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CURRICULUM VITAE

ISMAIL GUVENC

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

EDUCATION

Degree Institution Field Dates Ph.D. University of South Florida Electrical Engineering 2006

M.S. University of New Mexico Electrical and Computer Eng. 2003

B.S. Bilkent University Electrical and Electronics Eng. 2001

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Institution Rank Field Dates (Month &Year)

FIU Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering Aug. 2012 - Present

NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Place of Employment Title Dates

DOCOMO Innovations, Inc. Research Engineer May 2006 – Aug. 2012

Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs Research Intern Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2005

EMPLOYMENT RECORD AT FIU

Rank Dates

Assistant Professor Aug. 2012 - Present

PUBLICATIONS IN DISCIPLINE

Books

1. Z. Sahinoglu, S. Gezici, and I. Guvenc, “Ultra-Wideband Positioning Systems- Theoretical Limits,

Ranging Algorithms, and Protocols”, Cambridge University Press, Aug. 2008.

2. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, S. Gezici, and U. C. Kozat (Editors), “Reliable Communications for

Short-Range Wireless Systems”, Cambridge University Press, April 2011.

3. T. Q. S. Quek, G. de la Roche, I. Guvenc, and M. Kountouris (Editors), “Small Cell Networks:

Deployment, PHY Techniques, and Resource Management”, Cambridge University Press, April

2013.

Articles (my graduate students, PostDoc’s, and visiting students at FIU are indicated with a “*”)

1. K. Vasudeva*, M. Simsek*, D. Lopez-Perez, and I. Guvenc, “Analysis of Handover Failures in

Heterogeneous Networks with Fading”, to appear in IEEE Trans. Vehic. Technol., Dec. 2015.

2. S. Tonyali, O. Cakmak, K. Akkaya, M. Mahmoud, I. Guvenc, "Secure Data Obfuscation Scheme

for User Privacy and State Estimation in Smart Grid AMI Networks", to appear in IEEE Internet of

Things Journal, Feb. 2016.

3. A. Merwaday*, I. Guvenc, W. Saad, A. Mehbodniya, and F. Adachi, "Sojourn Time Based

Velocity Estimation in Small Cell Poisson Networks", IEEE Communications Letters, Jan. 2016.

4. W. Arellano, I. Guvenc, and N. Pala, "Integration of Ethical Training into Undergraduate Senior

Design Projects on Wireless Communications", IEEE Communications Magazine (Special Issue

on Ethics and Professionalism), Nov. 2015.

5. A. Sahin*, Y. S. Eroglu*, I. Guvenc, N. Pala, M. Yuksel, "Hybrid 3D Localization for Visible

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Light Communication Systems", to appear in IEEE J. Lightwave Technology, Nov. 2015.

6. D. Li, W. Saad, I. Guvenc, A. Mehbodniya, and F. Adachi, "Decentralized Energy Allocation for

Wireless Networks with Renewable Energy Powered Base Stations", IEEE Trans. Commun., Jan.

2015.

7. Y. Sui*, I. Guvenc, and T. Svensson, "Interference Management for Moving Networks in Ultra-

Dense Urban Scenarios", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

(Special Issue on 5G Wireless Mobile Technologies), Feb. 2015.

8. M. Simsek*, M. Bennis, I. Guvenc, "Mobility Management in HetNets: A Learning Based

Perspective", to appear in EURASIP J. Wireless Commun. Networking (JWCN), 2015.

9. A. Merwaday*, S. Mukherjee, and I. Guvenc, "Capacity Analysis of LTE-Advanced HetNets with

Reduced Power Subframes and Range Expansion", EURASIP J. Wireless Commun. and

Networking (JWCN), Nov. 2014.

10. M. Simsek*, M. Bennis, and I. Guvenc, "Learning Based Frequency- and Time-Domain Inter-Cell

Interference Coordination in HetNets", IEEE Trans. Vehic. Technol., 2015.

11. A. Sahin*, E. Bala, I. Guvenc, R. Yang, and H. Arslan, "Partially Overlapping Tones for

Uncoordinated Networks", IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 3363-3375, Sep. 2014.

12. M. B. Celebi, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, and K. Qaraqe, "Interference Suppression for LTE Uplink",

Elsevier Physical Communications, vol. 9, pp. 23--44, Dec. 2013.

13. M. C. Erturk, I. Guvenc, S. Mukherjee and H. Arslan, "Fair and QoS-Oriented Resource

Management in Heterogeneous Networks", EURASIP J. Wireless Commun. Networking, Mar.

2013.

14. A. Sahin*, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "A survey on multicarrier communications: Prototype filters,

lattice structures, and implementation aspects", IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Dec.

2013.

15. David Lopez-Perez, Ismail Guvenc, and Xiaoli Chu, "Mobility Management Challenges in 3GPP

Heterogeneous Networks", IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 50, no. 12, pp. 70--78, Dec. 2012.

16. D. L. Perez, X. Chu, and I. Guvenc, "On the expanded region of picocells in heterogeneous

networks", IEEE J. Select. Topics in Sig. Processing (JSTSP), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 281--294, June

2012.

17. I. Guvenc, “Capacity and Fairness Analysis of Heterogeneous Networks with Range Expansion

and Interference Coordination”, IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 1084-1087, Nov. 2011.

18. D. Lopez-Perez, I. Guvenc, G. de la Roche, M. Kountouris, T. Q. S. Quek, and J. Zhang,

“Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination Challenges in Heterogeneous Networks,” IEEE

Wireless Commun. Mag. (Special Issue on Heterogeneous Networks), vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 22-30,

June 2011.

19. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “An Iterative Interference Cancellation method for Co-

channel Multicarrier and Narrowband Systems”, Elsevier Physical Communication Journal, July

2010 (DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071).

20. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “Uplink User Signal Separation for OFDMA-Based

Cognitive Radios,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Special Issue on

Cognitive Radio), Volume 2010, Article ID 502369, Jan. 2010.

21. H. Celebi, I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, and H. Arslan, “Cognitive Radio Systems for Spectrum, Location,

and Environment Awareness,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 41-

61, 2010.

22. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, and Z. Sahinoglu, “Fundamental Limits and Improved Algorithms for Linear

Least-Squares Wireless Position Estimation,” Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile

Computing, Sep. 2010 (DOI: 10.1002/wcm.1029).

23. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, H. Arslan, “Handling CCI and ICI in OFDMA Femtocell

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Networks Through Frequency Scheduling,” IEEE Trans. Consumer Electronics, vol. 55, no. 4, pp.

1936-1944, Nov. 2009.

24. I. Guvenc, “Statistics of Macrocell-Synchronous Femtocell-Asynchronous Users' Delays for

Improved Femtocell Uplink Receiver Design”, IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 239-241,

Apr. 2009.

25. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, “Opportunity Detection for OFDMA Based Cognitive Radio

Systems with Timing Misalignment,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 5300-

5313, Oct. 2009.

26. C. C. Chong, I. Guvenc, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “Ranging and Localization by UWB Radio

for Indoor LBS”, NTT DOCOMO Technical Journal (English version), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 41-48,

June 2009 (Japanese Version: pp.40-46, Apr. 2009).

27. I. Guvenc and C. C. Chong, “A Survey on TOA Based Wireless Localization and NLOS

Mitigation Techniques”, in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, no. 3, pp. 107-124, July

2009.

28. I. Guvenc, Ulas C. Kozat, Moo-Ryong Jeong, Fujio Watanabe, Chia-Chin Chong, “Reliable

Multicast and Broadcast Services in Relay-Based Emergency Communications,” IEEE Wireless

Communication Magazine - special issue on "Wireless Technologies Advances for Emergency and

Rural Communications", vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 40-47, June 2008.

29. I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “A Hybrid Frequency Assignment for

Femtocells and Coverage Area Analysis for Co-Channel Operation”, IEEE Commun. Lett., vol.

12, no. 12, pp. 880-882, Dec. 2008.

30. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, H. Arslan, and P. Orlik, “Searchback Algorithms for TOA estimation in

Non-Coherent Low-Rate IR-UWB Systems”, Springer Wireless Personal Communications, vol.

48, no. 4, pp. 585-603, 2008.

31. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong and F. Watanabe, “NLOS identification and weighted least squares

localization for UWB systems using multipath channel statistics,” EURASIP Journal on Advances

in Signal Processing (Special Issue on Signal Processing for Location Estimation and Tracking in

Wireless Environments), Volume 2008, Article ID 271984, 2008.

