Fatih Alagöz

Resume

 

 Born in Nizip, Gaziantep


·     EDUCATION

D.Sc   Electrical and Computer Eng., George Washington University, USA (Jan 96 - Jan 00) 

M.Sc  Electrical and Computer Eng., George Washington University, USA (Jan 94 - May 95)

B.Sc   Electrical and Electronics Eng., Middle East Technical University, Turkiye (Oct 87 - Oct 92)

 


CURRENT POSITION

 

Bogazici University         Jun 2004 ------

Associate Professor

 

·         Instructor: Responsible from Satellite Networks (a new grad-level course), Communications Engineering for Wireless/Mobile Networks (a new grad-level course), Telecommunications Software Engineering (Graduate level), Principles of Software Engineering (Graduate level), and Data Structure and Algorithm Analysis (undergrad-level) courses. Duties include: 

 

·         Director of The Satellite Networks Research Laboratory (SATLAB) which is a subdivison of The Networks Research Laboratory at Bogazici University (NETLAB)

 

·         Advisor of  CMPE Graduate Students (Lastname K-L) ,

 

·         Advisor of  Software Engineering Graduate Students

 

·         Advisor of Satellite Systems of the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute

 

·         Member of ULAKBIM Board of Directors,

 

 


 PREVIOUS POSITIONS

 

United Arab Emirates University, UAE          Sep. 2001 -Aug.2003

 Assistant Professor


Instructed i) Telecommunications and Networks ii) Communications Theory, iii) Communications Systems, vi) Applications of Information Technology,  v) Electrical Circuits, in the Department of Electrical and Computer  Eng. The department assigned duties include: Communications System Course Coordinator, Academic Advisor for the Class of 2001, American Board of Education and Training (ABET) Accreditation Committee, Course Scheduling Committee, Communications Laboratory Committee, and Faculty Search Committee. Lead the researches in wireless/mobile/satellite communications at the Faculty of Engineering. Contributed to and coordinated the following projects: E-learning Solutions in GCC Countries, design and development of a WIRELAB laboratory, etc
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Harran  University, Turkiye                          Apr. 2000 -Aug.2001 & Aug. 2003- Jun. 2004

 Assistant Professor / Assoc. Dean of Faculty of Engineering


Was a researcher in wireless/mobile/satellite communications at the Faculty of Engineering. Strongly involved in the technical aspects of a distance-education program for the School of Medicine. Prepared one-to-one radio link models for the Southeastern Anatolian Project (GAP). Taught introductory level courses related to electrical and computer engineering.


 George Washington University, USA,          Oct. 1999-Mar. 2000

 Instructor/GTA

 

Within the Telecommunications Masters Program of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, instructed and assisted to the following graduate level courses; i)  Stochastic Signals and Noise ii)  Fiber Optic Communications


GWU/Orbital Space Corp., USA,                        May 1996 Oct.1999  

Graduate Researcher

 

Worked as a research engineer/research assistant in a major communications project "Integration of Direct Broadcast Satellites (DBS) into the Digital Battlefield Using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites".  Work performed as part of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Global Mobile Information Systems Program to the U.S. Army of Intelligence Center, AZ, USA. The project was a joint project with Orbital Science Corp., MD, USA and Aloha Networks, CA, USA. As a leading researcher in the project, primarily focused on designing, developing and integrating the Adaptive Resource Allocation and Management (ARAM) system within the use of a DBS system. Designed, developed, tested and optimized the ARAM simulator, as well as identified and resolved the QoS problems within the network based on a proposed QoS metric. Processed the MPEG video packets for perceptual QoS purposes in the overall system test-bed.


Muhimmatsan AS., Turkiye,                        Feb 1993-Oct. 1993 

Research Engineer

 

Developed a program for the CNC machines for the mass production of the missile windshields,  MKEK Mühimmatsan A.S., Kirikkale, TURKEY. 


RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

 

My research interests include but not limited to resource allocation and management in wireless/mobile/satellite networks, multiuser detection, neural networks, image processing, distance education, and remote laboratories. I have contributed/managed to number of research projects for various agencies/organizations including US Army of Intelligence Center, Naval Research Laboratory, State Planning Organization of Turkiye, etc. My publications include  a few edited books/book chapters and more than 100 scholarly papers in selected journals and conferences, etc.

 


AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS 

·         Dr. Akin Cakmakci The Best M.Sc. Advisor Award, for M.Sc. thesis of Onur Turkyilmaz, Turkish Technology Development Foundation TTGV (2009)

·         Best Paper Award, D. Cavdar, B. Yilmaz, T. Tugcu, F. Alagöz, " Analytical Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Cognitive Radio Networks” The Sixth Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2010), Barcelona, Spain, May 2010.

