Ramon Serna Oliver

I graduated in Computer Engineering from the University of Balearic Islands, Spain, and since 2010 I hold a Ph.D. (Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften, Dr.-Ing.) with honors (Magna cum Laude) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany.

During my studies, I visited the Mälardalen Hogsköla, Sweden, with an Erasmus Mundus scholarship, and I was shortly affiliated as a research assistant at the Mälardalen Real-Time Research Centre (MRTC). Later, I joined TU Kaiserslautern to pursue my PhD at the Chair of Real-Time Systems. In between, I had the pleasure to visit the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), in Niteroi, Brazil, as invited researcher.

• Best paper award, International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS) - Oct 2014
• Dr-Ing. with honors "Magna Cum Laude", TU-Kaiserslautern, Germany - Sep 2010

• A. Finzi, R. Serna Oliver - EP4125249 - Method to configure real-time communications in a network with time-triggered and rate-constrained traffic 
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver - EP3468118: Method and Device to Configure Real-Time Networks
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver - US10958563B2: Method and Device to Configure Real-Time Networks 
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver - EP3139547: Online Incremental Scheduling Method for Deterministic Networks 
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver - US11367024B2: Method for generating a schedule for mixed critical computer networks 
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver - US2016246646: Method for Executing Tasks in a Computer Network

Journal Articles

• W. Steiner, S.S. Craciunas, and R. Serna Oliver - Traffic Planning for Time-Sensitive Communication, In IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 42-47, IEEE, 2018. [Link]
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver - Combined Task- and Network-level Scheduling for Distributed Time-triggered Networked Systems. Real-Time Systems, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 161-200, Springer, 2016. [PDF]

Conference Publications (peer-reviewed)

• A. Finzi, R. Serna Oliver - General Framework for Routing, Scheduling and Formal Timing Analysis in Deterministic Time-Aware Networks. In Proc. 34th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2022), LIPIcs, 2022. [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver, S.S. Craciunas, and W. Steiner - IEEE 802.1Qbv Gate Control List Synthesis using Array Theory Encoding. In Proc. 24th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), pp. 13-24, IEEE, 2018. [PDF]
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, M. Chmelik, and W. Steiner - Scheduling Real-Time Communication in IEEE 802.1Qbv Time Sensitive Networks. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), pp. 183-192, ACM, 2016. [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver and S.S. Craciunas - Hierarchical Scheduling over Off- and On-chip Deterministic Networks. ACM SIGBED Review, Volume 13, Number 4, Special Issue on 14th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN), ACM, 2016. [PDF]
• (Best paper award) S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - SMT-based Task- and Network-level Static Schedule Generation for Time-triggered Networked Systems. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS 2014), ACM, 2014. [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver, S.S. Craciunas, and G. Stöger - Analysis of Deterministic Ethernet Scheduling for the Industrial Internet of Things. In Proceedings of 19th International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), IEEE, 2014. [PDF]
• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, V. Ecker - Optimal Static Scheduling of Real-time Tasks on Distributed Time-triggered Networked Systems. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2014), IEEE, 2014. [PDF]
• Marcel Steine, Cuong Viet Ngo, Ramon Serna Oliver, Marc Geilen, Twan Basten, Gerhard Fohler, Jean-Dominique Decotignie. Proactive Reconfiguration of Wireless Sensor Networks, 14th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Miami, FL, USA, October 2011.
• R. Serna Oliver, G. Fohler - Timeliness in Wireless Sensor Networks: Common Misconceptions. In Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN2010), Brussels, Belgium, July 2010. [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver, I. Shcherbakov, G. Fohler - An Operating System Abstraction Layer for Portable Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of The 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2010), Sierre, Switzerland, March 2010. [PDF]
• J. Rousselot, J.-D. Decotignie, M. Aoun, P. van der Stok, R. Serna Oliver, G. Fohler - Accurate Timeliness Simulations for Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the European Modelling Symposium 2009, Athens, Greece, November 2009. [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver, G. Fohler - Probabilistic estimation of end-to-end path latency in wireless sensor networks. In Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS09), Macau SAR, P.R.C, October 2009. [PDF]
• A. Schoofs, M. Aoun, P. van der Stok, J. Catalano, R. Serna Oliver, G. Fohler - A Framework for Time-Controlled and Portable WSN Applications. In Proceedings of the 1st International ICST Conference on Sensor Networks Applications, Experimentation and Logistics (SENSAPPEAL 2009), Athens, Greece, September 2009. [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver, G. Fohler - A proposal for a notion of timeliness in wireless sensor networks. In Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN09), Dublin, Ireland, June 2009. [PDF]

