Serhat Erküçük, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Electronics Engineering

Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey

E-mail: serkucuk@khas.edu.tr

Tel: +90 (212) 533-6532  ext: 1432

 

 

 

Background

· Asst. Prof.,                             2008-present,     Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey

· Postdoctoral fellow,                 2007-2008,         University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

· Ph.D.,                                    2003-2007,         Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

· M.A.Sc.,                                2001-2003,         Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

· B.Sc.,                                     1997-2001,         Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Research Interests

· Ultra-wideband communications

· Cognitive radios

· Wireless sensor networks

· Physical layer design of emerging communication systems

· Signal processing for communications and multimedia

· Time-frequency analysis

 

Scholarly Contributions

 

      Journal Papers

 

· [J11] Y. Sabucu and S. Erküçük, “Noncoherent ultra wideband wireless sensor networks for primary user detection,” (in preparation).

· [J10] E. Çatak and S. Erküçük, “Practical implementation of the combinational cooperative detection method,” (in preparation).

· [J9] M. Özgör, S. Erküçük, and H. A. Çırpan, "Bayesian compressive sensing for UWB channel estimation: algorithm and performance analysis," Telecommun. Syst. Jour., (invited to a special issue: Feb. 2013)

· [J8] B. Yılmaz and S. Erküçük, “Detection of interdependent primary systems using wideband cognitive radios,” AEÜ Intl. J. Electron. Commun., vol. 67, pp. 926 – 936, Nov. 2013.

· [J7] M. Başaran, S. Erküçük, and H. A. Çırpan, “Compressive sensing for UWB channel estimation: on the sparsity assumption of UWB channels,” Intl. J. of Commun. Syst., (accepted: Mar. 2013;   published online: Apr. 2013;  DOI: 10.1002/dac.2548).

· [J6] S. Erküçük, L. Lampe, and R. Schober, “Joint detection of primary systems using UWB impulse radios,” IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 10, pp. 419 – 424, Feb. 2011.

· [J5] S. Erküçük, D. I. Kim, and K. S. Kwak, “Code shift keying impulse modulation for UWB communications,” IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 7, pp. 3285 – 3291, Sept. 2008.

· [J4] S. Erküçük and D. I. Kim, “Spectral characteristics of M-ary code shift keying based impulse radios: effects of code design,” IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 6, pp. 2266–2275, June 2007.

· [J3] S. Erküçük and D. I. Kim, “M-ary code shift keying impulse modulation combined with BPPM for UWB communications,” IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 6, pp. 2255–2265, June 2007.

· [J2] S. Krishnan and S. Erküçük, “Interference excision in spread spectrum communications using adaptive positive time-frequency analysis,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Commun. and Networking, vol. 2007, article ID 14916, pp. 1-9, May 2007.

· [J1] S. Erküçük, S. Krishnan, and M. Zeytinoglu, “A robust audio watermark representation based on linear chirps,” IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, vol. 8, pp. 925–936, Oct. 2006.

 

      Conference Papers

 

· [C21] Y. Sabucu and S. Erküçük, "Primary user detection in IEEE 802.15.4a based wireless sensor networks," IEEE Signal Proc. Appl. Conf., Apr. 2013, pp. 1 - 4, Girne, KKTC. (in Turkish)

· [C20] M. Özgör, S. Erküçük, and H. A. Çırpan, “Bayesian compressive sensing for ultra-wideband channel models,” IEEE Intl. Conf. on Telecommun. and Signal Proc., July 2012, pp. 320 - 324, Prag, Czech Republic.

· [C19] B. Yılmaz and S. Erküçük, “Detection of jointly active primary systems,” Future Network and Mobile Summit, July 2012, pp. 1 - 8, Berlin, Germany.

· [C18] E. Çatak and S. Erküçük, “The effect of secondary user locations on the cooperative detection performance,” IEEE Signal Proc. Appl. Conf., Apr. 2012, pp. 1 - 4, Muğla, Turkey. (in Turkish).

· [C17] M. Başaran, S. Erküçük, and H. A. Çırpan, “The effect of channel models on compressed sensing based ultra-wideband channel estimation,” IEEE Intl. Conf. on Ultra-Wideband, Sept. 2011, pp. 375 – 379, Bologna, Italy.

· [C16] Ç. Fındıklı, S. Erküçük, and M. E. Çelebi, “Performance of IEEE 802.15.4a systems in the presence of narrowband interference,” IEEE Intl. Conf. on Ultra-Wideband, Sept. 2011, pp. 395 – 399, Bologna, Italy.