32. I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, S. Gezici, and H. Kobayashi, “Adaptation of Two Types of Processing Gains

for UWB Impulse Radio Wireless Sensor Networks”, IET Proceedings on Communications, vol.

1, no. 8, Dec. 2007.

33. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “On the Transceiver Types of IR-UWB systems at Sub-Nyquist

Sampling Rates”, Springer Wireless Personal Commun. Journal, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 329-350, Dec.

2007.

34. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “A Review on Multiple Access Interference Cancellation and Avoidance

for IR-UWB”, in Elsevier Signal Processing Journal, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 623-653, Apr. 2007.

35. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “Joint Parameter Estimation for UWB Energy Detectors

Using OOK”, in Springer Wireless Personal Commun. Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 579-591, Mar.

2007.

36. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, and P. Orlik, “TOA Estimation in IR-UWB with Different Transceiver

Types”, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT), Special Issue on Ultrawideband

Communications, vol. 54, no. 4(2), pp. 1876-1886, Apr. 2006.

37. Z. Sahinoglu and I. Guvenc, “Multiuser Interference Mitigation in Non-coherent UWB Ranging

via Nonlinear Filtering”, in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Commun. and Networking, pp. 1-10,

no. 2, Apr. 2006.

38. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, “Threshold Selection for UWB TOA Estimation Based on Kurtosis

Analysis”, IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 9, no.12, pp. 1025-1027, Dec. 2005.

39. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “TH Sequence Construction for Centralised UWB-IR Systems in

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Dispersive Channels”, IEE Electronics Lett., vol. 40, pp. 491-492, Apr. 2004.

40. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “Performance Analysis of UWB Systems in the Presence of Timing

Jitter”, Journal on Communications and Networks, vol. 6, pp. 182-191, June 2004.

Proceedings (my graduate students, PostDoc’s, and visiting students at FIU are indicated with a “*”)

1. W. Khwaja*, K. Sasaoka, and I. Guvenc, "UWB Radar for Indoor Detection and Ranging of

Moving Objects: An Experimental Study", to appear in IEEE Int. Workshop on Antenna

Technology, Orlando, FL, 2016.

2. A. Merwaday* and I. Guvenc, "Handover Count Based UE Velocity Estimation in Hyper-dense

Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops, Dec. 2015.

3. Y. S. Eroglu*, A. Sahin*, I. Guvenc, N. Pala, and M. Yuksel, "Multi-Element Transmitter Design

and Performance Evaluation for Visible Light Communication", in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM

Workshops, Dec. 2015.

4. P. Armengol, R. Tobkes, K.Akkaya, B. S. Ciftler, and I. Guvenc, "Efficient Privacy-Preserving

Fingerprint-based Indoor Localization using Crowdsourcing", in Proc. IEEE Workshop for REU

Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS, co-located with IEEE MASS), Dallas, TX, Oct.

2015.

5. F. Koohifar*, N. Saputro, I. Guvenc, and K. Akkaya, "Hybrid Wi-Fi/LTE Aggregation

Architecture for Smart Meter Communications", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Smart Grid

Communications (SmartGridComm), Miami, FL, Nov. 2015.

6. L. Babun*, A. I. Yurekli, and I. Guvenc, "Multi-hop and D2D Communications for Extending

Coverage in Public Safety Scenarios", in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Performance and

Management of Wireless and Mobile Networks (co-located with IEEE LCN), Clearwater, FL, Oct.

2015.

7. N. Saputro, K. Akkaya, and I. Guvenc, "Privacy-aware Communication Protocol for Hybrid IEEE

802.11s/LTE Smart Grid Architectures", in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Performance and

Management of Wireless and Mobile Networks (co-located with IEEE LCN), Clearwater, FL, Oct.

2015.

8. P. Palathingal, M. Yuksel, I. Guvenc, and N. Pala, "A Multi-Element VLC Architecture for High

Spatial Reuse", in Proc. ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems (Co-Located

with ACM MOBICOM), Paris, France, Sept. 2015.

9. B. S. Ciftler*, A. Kadri, and I. Guvenc, "Experimental Performance Evaluation of Passive UHF

RFID Systems under Interference", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. RFID Technology and Applications

(RFID-TA), Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2015.

10. A. Sahin*, Y. S. Eroglu*, I. Guvenc, N. Pala, M. Yuksel, "Accuracy of AOA-Based and RSS-

Based 3D Localization for Visible Light Communications", in Proc. IEEE Vehic. Technol. Conf.

(VTC), Boston, MA, Sept. 2015.

11. A. Mehbodniya, K. Temma, R. Sugai, W. Saad, I. Guvenc, and F. Adachi, "Energy-Efficient

Dynamic Spectrum Access in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf.

Commun. (ICC) Workshops, London, United Kingdom, June, 2015.

12. K. Vasudeva*, M. Simsek*, D. Lopez-Perez, and I. Guvenc, “Impact of Channel Fading on

Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC)

Workshops, London, United Kingdom, June, 2015.

13. A. Mehbodniya, W. Saad, F. Adachi, R. Yoneya, and I. Guvenc, "An Energy¬Efficient Handover

Algorithm for Next Generation Heterogeneous Mobile Networks", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Energy

Aware Computing Systems and Applications, Cairo, Egypt, May 2015.

14. N. Rupasinghe* and I. Guvenc, "Capturing, Recording, and Analyzing LTE Signals Using USRPs

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and LabVIEW", in Proc. IEEE SoutheastCon Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Apr. 2015.

15. K. Guevara, M. Rodriguez, N. Gallo, G. Velasco, K. Vasudeva, and I. Guvenc, “UAV-Based GSM

Network for Public Safety Communications”, in Proc. IEEE SoutheastCon Conference, Fort

Lauderdale, FL, Apr., 2015.

16. A. Kumbhar* and I. Guvenc, "A Comparative Study of Land Mobile Radio and LTE-based Public

Safety Communications", in Proc. IEEE SoutheastCon Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Apr.

2015.

17. Y. S. Eroglu*, I. Guvenc, N. Pala, and M. Yuksel, "AOA-Based Localization and Tracking in

Multi-Element VLC Systems", in Proc. IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conference (WAMICON),

Cocoa Beach, FL, Apr. 2015.

18. B. Sun* and I. Guvenc, "Performance of High Order Modulations under Different Impairments",

in Proc. IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conference (WAMICON), Cocoa Beach, FL, Apr. 2015.

19. M. Amini, A. Sarwat, S. S. Iyengar, and I. Guvenc, "Determination of the minimum-variance

unbiased estimator for DC power-flow estimation," in Proc. IEEE Annual Conf. Industrial

Electronics Society (IECON), pp.114-118, Oct. 2014.

20. K. Akkaya, I. Guvenc, R. S. Aygun, N. Pala, and A. Kadri, "IoT-based Occupancy Monitoring

Techniques for Energy-Efficient Smart Buildings", in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Energy

Efficiency in the Internet of Things, and Internet of Things for Energy Efficiency (E2IOT, co-

located with IEEE WCNC), Mar. 2015, New Orleans, LA.

21. A. Merwaday* and I. Guvenc, "UAV Assisted Heterogeneous Networks for Public Safety

Communications", in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on D2D and Public Safety Communications

(WDPC, co-located with IEEE WCNC), Mar. 2015, New Orleans, LA.

22. M. Simsek*, M. Bennis, and I. Guvenc, "Context-Aware Mobility Management in HetNets: A

Reinforcement Learning Approach", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf.

(WCNC), Mar. 2015, New Orleans, LA.

23. N. Rupasinghe* and I. Guvenc, "Reinforcement Learning for Licensed-Assisted Access of LTE in

the Unlicensed Spectrum", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Mar.

2015, New Orleans, LA.

24. B. S. Ciftler*, A. Kadri, and I. Guvenc, "Fundamental Bounds on RSS-Based Wireless

Localization in Passive UHF RFID Systems", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf.

(WCNC), Mar. 2015, New Orleans, LA.

25. N. Rupasinghe* and I. Guvenc, "Licensed-Assisted Access for WiFi-LTE Co-existence in the

Unlicensed Spectrum", in Proc. IEEE Emerging Technologies for 5G Wireless Cellular Networks

Workshop (co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM), Austin, TX, Dec. 2014.

26. Y. Sui*, I. Guvenc, and Tommy Svensson, "On the Deployment of Moving Networks in Ultra-

dense Urban Scenarios", in Proc. Int. Conf. on 5G for Ubiquitous Connectivity (5GU), Levi,

Finland, Nov. 2014.

