Service

Memberships:

• Fellow of IEEE (since 2021)

• Senior member, National Academy of Inventors (since 2019)

• Founding Member, IEEE VTS Ad Hoc Committee on Drones (2018)

• Founding Member, IEEE SIG on AI Embedded Cognitive Networks (2018)

• NSF mmWave Research Coordination Network, Steering Committee Member (2016)

• NIST 5G mmWave Channel Modeling Alliance Member (2015)

• Founding Member, IEEE SIG on Green Cellular Networks (2012)

• Voting Member, IEEE 802.16 (2007)

• Member, IEEE Communications Society (since 2006)

Editor:

• IEEE Transactions on Communications (2020 -- Present)

• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2016 -- 2021)

• Elsevier Physical Communications (2019 -- 2020)

• IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (2011 -- 2016)

• IEEE Communications Letters (2010 -- 2015)

Guest Editorial:

1. K. Namuduri, U.- C. Fiebig, D. W. Matolak, H.-L. Määttänen, I. Guvenc, K.V.S Hari, “IEEE Vehic. Technol. Mag., Special Issue on Advanced Aerial Mobility”, Submission Deadline: Nov. 15, 2020, Special Issue Publication: Sep. 2021.

2. E.Vinogradov, A. Al-Hourani, G. Geraci, H. Nam, I. Guvenc, K. Namuduri, S. Zhang, V. Marojevic, “IEEE Open J. Vehicular Technology, Special Issue on UAV Communications for Safe Aerial Integration and Spectrum Coexistence”, Submission Deadline: Jan. 31, 2021, Special Issue Publication: Q2 2021.

3. K. Namuduri, U.- C. Fiebig, D. W. Matolak, H.-L. Määttänen, I. Guvenc, K.V.S Hari, "IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Special Issue on Communications Support for Unmanned Air Transportation”, June 2020.

4. Y. Zeng, M. Debbah, D. Gesbert, I. Guvenc, S. Jin, J. Xu, "IEEE Wireless Magazine, Special Issue on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond", Feb. 2019.

5. L. Bai, I. Guvenc, Q. Yu, and W. Zhang, "IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Special Issue on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over Internet of Things", Q4 2018.

6. I. Guvenc, W. Saad, M. Bennis, C. Wietfeld, M. Ding, and L. Pike, "IEEE Communications Magazine -- Feature Topic Issue on Wireless Communications, Networking, and Positioning with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles", May 2016.

7. D. López-Pérez, M. Bennis, P. Mogensen, I. Guvenc, S. Konishi, D. Niyato, M. Ding, "IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications -- Special Issue on Recent Advances in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks", 2nd Quarter, 2015

8. I. Guvenc, T. Q. S. Quek, M. Kountouris, and D. López-Pérez, "IEEE Communications Magazine -- Feature Topic Issue on Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks (HetSNets)”, May 2013 and June 2013

9. R. Heath, M. Debbah, H. Viswanathan, D. In Kim, Eric G. Larsson, and Ismail Guvenc, “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing -- Special Issue on Heterogeneous Networks”, June 2012

10. I. Guvenc, S. Saunders, O. Oyman, H. Claussen, A. Gatherer, “EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking -- Special Issue on Femtocell Networks”, April 2010

Organizing Committee Member:

• 2022: ICC (WCS Co-Chair)

• 2021: MOBICOM WiNTECH Workshop (Co-Chair)

• 2020: ICC (WNS Co-Chair)

• 2019: NSF mmWave RCN (Spring Workshop Co-chair), VTC-Fall (Track 7 Co-chair), NSF mmWave RCN (Summer Workshop Co-chair),

• 2018: PIMRC (Track-3 Co-chair), GlobalSIP (mmWave Symposium Co-chair), NSF mmWave RCN (Summer Workshop Co-chair)

• 2017: UUCNC-2017 (Special Session Co-chair), mmW5G (Publicity Co-Chair), HetSNets-2017 (Workshop Co-chair)

• 2016: WD5G-2016 (Workshop Co-chair), HetSNets-2016 (Industrial Workshop Co-chair), IoT-LINK (Steering Committee)

