I am an Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences, Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR)) at EURECOM. I also hold an adjunct appointment in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where I was a tenure-track Assistant Professor from September 2019 to July 2021. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from Sep 2017 to Aug 2019, working with Prof. Muriel Médard. I was also a visiting scholar at Northeastern University, hosted by Prof. Edmund Yeh. I received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in Aug 2017, where I was affiliated with the Wireless Networking & Communications Group (WNCG). My Ph.D. advisor was Prof. Jeffrey G. Andrews.  I received an M.S. at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, in Feb 2013, advised by Prof. Ozgur B. Akan, and a BS from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, in Jun 2010, both in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.  I have a minor in Physics from METU.  

Candidates: I have two open positions in my group.

PostDoc opening (ERC StG-funded ): https://www.eurecom.fr/en/job/nonlinear-computation-and-learning-over-communication-networks

Ph.D. opening: https://www.eurecom.fr/en/job/distributed-computation-communication-computation-learning-over-networks

A strong mathematical background in analysis and linear algebra is expected. I encourage prospective students to reflect on whether they are seeking a structured degree program or the demanding process of becoming an independent researcher. 

If you are interested in the theory and practice of communications, networks, and information theory, please read the calls first, then schedule a meeting with me.  

Research Meetings: I am intrigued with the concepts at the intersection of information theory and computing. If you find my work interesting/want to collaborate, you can send me an email anytime. I am happy to work with like minded researchers.

Teaching: Information Theory, Springs of 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

      I did not teach from Sept. 2021 to Jan. 2022. 

      At RPI, I taught Digital Communications and Digital Signal Processing from Sept. 2019 to June 2021. 

Office Hours:  Anytime, please send me an email.

FASS Student Seminar Series: The seminar schedule is available here.

NEWS

Jun'26- I am happy to serve in the following roles at ISIT 2026:

• Mentor at the Mentoring Event for the session on “The Post-Doctoral Experience”, Guangzhou, China, Jul. 2026.

• Table lead at Women in Information Theory (WITHITS) and D\&I networking lunch event in a round-table format, Guangzhou, China, Jun. 2026.

May'26- We are organizing a PhD workshop on Information Theory 2026 with Prof. Michèle Wigger: ``2nd France PhD Workshop on Information Theory 2026", at CentraleSupelec, Gif-sur-Yvette, May 2026.

Feb'26- I obtained the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) at the Sorbonne University, Feb. 2026. 

• HDR Thesis: Calcul de Fonctions sur des Réseaux de Communication (Function Computation over Communication Networks) 

• Committee:  Prof. Michèle Wigger, Prof. Tolga M. Duman, Prof. Carlo Fischione (Rapporteurs du jury), Prof. François Baccelli, Prof. Dirk Slock (Membres du jury)

Feb'26- We are organizing a workshop on Distributed LLMs at the Edge: Communication, Computation, and Mobility Constraints, to be held as part of VTC2026, in Nice, France (9-12 June 2026).  If you are interested in submitting your work, see the CFP.

Jul'25- We are organizing the second edition of the Workshop on Distributed Computing, Optimization & Learning, September 3-5, 2025 (itsoc events). If you are interested in submitting a poster, see the WDCL Call for Posters.

Oct'24- An interview for the PEPR networks of the future project.

Mar'24- We are organizing a Workshop on Distributed Computing, Optimization & Learning, May 2024.

Feb'24- I will give a tutorial at SPAWC 2024, Sep. 2024 (tutorial slides in pdf).

Jan'24- I am serving as the TPC Co-Chair for IEEE WiOpt 2024 (to be held in  Seoul, South Korea, October 21-24, 2024). The deadline for paper submission is June 15, 2024.

Aug'23- We are honored to receive the best paper award in the 21st International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2023). (pdf, codes thanks to Yuanyuan Li, news)

Nov'22- I am honored to be awarded the ERC Starting Grant for my project SENSIBILITÉ at the intersection of computation and information theory (read our blog).

Sep'22- I am honored to receive the best paper award in the 20th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2022). (pdf)

May'22- I am organizing a student seminar series called FASS. 

Aug'21- I moved to France. 

May'21- Congratulations Aiden Chen on being a 2021 recipient of the Harold N. Trevett Award.

March'21- CFP for Caching, Computing and Delivery in Wireless Networks Workshop (CCDWN) as part of Wiopt 2021. 

February'21- We are organizing a IEEE JSAIT issue on Coding for Data Management and Delivery in Networks (Deadline for submissions extended to 15 May 2021). 

May'20-  I am organizing an Entropy Special Issue on Distributed Signal Processing for Coding and Information Theory (Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2021). Please consider submitting your work.

September'19- I was quite fortunate to be a part of 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Heidelberg, Germany.

June-July '19- I visited INRIA and LINCS, Paris, France (honored to be hosted by Prof. François Baccelli).

My research interests are in the area of information theory, communication theory and networks:

• Distributed computing, source compression, and learning

• Feedback in communications

• Negative association and strong Rayleigh measures

• Stochastic modeling of content caching 

• Resource optimization in networks

• Random access

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