27. K. Vasudeva*, B. S. Ciftler*, A. Altamar, and I. Guvenc, "An Experimental Study on RSS-Based

Wireless Localization with Software Defined Radio", in Proc. IEEE Wireless and Microwave

Conf. (WAMICON), Tampa, FL, June 2014.

28. A. Merwaday*, N. Rupasinghe*, I. Guvenc, W. Saad, M. Yuksel, "USRP-Based Indoor Channel

Estimation for D2D and Multi-Hop Communications", in Proc. IEEE Wireless and Microwave

Conf. (WAMICON), Tampa, FL, June 2014.

29. A. Merwaday*, S. Mukherjee, and I. Guvenc, "HetNet Capacity with Reduced Power Subframes",

in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.

30. K. Vasudeva*, M. Simsek*, and I. Guvenc, "Analysis of Handover Failures in HetNets with

Layer-3 Filtering", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Istanbul,

Turkey, Apr. 2014.

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31. L. Babun*, M. Simsek*, and I. Guvenc, "Intercell Interference Coordination for D2D Discovery in

LTE-A HetNets", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey,

Apr. 2014.

32. M. Yuksel, T. Quint, I. Guvenc, W. Saad, and N. Kapucu, "Fostering Wireless Spectrum Sharing

via Subsidization", in Proc. IEEE Allerton Conf., Monticello, IL, Oct. 2013. (Invited Paper)

33. M. Simsek*, A. Merwaday, N. Correal, and I Güvenç, "Device-to-Device Discovery Based on

3GPP System Level Simulations", to appear in IEEE Int. Workshop on Device-to-Device (D2D)

Communication With and Without Infrastructure (co-located with GLOBECOM), Atlanta, GA,

Dec. 2013.

34. M. Simsek*, M. Bennis, and I. Güvenç, "Enhanced Intercell Interference Coordination in HetNets:

Single vs. Multiflow Approach", to appear in IEEE Int. Workshop on Heterogeneous and Small

Cell Networks, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2013.

35. H. Celebi, N. Maxemchuk, Y. Li, and I. Güvenç, "Energy Reduction in Small Cell Networks by a

Random On/Off Strategy", to appear in IEEE Int. Workshop on Emerging Technologies for LTE-

Advanced and Beyond-4G, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2013.

36. A. Merwaday*, S. Mukherjee, and I. Guvenc, "On the Capacity Analysis of HetNets with Range

Expansion and eICIC", in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf., Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2013.

37. M. B. Celebi, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Interference Suppression based on Soft

Blanking and Iterative Likelihood Test for LTE Uplink", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC),

Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

38. A. Sahin, S. Aldirmaz, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “An Investigation on Effective Number of Taps

for Multicarrier Schemes”, to appear in IEEE Vehic. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Dresden, Germany,

June 2013.

39. A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "A Comparative Study of FBMC Prototype Filters in Doubly

Dispersive Channels", to appear in IEEE Broadband Wireless Access workshop (BWA, co-located

with GLOBECOM), Anaheim, CA, Dec. 2012.

40. David Lopez-Perez, I. Guvenc, and X. Chu, “Theoretical Analysis of Handover Failure and Ping-

Pong Rates for Heterogeneous Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Small Cell Wireless

Networks (SmallNets, co-located with IEEE ICC), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

41. David Lopez-Perez, I. Guvenc, and X. Chu, “Mobility Enhancements for Heterogeneous Wireless

Networks through Interference Coordination”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Broadband

Femtocell Technologies (co-located with IEEE WCNC), Paris, France, Apr. 2012, pp. 69-74.

42. S. Mukherjee and I. Guvenc, “Effects of Range Expansion and Interference Coordination on

Capacity and Fairness in Heterogeneous Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conf. on Signals,

Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2011, pp. 1855-1859.

43. I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, I. Demirdogen, B. Kecicioglu, and F. Watanabe, “Range Expansion and

Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) for Picocell Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Vehicular

Technol. Conf. (VTC), San Francisco, CA, pp. 1-6, Sept. 2011.

44. A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “Analysis of Uplink Inter-Carrier-Interference Observed at

Femtocell Networks,” IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC) Kyoto, Japan, pp. 1-6, June 2011.

45. M. B. Celebi, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “Interference Mitigation for LTE Uplink Through Iterative

Blanking,” to appear in IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), Houston, TX, Dec.

2011.

46. M. C. Erturk, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, “Femtocell Gateway Scheduling for Capacity and Fairness

Improvement in Neighboring Femtocell Networks,” in Proc. IEEE CogCloud Workshop (co-

located with IEEE PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 54-59, Sept. 2010.

47. I. Demirdogen, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, “A Simulation Study of Performance Trade-offs in Open

Access Femtocell Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Indoor Outdoor Femtocells (IOFC) Workshop (co-

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located with PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 151-156, Sept. 2010.

48. I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, M. E. Sahin, H. Xu, and F. Watanabe, “Interference Avoidance in 3GPP

Femtocell Networks Using Resource Partitioning and Sensing,” in Proc. IEEE Indoor Outdoor

Femtocells (IOFC) Workshop (co-located with PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 163-168, Sept.

2010.

49. M. C. Erturk, H. Aki, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “"Fair and QoS-oriented Spectrum Splitting in

Macrocell-Femtocell Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM),

Miami, FL, pp. 1-6, Dec. 2010.

50. I. Demirdogen, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “Capacity of Closed-Access Femtocell Networks with

Dynamic Spectrum Reuse,” in Proc. IEEE Personal, Indoor, Mobile Radio Conference (PIMRC),

Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1315-1320, Sept. 2010.

51. H. A. Mahmoud, I. Guvenc, and F. Watanabe, “Performance of Open Access Femtocell Networks

with Different Cell-Selection Methods”, in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technol. Conf. (VTC), Taipei,

Taiwan, pp. 1-5, May 2010.

52. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “Iterative Interference Cancellation for Co-Channel

Multicarrier and Narrowband Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf.

(WCNC), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-6, Apr. 2010.

53. H. Mahmoud and I. Guvenc, “A Comparative Study of Different Deployment Modes for Femtocell

Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Indoor and Outdoor Femtocells Workshop (co-located with PIMRC),

Tokyo, Japan, pp. 1-5, Sept. 2009.

54. I. Guvenc and U. C. Kozat, “Impact of Spreading on the Capacity of Neighboring Femtocells,” in

Proc. IEEE Personal, Indoor, Mobile Radio Conference (PIMRC), Tokyo, Japan, pp. 1814-1818,

Sept. 2009.

55. I. Guvenc, S. Tombaz, M. E. Sahin, H. Arslan, and H. A. Cirpan, “ICI-Minimizing Blind Uplink

Time Synchronization for OFDMA-Based Cognitive Radio Systems,” in Proc. IEEE Global

Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), Honolulu, HI, pp. 1-6, Nov. 2009.

56. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, and H. Arslan, “User Separation for OFDMA Uplink”, in

Proc. IEEE Vehic. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1-5, Apr. 2009.

57. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and H. Arslan, “Opportunity Detection for

OFDMA Systems with Timing Misalignment”, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf.

(GLOBECOM), New Orleans, LA, pp. 1-6, Nov. 2008.

58. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, and Z. Sahinoglu, “Ultra-Wideband Range Estimation: Theoretical Limits

and Practical Algorithms”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on UWB (ICUWB), Hannover, Germany, pp.

93-96, Sept. 2008 (Invited Paper).

59. C. Chong, I. Guvenc, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “Enabling Technologies for Indoor Location-

Based Services”, in Proc. URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, Aug. 2008 (Invited Paper).

60. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “Enhancements to Linear Least Squares

Localization through Reference Selection and ML Estimation”, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun.

Networking Conf. (WCNC), Las Vegas, NV, pp. 284-289, Apr. 2008.

61. S. Gezici, I. Guvenc, and Z. Sahinoglu, “On the Performance of Linear Least Squares Estimation

in Wireless Positioning Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), Beijing, China, pp.

4203-4208, May 2008.

62. H. Xu, C. C. Chong, I. Guvenc, F. Watanabe, and L. Yang, “High-Resolution TOA Estimation

with Multi-Band OFDM UWB Signals”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Beijing,

China, pp. 4191-4196, May 2008.

63. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong, and F. Watanabe, “Joint TOA Estimation and Localization Technique for

UWB Sensor Network Applications,” Proc. IEEE Veh. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Dublin, Ireland, pp.

