Faculty Members

Prof. Mustafa A. Altınkaya

Chair

Education

B.S: Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1987
M.S: Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1990
Ph.D: Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1996

Research Interests

  • Statistical signal processing
    • Telecommunications
    • Distributed detection
    • Positioning
    • Structural dynamics systems
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Prof. Barış Atakan

Vice Chair

Education

B.S: Ankara University, Ankara, 2000
M.S:  Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 2005
Ph.D: Koç University, Istanbul, 2011
Post-Doc: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, 2012

Research Interests

  • Molecular Communications
  • Bio-Inspired Communications
  • Wireless Networks
  • Nanonetworks

Research Laboratory

  • 0 232 750 6568

Prof. Mehmet Salih Dinleyici

Education

B.S: Middle East Technical University (METU), Gaziantep, 1990  
M.S: Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, 1993
Ph.D: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, 1998

Research Interests

  • Photonics Technologies

  • Lightwave Communication systems

  • Quantum Optics

Research Laboratory

  • 0 232 750 6575

Lecturer Mahmut Cenk Efeler

Department Internship Coordinator

Education

B.S: City College of City University of New York, USA, 1992
M.S: City College of City University of New York, USA, 1996

Research Interests

  • Bayesion Decision Theory
  • Information Theory
  • Bayesian Learning
  • Machine Learning
  • Bayesian Image Processing 
  • Computer Vision
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Assoc. Prof. Eylem Erdoğan

Education

B.S: Işık University, İstanbul, 2003
M.S: Işık University, İstanbul, 2006
Ph.D: Kadir Has University, İstanbul, 2014 
Post-doc: Lakehead University, Canada, 2016

Research Interests

  • Cooperative, relay-aided, and multi-hop communication systems
  • Non-terrestrial networks
  • Optical wireless communications​
  • Physical layer security
  • Laser satellite communications
  • Cognitive radio systems and networks
  • Device-to-device communications
  • TeraHertz Communications
  • Wireless communications for internet of things
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Assist. Prof. Abdurrahman Gümüş

Education

B.S: Istanbul University, İstanbul, 2005
M.S/Ph.D: Cornell University, USA, 2008 – 2014

Research Interests

  • Multimodal Learning
  • Few-Shot Learning
  • Large Language Models
  • Agent-Based Systems

Research Laboratory

  • 0 232 750 6528

Assoc. Prof. Şevket Gümüştekin

Vice Chair

Education

B.S: Hacettepe University, Ankara, 1990
M.S: University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1993
Ph.D: University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1999

Research Interests

  • Computer vision
  • Image processing
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Prof. Bilge Karaçalı

Education

B.S: Bilkent University, Ankara, 1997
M.S: North Carolina State University, USA, 1999
Ph.D: North Carolina State University, USA, 2002

Research Interests

  • Biomedical image analysis
  • Computational biology and bioinformatics
  • Statistical learning theory
  • Machine vision
  • Multiscale analysis and wavelet theory
  • Target detection and classification
  • Pattern recognition
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Prof. Alp Kuştepeli

Education

B.S:  Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, 1992 
M.S: Clemson University, USA, 1995
Ph.D: Clemson University, USA, 1999

Research Interests

  • Computational electromagnetics

Research Laboratory

  • 0 232 750 6541

Prof. Berna Özbek

Education

B.S: Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, 1994
M.S: Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, 1998
Ph.D: Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, 2004
Post-Doc: CNAM, Paris, 2005-2006

Research Interests

  • Wireless communications:
    • interference management
    • resource allocation and limited feedback strategies in multi-user
    • multi-antenna systems
    • device-to-device (D2D) and heterogeneous wireless communications
    • physical layer security
    • massive MIMO systems
    • mmwave communications

Research Laboratory

  • 0 232 750 6582

Prof. Ferit Acar Savacı

Education

B.S: Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 1979
M:S: Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1982
Ph.D: Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, 1989
Post-Doc: Katholieke Universiteit (KUL), Belgium, 1990-1992

Research Interests

  • Linear system theory, nonlinear systems and chaos, time series analysis, fractal geometry
  • Stochastic aspects of deterministic dynamical systems
  • Artificial neural networks, support vector machines
  • Fault diagnosis in analog circuits
  • Chaotic Communication
  • Particle Filters
  • Musical Instrument Recognition
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Assist. Prof. M. Zübeyir Ünlü

Education

B.S: Ankara University, Ankara, 1994
M.S: Ankara University, Ankara, 1997
M.S: University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2001 
Ph.D: Syracuse University, USA, 2006

Research Interests

  • Medical image processing: Application of finite element method, (non)rigid registration, MRI, PET, CT
  • Signal processing
  • Image and video processing: Coding: Subband coding, Image and video compression
  • Biomedical Signal Processing
  • Machine Learning
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Assoc. Prof. Fatih Yaman

Erasmus Coordinator

Education

B.S: Istanbul University (IU), Istanbul, 2001
M.S: Istanbul University (IU), Istanbul, 2004
Ph.D: Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, 2009
Post-Doc: Technische Universität Darmstadt , 2009-2014

Research Interests

  • RF/Microwave Structure Designs for Particle Accelerators
  • Beam instabilities, Wake fields and Impedances in Accelerators
  • Numerical Solutions of Direct and Inverse Scattering Problems
  • Short-Range Doppler Radar Applications

Research Laboratory

  • 0 232 750 6596

Assoc. Prof. Kıvılcım Yüksel

Education

B.S: Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, 1995
M.S: Ege University, Izmir, 2000
DEA: Engineering Faculty of Mons (FPMs), Belgium, 2006
Ph.D: University of Mons (UMONS, FPMs ), Belgium, 2011

Research Interests

  • Optical fibre metrology
  • Distributed and quasi-distributed fibre optic sensors
  • Optical access networks (Fttx technologies)
  • Physical layer monitoring of Passive Optical Networks (PONs)

Research Laboratory

  • 0 232 750 6540