Halim Yanikomeroglu (S'96-M'98-SM'12) was born in Giresun, Turkey, in 1968. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1990, and the M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (now ECE) and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1992 and 1998, respectively. He was with the R&D Group of Marconi Kominikasyon A.S., Ankara, Turkey, during 1993–1994.
Since 1998 Dr. Yanikomeroglu has been with the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, where he is now a Full Professor. His research interests cover many aspects of wireless technologies with a special emphasis on cellular networks. Dr. Yanikomeroglu coauthored more than 50 journal and 160 conference papers, and has given more than 20 tutorials in leading international conferences on wireless technologies. in recent years, Dr. Yanikomeroglus research has been funded by Huawei, BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion (RIM)), Samsung, Communications Research Centre of Canada (CRC), Telus, and Nortel. This collaborative research resulted in about 15 patent applications.
Dr. Yanikomeroglu is a member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), and has been involved in the organization of this conference over the years, including serving as the Technical Program Co-Chair of WCNC 2004 and the Technical Program Chair of WCNC 2008; he will also serve as the Technical Program Co-Chair of WCNC 2014 to be held in Istanbul. Dr. Yanikomeroglu was the General Co-Chair of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall 2010 held in Ottawa.
Dr. Yanikomeroglu has served in the editorial boards of the IEEE Trans-actions on Communications, Ieee Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. He was the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications (now called, Wireless Technical Committee). He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. Dr. Yanikomeroglu is a recipient of the Carleton University Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award in 2010, the Carleton University Graduate Students Association Excellence Award in Graduate Teaching in 2010, and the Carleton University Research Achievement Award in 2009. Dr. Yanikomeroglu spent the 2011–2012 academic year at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, as a Visiting Professor. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Halim Yanikomeroglu (S'96-M'98-SM'12) was born in Giresun, Turkey, in 1968. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1990, and the M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (now ECE) and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1992 and 1998, respectively. He was with the R&D Group of Marconi Kominikasyon A.S., Ankara, Turkey, during 1993–1994.
Since 1998 Dr. Yanikomeroglu has been with the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, where he is now a Full Professor. His research interests cover many aspects of wireless technologies with a special emphasis on cellular networks. Dr. Yanikomeroglu coauthored more than 50 journal and 160 conference papers, and has given more than 20 tutorials in leading international conferences on wireless technologies. in recent years, Dr. Yanikomeroglus research has been funded by Huawei, BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion (RIM)), Samsung, Communications Research Centre of Canada (CRC), Telus, and Nortel. This collaborative research resulted in about 15 patent applications.
Dr. Yanikomeroglu is a member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), and has been involved in the organization of this conference over the years, including serving as the Technical Program Co-Chair of WCNC 2004 and the Technical Program Chair of WCNC 2008; he will also serve as the Technical Program Co-Chair of WCNC 2014 to be held in Istanbul. Dr. Yanikomeroglu was the General Co-Chair of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall 2010 held in Ottawa.
Dr. Yanikomeroglu has served in the editorial boards of the IEEE Trans-actions on Communications, Ieee Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. He was the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications (now called, Wireless Technical Committee). He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. Dr. Yanikomeroglu is a recipient of the Carleton University Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award in 2010, the Carleton University Graduate Students Association Excellence Award in Graduate Teaching in 2010, and the Carleton University Research Achievement Award in 2009. Dr. Yanikomeroglu spent the 2011–2012 academic year at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, as a Visiting Professor. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada.View more