1574-1578, Apr. 2007.

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64. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong, and F. Watanabe, “Analysis of a Linear Least-Squares Localization

Technique in LOS and NLOS Environments,” Proc. IEEE Veh. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Dublin,

Ireland, pp. 1886-1890, Apr. 2007.

65. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong, and F. Watanabe, “NLOS identification and mitigation for UWB

localization systems,” Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Hong Kong,

pp. 1571-1576, Mar. 2007.

66. Z. Sahinoglu, I. Guvenc, P. Orlik, and A. F. Molisch, “Interference Suppression in Non-coherent

Time-Hopping IR-UWB Ranging”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Ultra-wideband (ICUWB), Weltham,

MA, pp. 507-511, Sept. 2006.

67. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “Comparison of Two Searchback Schemes for Non-Coherent TOA

Estimation in IR-UWB Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, pp. 1-4,

March 2006.

68. H. Celebi, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “On the Statistics of Channel Models for UWB Ranging”, in

Proc. IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, pp. 1-4, March 2006.

69. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “Bit Error Rates of IR-UWB Transceiver Types at Sub-Nyquist

Sampling Rates”, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Las Vegas, pp.

1080-1085, Apr. 2006.

70. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, A. F. Molisch, and P. Orlik, “Non-coherent TOA Estimation in IR-UWB

Networks with Different Signal Waveforms”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Ultrawideband

Wireless Networks (UWBNETS), Boston, MA, vol.2, pp. 1168-1174, Oct. 2005 (Invited Paper).

71. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, “Multiscale Energy Products for TOA Estimation in IR-UWB

Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), St. Louis, MO, vol. 1, Dec.

2005.

72. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, “TOA Estimation with Different IR-UWB Transceiver Types”, in

Proc. IEEE International Conf. UWB (ICU), Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 426-431, Sept. 2005.

73. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, “Threshold Based TOA Estimation for Impulse Radio UWB

Systems”, in Proc. IEEE International Conf. UWB (ICU), Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 420-425, Sept.

2005 (referred within IEEE 802.15.4a standard).

74. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “UWB Channel Estimation with Various Sampling Rate Options”, in

Proc. IEEE Sarnoff Symp., Princeton, NJ, pp. 229-232, Apr. 2005.

75. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “Optimization of Energy Detector Receivers for UWB

Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Vehic. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Stockholm, Sweden, vol. 2, pp. 1386-1390,

June 2005.

76. I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, S. Gezici, and H. Kobayashi, “Adaptation of Multiple Access Parameters in

Time Hopping UWB Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Mobile Adhoc

Sensor Systems Conf. (MASS), Fort Lauderdale, FL, pp. 235-244, Oct. 2004.

77. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “Design and Performance Analysis of TH Sequences for UWB-IR

Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Atlanta, GA, vol. 2, pp.

914-919, Mar. 2004.

78. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “A Semi-blind Channel Estimator and Multiuser Receiver for UWB

Systems”, In Proc. IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conf. (WAMI), Clearwater, FL, Apr. 2004.

79. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “Performance Evaluation of UWB Systems in the Presence of Timing

Jitter”, in Proc. IEEE Conf. Ultra-wideband Syst. Technol. (UWBST), Reston, VA, pp. 136-141,

Nov. 2003.

80. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, “On the modulation options for UWB systems”, In Proc. IEEE Conf. on

Military Commun. (MILCOM), Boston, MA, vol. 2, pp. 892-897, Oct. 2003.

81. I. Guvenc, C. Abdallah, R. Jordan and O. Dedeoglu, “Enhancements to RSS Based Indoor

Tracking Systems Using Kalman Filters”, In Proc. Global Signal Processing Conf. (GSPx), Dallas,

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TX, Apr. 2003.

Chapters in Books (my PostDoc at FIU is indicated with a “*”)

1. M. Simsek*, M. Bennis, and I. Guvenc, "Time and Frequency Domain e-ICIC with Carrier

Aggregation in HetNets", book chapter in Design and Deployment of Small Cell Networks

(Editors: A. Anpalagan, M. Bennis, R. Vannithamby), Cambridge University Press, 2014.

2. H. Chen, S. Jin, H. Hu, Y. Yang, D. Lopez-Perez, I. Guvenc, and Xiaoli Chu, "Mobility and

Handover Management", book chapter in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks: Theory, Simulation,

and Deployment (Editors: Xiaoli Chu, David Lopez-Perez, Fredrik Gunnarsson, and Yang Yang),

2012.

3. I. Guvenc, F. Gunnarsson, and D. Lopez-Perez, “Dynamic Interference Management”, book

chapter in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks: Theory, Simulation, and Deployment (Editors:

Xiaoli Chu, David Lopez-Perez, Fredrik Gunnarsson, and Yang Yang), 2012.

4. T. Q.S. Quek, G. de la Roche, I. Guvenc, M. Kountouris, “Femtocell Networks Overview”, book

chapter in Femtocell Networks: Deployment, PHY Techniques, and Resource Management

(Editors: Tony Q.S. Quek, Guillaume de la Roche, Ismail Guvenc, Marios Kountouris), 2012.

5. M. Cenk Erturk, I. Guvenc, S. Mukherjee, and H. Arslan, “Spectrum Assignment and Fairness in

Femtocell Networks”, book chapter in Femtocell Networks: Deployment, PHY Techniques, and

Resource Management (Editors: Tony Q.S. Quek, Guillaume de la Roche, Ismail Guvenc, Marios

Kountouris), 2012.

6. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, Z. Sahinoglu, and U. Kozat, “Short-Range Wireless Communications and

Reliability”, in Reliable Communications for Short-Range Wireless Systems (Editors: Ismail

Guvenc, S. Gezici, Z. Sahinoglu, and U. C. Kozat), Cambridge University Press, 2011.

7. S. Gezici and I. Guvenc, “High-Rate UWB and 60 GHz Communications”, in Reliable

Communications for Short-Range Wireless Systems (Editors: Ismail Guvenc, S. Gezici, Z.

Sahinoglu, and U. C. Kozat), Cambridge University Press, 2011.

8. Z. Sahinoglu and I. Guvenc, “ZigBee Networks and Low-Rate UWB Communications”, in

Reliable Communications for Short-Range Wireless Systems (Editors: Ismail Guvenc, S. Gezici,

Z. Sahinoglu, and U. C. Kozat), Cambridge University Press, 2011.

9. I. Guvenc, “NLOS Mitigation Techniques for Wireless Location Estimation”, in Mobile

Positioning: from Standalone to Cooperative Solutions (Editors: Simone Frattasi and Joao

Figueiras), John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

10. I. Guvenc, M. E. Sahin, H. Mahmoud, and H. Arslan, “Deployment Modes and Interference

Avoidance for Next-Generation Femtocell Networks”, in Fixed-Mobile Convergence Handbook

(Editors: Syed Ahson and Mohammad Ilyas), CRC Press, 2010.

11. H. Arslan, I. Guvenc and S. Ahmed, “UWB Modulation Options”, in Ultra Wideband Wireless

Communications (Editors: Huseyin Arslan, Zhi Ning Chen, and Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto),

John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Standard Contributions in IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.16 Standard Meetings

1. A.Li, X.Li, H.Kayama, I.Guvenc, M.Jeong, C.Chong, F.Watanabe et al, "Clarification on uplink

MIMO for relay station with multiple antennas", C80216j-07_531r1, Atlanta, Nov. 2007.

2. I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and C. C. Chong, "Technical Comments to P802.16j

Baseline Document: 6.3.23.3 : Use of ARQ in MBS", IEEE C802.16j-07/578r1, Atlanta, Nov.

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2007.

3. T. M. Lin, W. H. Sheen, F. C. Ren, C. M. Chou, I. K. Fu, I. Guvenc, "Technical Comments to

P802.16j Baseline Document: 6.3.4 ARQ Operation", IEEE C802.16j-07/470r3, Atlanta, Nov.

2007.

4. A. Li, X. Li, H. Kayama, I. Guvenc, and M. Jeong, “Uplink MIMO/Cooperative MIMO

Transmission for Relay Station with Multiple Antenna,” IEEE C802.16j-07/286, April 2007.

5. I. Guvenc, U. C. Kozat, M. R. Jeong, C. C. Chong, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “Reliable

Multicasting with Selective Acknowledgement for IEEE802.16j,” IEEE C802.16j-07/227,

Orlando, FL, USA, March 2007.

