HAZER˙INALTEK˙IN

HAZER İNALTEKİN
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Antalya International University, Döşemealtı, Antalya, Turkey
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
• Ph.D. (2006) in electrical and computer engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
• B.Sc. (2001) in electrical and electronics engineering, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD
• Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Antalya International University, Aug 2011 - present.
• Senior Research Fellow, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne,
Jan 2011 - Aug 2011.
• Visiting Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, May 2011 - June
2011.
• Research Fellow, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Nov
2009 - Jan 2011.
• Visiting Researcher, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Apr 2010 - May 2010.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Sept
2007 - Nov 2009.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University,
Aug 2006 - Sept 2007.
MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Wireless communications, communication networks, social and complex networks, information theory, nonlinear optimization, game theory.
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
Wireless interference characterization and mitigation, power control, multiple-input multiple-output systems, cognitive radio networks, stochastic models for complex interconnected networks, nonlinear and
stochastic optimization of communication networks.
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
• Taming Uncertainty: A Stochastic-geometric Foundation for Wireless Networks (2011-2014, AUD
270K from Australian Research Council)
– Chief Investigator
– In collaboration with Jamie S. Evans.
• Engineering Network and Interference Geometry for the Analysis and Design of Next Generation
Wireless Networks (2012-2016, EUR 100K from European Research Council - FP7-People-2011-CIG)
– Chief Investigator
• Dynamic Radio Resource Management and Allocation for Next Generation Wireless Communication
Systems (2012-2015, TRY 330K from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)
– Chief Investigator
– Other Researchers: Cenk Toker (Hacettepe University), Gürhan Bulu (Hacettepe University) ve
Halim Yanıkömeroğlu (Carleton University)
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• Co-founder, Sharing-Mart LLC, New Jersey, US, 2009-present.
M.S./PH.D. STUDENT SUPERVISING
• Barış Yüksekkaya, Ph.D., Optimal Resource Allocation Policies Maximizing Data Rates in Next Generation Wireless Networks, Hacettepe University, 2012-Present. (Co-advised together with Cenk Toker)
• Ehsan Nekouei, Ph.D., Multiuser Diversity in Multiple Access Cognitive Radio Networks, University
of Melbourne, 2010-present. (Co-advised together with Subhrakanti Dey and Tansu Alpcan)
• Tharaka Samarasinghe, Ph.D., Opportunistic Beamforming in Wireless Networks: Optimal Selective
Feedback Policies and the Feedback-Capacity Tradeoff, University of Melbourne, 2010-present. (Coadvised together with Jamie S. Evans and Tansu Alpcan)
• Amichai Painsky, M.Eng, Predicting Communication Network Behavior from Social Network Interactions, Princeton University, 2009. (Co-advised together with Mung Chiang)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Guest Lecturer, Princeton University, Optimization of Communication Systems (graduate level),
Spring 2009.
• Guest Lecturer, Princeton University, Algorithms and Optimization for Engineering Applications, Fall
2008.
• Co-instructor, Cornell University, Wireless Sensor Networks (graduate level), Spring 2007.
• Guest Lecturer, Cornell University, Digital Communication Receiver Design, Spring - Fall 2006.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
• Technical program committee member for 2011 IEEE Australian Communications Theory Workshop,
Feb 2011.
• Member, IEEE Information Theory Society, 2002-present.
• Article reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine,
IEEE Communications Letters, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking,
IEEE Transactions on Sensor Networks, IEEE IPSN, IEEE SECON, IEEE ISIT.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
[K1] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “Research on socio-technological networks: Delay of information delivery and the Sharing Mart system,” IEEE First International Workshop on Social Networks
(Held in conjunction with ICC 2010), Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010. [Presented by H. V. Poor]
PATENTS
[P1] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “System and method for pricing and exchanging content,”
filed, Oct 2008.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
[J1] H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, “The analysis of Nash equilibria of the one-shot random access game
for wireless networks and the behavior of selfish nodes,” IEEE/ACM Trans. Netw., vol. 16, no. 5, pp.
1094-1107, Oct 2008.
[J2] A. Gokirmak, H. Inaltekin and S. Tiwari, “Attofarad resolution capacitance-voltage measurement of
nanometer scale field effect transistors utilizing ambient noise,” Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology,
vol. 20, no. 33, pp. 335203, July 2009.
[J3] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor and S.B. Wicker, “On unbounded path-loss models: Effects
of singularity on wireless network performance,” IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. (Special Issue on
Geometry and Random Graphs for the Analysis of and Design of Wireless Networks), vol. 27, no. 7,
pp. 1078-1092, Sept 2009.
[J4] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “Average message delivery time for small-world networks in
the continuum limit,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 4447-4470, Sept 2010.
[J5] J. Barcelo, H. Inaltekin and B. Bellalta, “Obey or play: Asymptotic equivalence of slotted Aloha with
a game theoretic contention model,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 623-625, June 2011.
[J6] H. Inaltekin, R. A. Jarrow, M. Saglam and Y. Yildirim, “Housing prices and the optimal time-on-themarket decision,” Finance Research Letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 171-179, Dec 2011
[J7] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor and S. B. Wicker, “Selfish random access over wireless channels
with multipacket reception,” IEEE J. Sel. Areas in Commun. (Special Issue on Game Theory in
Wireless Communications), vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 138-152, Jan 2012.
[J8] C. Leberknight, H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “The evolution of online social networks,”
IEEE Signal Process. Mag. (Special Issue on Signal and Information Processing for Social Learning
and Networking), vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 41-52, Feb 2012.
[J9] E. Nekouei, H. Inaltekin and S. Dey, “Throughput scaling in cognitive multiple access networks with
power and interference constraints,” IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 927-946, Feb
2012.
[J10] H. Inaltekin and S. V. Hanly, “Optimality of binary power control for the single cell uplink,” IEEE
Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 58, no. 10, Oct 2012.
[J11] H. Inaltekin, “Gaussian approximation for the wireless multi-access interference distribution,” IEEE
Trans. Signal Process., vol. 60, no. 11, Nov 2012.
[J12] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “Delay of social search on small-world random geometric
graphs,” to appear in Journal of Mathematical Sociology. (Accepted in July 2011)
[J13] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “Optimal user selection and the feedback-capacity
tradeoff for opportunistic beamforming,” to appear in ELSEVIER Performance Evaluation. (Accepted
in April Sept 2012)
[J14] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “Optimal selective feedback policies for opportunistic
beamforming,” submitted to IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, Aug 2011.
[J15] E. Nekouei, H. Inaltekin and S. Dey, “Asymptotically optimal feedback protocol design for cognitive
multiple acces channels,” submitted to IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, March 2012.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
[C1] H. Inaltekin and Z. J. Haas, “The analysis of power-controlled MAC layer for wireless ad hoc networks,”
in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 2003.
[C2] H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, “A one-shot random access game for wireless networks,” in Proc. 2005
IEEE International Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications and Mobile Computing, Maui,
HI, July 2005.
[C3] H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, “The analysis of a game theoretic MAC protocol for wireless networks,” in Proc. 3rd Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc
Communications and Networks, Reston, VA, Sept 2006.
[C4] A. Gokirmak, H. Inaltekin, S. Tiwari, “aF C-V characterization of nano FETs using stochastic resonance and non-linearities,” Materials Research Society Fall 2006 Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2006.
[C5] H. Inaltekin, T. Wexler, S. B. Wicker, “A duopoly pricing game for wireless IP services,” in Proc.
4th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications
and Networks, San Diego, CA, June 2007.
[C6] H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, “The behavior of unbounded path-loss models and the effect of singularity on computed network interference,” in Proc. 4th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference
on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, San Diego, CA, June 2007.
[C7] H. Inaltekin, C. Tavoularis and S. B. Wicker, “Event detection time for mobile sensor networks using
first passage processes,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference, Washington, DC, Nov
2007.
[C8] H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, “Random access games: Selfish nodes with incomplete information,”
in Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 2007.
[C9] H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, “Random access game over noisy channels with capture effect,” in
Proc. 10th ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and
Mobile Systems, Crete Island, Greece, Oct 2007.
[C10] H. Inaltekin, M. Saglam and Y. Yildirim, “Optimal waiting time to sell a real asset,” INFORMS Annual
Meeting 2007, Seattle, WA, Nov 2007. [Best student research paper award, honorable mention]
[C11] H. Inaltekin, M. Saglam and Y. