EU H2020 MSCA A-WEAR and APROPOS ITN projects at Tampere University.
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I have extensive experience in research areas including networking, algorithms, protocols, and their analytical modeling leaning to quite hardcore prototypes. My expertise also spans software and web development, alongside project management and organizational activities. In addition to my professional responsibilities, I actively participate in organizing conferences and managing special issues in prestigious journals within the fields of communications and mobile computing.
Among my most notable academic achievements, I was honored as the Finland Young Researcher of the Year by the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion in 2023 and received the Publisher of the Year award from the Industrial Research Fund at Tampere University of Technology in 2022, as well as serve as Vice Chair for IEEE Finland Section.
From an engineering perspective, I am particularly proud of developing, implementing, and integrating a secure proximity-based connectivity protocol family for intermittent cellular assistance. Beyond my professional life, I have been the chairman of a retro scooter club for over 15 years, blending my passion for vintage vehicles with community leadership. Besides, I have been sailing Tall Ships and other sailing vessels for quite a bit - teamwork makes life real!
Finally, here is a list of my alumni! Very proud of all of them findings their paths!
January 2023 - PR
I currently coordinate the Convergence of Humans and Machines research field at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University. My primary research focuses on applied research in computational offloading, distributed systems, and network technologies. I actively collaborate on projects that enhance secure and efficient communication protocols in emerging technological ecosystems.
For further information, feel free to reach out to my responsible supervisor, Prof. Jari Nurmi.
January 2019 - December 2022
I was responsible for managing the EU H2020 EJD/ITN A-WEAR and APROPOS projects, which successfully trained 30 PhD students in under four years. My role involved overseeing student-oriented and project-specific research activities, ensuring high-quality academic outcomes.
For more information, please contact Prof. Elena-Simona Lohan.
January 2017 - December 2018
My tasks included organization relations activities, project leading, and consultation in the field of my expertize.
Contacts: Dr. Alex Pyattaev.
January 2017 - December 2018
Continuation of previous collaboration with TUT.
Contact: Assoc. Prof. Sergey Andreev.
August 2013 - December 2016
My research work focused on modern wireless networks and information security challenges. I employed various approaches, including analytical methods (Markov chains, regenerative cycles), modeling (self-developed tools and industrial simulators), prototyping, and real-environment testing. I gained extensive experience working with conventional IEEE 802.11 protocols, as well as emerging standards like IEEE 802.11ah for wireless sensor networks. My contributions also included cellular data offloading onto unlicensed bands and addressing the associated security challenges. Several successful field trials and system integrations were accomplished as part of these efforts.
For more information, please contact Prof. Sergey Andreev.
September 2012 – March 2013
As a beginner in a big company, I was given a wide range of duties: technical and user support; system administration; testing and further integration a software tool for complete inventory via local network and even an introduction of the personal information processing policy. After most of the routine was systemized, I finally went more into programming, which resulted in the trading system automatization framework and its further improvements with continuous integration.
September 2011 – January 2012
Main research target was to get a basic idea on how the MEMS accelerometer of Nokia N900 operates, and to develop an application to process data on board or to send it via any wireless interface to the server for further analysis. Worth to note, that main goal of this research was to determine a person by its motion mask. In the end, it was my first research experience working on wireless communications and it resulted in the first IEEE publication. The project was financed by Nokia.
Contact: Prof. Andrey Turlikov
June 2010 - September 2012
We were a team of two very young students trying to delve deeper in software development. I was mainly focused on the front-end development and client/server application support. Everything was done mainly with .Net, msSQL and extensions. Nevertheless, documentation, technical and user guides also took its' places. Finally, this activity ended up as a foundation of the copywriters team, and my first serious management of those for a few years (inluding financial aspecsts).
Contact: Dmitriy Azarov.
August 2017 - December 2018
As a natural continuation of my research career and having some time in Industry, I decided to continue towards the Doctoral Degree.
Thesis topic: Social, Private, and Trusted Wearable Technology under Cloud-Aided Intermittent Wireless Connectivity.
May 2022 - December 2024
To become a better educator, I decided that learning modern approaches to educate the youngest generations is quite an appropriate step. Thus, I was admitted to International Professional Teacher Education at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK).
August 2014 - September 2016
After receiving my first degree in Information Security and obtaining some experience working in this feel but counting on real environment, I realized that having the theoretical knowledge would be insufficient without the understanding on "how do things work in real life". And that was the main reason to come to TUT and start working on security in D2D communications.
Thesis topic: Enabling Secure Direct Connectivity Under Intermittent Cellular Network Assistance.
September 2008 - June 2013
My thesis was focused on Secured Proximity-Based Connectivity in Combined IEEE 802.11/3GPP LTE Networks, supervised by Prof. Andrey Turlikov. During the end of my studies, I was an exchange student in Tampere University of Technology and later in 2014 applied for a full degree in Information Technology.
October 2024 - PR
As a Visiting Researcher, I contribute to the developments of ID Lab with respect to information security education and well as reasearch on emotion recognition.
Contact: Prof. Maarten Weyn.
September 2015 - January 2016
During this stay, I was developing an information security protocol suite to enable secure D2D communications supporting both in/out- of cellular coverage cases. Collaboration resulted in successful implementation and trialing the demo in live LTE core.
Contact: Dr. Jiří Hošek.
August 2014
Together with my colleagues we spent one month in Brno having access to the only one educational LTE core in Europe. I was responsible for the development of the android application for Galaxy S4 to enable direct UE’s WiFi-Direct connectivity orchestrated by the core plugin.
Working at the university for more than three years resulted in the research experience of applying my security background to the telecommunication systems of today.
Both banking and academic security areas forced me to collect the knowledge of "real paper work" and protocol development processes. Two sides of the coin with their own cons and pros.
Programming is just the tool, not the goal itself. Over past years I was mainly working with Java (due to the nature of work with Android wearables), but getting to know the target language is never an issue!
I'm open for consulting purposes being them a process of paper publication or system analysis from cyber security point of view. Drop me a line!
The results of my research could be found here. If you would like to go through any of the papers - do not hesitate to contact me!
ResearchGate ORCIDaleksandr.ometov@tuni.fi
TD425
Tietotalo, Korkeakoulunkatu 1
Tampere, 33720
Finland