6. I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, "List of Categorized Session #46

Contributions", Contribution to IEEE 802.16j, Dallas, TX, Nov. 2006.

7. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, "Simulations on Non-coherent ranging", IEEEP802.15 Working Group

for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), June 2005.

8. Z. Sahinoglu, I. Guvenc, "Simulations on Non-coherent ranging - II", IEEEP802.15 Working

Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), July 2005.

PRESENTED PAPERS, AND LECTURES

Tutorials and Keynote Talks

1. I. Guvenc, "Road towards 5G Broadband – An Overview of LTE, LTE-Advanced, and

Heterogeneous Wireless Network Technologies", Tutorial at Wireless @ Virginia Tech

Symposium, May 2015.

2. I. Guvenc, "Road towards 5G Broadband – A review of LTE, LTE-Advanced, and Heterogeneous

Wireless Network Technologies", Tutorial at IEEE SouthEastCon Conference, Apr. 2015.

3. A. Mehbodniya, F. Adachi, and I. Guvenc, "Hyper-Dense Heterogeneous Wireless Networks",

Tutorial at IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans,

LA, Mar. 2015.

4. I. Guvenc, D. Lopez-Perez, and S. Mukherjee, “Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks: Theory,

Standardization, and Deployment”, Tutorial at IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM),

Austin, TX, Dec. 2014. (Due to a timing conflict before the conference, I was not able to attend the

conference, and my slide deck has been presented by my collaborators)

5. Walid Saad and I. Guvenc, "Towards Energy-Efficient Hyper-Dense Wireless Networks with

Trillions of Devices", Tutorial at IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM),

Baltimore, MA, Oct. 2014.

6. A. Mehbodniya, F. Adachi, and I. Guvenc, "Hyper-Dense Heterogeneous Wireless Networks",

Tutorial at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 2014.

7. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for Next-Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", Keynote

Talk, IEEE Self Organizing Networks (SONETS) workshop (co-located with IEEE WCNC),

Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.

Invited Talks

1. I. Guvenc, “Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks”, invited

seminar, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 20, 2014.


seminar, Sehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 19, 2014.


seminar, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 14, 2014.


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seminar, TOBB ETU University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 13, 2014.


seminar, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 13, 2014.


seminar, Gebze Institute of Technology (GYTE), Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 7, 2014.


seminar, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 6, 2014.

8. I. Guvenc, “An Overview of LTE and LTE-Advanced Standards”, invited talk at Turkcell,

Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 13, 2013.

9. I. Guvenc, “An Overview of Physical Layer Aspects of the Long Term Evolution (LTE)

Standard”, invited talk at Avea-Labs, Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2013.

10. I. Guvenc, “Long Term Evolution Communications – From Theory to Practice”, one-month

seminar series at Motorola Solutions, Inc., Sunrise, FL, May/June, 2013.

11. I. Guvenc, “LTE Small Cell Networks”, invited talk at Motorola Solutions, Inc., Sunrise, FL, April

5, 2013.

12. I. Guvenc, “Requirements and Technology Roadmap Beyond 4G Wireless Systems”, invited talk

at Avea-Labs, Istanbul, Turkey, July 16, 2012.

13. I. Guvenc, "Next Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited talk at Bilkent

University, Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 2012.

14. I. Guvenc, "Requirements and Technology Roadmap Beyond 4G Wireless Systems", invited talk

at Avea-Labs, Istanbul, Turkey, July 16, 2012.

15. I. Guvenc, "Next Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", Colloquia Talk, University of

Nevada - Reno, Mar. 2, 2012.

16. I. Guvenc, “An Overview of Heterogeneous Networks and Recent Trends in Broadband Wireless

Communications”, invited talk at Avea-Labs, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 23, 2011.

17. I. Guvenc, “An Overview of Heterogeneous Networks and Related Interference Mitigation

Techniques”, invited talk at TUBITAK-UEKAE, Gebze, Turkey, Sept. 7, 2010.

18. I. Guvenc, “Femtocell Interference Management”, invited talk at UC-Davis, CA, Nov. 24, 2009.

19. I. Guvenc, “Indoor Ranging/Localization Using Ultra-Wideband Systems”, WCA LBS Special

Interest Group Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, Sept. 30, 2008.

20. I. Guvenc, “A Short Review of RF-Based Location Estimation Techniques”, The First ACM

International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environments

(MELT), San Francisco, CA, Sept. 19, 2008.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Papers Submitted to Journals for Consideration

1. A. Merwaday*, M. Yuksel, T. Quint, I. Guvenc, W. Saad, and N. Kapucu, “Incentivizing spectrum

sharing via subsidy regulations,” submitted to IEEE Trans. Networking, Sep. 2014.

2. A. Merwaday* and I. Guvenc, “Handover Count BasedVelocity Estimation and Mobility State

Detection in Dense HetNets”, 2nd revision submitted to IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., Nov.

2015.

3. Bekir S. Ciftler*, A. Kadri, I. Guvenc, "RSS-Based Localization in Passive UHF RFID Systems

with Realistic Radiation Pattern", submitted to IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., Aug. 2015.

4. A. Kumbhar*, F. Koohifar*, I. Guvenc, B. Muller, "A Survey on Legacy and Emerging

Technologies for Public Safety Communications", submitted to IEEE Commun. Surveys and

Tutorials, Sep. 2015.

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5. B. Haupt, N. Kapucu, M. Yuksel, I. Guvenc, and W. Saad, "On the Evolution of Wireless

Communication Technologies and Spectrum Sharing for Public Safety" submitted to J. of

Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DGJHSEM), Oct. 2015.

6. M. Yuksel, I. Guvenc, W. Saad, N. Kapucu, "Pervasive Spectrum Sharing for Public Safety

Communications", submitted to IEEE Communications Magazine, Oct. 2015.

7. A. Merwaday*, A. Tuncer*, A. Kumbhar*, I. Guvenc, "Unmanned Aerial Base Stations for Public

Safety Communications", submitted to IEEE Communications Magazine, Oct. 2015.

Papers Submitted to Conferences for Consideration

1. E. Vattapparamban*, B. S. Ciftler*, I. Guvenc, K. Akkaya, A. Kadri, "Indoor Occupancy Tracking

in Smart Buildings Using WiFi Probe Requests", submitted to IEEE Wireless Commun.

Networking Conf., Doha, Qatar, Mar. 2016.

2. S. Sriyananda, I. Pervez*, I. Guvenc, M. Bennis, A. Sarwat, "Multi-Armed Bandit for LTE-U and

WiFi Coexistence in Unlicensed Bands", submitted to IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking

Conf., Doha, Qatar, Mar. 2016.

FUNDED RESEARCH

1. Arif Sarwat, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), “Towards Resilient Smart Cities”, NSF ACI-1541108,

01/01/2016 – 12/31/2019, $500,000. (candidate’s portion: $100,000)

2. Ismail Guvenc (PI), "CAREER: Towards Broadband and UAV-Assisted Heterogeneous Networks

for Public Safety Communications", NSF CNS-1453678, 04/01/2015 - 03/31/2020, $452,723.

3. Arif Sarwat, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), Kemal Akkaya, “CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research:

Towards Secure Networked Cyber-Physical Systems: A Theoretic Framework with Bounded

Rationality”, NSF CNS-1446570, 01/01/2015 – 12/31/2017, $316,000. (candidate’s portion:

$72,268)

4. Ismail Guvenc (PI), Arindam Chowdhury, “EARS: Collaborative Research: Pervasive Spectrum

Sharing for Public Safety Communications”, NSF AST-1443999, 09/15/2014 – 08/31/2017,

$206,538. (candidate’s portion: $180,902)

5. Nezih Pala, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), “NeTS:SMALL: Collaborative Research: Multi-Element

Illuminication for Mobile Free-Space-Optical Networks”, NSF CNS-1422062, 08/15/2014 –

07/31/2017, $266,000 (candidate’s portion: $133,000).

6. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “Compressive Sensing for Improving Accuracy of Fingerprint based Indoor

Localization”, FIU Research Foundation, 08/15/2014 – 12/15/2015, $100,000.

7. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “Toward Next Generation Public Safety Communication”, Ralph E. Powe

Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 06/01/2014 – 05/31/2015, $5,000 (additional $5,000 match

from FIU College of Engineering).

8. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “NeTS: JUNO: Towards Energy-Efficient Hyper-Dense Wireless Networks

with Trillions of Devices”, NSF CNS-1406968, 04/01/2014 – 03/31/2017, $166,000.

9. Ismail Guvenc, “MPACT Research Group Membership Contribution”, DOCOMO Innovations,

Inc., Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2015, $20,000.

10. Yimin Zhu, Shu-Ching Chen, Thomas Spiegelhalt, Nezih Pala, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), “On Track

to Carbon Neutral Buildings", EPA P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for

Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014, $15,000.

I am also a senior personnel in a three-year NSF REU project “Security of Smart Things: From Small

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Devices to Large Infrastructures”, lead by Dr. Kemal Akkaya and Dr. Selcuk Uluagac.

PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BUT NOT FUNDED

Pending NSF and Other Proposals

1. PI, “NeTS: Small: Collaborative Research: Towards Millimeter Wave Communications for

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, NSF CNS, submitted on 11/18/2015, $249,999.

2. Co-PI, “CRI Pre-proposal: II-NEW: An SDN-Enabled Smart Grid Testbed”, NSF CNS,

submitted on 11/10/2015, $420,000.

3. Co-PI, “NeTS: Large: Collaborative Research: Towards Pervasive Wireless Access for the

Internet of Everything”, NSF CNS, submitted on 09/24/2015, $600,000.

4. PI, “IRES: US-Japan Summer Research Experience on 5G Wireless Systems”, NSF OISE,

submitted on 08/18/2015, $250,000.

5. PI, “DroneITS: Drone-aided Platform for Enabling Next Generation Intelligent Transport

Systems”, QNRF NPRP Program, submitted on 11/10/2015, $270,000.

6. Co-PI, “Software Defined UAV Communications Testbed”, DOD DURIP, submitted on 9/26,

$258,610.

7. PI, “Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Converged Radio Access Technologies”, Google

Faculty Awards, submitted on 10/15/2015, $35,000.

Declined NSF Proposals

1. Co-PI, “Collaborative Research: Public-Private Three-Tier Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for IoT

Communications”, NSF AST, submitted on 06/02/2015, $599,777.

2. Co-PI, “CPS: Synergy: Automated Planning, Monitoring, and Control for Risk Management in

Infrastructure Development Projects”, NSF CPS, submitted on 05/04/2015, $999,659.

3. Co-PI, “CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: Towards Privacy-Preserving Vehicular

CPS for Large-Scale Electric Vehicle Charging”, NSF CPS, submitted on 05/04/2015,

$309,873.

4. Co-PI, “II-NEW: A Smart Building Monitoring, Communication and Control Infrastructure”,

NSF CNS, submitted on 11/06/2014, $403,790.

5. Co-PI, “IRES: US-Turkish Collaborative Research Experience for Students on Wireless

Localization and Tracking Technologies”, NSF IIA, submitted on 8/19/2014, $249,629.

6. PI, “CyberSEES: Type 2: Collaborative Research: Towards Seamless Occupancy Pattern

Monitoring for Sustainable Building Energy Management”, NSF CCF, submitted on 4/8/2014,

$472,813.00

7. PI, “Collaborative Research: IUSE: HICLAW - Towards a Hands-on, Interdisciplinary, and

Cross-Layer Approach for Wireless Communication Education”, NSF DUE, submitted on

2/4/2014, $329,550.

8. Co-PI, “CIF:Small:Interference Mitigation and Management for Spectrum Sharing Between

Radar and Wireless Communications Systems NSF CCF 1/14/2014 $431,574.00

9. Co-PI, “REU Site: Cyber, Infrastructure, and Mobile Security (CIMS)”, NSF CNS, submitted

on 8/28/2013, $336,678.

10. PI, “Collaborative Research: Game-Theoretic Device-to-Device Spectrum Sharing for Public

Safety Communications”, NSF CNS, submitted on 5/14/2013, $266,016.

11. PI, “BRIGE: Theoretical Foundations of Capacity and Mobility in Interference-Coordinated

Heterogeneous Networks”, NSF ECCS, submitted on 4/29/2013, $175,000.

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12. Co-PI, “Collaborative Research: Towards a Practical, Interdisciplinary, and Cross-Layer

Approach for Wireless Communication Education”, NSF DUE, submitted on 1/14/2013,

$100,000.

13. PI, “Theoretical Foundations of Capacity and Mobility in Interference-Coordinated

Heterogeneous Networks”, NSF ECCS, submitted on 11/1/2012, $224,366.

I have submitted other proposals to DARPA (Young Faculty Award), Qatar QNRF NPRP program,

AFOSR Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP), Google Faculty Awards (3 white papers),

Office of Naval Research (white paper), and Department of Homeland Security (white paper). They

were not awarded – except for AFOSR SFFP, which has been awarded for the summer of 2013, but I

could not attend due to time conflict.

PATENT DISCLOSURES, APPLICATIONS, AND AWARDS

Issued US Patents:

1. 8,559,976, Motaharu Miyake, Fujio Watanabe, Daichi Funato, Hyung-Sik Shin, and Ismail

Guvenc,"System and method for population tracking and counting using mobile operational data",

issued October 15, 2013.

2. 8,452,293, Ismail Guvenc and Fujio Watanabe, "Methods for enhancing performance of open-

access and closed-access femtocells", issued May 28, 2013.

3. 8,442,541, Ismail Guvenc, Moo-Ryong Jeong, and Fujio Watanabe, "System and method for inter-

cell interference avoidance in co-channel networks", issued May 14, 2013.

4. 8,428,602, Ismail Guvenc and Fujio Watanabe, "Methods for enhancing performance of open-

access and closed-access femtocells", issued April 23, 2013.

5. 8,428,519, Alphan Sahin, Ismail Guvenc, and Huseyin Arslan, "Inter-carrier interference

management in dedicated channel femtocell networks", issued April 23, 2013.

6. 8,422,469, Ismail Guvenc, "Method for interference-minimizing resource block-size selection at a

macrocell, a microcell and a femtocell", issued April 16, 2013.

7. 8,345,629, Ismail Guvenc, Moo-Ryong Jeong, and Fujio Watanabe, "A method for ARQ-enabled

pre-transmissions in multicast and broadcast services of relay networks utilizing the idle periods",

issued January 1, 2013.

8. 8,340,060, Mustafa E. Sahin, Huseyin Arslan, Ismail Guvenc, and Moo Ryong Jeong, "OFDMA-

based co-channel femtocell", issued December 25, 2012.

9. 8,340,038, Ismail Guvenc, "Method for time/frequency spreading in a femtocell network for

interference reduction", issued December 25, 2012.

10. 8,280,387, Ismail Guvenc, Moo Ryong Jeong, Fujio Watanabe, and Hiroshi Inamura, "Femtocell

channel assignment and power control for improved femtocell coverage and efficient cell search",

issued October 2, 2012.

11. 8,223,743, Ismail Guvenc, Mustafa E. Sahin, "Methods for over-the-air blind synchronization of

two OFDMA-based networks that minimizes interference and by using an extended correlation

window length", issued July 17, 2012.

12. 8,219,111, Ismail Guvenc, Fujio Watanabe, and Hiroshi Inamura, "Method for an improved linear

least squares estimation of a mobile terminal's location under LOS and NLOS conditions and using

map information", issued July 10, 2012.

13. 8,155,595, Mustafa E. Sahin, Ismail Guvenc, and Huseyin Arslan, "Method for iterative

interference cancellation for co-channel multi-carrier and narrowband systems", issued April 10,

2012.

14. 8,155,013, Moo Ryong Jeong, Ismail Guvenc, and Fujio Watanabe, "Synchronized multi-link

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transmission in an ARQ-enabled multi-hop wireless network", issued April 10, 2012.

15. 8,099,042, Dandan Wang, Chia-Chin Chong, Ismail Guvenc, and Fujio Watanabe, "Method and

system for a reliable relay-associated and opportunistic cooperative transmission schemes", Issued

January 17, 2012.

16. 8,027,284, Ulas C. Kozat and Ismail Guvenc, "Method and apparatus for reliable multicasting in

wireless relay networks", issued September 27, 2011.

17. 8,023,595, Huilin Xu, Chia-Chin Chong, and Ismail Guvenc, "Method and system of time-of-

arrival estimation for ultra wideband multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

signals", issued September 20, 2011.

18. 8,010,041, Dandan Wang, Chia-Chin Chong, Ismail Guvenc, and Fujio Watanabe, "Method and

system for a reliable relay-associated and opportunistic cooperative transmission schemes", issued

August 30, 2011.