·         Mobile Future Award in Academic Category (with Murat Ozyurt, Tuna Tugcu)- TURKCELL (2008)

·         Excellence in Research Award, Bogazici University- BUVAK (2007)

·         Recipient of UBYT Publication Awards by TUBITAK (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,2010).

·         Recipient of Academic Publication Support by Bogazici University- BUVAK (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,2010)

·         Marquis Who's Who in the World (2005)

·         Marquis Who's Who in Science & Engineering (2005)

·         Best Paper Award, the Association of Computing Machines (ACM) MSWIM99, Seattle, USA (August 1999)

·         Scholarship, the Turkish Higher Educational Council (Jan. 1994-Dec.1999)

·         Graduated with the Second Highest GPA, the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, METU, Turkey, (1992)

·         Honor Student, Faculty of Engineering, METU, Turkey (1988).


MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES

Editor: Int. J. of Commun.Systems

Technical Committee Member: IEEE Satellite and Space Communications

 

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

General Vice-Chair: 

The 13-th ACM* International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2010)

 

TPC Chair: 

8th International Symposium Computer Networks (ISCN08)

7th  IEEE International Symposium Computer Networks (ISCN06)

20th International Symposium Computer Information and Science (ISCIS05)

 

Awards Chair: 

The 2012 International Conference on Computer, Information, and Telecommunication Systems, CITS 2012, Jordan

 

Local Organizing Committee Chair:

IEEE SPECTS 2009, Istanbul

IEEE MASCOTS 2007, Istanbul

 

Advisory Board Members:

National Networks and Information Security Symposium (ABG2005)

 

TPC member (2012):

IEEE GLOBECOM 2012 - AHSN (IEEE Globecom 2012 - Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, USA

 

TPC member (2011):

IEEE ICC'11 AHSM (ICC 2011 Adhoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium)

IEEE ICC'11 WNS (ICC 2011 Wireless Networking Symposium)

IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing  ISWPC 2011

The 7th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2011)

IEEE WCNC 2011 (Wireless Communications & Networking Conference), Sydney, Australia

International Conference on Personal Satellite Services 2011 PSATS2011, Malaga, SPAIN

15th IEEE Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and  Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'11), June 2011, JAPAN

IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 - AHSN (IEEE Globecom 2011 - Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, USA

11th International Conference on Telecommunications for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITST-2011), Russia

IV. National Networks and Information Security Symposium (ABG2011)

IEEE PIMRC 2011 Mobile and Wireless Networks,

 

TPC member (2010):

IEEE ICC10 Wireless and Mobile Networking Symp.

IEEE ICC10 AHS Symp.

IEEE ICC10 Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks and Wireless Networks for Energy Efficiency Workshop

15th IEEE Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and  Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD2010), Dec 2010, Miami, USA

IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 - AHSN (IEEE Globecom 2010 - Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, USA

IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 – Wireless Networks Symposium, USA

IEEE WCNC 2010 (Wireless Communications & Networking Conference), Sydney, Australia

IEEE PIMRC 2010 Mobile and Wireless Networks, TURKEY

International Conference on Personal Satellite Services 2010 PSATS2010, Rome, ITALY

ISPDC 2010, Istanbul, TURKEY

PIMRC2010, Istanbul, TURKEY

 

TPC member (2009):

IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Symposium on Communications Software, Services and Multimedia Applications Symposium (CSSMA 2010), Miami, USA

IEEE ICC09 Wireless Commun. Symp. Dresden, Germany

IEEE ICC09 Adhoc and Sensor Networks, Symp. Dresden, Germany

IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Wireless Networks Symp., Hawaii, USA

IEEE AICCSA 2009, Rabat, Morocco

IEEE 4th International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2009 (ISWPC2009) 2009, Australia

14th IEEE Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and  Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'09), June 2009, Pisa, ITALY

The International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2009 (IWSSC2009), Italy

2nd ACM International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2009) October 2009 Gazimagusa, TRNC, North Cyprus

IWCMC 2009 Wireless LANs and Wireless PANs Symposium, June2009, Leipzig, Germany

14th IEEE Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and  Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'09), June 2009.