Demos and Work-in-Progress

• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, and W. Steiner - Demo Abstract: Slate XNS – An Online Management Tool for Deterministic TSN Networks. In Proc. 24th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, Demo Session, (RTAS Demo), pp. 103-104, IEEE, 2018 [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver, I. Shcherbakov, G. Fohler. Poster abstract - An Efficient Operating System Abstraction Layer for Portable Applications in the Domain of Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of The 7th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys '09), Barkeley, California, USA, November 2009. [PDF]
• R. Serna Oliver, G. Fohler - Probabilistic routing for wireless sensor networks. In Proceedings of the Work-in-Progress Session, 29th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS08), Barcelona, Spain, December 2008. [PDF]

Technical Reports

• S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, and W. Steiner - Formal Scheduling Constraints for Time-Sensitive Networks, Technical Report, CoRR, arXiv:1712.02246, December, 2017. [Link]
• S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - An Overview of Scheduling Mechanisms for Time-sensitive Networks. In Proc. of the Real-time summer school L’École d’Été Temps Réel (ETR), Paris, France, 2017.
• R. Serna Oliver - Estimation of the probability density function of end-to-end delays in Wireless Sensor Networks. Chair of Real Time Systems. Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, January 2009. [PDF]
• P. Stanley-Marbell, T. Basten, J. Rousselot, R. Serna Oliver, H. Karl, M. Geilen, R. Hoes, G. Fohler, J.-D. Decotignie - System Models in Wireless Sensor Networks. Eindhoven University of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering & Electronic Systems, May 2008. [PDF]

• Ramon Serna Oliver - An Approach to Timeliness in Wireless Sensor Network Communications, Doctoral Thesis, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, September 2010. [Link][PDF]
• Ahmadian, H. (Ed.), Obermaisser, R. (Ed.), Perez, J. (Ed.) - Distributed Real-Time Architecture for Mixed-Criticality Systems. ISBN 9781351117814, CRC Press, 2018. Contribution to Chapter 5, "Algorithms and Tools", pp. 163 - 259. [Link]

Academic committees

• PhD Referee: Mubarak Adetunji Ojewale, University of Porto, Portugal (2023)
• PhD Reviewer: Jan Dvorak, Industrial Informatics Department - Czech Technical University in Prague (2021)
• PhD Accompanying Committee: Mubarak Adetunji Ojewale, University of Porto, Portugal (2019)
• PhD Reviewer: Anna Minaeva, Industrial Informatics Department - Czech Technical University in Prague (2019)

Conference (co)Chair

• RTN 2019 - 17th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks
• RTN 2018 - 16th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks

Program Committee

• ETFA 2023 - 28th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
• WFCS 2023 - 19th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems
• WFCS 2022 - 18th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems
• ETFA 2021 - 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
• WFCS 2021 - 17th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems
• WFCS 2020 - 16th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems
• ECRTS 2020 - 32nd Conference on Real-Time Systems
• ERTS 2020 - 10th European Congress of Embedded Real Time Software and Systems
• RTN 2017 - 15th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks
• ETFA 2016 - 21st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
• RTN 2016 - 14th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks
• APRES 2014 - 6th Workshop on Adaptive and Reconfigurable Embedded Systems

Journal Reviewer:

• IEEE Communications Standards Magazine
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
• IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine
• IEEE Access