19. 7,965,785, Anxin Li, Xiangming Li, Hidetoshi Kayama, Ismail Guvenc, Moo Ryong Jeong,

"Uplink multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) and cooperative MIMO transmissions", issued

June 21, 2011.

20. 7,577,446, Ismail Guvenc and Chia-Chin Chong, "Weighted least square localization method

exploiting multipath channel statistics for non-line-of-sight mitigation", issued August 18, 2009.

21. 7,577,445, Ismail Guvenc and Chia-Chin Chong, "Line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS (NLOS)

identification method using multipath channel statistics", issued August 18, 2009.

22. 7,574,221, Ismail Guvenc and Chia-Chin Chong, "Method for estimating jointly time-of-arrival of

signals and terminal location", issued August 11, 2009.

23. 7,526,048, Zafer Sahinoglu and Ismail Guvenc, "Energy threshold selection for UWB TOA

estimation", issued April 28, 2009.

Patents in Review by USPTO:

1. Ismail Guvenc, "Interference and Mobility Management in UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks",

Serial No. 14/921,392, Docket No. FIU.165, Oct. 2015.

2. Arvind Merwaday and Ismail Guvenc, "Specific Velocity Estimation of Wireless Network

Devices" Serial No. 14/749,054, Docket No. FIU.147, June 2015.

3. Ismail Guvenc and David Lopez Perez, "A Method for Handover Performance Improvement in

Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", Pub. No: US2012/048690, filed July 27, 2012.

4. Ismail Guvenc, Moo-Ryong Jeong, and Fujio Watanabe, "Co-channel interference reduction in

femtocell networks", Pub. No: US 2012/0003985 A1, filed June 29, 2011.

5. Andreas F. Molisch, Ismail Guvenc, and Zafer Sahinoglu, "Method and receiver for identifying a

leading edge time period in a received radio signal", Pub. No: US 2009/0170458 A1, filed July 19,

2005.

6. Zafer Sahinoglu, Ismail Guvenc, and Andreas F. Molisch, "Method and system for estimating time

of arrival of signals using multiple different time scales", Pub. No: US 2009/0075590 A1, filed

Apr. 15, 2005.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS

1. NSF CAREER Award, 2015.

2. Ralph O. Power Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2014.

3. Outstanding Dissertation Award, USF Graduate School, 2006.

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OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Senior member, IEEE (since 2010)

Member, IEEE Communications Society

Founding Member, IEEE SIG on Green Cellular Networks, 2012

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Editor:

IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (Aug. 2011 -- Present)

IEEE Communications Letters (Sept. 2010 -- 2015)

Guest Editorial:

I. Guvenc, W. Saad, M. Bennis, C. Wietfeld, M. Ding, and L. Pike, "IEEE Communications

Magazine -- Feature Topic Issue on Wireless Communications, Networking, and Positioning

with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles", May 2016.

D. López-Pérez, M. Bennis, P. Mogesen, I. Guvenc, S. Konishi, D. Niyato, M. Ding, "IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications -- Special Issue on Recent Advances in

Heterogeneous Cellular Networks", 2nd Quarter, 2015. (the special issue received 110 journal

paper submissions)

I. Güvenc, T. Q. S. Quek, M. Kountouris, and D. López-Pérez, "IEEE Communications Magazine -- Feature Topic Issue on Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks (HetSNets)”,

May 2013 and June 2013.

R. Heath, M. Debbah, H. Viswanathan, D. In Kim, E. G. Larsson, and I. Guvenc, “IEEE

Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing -- Special Issue on Heterogeneous Networks”,

June 2012.

I. Guvenc, S. Saunders, O. Oyman, H. Claussen, A. Gatherer, “EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking -- Special Issue on Femtocell Networks”, April 2010.

Organizing Committee Member

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE First International Workshop on Resiliency in Public Safety

Communication Systems (Co-located with IEEE ICC 2016), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May

2016.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE First International Workshop on Device to Device Communications

for 5G Networks (Co-located with WCNC 2016), Doha, Qatar, Mar. 2016.

• Steering Committee: IEEE First International Workshop on Software Defined Networking

(Co-located with WCNC 2016), Doha, Qatar, Mar. 2016.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE Seventh International Workshop on Heterogeneous and Small Cell

Networks (Co-located with GLOBECOM 2015), San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE Second International Workshop on Device-to-Device and Public

Safety Communications (Co-located with WCNC 2015), New Orleans, LA, Mar. 2015.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE Third International ADVANCE Workshop, Florida International

University, Miami, FL, Dec. 2015.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE Sixth International Workshop on Heterogeneous and Small Cell

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Networks (Co-located with GLOBECOM 2014), Austin, TX, Dec. 2014.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE First International Workshop on Device-to-Device and Public

Safety Communications (Co-located with WCNC 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.

• Technical Symposium Co-chair: IEEE Wireless Communications and Signal Processing

Conference (Signal Processing for Communications Symposium), Hangzhou, China, Oct.

2013.

• Steering Committee: IEEE Fifth International Workshop on Heterogeneous and Small Cell

Networks (Co-located with GLOBECOM 2013), Atlanta, GA, 2013.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE Fourth International Workshop on Indoor and Outdoor Femto Cells

(Co-located with WiOpt 2013), Tsukbua Science City, Japan, May 2013.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE Fourth International Workshop on Heterogeneous and Small Cell

Networks (Co-located with GLOBECOM 2012), Anaheim, CA, 2012.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE First International Workshop on Heterogeneous Networks (Co-

located with ICC 2011), Kyoto, Japan, 2011.

• Steering Committee: IEEE Second International Workshop on Femtocell Networks (Co-

located with GLOBECOM 2011), Huston, TX, 2011.

• Workshop Co-chair: IEEE First International Workshop on Femtocell Networks (Co-located

with GLOBECOM 2010), Miami, FL, 2010.

• Local Arrangements Chair: IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications

Networks, San Francisco, CA, 2009.

• Sponsorship Co-chair: IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications

Networks, St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands, 2008.

Technical Program Committee Member

2016

1. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Doha, Qatar

2015

1. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK

2. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, LA

3. IEEE SmallNets Workshop (ICC), London, UK

4. IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Broadband Wireless (ICUWB) Workshops,

Montreal, Canada

2014

1. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Austin, TX, USA.

2. IEEE Int. Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC),

Washington, DC, USA.

3. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey.

4. IEEE SONET Workshop (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey.

2013

1. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Ottawa, Canada.

2. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Atlanta, GA, USA.

3. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey.

4. IEEE ISONET Workshop (ICC), Ottawa, Canada.

5. IEEE SmallNets Workshop (ICC), Ottawa, Canada.

6. IEEE ANLN Workshop (ICC), Ottawa, Canada.

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7. IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), Brussels, Belgium.

8. IEEE Workshop on Positioning, Navigation, and Communication (WPNC), Dresden,

Germany.

2012

1. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Anaheim, CA, USA.

2. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) - Spring, Yokohama, Japan.

3. IEEE SmallNets Workshop (ICC), Ottawa, Canada.

4. IEEE Broadband Femtocells Workshop (WCNC), Paris, France.

5. IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC)

6. Signal Processing and Applications Conference (SIU).

2011

1. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications Networks, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

2. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan.

3. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) - Spring, Budapest, Hungary.

4. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) - Fall, San Francisco, CA, USA.

5. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Houston, TX, USA.

6. IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC),

Istanbul, Turkey.

7. International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS), Tampere, Finland.

8. IEEE First International Workshop on Cooperative Heterogeneous Networks (coHetNets),

Maui, HI, USA.

2010

1. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa.

2. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Sydney, Australia.

3. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) - Fall, Anchorage, Ottawa, Canada.

4. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) - Spring, Taipei, Taiwan.

5. IEEE First International Workshop on Advances in Positioning and Location-Enabled

Communications (APLEC), Istanbul, Turkey.

6. IEEE Second International Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Cloud Networks (CogCloud),

Istanbul, Turkey.

2009

1. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany.

2. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Budapest, Hungary.

3. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) - Fall, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

4. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) - Spring , Barcelona, Spain.


Tokyo, Japan.

6. IEEE Second International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less

Environments (MELT), Orlando, FL, USA.

2008

1. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications Networks (ICCCN), St. Thomas

U.S. Virgin Islands.

2. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC), Las Vegas, NV, USA.

3. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Beijing, China.

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4. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) – Spring, Marina Bay, Singapore.

5. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), New Orleans, LA, USA.

6. IEEE First International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less

Environments (MELT), San Francisco, CA, USA.

