Asia van de Mortel-Fronczak

Asia van de Mortel-Fronczak is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), where she has been since 1997. Her work focuses on model-based engineering and synthesis of supervisory control systems, with applications in cyber-physical systems like wafer scanners, high-volume printers, vehicles with ADAS, and dynamic traffic infrastructure (e.g., water locks, moveable bridges, tunnels).

• Academic Background: MSc (1982) and PhD (1993) in Computer Science from AGH University of Science and Technology and TU/e, respectively.
• Research: Formal models for supervisory control, synthesis-based engineering (SBE), and verification techniques using tools like mCRL2. Her work bridges discrete-event control theory with real-time industrial implementations.
• Recent Trends: Recent articles highlight her focus on distributed supervisory controllers, communication delay robustness, and dynamic traffic management using formal methods like ACP and ILP.
• Teaching: Offers courses on supervisory control, model-based systems engineering, and cyber-physical systems.
• Collaborations: Works with Rijkswaterstaat and ASML, applying her research to real-world systems like ship locks and road tunnels.