• 2015: WDPC-2015 (Workshop Co-chair), HetSNets-2015 (Workshop Co-chair)

• 2014: HetSNets-2014 (Workshop Co-chair), ADVANCE (Workshop Co-chair), WDPC-2014 (Workshop Co-chair)

• 2013: WCSP-2013 (Technical Symposium Co-chair), HetSNets-2013 (Steering Committee Member), IOFC-2013 (Workshop Co-chair)

• 2012: HetSNets-2012 (Workshop Co-chair)

• 2011: FEMnet-2011 (Steering Committee Member), HETnet-2011 (Workshop Co-chair)

• 2010: FEMnet-2010 (Workshop Co-chair)

• 2009: ICCCN 2009 (Local Arrangements Chair)

• 2008: ICCCN 2008 (Sponsorship Co-chair)

Technical Program Committee Member:

• 2018: WCNC, WDN-5G Workshop (ICC), VTC-F, mmWave Workshop (VTC-F)

• 2017: CAN Workshop (ACM CoNEXT), Wi-UAV Workshop (GLOBECOM)

• 2016: WCNC, IoE Workshop (GLOBECOM), LION Workshop (GLOBECOM)

• 2015: ICC, WCNC, SmallNets Workshop (ICC), ICUWB Workshops

• 2014: PIMRC, GLOBECOM, SmallNets Workshop (ICC), WDN-CN Workshop (PIMRC), WiUAV Workshop (GLOBECOM)

• 2013: ICC, GLOBECOM, WCNC, ISONET Workshop (ICC), SmallNets Workshop (ICC), ANLN Workshop (ICC), LANMAN, WPNC

• 2012: GLOBECOM, VTC-S, SmallNets Workshop (ICC), Broadband Femtocells Workshop (WCNC), IWCMC, SIU

• 2011: ICC, GLOBECOM, ICCCN, VTC-S, VTC-F, IWCMC, GNSS Workshop, coHetNets Workshop (ICCCN)

• 2010: ICC, VTC-F, VTC-S, PIMRC, APLEC Workshop (PIMRC), CogCloud Workshop (PIMRC)

• 2009: ICC, WCNC, VCT-F, VTC-S, PIMRC, MELT Workshop (Ubicomp)

• 2008: ICCCN, CCNC, ICC, VTC-S, GLOBECOM, MELT Workshop (Mobicom)

• 2007: ICCCN

Invited/Keynote Talks, Panels, Tutorials:

1. I. Guvenc, "AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless", 2nd Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things, Nov. 20, 2020.

2. I. Guvenc, "5G Drone Security", INL Wireless Security Workshop, Nov. 17-18, 2020.

3. I. Guvenc, Panelist at 6GSymposium, "Panel 6: Platforms for Experimental Research: Are we ready for 6G?", Oct. 2020.

4. I. Guvenc, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, NASA ULI Annual Review Poster presentation, Sep. 220.

5. I. Guvenc, Panelist at PA Drone Association Public and Private Drone Symposium, "Drones and 5G", Oct 1, 2020.

6. I. Guvenc, Keynote Speaker, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, IEEE 5G World Forum, Sep. 2020.

7. I. Guvenc, Keynote Speaker, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, IEEE SwarmNet Workshop, Aug. 2020.

8. R. Dutta and I. Guvenc, invited talk, “AERPAW: A Unique Research Platform for Advanced Wireless Communications and Networking”, IEEE SPCOM Conference, Bangalore, India, July 2020.

9. I. Guvenc, Panelist, "Preparing a competitive proposal: Advise from recent recipients of NeTS CAREER awards", NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop, June 2020.

10. I. Guvenc, Invited Speaker, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, INL Wireless Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT, Feb. 27, 2020.

11. I. Guvenc, Invited Speaker, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, NSF MERIF Workshop, Miami, FL, Jan. 7, 2020.

12. I. Guvenc, Panelist, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, IEEE Globecom mmWave/THz Panel, Big Island, HI, Dec. 12, 2019.

13. I. Guvenc, Invited Speaker, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, NC State ORI Breakfast, CISCO TRP Campus, NC, Dec. 5, 2019.

14. I. Guvenc, Invited Speaker, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, IEEE VTS Drones Workshop at UNT, Denton, TX, Nov. 4, 2019.