2007

1. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications Networks (ICCCN), Honolulu,

Hawaii.

Session Chair

1. IEEE Int. Workshop on Device-to-Device and Public Safety Communications (WDPC),

Istanbul, Turkey, 2014.

2. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey,

2014.

3. IEEE Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks Workshop (GLOBECOM), Anaheim, CA,

2013.

4. IEEE Small Cell Networks Workshop (ICC), Ottawa, Canada, 2012.

5. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, 2011.

6. IEEE Indoor Outdoor Femtocell Workshop (IOFC), Istanbul, Turkey, 2010.


Tokyo, Japan, 2009.

8. IEEE First International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less

Environments (MELT), San Francisco, California, 2008.

9. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), New Orleans, Louisiana, 2008.

10. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Atlanta, Georgia,

2004.

11. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) – Fall, Orlando, Florida, 2003.

Panelist

NSF CCF (2012, 2015), NSF CNS (2015).

WCA LBS Special Interest Group Meeting: “Location without GNSS: Perspectives and Research”, Palo Alto, CA, Sept. 30, 2008.

Professional Reviews

1. Reviewer of IEEE Communications Letters

2. Reviewer of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

3. Reviewer of IEEE Trans. Communications

4. Reviewer of IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications

5. Reviewer of IEEE Communications Magazine

6. Reviewer of IEEE Wireless Communications

7. Reviewer of IEEE Trans. Signal Processing

8. Reviewer of IET Proceedings on Communications

9. Reviewer of IET Electronics Letters

10. Reviewer of EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

11. Reviewer of EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing

12. Reviewer of Journal on Communications and Networks

13. Reviewer of Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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14. Reviewer of EURASIP Research Letters in Communications

15. Reviewer of IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

16. Reviewer of IEICE Trans. Communications

17. Reviewer of Elsevier Physical Communications Journal

18. Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Networking

19. Reviewer of ETRI Journal

20. Reviewer of major international conferences in communications and networking (e.g., IEEE

GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE WCNC, IEEE VTC, IEEE PIMRC)

Committee Service at FIU

2015-2016

FIU dissertation advisor status evaluation committee (DASEC)

FIU College of Engineering and Computing IT Committee

2014-2015

FIU dissertation advisor status evaluation committee (DASEC)

ECE department faculty search and screening committee

2013-2014

ECE department faculty search and screening committee

FIU ECE department DYF/DAE selection committee (Fall)

2012-2013

FIU ECE department faculty search and screening committee

Other Service to College, University, and South Florida Community

2014

Panelist, FIU McNair Scholars Research Conference, FIU MMC Campus, Miami, FL, Oct. 17, 2014.

2013

Judge, Science Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Miami Dade College -- North

Campus, Jan. 26, 2013.

Judge, Scholarly Forum at Graduate Student Appreciation Week, Engineering Session (Electrical and Computer Science), Mar. 26, 2013.

Banner Marshal of College of Engineering and Computing, Graduation Commencement, May 2013.

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List of Courses Taught at FIU

Fall 2015

o EEL 4510 - Introduction to Digital Signal Processing

o EEL 5587 - Long Term Evolution Communication: From Theory to Practice

Spring 2015: No teaching (Paternity Leave)

Fall 2014


o EEL 5587 - Long Term Evolution Communication: From Theory to Practice

Spring 2014

o EEL 4994/5994 - Wireless Digital Communications with USRP Applications (new

course introduced by me to ECE curriculum)

Fall 2013

o EEL 5992 - Signal Estimation Theory (new course introduced by me to ECE

curriculum)

Spring 2013

o EEL 5993 - Long Term Evolution Communication: From Theory to Practice (new

course introduced by me to ECE curriculum)

Fall 2012


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Student Advising

Postdoc Advisees

1. Alphan Sahin (Feb. – May 2015)

Ph.D. from University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Post Doc at Texas A&M

University, College Station, TX. Currently an engineer at Interdigital, Inc.

2. Meryem Simsek (May – Dec. 2013)

Ph.D. from University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, 2013. Currently a Team Leader at

TU Dresden, Germany.

3. Ali I. Yurekli (Apr. 2015 – Ongoing)

4. Adem Tuncer (Aug. 2015 – Ongoing, supported by TUBITAK)

5. Natalie Paul (Summer 2015, supported through NSF CAREER grant educational

commitments)

Ph.D. Advisees (Ongoing)

1. Arvind Merwaday (Ph.D. Candidate, graduation expected in Summer 2016)

Internship at Intel Labs (Hillsboro, OR), June-Dec. 2015.

2. Karthik Vasudeva (Ph.D. Candidate, graduation expected in Summer 2016)

Internship at Tohoku University, Japan, Aug.-Dec. 2015.

3. Bekir Sait Ciftler (expected candidacy: Spring 2016)

4. Yusuf Said Eroglu (expected candidacy: Fall 2016)

5. Farshad Koohifar (expected candidacy: Fall 2016)

6. Abhaykumar Kumbhar (expected candidacy: Spring 2017)

Full time employee of Motorola Solutions, Inc., Plantation, FL.

7. Nadisanka Rupasinghe (expected candidacy: Spring 2017)

8. Wahab Khwaja (expected candidacy: Spring 2017)

9. Imtiaz Pervez (co-advised with A. Sarwat, expected candidacy: Spring 2016)

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MS Advisees (Ongoing)

1. Edwin Vattapparamban (MS defense scheduled: Spring 2016)

2. Dasun Athokorala (MS defense expected in Fall 2016)

3. Jorge Iscar Vergara (MS defense expected in Fall 2016)

MS Advisees (Graduated)

1. Nadisanka Rupasinghe (MS defense scheduled: March 26, 2015)

Internship at DOCOMO Innovations, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA), Jan.-Aug., 2015

2. Leonardo Babun (MS defense scheduled: March 26, 2015)

Visiting Ph.D. Students

1. Yutao Sui (Oct. 2013 – Mar. 2014). Ph.D. received from Chalmers University, Gothenburg,

Sweden. Currently an RF engineer in Ericsson, Sweden.

Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member

1. Ali Hadjikhani (ongoing). Major Advisor: Shakrat Khizroev.

2. Yunpeng Wang (ongoing). Major Advisor: Walid Saad (Virgina Tech, VA).

3. Chayapol Chaiyanan (ongoing). Major Advisor: Jean Andrian.

4. Mustafa Karabiyik (ongoing). Major Advisor: Nezih Pala.

5. Fatemeh Abyarjoo (ongoing). Major Advisor: Armando Barreto.

6. Ameya Nayak (ongoing). Major Advisor: Kang Yen.

7. Mehmet Hazar Cintuglu (ongoing). Major Advisor: Osama A. Mohammed.

8. Zhe Geng (ongoing). Major Advisor: Hai Deng.

9. Muhammad Khan (ongoing). Major Advisor: Hai Deng.

10. Mohammed Gholami, (Defended Fall 2013). Major Advisor: Erik Strom (Chalmers University,

Sweden).

11. Abdallah Bou Saleh (Ph.D. Dissertation pre-examiner), Aalto University, Finland (Fall 2013)

M.S. Thesis Committee Member

1. Ashley Dierivot (defended in Fall 2014). Major Advisor: Gang Quan.

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FIU EEL 6916 Graduate Projects Mentored:

1. Summer 2013: Armando Altamar, "Deployment of a GSM BTS Through OpenBTS"

2. Spring 2013: Sagar Kundral and Daerhan Daerhan, "WiFi Based Indoor Localization

Systems" EEL

FIU EEL 4921 Senior Design Projects Mentored:

1. Spring 2015: Jezabel Matamoros, Felix Caballero, Samuel Diaz, Dairon Gomez, Mercedes

Serfaty, "Motion Reference System for Sonar Surveyors, MRS3"

2. Spring 2015: Roberto Calderon, Lazaro Perez, Liuyi Gu, Hao Liang, "Copter Triangulation

Locator"

3. Spring 2015: Huan Zhao, Han Yang, Zheng Liu, Virgilio J. Acuna, Shuaiwei Yang, "Panther

Rescue Mission Drone"

4. Fall 2014: Gabriel Velasco, Kevin Guevara, Maria Camila Rodriguez, Nicolas Gallo, "GSM

Relay Copter"

5. Spring 2013: Adrian Suarez, Rolando Mondeja, Haslyn Martin, Carlos Diaz, Juan Baquedano,

"Hands-Free Camera Control"

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