Education

2008 – 2010

2007 – 2008

2004 – 2010

2002 – 2004

1997 – 2001

1998 (Summer)

1989 – 1996

University of California, Irvine California, USA

Researcher in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.

Research Topic: Cooperative and interference networks.

The Ohio State University Ohio, USA

Researcher in Information Processing Systems (IPS) Lab.

Research Topic: Cooperative networks.

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Turkey

Ph.D. in Communication Systems. GPA: 4.0.

Thesis Topic: Wireless network capacity. Dissertation

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Turkey

M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering. GPA: 3.38.

Thesis Topic: Space-time block codes. Turkish / English / Matlab Codes

Isik University Istanbul, Turkey

B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering (EE). GPA: 3.67. Graduated 2nd rank in EE.

Thesis Topic: Digital filter and square timing recovery in digital receivers.

Columbia University New York, USA

English Language Certificate

Completed an 80-hour intensive course on English Language and Introduction to American Studies.

Meram Anatolian High School Konya, Turkey

Special Public High Schools

Anatolian high schools used to be the special public schools that admitted students based on high scores of nationwide standardized tests. The schools had a year of preliminary foreign language education program followed by foreign language medium of instruction during the middle and high school grades for a total of seven years.