Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2005 M.S., University of California Berkeley, 2002 B.S., Bilkent University, 2000
Postdoctoral Researchers
Ahmet Elbir, postdoctoral researcher. Ph.D., Middle East Technical University, 2016
Federated Learning for Vehicular Networks
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, postdoctoral researcher Ph.D., Koc University, 2021.
Energy Harvesting Wireless Networks
Research Engineers
Osman Nuri Koc
Emrah Kar
Ph.D. Students
Elif Dilek Salik, Ph.D. expected 09/2021.
RF Energy Harvesting for Half Duplex Delay Constrained Communication
Bugra Turan, Ph.D. expected 09/2021. M.S., University of Southern California, 05/2012.
Visible Light Channel Model for Inter-Vehicular Communication Networks
Syed Adil Abbas Kazmi, Ph.D. expected 12/2021.
Indoor Millimeter Wave Communication in 5G
Aysun Gurur Onalan, Ph.D. expected in 09/2022. M.S., Technical University of Munich, 06/2017.
Niloofar Mehrnia, Ph.D. expected in 09/2022. M.S., Istanbul Sehir University, 06/2017.
Akin Soysal, Ph.D. expected in 09/2022. M.S., Munich University of Technology, 09/2010.
Burak Soner, Ph.D. expected in 12/2021
Gokhan Gurbilek, Ph.D. expected in 09/2022 M.S., Koc University, 06/2020.
Nasir Khan, Ph.D. expected in 2023.
Mohammad Saeid Haghighifard, Ph.D. expected in 2023. M.S., Islamic Azad University of Najafabad, 02/2015.
M.S. Students
Ata Mozaffari Tazehkand, M.S, expected in 12/2022.
Alumni
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, currently postdoctoral researcher at Koc University. M.S., National University of Sciences and Technologies Islamabad, 06/2014. Ph.D., Koc University, 01/2021.
Optimal Scheduling for Full-Duplex Wireless Powered Communication Networks
Mertkan Koca, currently Product Manager at Lifemote Networks M.S., Koc University, 01/2020.
Millimeter Wave Channel Model for Intra-Vehicular Wireless Sensor Networks
Merve Saimler, currently Autonomous Driving Development Engineer at AVL Ph.D., Koc University, 01/2020
Energy Efficient User Association and Handover in 5G Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks
Umuralp Kaytaz M.S., Koc University, 01/2020 M.S., University of Warwick, 09/2016.
Towards More Reliable Medium Access Control with Data-Driven Spectrum Allocation
Ibrahim Pehlivan, currently Ph.D. student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S., Koc University, 08/2019.
Bensu Baran, currently M.S. student at Technical University of Munich B.S., Koc University, 01/2019
Autonomous Vehicle Platoon Communications Using Hybrid RF-VLC V2V Implementation, selected as second best senior design project 12/2018
Utku Akin, currently M.S. student at Technical University of Munich B.S., Koc University, 01/2019
Autonomous Vehicle Platoon Communications Using Hybrid RF-VLC V2V Implementation, selected as second best senior design project 12/2018
Seyhan Ucar, currently research scientist at InfoTech Labs Toyota North America. Ph.D., Koc University, 02/2017 M.S., Koc University, 09/2013
Visible Light Communication Assisted Secure and Efficient Architecture for Autonomous Platoon (coadvisor: Oznur Ozkasap)
Yalcin Sadi, currently Assistant Professor at Kadir Has University. Ph.D. , Koc University, 11/2015 M.S., Koc University, 09/2012
Optimal Resource Allocation for Delay and Energy Constrained Wireless Networks
Recep Gul, M.S., 12/2016, currently Ph.D. student at ETH Zurich.
QoS Constrained Semi-Persistent Scheduling of Machine Type Communications in Cellular Networks
Anique Akhtar, M.S., 09/2015, currently Ph.D. student at University of South Florida.
Directional MAC Protocol for IEEE 802.11ad WLAN
Bakhtiyar Farayev, M.S., 09/2015, currently Ph.D. student at University of Sydney.
Robust and Energy Efficient System Design of Wireless Networked Control Systems
Utku Demir, M.S., 09/2014, currently Ph.D. student at University of Rochester.
Engine Compartment and Beneath the Chassis UWB Channel Model for Intra-Vehicular Wireless Sensor Networks
Mehmet Kontik, M.S., 09/2014, currently engineer at Garanti Teknoloji.
Minimum Length Scheduling in Wireless Networks with Successive Interference Cancellation
Nabeel Akhtar, M.S. 07/2013, currently Ph.D. student at Boston University.
Vehicle Mobility, Communication Channel Modeling and Traffic Density Estimation in VANETs (coadvisor: Oznur Ozkasap)
Irem Nizamoglu, M.S. 08/2013, currently Associate at ZS Associates.
Epidemic Density Adaptive Data Dissemination Exploiting Opposite Lane in VANETs (coadvisor: Oznur Ozkasap)
C. Umit Bas, M.S. 06/2012, currently Ph.D. student at University of Southern California (USC)
UWB (Ultra-Wideband) Channel Model for Intra-Vehicular Wireless Sensor Networks
Huseyin Serhat Tetikol, B.S. 06/2012, currently M.S/Ph.D. student at Koc University
Positioning of Mobile Stations Using RSSI Fingerprinting Method with Route Constraints, runner-up for best senior design project
Isinsu Akcetin, B.S. 06/2011, currently Field Applications Engineer at Intel.
HMM Based Inertial Sensor System for Coaching of Rowing Activity (coadvisor: Metin Sezgin), selected as best senior design project.
Visitors
Pan Gun Park, Ph.D. Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, currently Post-doc at University of California Berkeley
Visited WNL from 05/2011 to 06/2011
Duty-Cycle Optimization in Unslotted 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Networks
Volkan Isler, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
Visited WNL during 04/2012
Robotic Data Mules for Efficient Data Collection from Wireless Sensor Networks
Carlo Fischione, Associate Professor, Royal Institute of Technology
Visited WNL in 10/2012
Onur Altintas, Principal Researcher, Toyota Infotechnology Center