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CT&T Graduates head to US for PhD!

October 8th, 2021 No comments

CT&T group members, Sara Ghasvarianjahromi and Amir Hossein Fahim Raouf, successfully defended their MSc theses on July 27, 2021. Both of them were admitted to PhD in US universities with full scholarships. Sara will pursue PhD under the supervision of Prof. Joerg Kliewer at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Amir will join the North Carolina State University and work with Prof. Ismail Guvenc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Best Student Paper @ CSNDSP

October 8th, 2021 No comments

 

 

 

 

Our paper “Channel Modelling for Light Communications: Validation of Ray Tracing by Measurements” co-authored by CT&T team members H. B. Eldeeb (lead student author) and M. Uysal received the Best Student Paper Award at the 12th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) in July 2020.

 

 

 

 

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Best Paper Award @ IEEE BlackSeaCom

October 8th, 2021 No comments

 

Our paper “Resource allocation for downlink OFDMA in underwater visible light communications,” co-authored by CT&T team members M. Elamassie, M. Karbalayghareh, F. Miramirkhani, and M. Uysal received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking (BlackSeaCom) in June 2019.

 

 

 

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IEEE ComSoc Best Survey Paper Award

October 8th, 2021 No comments

CT&T Group Director Prof. Uysal was awarded the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Best Survey Paper Award for his paper “Survey on Free Space Optical Communication: A Communication Theory Perspective” co-authored with Dr. Ali Khalighi. The award nominees are selected from among the hundreds of survey papers published in IEEE ComSoc journals within the last five years and the award decision is made by the IEEE ComSoc Award Commitee. The award-winning paper was published in June 2014 and became an almost-instant classic in the emerging area of optical wireless communications with more than 1400 citations that it received so far. The award was presented to Prof. Dr. Murat Uysal at a ceremony during the IEEE ICC conference held in Shanghai, China on May 20-24, 2019.

 

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Prof. Uysal was elevated to IEEE Fellow

October 8th, 2021 No comments

CT&T Group Director Prof. Uysal was elevated to IEEE Fellow “for contributions to cooperative and diversity techniques in wireless and optical communications” in January 2019. The grade of Fellow is awarded to distinguished researchers in recognition of their breakthrough and high-impact studies in any of IEEE’s designated fields of interest, and is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors only by nomination and references of a Fellow nominator. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized as a prestigious honor and a distinctive career achievement.

 

 

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ISTKA Infrastructure Fund for CT&T

December 20th, 2015 No comments

CT&T Research Group received financial support from Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA) for the establishment of Center of Excellence in Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (OKATEM). Please follow OKATEM activities through http://okatem.ozyegin.edu.tr/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IEEE Standard Reference Channel Models from CT&T

December 20th, 2015 No comments
LiFi channel models developed by CT&T Director Prof. Murat Uysal and PhD student Mr. Farshad Miramirkhani have been recognized as “reference channel models” for the ongoing development activities of the IEEE 802.15.7r standard.
A New Alternative Technology to WiFi
Optical wireless communications use visible light frequencies as an alternative to conventional radio frequency (RF) systems. The working principle of these systems, which are also known as LiFi, is the modulation of light emitting diodes (LED) which are widely used today for illumination, at very high frequencies without any adverse effects on human eye or the level of lighting. The dual use of LEDs for both illumination and wireless communication purposes is an energy efficient and sustainable technology which has the potential to revolutionize wireless industry dominated by RF products and devices.
International Standard for LiFi
IEEE, the international standardization institution which developed today’s widely used WiFi standard, has recently started working on this new technology. The IEEE 802.15.7r “Short-Range Optical Wireless Communication” Task Group has been formed to develop an international LiFi standard and bi-monthly group meetings are taking place since January 2015.
Reference Channel Models for LiFi 
Prof. Murat Uysal, a faculty member at Özyeğin University, renowned worldwide for his academic studies in the field of LiFi is also an active contributor to the IEEE’s standardization efforts. Prof. Murat Uysal in collaboration with his PhD student Farshad Miramirkhani have recently developed LiFi channel models for home, office and factory environments. The LiFi channels developed by Prof. Uysal and Mr. Miramirkhani were selected as the “LiFi Reference Channel Models” by the IEEE 802.15.7r Task Group during the IEEE’s latest meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, in September. Accordingly, all companies, universities and research institutions are required to use these channel models as reference for their performance assessments and comparative analysis in the standardization proposals they will submit over the coming months. Prof. Uysal who was also elected as the Technical Editor of the IEEE 802.15.7r Task Group emphasized that the channel models developed by them are the most realistic models available in the literature and pointed out the significance of recognition and adoption of these models by the industry.
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Prof Uysal among the 100 Most Influential Turkish Scientists

May 1st, 2015 No comments

CT&T Director Prof. Uysal has been selected to the list of “The 100 Most Influential Turkish Scientists” by Platin Magazine, Turkey’s leading monthly business publication.

Platin Kapak Platin Uysal

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OPTICWISE Consortium lead by Prof Uysal becomes an Associate Member of 5G PPP

February 14th, 2015 No comments

OPTICWISE Consortium led by the CT&T Research Group Director Prof. Dr. Murat Uysal has achieved a great success by being admitted as an Associate Member of the 5G Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership (5G PPP). OPTICWISE became the first unincorporated organization to be admitted to this visionary initiative which will shape the next generation wireless networks.

The 5G PPP is a joint initiative between the European ICT industry and the European Commission and has telecom giants Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Orange as its founding members. Total number of Associate Members of 5G PPP is up to thirty.

While 3G cellular standard is still used in our country, most European countries have already adopted 4G (also known as LTE-A) and are looking forward to deploying the so-called 5G standart as early as 2020. The ultimate target of 5G PPP is to create this new standart that will provide ubiquitous ultra-fast connectivity and seamless service delivery. It is predicted that the new standard will deliver 1000 times the capacity of current mobile networks and reach peak data rates of over 10 Gbps.

OPTICWISE Consortium is funded by the European Science Foundation under the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Programme. Prof Uysal is the Chair of this Consortium managed by Özyeğin University as the Grant Holder. Under the leadership of Prof Uysal, it brings together more than 100 researchers from 35 universities, research institutions and companies working on different aspects of optical wireless communication (OWC). OWC is a breakthrough technology that uses optical wavelengths for wireless access rather than conventional radio-frequency (RF) systems deployed today. As an Associate Member of 5G PPP, OPTICWISE will take a leading role in promoting OWC to integrate it in the 5G standart as a powerful complementary technology to RF.

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CT&T Graduates head to UK and Canada for PhD!

August 14th, 2014 No comments
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Sasan, Mahsa, Prof Uysal, Elham, Hossein

CT&T group members, Mahsa Foruhandeh, Hossein Kazemi, Sasan Zhalehpour, and Elham Sarbazi succesfully defended their MSc theses on August 13 – 14, 2014. All four were admitted to PhD programmes in Canadian and UK universities with full scholarships.

Mahsa will pursue PhD under the supervision of Prof Sonia Aissa at the University of Québec in Canada. Sasan will join the Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) and work with Prof Octavia A. Dobre. Hossein and Elham will work towards their PhD degrees at the University of Edinburgh, UK under the supervision of Prof Harald Haas. Congratulations to all of them!

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