CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Burhan Gülbahar Asst. Prof. Dr. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Özyeğin University, Çekmeköy, İstanbul, Turkey, 34794 E-Mail: burhan.gulbahar@ozyegin.edu.tr Phone: +90 (216) 564 90 00 http://faculty.ozyegin.edu.tr/burhangulbahar/ Vestel Academy Graduate Education Program Coordinator Vestel Electronics Inc. Organize Sanayi Bölgesi, Manisa, Turkey, 45030 E-Mail: burhan.gulbahar@vestel.com.tr Phone: +90 (236) 233 01 31 Ext: 2183 RESEARCH INTERESTS Nanoscale Communications, Visible Light Communications, Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Optical Communications, Wireless Communications, Radar Signal Processing, Underwater Magneto-Inductive Communications, Cognitive Radio, Information Theory, Quantum Communications, Smart Home / Smart Grid Technologies EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND SUMMARY (2010-2012) Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering January 2012 Thesis: Nanoscale wireless optical communication receivers with graphene and carbon nanotube Advisor: Dr. Özgür B. Akan (2000-2002) Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY MS in Electrical & Electronics Engineering February 2002 Thesis: Discrete Wigner distribution and half-integer representations of discrete-time signals and systems Advisor: Dr. Haldun Özaktaş (1995-1999) Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY BS in Electrical & Electronics Engineering October 1999 (1991-1994) İzmir Atatürk Lisesi, İzmir, Turkey February 1994 1
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY (March. 2015 - ) (March. 2015 - ) (Sept. 2012 - March. 2015) (March. 2012 - March 2015 ) (Sept. 2010 - Jan. 2012) (Mar. 2009 - Sept. 2010) (Apr. 2007 - Feb. 2009) (Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2007) (July 2005 - Nov. 2005) (Aug. 2002 - Apr. 2005) (Jan. 2000 - Feb. 2002) (July 1999 - Aug.1999) (July 1997 - Aug.1997) Asst. Prof. Dr., Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey. Vestel Academy Graduate Education Program Coordinator, Vestel Electronics Inc., Manisa, Turkey. Adjunct Assistant Prof. Dr., Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey. Senior Researcher & Vestel Academy Graduate Education Program Coordinator, Research Group, R & D Department, Vestel Electronics Inc., Manisa, Turkey. Researcher, Next Generation & Wireless Communication Laboratory, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey. Researcher, Next Generation & Wireless Communication Laboratory, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Researcher, Optimal Yazılım Elektronik Mühendislik A.Ş., Ankara, Turkey Second-lieutenant, 4th Main Jet Base, Ankara, Turkey Software Test Engineer, Aydın Yazılım ve Elektronik Sanayii A.Ş., Ankara, Turkey. Software Engineer, Eser Telekomünikasyon A.Ş., Ankara, Turkey. Graduate Research Assistant, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Internship, Prime Ministry Directorate General of Press and Information, Ankara, Turkey. Internship, Siemens A.Ş., İzmir, Turkey. PUBLICATIONS Journal Papers 1. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, A Communication Theoretical Modelling and Analysis of Wireless Nanoscale Magneto-Inductive Communication with Carbon Nanotube NanoCoils, submitted for publication, 2015. 2. B. Gulbahar, Optimal Packet Scheduling in Energy Harvesting Multiple Access Channels with Common Data, submitted for publication, 2015. 3. M. Kocaoglu, B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, Stochastic Resonance in Graphene Bi-layer Optical Nanoreceivers,, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1107-1117, 2014. 4. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, A Communication Theoretical Modeling and Analysis of Underwater Magneto- Inductive Wireless Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 3326 3334, 2012. 5. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, A Communication Theoretical Modeling of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Optical Nanoreceivers and Broadcast Power Allocation, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 395 405, 2012. 2
6. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, A Communication Theoretical Modeling of Single-layer Graphene Photodetectors and Efficient Multireceiver Diversity Combining, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 601 610, 2012. 7. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, Information Theoretical Optimization Gains in Energy Adaptive Data Gathering and Relaying in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1788 1796, 2012. Conference Papers 1. B. Gulbahar, Nanoscale Optical Communications with Graphene, V. National Communication Technologies Symposium, ITUSEM, İzmir, Turkey, May 2013. 2. B. Gulbahar, A.O. Bicen, O. B. Akan, Bilişsel Radyo Sensör Aǧlarında Bilgi Kuramsal Kapasite Eniyileme, ASELSAN Haberleşme Teknolojileri (HBT) Çalıştayı, Ankara, Turkey, October 2011. 3. B. Tan Bacinoglu, B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, Constant Fidelity Entanglement Flow in Quantum Communication Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, USA, December 2010. 4. B. Atakan, B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, Immune System-inspired Evolutionary Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks, in Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE MED-HOC-NET 2010, Juan-lespins, France, June 2010. 5. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, Broadcast Routing in Quantum Ad Hoc Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE NanoCom 2009, San Francisco, USA, August 2009. HONORS & AWARDS Koç University Ph.D. Scholarship, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey (2010-2011) Bilkent University B.Sc. & M.Sc. Scholarship, Ankara, Turkey (1994-2002) Ranked 32nd in the Turkish nationwide university entrance exam among more than a million high-school graduates (1994) ACTIVITIES Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 12), Cappadocia, Turkey, July 2012, (ISCC 13), Split, Croatia, July 2013, (ISCC 14), Portugal, June 2014 & (ISCC 15), Larnaca, Cyprus, July 2015. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of Internet of Things: Smart Objects and Services (IoT-SoS 2012), San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2012, (IoT-SoS 2013), Madrid, Spain, June 2013 & (IoT-SoS 2014), Sydney, Australia, June 2014. Member of the jury & advisory committee of Turkish Electro Technology Exporters Association (TET) R & D Project Market Event (Ar & Ge Proje Pazarı), 2012-2014, İstanbul, Turkey. REFEREE IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Nano Communication Networks, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, European Transactions on Telecommunications, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, International Journal of Communication Systems, Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE ISCC 2012, IEEE IoT-SoS 2012, IEEE GLOBECOM 2012, IEEE GLOBECOM 2011, MSWiM 2011, IEEE PIMRC 2011, NTMS 2011 3
DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Title / Dates / Organisation Asst. Prof. Dr. (March. 2015 - ) Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ozyegin.edu.tr Activities The coordination of Vestel Techonology Academy graduate education program, instructing graduate lectures Advising Ph.D. and M.Sc. students Courses given: EE1019-Wireless Communication Technologies (2012 I. Semester, 2014 I. Semester), EE1004-Advanced Signal Processing (2012 II. Semester), EE1022-Sensor Networks (2012 Summer Semester) Vestel Academy Graduate Education Program Coordinator (March. 2015 - ) Vestel Electronics Inc., Manisa, Turkey Coordination of Graduate Education Program maintained between Vestel Electronics Inc. and Ozyegin University. Adjunct Asst. Prof. (Sept. 2012 - March. 2015) Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ozyegin.edu.tr The coordination of Vestel Techonology Academy graduate education program, instructing graduate lectures Co-advisor of Ph.D. and M.Sc. students Courses given: EE1019-Wireless Communication Technologies (2012 I. Semester, 2014 I. Semester), EE1004-Advanced Signal Processing (2012 II. Semester), EE1022-Sensor Networks (2012 Summer Semester) Senior Researcher & Coordinator (March. 2012 - March. 2015) Research Group, R & D Department, Vestel Electronics Inc., Manisa, Turkey R & D of consumer electronics including smart home and visible light communications (VLC) Funded and managed projects: Principal Investigator (PI) of VLC and Illumination System compatible with DMX512 Protocol (Budget: 300K USD, Partial Funding from TUBITAK, 2014-2016); Low Data Rate VLC Networks and Applications compatible with DALI Protocol (Budget: 300K USD, Partial Funding from TUBITAK, 2014-2016); PI of Smart Home and Internet-of-Things Architectures (obtained 520K USD Funding from TUBITAK, 2013-2015); PI of High Efficiency Video Coding with Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Video Services (obtained 369K Euro funding from CELTIC, 2013-2014); PI of Smart Home For Eco - Smart Home Systems Design ( Eureka Project 2012-2013 ) 4
Title / Dates / Organisation Senior Researcher & Coordinator (March. 2012 - March. 2015) Research Group, R & D Department, Vestel Electronics Inc., Manisa, Turkey Activities Submitted Projects: PI of Multimedia Data Communication between Display Panels and Camera Receivers based on Heterogeneous VLC and Wi-Fi Communication Architecture for the Call 1003-TUBITAK, January 2015. Researcher (Sept. 2010 - Jan. 2012) Next Generation & Wireless Communication Lab., Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey http://home.ku.edu.tr/ nwcl Research in the project NanoCom: Nanoscale and Quantum Communication Networks supported by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Research and development of novel quantum and nanoscale communication networks, novel carbon nanotube (CNT) and graphene based nanoscale optical communication architectures, magneto-inductive underwater communication networks Researcher (Mar. 2009 - Sept. 2010) Next Generation & Wireless Communication Lab., Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr Research in projects Wireless Passive Sensor Networks and Bio-Inspired Communications For Large-Scale Systems supported by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Research and development of novel biologically-inspired, cognitive radio sensor networks and quantum communication architectures based on quantum entanglement Research and development of nanoscale communication technologies for European Research Council (ERC) grant and European Commission (EU) Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Small and mediumscale focused research project (STREP) funding schemes Researcher (Apr. 2007 - Feb. 2009) Optimal Yazılım Elektronik Mühendislik A.Ş., ODTÜ Teknokent, Ankara, Turkey Research and development in the area of radar signal processing Development of time-frequency analysis tools in the area of target detection and tracking Design and development of a novel wide-band target detection system for sonar applications Second-lieutenant (Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2007) Military Service 4th Main Jet Base, Ankara, Turkey 5
Title / Dates / Organisation Software Test Engineer (July 2005 - Nov. 2005) Aydın Yazılım ve Elektronik Sanayii A.Ş., ODTÜ Teknokent, Ankara, Turkey http://www.ayesas.com.tr Activities Designing test applications for aircraft graphical user interface (GUI) unit with respect to the documented requirements of the software Peer-reviewing, documentation and design in a software development team organized with Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI-3) Software Engineer (Aug. 2002 - Apr. 2005) Eser Telekomünikasyon A.Ş., Sögütözü, Ankara, Turkey http://www.esertelekom.com Software developer and designer for database applications using the development environment Sybase PowerBuilder and Oracle database Database systems designer, database administrator Design, implementation, development and management of a whole business management software system integrated with billing for customer services related to internet service providing and long distance phone services Graduate Research Assistant (Jan. 2000 - Feb. 2002) Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr Internship (July 1999 - Aug.1999) Research in theory of signal processing Assistantship to the department in coursework Repairing media recording tools and machines Prime Ministry Directorate General of Press and Information, Ankara, Turkey http://www.byegm.gov.tr Internship (July 1997 - Aug.1997) Repairing mobile phones Siemens A.Ş., İzmir, Turkey http://www.siemens.com.tr 6