Tobias Oechtering

Research Interests

I am interested in optimal algorithmic designs and fundamental bounds in different areas.

• Information theory, in particular
  network information theory and physical-layer security and privacy

• Privacy, in particular
  data disclosure mechanisms with provable privacy guanrantees, privacy measures

• Statistical signal processing, in particular
  (distributed) statistical inference, self-learning sensor calibration

• Learning, in particular
  re-inforcement learning and privacy-preserving machine learning approaches

• Smart Grid, in particular
  smart meter privacy, energy storage models, optimal energy management policies

• Wireless communication, in particular
  signal processing & algorithms for transmitter and receiver design

• Networked control, in particular
  optimal decision strategies, necessary and sufficient conditions for stability

PhD Students

For the following PhD students I currently serve as supervisor for
- Ci Song (since June '24, main supervisor)
- Leonhard Grosse (since Oct' 23, main supervisor)
- Mengyuan Zhao (since June '23, main supervisor)
- Raghav Bongole (since Feb'23, co-supervisor)
- Gustav Bohlin (since Jan '23, main supervisor)
- Cheng Yang (since May '22, main supervisor)
- Amaury Gouverneur (since Jan '20, co-supervisor)
- Domink Fay (since Jan'20, co-supervisor)

I successfully served as supervisor for
- Sara Saeidian (graduated Feb '24, main supervisor, thesis)
- Amirreza Zamanisiboni (graduated Oct ’23, co-supervisor, thesis)
- Ramana Reddy Avula (graduated May '23,  main supervisor, thesis)
- Hamid Ghourchian (graduated Mar '23, co-supervisor, thesis)
- Linghui Zhou (graduated Oct '22, main supervisor, thesis)
- Yang You (graduated Aug '22, main supervisor, thesis)
- Minh Thanh Vu (graduated Aug '19,  main supervisor, thesis)
- Phuong Le Cao (graduated Apr '19, main supervisor, thesis)
- Zuxing Li (graduated Sept '17, main supervisor, thesis)
- Tan Tai Do (graduated Nov '15, co-supervisor, thesis)
- Kittipong Kittichokechai (graduated June '14, co-supervisor, thesis)
- Ali A. Zaidi (graduated Nov. '13, co-supervisor, thesis)
- Hieu Do (graduated Oct. '13, co-supervisor, thesis)
- Rafael F. Schaefer (Wyrembelski) (June '07 - Oct '08, co-supervisor at TU Berlin)

I am always looking for motivated and excellent students. If you are a KTH student and you interested in a master thesis project in my research area, please contact me where you describe your interests and strengths. I am also always looking for excellent PhD student candidates (more information).

Postdocs
- Hanying Zhao, since Oct '24
- Sara Saeidian, since Feb '24
- Viswanathan Ramachandran, since Feb '22

KTH Digital Futures center runs a prestigious post-doc program where I can nominate candidates. If your research interests are aligned with my interests, please send me your CV and I will be happy to consider you. I also support candidates seeking support their own funding from Marie Curie or other sources and from time to time I also have funding to support a post-doc researcher.

Brief CV

Tobias Oechtering received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in 2002 from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and his Dr.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2007 from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany under the supervision of Prof. Holger Boche. In 2012 he became Docent in Communication Theory at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. In November 2008 he joined the Communication Theory Lab at KTH as a Post-Doctoral Researcher, was an Assistant Professor between July 2010 and April 2013, an Associate Professor between May 2013 and October 2018 and has been a Professor since Nov 2018. He has been the director of the KTH Research Platform on Digitalisation between Feb 2019 and June 2024. He served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Communication Letters between Feb 2012 and March 2015. Presently, he is serving as a senior editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security  since June 2020, previously as editor since 2016.

PhD Courses

Graduate course which I have taught since 2010 (some are not offered anymore)

• EO3350 Information Theory for Statistics and Learning
• EO3120 From Research to Impact
• EO3320 Information Theoretic Security
• EO3300 Multi-user Information Theory Course
• EO3200 Foundations in Digital Communications
• F2E5634 Detection and Modulation Theory Course

Below you find an automatically maintained list of currently involved undergraduate courses.