International Conference on Wireless Communications & Signal Processing (WCSP 2009), China

 

TPC member (2008):

IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, USA

IEEE ICC08- CSS Symposium, China

IEEE ICC08- CQR Symposium, China

IEEE ICC08- General Symposium, China

IEEE PMRC2008, Cannes, FRANCE

IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing  ISWPC 2008

The International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2008 (IWSSC2008), France

13th IEEE Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and  Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'08), June 2008, Beijing, CHINA

IEEE Vehicular Technology Con . VTC 2008, Singapore

IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications  ICTTA 2008, Damascus, SYRIA

23th IEEE International Symposium Computer Information and Science (ISCIS08), Turkey

HABTEKUS, Istanbul, 2008 (Turkish)

SPACOM (Space Communications) October 2008, Malta

 

TPC member (2007):

IEEE ICC07- Satellite Communications, Ireland

IEEE ICC07- General Symposium, Ireland

IEEE GLOBECOM 2007- Satellite Communications , USA

IEEE GLOBECOM 2007-PQMSR , USA

IEEE 2nd International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2007 (ISWPC2007), 5 - 7 Feb. 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico

IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007), TAIWAN

IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (ICSPC), Dubai

The 3rd International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS 2007) Daegu, South Korea, May 14-16, 2007

12th IEEE Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and  Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'07), June 2007, Trento, GREECE

The International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2007 (IWSSC2007).

6th IFIP Networking Conference 2007 (Networking 2007), May, 2007, Atlanta, GA, USA.

22th International Symposium Computer Information and Science (ISCIS07), Ankara, TR

IEEE AICCSA 2007, Jordan

 

TPC member (2006):

IEEE GLOBECOM 2006, Wireless Communications, San Francisco, USA

IEEE GLOBECOM 2006- Satellite Communications, San Francisco, USA

IEEE ICC06- Satellite Communications, Istanbul

IEEE ICC06- Wireless Communications Symposium, Istanbul

The International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2006 (IWSSC2006), Barcelona, SPAIN.

The Second  International  Mobile  and  Multimedia Communications Conference  (MobiMedia 2006), June 2006, Sardina, ITALY.

11th IEEE Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'06), June 2006, Trento, ITALY

International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications - ICTTA’06, Damascus, SYRIA

IASTED Wireless Networks and Emerging Technologies (WNET'06), July 2006, Banf, CANADA.

International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (IWWAN06), June 2006, New York, USA

 

Referee (SCI Journals):

IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networks, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Networks, IEEE Transactions on Broadcast Technology, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Journal of Communications Networks (JCN), Real Time Imaging, COMNET, Computer Communications, IEEE Networks…

 

Referee (National Journal): Turkish J. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

 

Referee (Conferences):

ICC, GLOBECOM, INFOCOM, VTC, ICECS, EUSIPCO, IWSSC, ISCIS, ISCN, ICTTA, IWWAN, GAP, CAMAD, WNET, NETWOKING, etc.

 

Keynote Speaker/Invited Seminars/Panels/Tutorials on national, regional or global levels

·         Keynote: " Trends in QoS Provisioning in Multimedia Satellite Networks ", IEEE SPECTS 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2009.

·         Seminar: " New Trends in Satellite Networks", Marmara University-TR, Istanbul, March 2007.

·         Seminar: " New Trends in Satellite Networks", IBM Internet-TR, Istanbul, Nov. 2006.

·         Short-course: " New Trends in Satellite Networks  and Applications", TURKSAT, Golbasi, Turkey, August 2006.

·         Keynote: " Quality of Service in Mesh Mode IEEE 802.16 Networks ", SOFTCOM2006, Split, Croatia, Sept.2006

·         Short-course: " QoS for MPEG Video in Broadcast Satellites", University of Siena, Siena, Italy, September 2005.

·         Tutorial: "Resource Manamegement for Next-Generation Satellite Networks", Kultur University, Istanbul,  April 2006.

·         Tutorial: " QoS for Future Satellites", Bilgi University, Istanbul,  December 2005.

·         Tutorial: "New Trends in Satellite Networks ", IEEE Communications Society Turkey Chapter, Istanbul, Turkey,  September 2005.

·         Seminar: " Quality of Service Provisioning in Future Satellites", Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 23-24 December 2003.

·         Seminar: "A New Traffic Management Scheme for Future Satellite Networks with Return Channel System", Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2003.

·         Chair, International 12th Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, TAINN' 2003,Canakkale, Turkey. July 2003.

·         Seminar:"Remote Protocols and Security (REPAS) Laboratory: Past, Present, and Future",  UAE University, AlAin, UAE, May 2002.

·         Panelist: "Elearning solutions in GCC Countries", ELS2002, Dubai, UAE.  May 2002.

·         Panelist: "Distance Education and Online Collaboration Technologies," Faculty of Enginering, Harran University, Turkey, April 2001.

·         Seminar: “MPEG-2 over Direct Broadcast Satellites”, Faculty of Engineering,  Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, May 2001. 


LINKS :

 

www.nizip.com

www.gantep.edu.tr

www.metu.edu.tr

www.gwu.edu

www.harran.edu.tr

www.mkek.gov.tr

www.uaeu.ac.ae

www.ulakbim.gov.tr

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