Invited researcher

Ian F. Akyildiz

Wireless Networks Lab (WNL)

Turkey
USA

Year of birth

1954

Academic degree

PhD

Field of studies

Computer science and information technologies

Professor, chair of the Department of Telecommunications, head of the Laboratory for Wide Band Wireless Networks of the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

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Leading scientist's research interests: Fifth generation (5G) cellular network, programmatically configurable networks, nanonetworks, terahertz range wireless networks

Quote by the head of the laboratory: The ARBAT architecture developed bu us for wireless networks of the fifth and later generations promises good competitive advantages compared to solutions proposed by other research centers and hi-tech companies.

Awards and achievements:

2018 – Award in the area of Telecommunications for «significant contributions to underwater communication systems» at the 13-th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet'18) (China PR).

2017 – Award in the area of telecommunications from the Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE (USA).

2016 – Milestone Award ACM NanoCom (USA).

2014 – ACM MSWIM Reginald Fessenden Award (USA).

2014 – Humboldt Research Award from the German Humboldt Foundation (Germany).

2011 – Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK (Turkey).

2005 – Award for Outstanding Achievements from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA).

2002 – Harry H. Goode Memorial Award from the IEEE Computer Society (USA).

1997 – Leonard G. Abraham Prize from IEEE (USA).

1996 – Award for the best publication of the «IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communication» (USA).

1986 – Federico Santa Maria Medal from the Federico Santa Maria University of Technology (Chile).

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