15. I. Guvenc, Panelist at Triangle Smart Cities Summit, “AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless”, Raleigh, NC, Oct. 16, 2019.

16. I. Guvenc, Panelist at North Carolina Drone Summit and Flight Expo, “North Carolina UAS Research”, Greensboro, NC, Aug. 13, 2019.

17. I. Guvenc, Panelist at North Carolina Drone Summit and Flight Expo, “North Carolina UAS Research”, Greensboro, NC, Aug. 6, 2018.

18. I. Guvenc, "Road towards 5G Broadband – An Overview of LTE, LTE-Advanced, and Heterogeneous Wireless Network Technologies", Tutorial at Wireless @ Virginia Tech, May 2015.

19. I. Guvenc, "Road towards 5G Broadband – A review of LTE, LTE-Advanced, and Heterogeneous Wireless Network Technologies", Tutorial at IEEE SouthEastCon Conference, Apr. 2015.

20. I. Guvenc, A. Mehbodniya, and F. Adachi, "Towards Energy-Efficient Hyper-Dense Wireless Networks with Trillions of Devices", Tutorial at IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, LA, Mar. 2015.

21. I. Guvenc, D. Lopez-Perez, and S. Mukherjee, “Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks: Theory, Standardization, and Deployment”, Tutorial at IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), Austin, TX, Dec. 2014.

22. Walid Saad and I. Guvenc, "Towards Energy-Efficient Hyper-Dense Wireless Networks with Trillions of Devices", Tutorial at IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Baltimore, MA, Oct. 2014.

23. A. Mehbodniya, F. Adachi, and I. Guvenc, "Hyper-Dense Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", Tutorial at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 2014.

24. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for Next-Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", keynote talk, IEEE Self Organizing Networks (SONETS) workshop (co-located with IEEE WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.

25. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited seminar, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 20, 2014.

26. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited seminar, Sehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 19, 2014.

27. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited seminar, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 14, 2014.

28. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited seminar, TOBB ETU University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 13, 2014.

29. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited seminar, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 13, 2014.

30. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited seminar, Gebze Institute of Technology (GYTE), Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 7, 2014.

31. I. Guvenc, "Self Optimization for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", invited seminar, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 6, 2014.

32. I. Guvenc, "An Overview of LTE and LTE-Advanced Standards", invited talk at Turkcell, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 13, 2013.

33. I. Guvenc, "An Overview of Physical Layer Aspects of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Standard", invited talk at Avea-Labs, Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2013.

34. I. Guvenc, "Long Term Evolution Communications – From Theory to Practice", one-month seminar series at Motorola Solutions, Inc., Sunrise, FL, May/June, 2013.

35. I. Guvenc, "LTE Small Cell Networks", invited talk at Motorola Solutions, Inc., Sunrise, FL, April 5, 2013.

36. I. Guvenc, "Requirements and Technology RoadmapBeyond 4G Wireless Systems", invited talk at Avea-Labs, Istanbul, Turkey, July 16, 2012.

37. I. Guvenc, "Next Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", Colloquia Talk, University of Nevada - Reno, Mar. 2, 2012.

38. I. Guvenc, "An Overview of Heterogeneous Networks and Recent Trends in Broadband Wireless Communications", invited talk at Avea-Labs, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 23, 2011.

39. I. Guvenc, "An Overview of Heterogeneous Networks and Related Interference Mitigation Techniques", Invited talk at TUBITAK-UEKAE, Gebze, Turkey, Sept. 7, 2010.

40. I. Guvenc, "Femtocell Interference Management", Invited talk at UC-Davis, CA, Nov. 24, 2009.

41. I. Guvenc, "Indoor Ranging/Localization Using Ultra-Wideband Systems", WCA LBS Special Interest Group Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, Sept. 30, 2008.

42. I. Guvenc, "A Short Review of RF-Based Location Estimation Techniques", The First ACM International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environments (MELT), San Francisco, CA, Sept. 19, 2008.

43. I. Guvenc, Panelist at WCA LBS Special Interest Group Meeting: “Location without GNSS: Perspectives and Research”, Palo Alto, CA, Sept. 30, 2008.