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TapirCast v3.1 is on air! We are proud to announce that host and guests are represented by a virtual character and their mouth shapes are synchronized as they talk. This audio visualization is developed using Tapir Lab.’s Lip-Sync method which is publicly available on the official GitHub page of Tapir Lab. You can watch the first episode of TapirCast v3.1 below. (in Turkish)

Tapir Lab. proudly announce that the best paper award in Fifth International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom 2022) is given to Tapir Lab. member Sezer Can Tokgöz, who is currently carrying out his research @Qualcomm, for his work entitled “On the Physical Layer Security of Maximal-Ratio Combining Over Weibull Fading Channels”. Tapir Lab. wish him success in the future!

Tapir Lab. members, Dr. Sezer Can Tokgöz presented the paper entitled “On the Physical Layer Security of Maximal-Ratio Combining Over Weibull Fading Channels” and Halil Said Cankurtaran presented the paper entitled “Statistical Modeling of Sand and Dust Storm Attenuation” at the Fifth International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom 2022) which is co-sponsored by IEEE ComSoc.

Tapir Lab. member Sezer Can Tokgöz will present a new study entitled “Physical Layer Security of Hybrid FSO-mmWave Commutations in presence of Correlated Wiretap Channels” at the IEEE International Conference on Communications 2021 (ICC’21) which is one of the top IEEE conferences. This study was performed in collaboration with Texas A&M University, where Sezer Can Tokgöz currently pursuing his PhD.

The IEEE Turkey Section Science Awards 2019 Ceremony which was postponed to the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic was held on October 3rd, 2020 at IEEE Turkey Section Official YouTube Channel. IEEE Turkey Section wanted to congratulate success and encourage scientists even under pandemic conditions. Additionally, the IEEE Turkey Section hosted two distinguished guests; IEEE President-Elect 2020 Susan Kathy Land and Awards Board Vice Chair Karen Panetta. After the presentations of guests, ten scientists have been awarded in Lifetime Achievement, Exemplary Service, Research Encouragement, and Dissertation categories. IEEE Turkey Section PDEA Coordinator and Tapir Lab.’s Director Assoc. Prof Serhan Yarkan has presented one of the Dissertation Awards to Dr. Hamideh Ramezani whose Dissertation is titled Communication Theoretical Foundations of Nervous System. You can watch the entire ceremony on the YouTube Channel of the IEEE Turkey Section. List of awards and awardees are also listed below.

• Lifetime Achievement Award – Prof. Bülent Sankur

• Exemplary Service Award – Prof. Engin Erzin

• Research Encouragement Award – Assistant Prof. Ercüment Çiçek
• Research Encouragement Award – Prof. Hazım Ekenel
• Research Encouragement Award – Associate Prof. Sedat Nizamoğlu

• Dissertation Award – Dr. M. Furkan Keskin
  • Dissertation Title: Visible Light Positioning Systems: Fundamental Limits, Algorithms and Resource Allocation Approaches
• Dissertation Award – Dr. Hamideh Ramezani
  • Dissertation Title: Communication Theoretical Foundations of Nervous System
• Dissertation Award – Assistant Prof. Semiha Tedik Başaran
  • Dissertation Title: Relaying Opportunities for Wireless Networks by Applying Network Coding
• Dissertation Award – Dr. Hasan Uluşan
  • Dissertation Title: Ultra-Low Power Interface Electronics Design for Fully Implantable Cochlear Implants
• Dissertation Award – Dr. Farshad Miramirkhani
  • Dissertation Title: Channel Modelling and Characterization for Visible Light Communications: Indoor Vehicular and Underwater Channels

The IEEE Region 8 Virtual Students and Young Professionals (vSYP) Congress took place from September 14th – 26th, 2020 virtually on Crowdcast. Last day of the Congress was hosted by IEEE Turkey Section and IEEE Turkey Section Vice-Chair Dr. Tunçer Baykaş, Treasurer Simay Akar, Student Activities Coordinator Dr. Murat Tümer, Young Professionals AG Ömer Melih Gül, and Professional Development and Educational Activities Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Serhan Yarkan have attended the Congress, and introduced the IEEE Turkey section, and some of the organizational activities. On the 13th day of the Congress, three different speakers have presented and one discussion panel has been organized. Additionally, SAC and YP have presented and announced awards won by members from Region 8.

Tapir Lab. is proud to announce that Tapir Lab. member Özgür Alaca successfully defended his Masters Dissertation, titled “A Statistical Modulation Type Identifier for Remote Keyless Entry Transmitters Based on Extended Energy Detector” on September 7th, 2020. Tapir Lab. wishes him success in the future!

The IEEE Turkey Student Branches and Young Professionals Congress takes place from August 20th – 23rd at IEEE Turkey Student Branches Youtube channel. On the first day of the Congress, IEEE SAC Chair Dr. Elisa Barney Smith, IEEE Turkey Section Chair Prof Dr. H. Fatih Uğurdağ, Vice-Chair Dr. Tunçer Baykaş, Treasurer Simay Akar, Student Activities Coordinator Dr. Murat Tümer and Professional Development and Educational Activities Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Serhan Yarkan have attended the Congress and delivered the opportunities, and expectations of the contemporary vision of IEEE and IEEE Turkey. Also, IEEE Turkey Student Branches Society Chairs of RAS, KÖK, and CS have presented their annual reports, and candidates of the new term have presented their plans.

Özgür Alaca, a Tapir Lab. member, has been accepted into Ph.D. program with full-scholarship in EE Department at Texas A&M University at College Station, TX. Özgür Alaca will be pursuing his Ph.D. studies in the field of wireless communications, deep learning, and statistical signal processing. Tapir Lab. would like to congratulate him and appreciate the effort he put in on the projects carried out at Tapir Lab. during his time in here!

Details of Robotim, a swarm intelligence mission squad consisting of unmanned air and land vehicles, have been shared by Prof. İsmail Demir, President of Presidency of Defence Industries under Presidency of The Republic of Turkey, on his official Twitter account. The sharing has been echoed by several nation-wide press and news agencies on the same day along with videocasts aired on YouTube. Note that Tapir Lab. carries out research and development in the field of telecommunications and pseudo-positioning system design for Robotim.

Links for the Twitter share and news agencies and journals could be found below:

Prof. İsmail Demir’s Twitter share

Tapir Lab.’s official Twitter account share

Tapir Lab.’s official Instagram account share

News agency link I (Hurriyet)

News agency link II (Sabah)

News agency link III (Milliyet)

News agency link IV (InternetHaber)

Videocast on YouTube by Tekno Savunma

Videocast on YouTube by Savunma Sanayii Dergilik

Videocast on YouTube by HGV Savunma