BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Yusuf Acar received the B.S.E.(with honors), M.S.E. and PhD degrees from Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2008, 2011 and 2015 respectively all in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In 2009, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Kültür University as a Research Assistant and in 2015 he started as an Assistant Professor at same Department until 2019. Now, he is working as a Senior System Engineering at Directorate of Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems, STM Inc. He was a visiting scholar at the Purdue University, Fort Wayne, USA, between the June 2012 and September 2012. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Electrical Engineering Department, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, USA from September 2017 to September 2018. He has authored or coauthored around 40 papers in peer reviewed journals and international conferences. His research interests are in the broad areas of wireless communications, including signal processing for wireless communications, channel estimation (ML, MAP, LS, EM, SAGE, PSA-CE, iterative), multiple-input multiple-output systems, code division multiple access systems, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems etc. His current research activities are focused on software-defined platforms.

EDUCATIONS:

• 2017- 2018 : Post-Doc: Wireless Technology Central, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, USA

• 2011- 2015 : Ph.D. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

• 2008 - 2011 : M.Sc. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

• 2004 - 2008 : B.Sc. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 2009-2015 : I worked as a research and teaching assistant at Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Kültür University.

• 2015-2019 : I worked as a Assit.Prof.Dr. at Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Kültür University.

• 2017-2017 : I worked as a part time lecturer at Department of Electrical & Communication Engineering, Kocaeli University.

• 2021-Present: I working as a part time lecturer at Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Atılım University.

• 2019-Present: I am working as a Senior System Engineering at Directorate of Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems, STM Inc..

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

• June-September 2012: I was a visiting researcher at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, USA .

• September 2017-September 2018: I was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Purdue University, Fort Wayne, USA .

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• I graduated as the top,

*third student in Electrical-Electronics Engineering,

*second student in high school,

*first student in primary school.

• 2008: Ranked 3th among all students in Electrical-Electronics Engineering

• 2015: TUBITAK, 2015-ULAKBIM award.

• 2016: Istanbul Kültür University, 2016-BIYAP award.

• 2017: Istanbul Kültür University- 2017-BIYAP award

• 2017: Abroad Post Doctoral Research Fellowship (TUBITAK 2219) by The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey.

• 2018: Istanbul Kültür University, 2018-BIYAP award.

• 2018: Young Visiting Researcher Fellowship by French Embassy in Turkey.

SEMINARS AND TALKS:

• “Channel Estimation for New Generation Wireless Communication Systems”, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, September 26, 2016.

• “Channel Estimation for Spatial Modulated Based Systems” Purdue University, Fortwayne, US, November 1, 2017.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Teaching Assistant at Istanbul Kültür University, Istanbul, Turkey, Fall 2009-Spring 2015.

• Lecturer at Istanbul Kültür University, Istanbul, Turkey, Fall 2016-2019.

• Guest Lecturer at Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, Spring 2017.

• Guest Lecturer at Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey, Spring 2021.

PERSONAL INTEREST AND HOBBIES:

• Football, Swimming, Tennis,

• Classical Music,

• Nature Trips,

• Reading a Book,

• Theater.

PICTURES:

He lives in ANkara, Turkey.