· [C15] M. Başaran, S. Erküçük, and H. A. Çırpan, “The effect of channel resolution on compressed sensing based ultra-wideband channel estimation,” IEEE Signal Proc. Appl. Conf., Apr. 2011, pp. 367 – 370, Antalya, Turkey. (in Turkish)

· [C14] Ç. Fındıklı and S. Erküçük, “Effects of channel models and optional data rates on the IEEE 802.15.4a system performance,” IEEE Signal Proc. Appl. Conf., Apr. 2010, pp. 25 – 28, Diyarbakır, Turkey. (in Turkish)

· [C13] S. Erküçük, L. Lampe, and R. Schober, “Detection of multiple primary systems using DAA UWB-IRs,” IEEE Intl. Conf. on Ultra-Wideband, Sept. 2009, pp. 210 – 213, Vancouver, Canada.

· [C12] S. Erküçük and B. A. Kaleli, “Linear combination of pulses for coexistence in the IEEE 802.15.4a standard,” IEEE Signal Proc. Appl. Conf., Apr. 2009, pp. 620 – 623, Antalya, Turkey. (in Turkish)

· [C11] S. Erküçük, L. Lampe, and R. Schober, “Analysis of interference sensing for DAA UWB-IR systems,” (invited paper), IEEE Intl. Conf. on Ultra-Wideband, Sept. 2008, vol. 3, pp. 17 – 20, Hannover, Germany.

· [C10] S. Erküçük, D. I. Kim, and K. S. Kwak, “Effects of channel models and Rake receiving process on UWB-IR system performance,” IEEE Intl. Conf. Commun., June 2007, pp. 4896-4901, Glasgow, Scotland.

· [C9] S. Erküçük and D. I. Kim, “UWB-IR system performance for implementable Rake receivers,” IEEE Canadian Conf. on Elec. and Comp. Eng., Apr. 2007, pp. 1179-1182, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

· [C8] S. Erküçük, D. I. Kim, and K. S. Kwak, “Code shift keying modulation for low-rate UWB communications under dense multipath,” IEEE Global Commun. Conf., Nov. 2006, pp. 1-5, San Francisco, CA, USA.

· [C7] S. Erküçük and D. I. Kim, “'Effects of code design on the spectral characteristics of MCSK based impulse radios,” IEEE Intl. Conf. on Commun., June 2006, vol. 10, pp. 4757-4762, Istanbul, Turkey.

· [C6] S. Erküçük and D. I. Kim, “Combined M-ary code shift / differential chaos shift keying for low-rate UWB communications,” IEEE Intl. Conf. on Ultra-Wideband, Sept. 2005, pp. 33-37, Zurich, Switzerland (Runner-up paper; it ranked between #4 to # 6 for the Best Student Paper Competition among 101 accepted student papers).

· [C5] S. Erküçük and D. I. Kim, “Power spectral density characteristics of MCSK based impulse radios in UWB communications,” 61^st IEEE Vehicular Tech. Conf., May 2005, vol.2, pp. 1391-1395, Stockholm, Sweden.

· [C4] S. Erküçük and D. I. Kim, “Combined M-ary code shift keying/binary pulse position modulation for ultra wideband communications,” IEEE Global Commun. Conf., Dec. 2004, vol.2, pp. 804–808, Dallas, TX, USA.

· [C3] S. Erküçük and S. Krishnan, “Time frequency filtering of interferences in spread spectrum communications,” Intl. Symp. Signal Proc. and its Appl., July 2003, vol.2, pp. 323–326, Paris, France.

· [C2] S. Erküçük, S. Krishnan, and M. Zeytinoglu “Robust audio watermarking using a chirp based technique,” IEEE Intl. Conf. Multimedia and Expo, July 2003, vol.2, pp. 513–516, Baltimore, MA, USA.

· [C1] S. Erküçük and S. Krishnan, “Interference excision in spread spectrum communications using adaptive positive time frequency distributions,” IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Proc., May 2002, vol. 4, pp. 4180, Orlando, FL, USA.

 

      Book Chapters

 

· S. Krishnan, B. Ghoraani, and S. Erküçük, “Time-frequency Analysis of Digital Audio Watermarking (invited book chapter)”, Digital Audio Watermarking Techniques and Technologies: Applications and Benchmarking, Information Science Reference, Hershey, PA, 2007.

 

      Patents

 

· D. I. Kim, S. Erküçük, K. S. Kwak, “UWB MCSK/BPPM wireless communication system and method for increased information rate,” US Patent No: 7,773,659, Aug. 10, 2010.

 

      IEEE Wireless Standards Contributions

 

· S. Erküçük, D. I. Kim, and K. S. Kwak, “Code Shift Keying for UWB PHY,” doc. IEEE 802.15-06-0045-00-004a (informative presentation presented to the IEEE 802.15 Low Rate Alternative PHY Task Group 4a), Jan. 2006, Waikoloa, HI, USA.

· D. I. Kim, S. Erküçük, and K. S. Kwak, “Merged proposal of chaotic UWB system for 802.15.4a – Contributed Section: Combined M-ary Code Shift/Differential Chaos Shift Keying,” doc. IEEE 15-05-0132-03-004a (merged proposal presented by Samsung, Korea to the IEEE 802.15 Low Rate Alternative PHY Task Group 4a), Mar. 2005, Atlanta, GA, USA.

· D. I. Kim, S. Erküçük, and K. S. Kwak, “M-ary Code Shift Keying/Binary PPM (MCSK/BPPM) Based Impulse Radio,” doc. IEEE 802.15-05-0022-02-004a (proposal presented to the IEEE 802.15 Low Rate Alternative PHY Task Group 4a), Jan. 2005, Monterey, CA, USA.

 

Projects

 

·        Title: Coexistence of Ultra Wideband and Licensed Systems

             Funded by: European Union 7th Framework Programme Marie Curie – International Reintegration Grants

             Duration: Nov. 2010 – Oct. 2013

             Budget: 75.000 Euros

 

·        Title: System Optimization for Low-Rate Ultra-Wideband Communications

             Funded by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

             Duration: Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2009

             Budget: 80.000 Canadian Dollars

 

Teaching Experience

 

· EE 204: Circuits Laboratory

· EE 361: Electromagnetic Field Theory

· EE 371: Signals and Systems

· EE 374: Digital Signal Processing

· EE 376: Communication Systems

· EE 473: Digital Communications

· EE 503: Information Theory and Coding

· EE 508: Advanced Signal Processing

 

Administrative/Service Duties

 

Sept. 2011 – present                     Area Editor, AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications

         2008 – present                     Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE ICC (2011, 2012), IEEE Globecom (2009, 2010,                                                     2011, 2012), IEEE IWCMC (2008, 2009, 2011), IEEE CCECE (2008, 2009, 2011), IEEE ICUMT                                                     (2009, 2010, 2011), QBSC (2010, 2012)

         2006 – present                     Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transaction on Signal Processing,                                                     IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, EURASIP JWCN,                                                        Physical Communication, IET Electronics Letters, Digital Signal Processing

Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2008                Vice chair, IEEE Vancouver Joint Communications Chapter

Jan. 2006 – Aug. 2008                 Member, IEEE Vancouver Joint Communications Chapter Executive Committee

Jan. 2005 – May 2007                  Student representative, Graduate Program Committee, Simon Fraser University

Sept. 2004 – Jan. 2006                 Student representative, IEEE Student Branch, Simon Fraser University

Sept. 2004 – Jan. 2005                 Student representative, Committee of the School, Simon Fraser University

Feb. 2003 – Apr. 2003                 Founding member and president, Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student                                                               Association, Ryerson University

Oct. 2002 – Aug. 2003                 Executive board member, Ryerson Students’ Administrative Council, Graduate Caucus

May 2002 – Aug. 2003                Student representative, IEEE Student Branch, Ryerson University

 

Grants and Awards

 

Nov. 2010 – Oct. 2013                 Marie Curie Intl. Reintegration Grant, Kadir Has University

Sep. 2007 – Aug. 2009                 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia

Jan. 2007                                     Faculty of Applied Science Fellowship, Simon Fraser University

Sep. 2005                                     President’s Ph.D. Research Stipend, Simon Fraser University

Jan. 2005                                     Dean of Graduate Studies Fellowship, Simon Fraser University

Jan. 2004 – Jan. 2007                   Private Graduate Scholarships in Expert Systems, Simon Fraser University

Oct. 2003                                     Governor General’s Gold Medal, Ryerson University

Apr. 2003                                     Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award, Ryerson University

Aug. 2002                                    IBM Watson Travel Grant (presented at the IBM / ICME-2002 Student Workshop, Lausanne,                                                         Switzerland)

July 2002                                     School of Graduate Studies Scholarship, Ryerson University

 

Memberships in Professional Organizations

 

Jan. 2004 – present                      Member, Communications Society of IEEE

Jan. 1999 – present                      Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

 

Last updated: Feb. 13, 2014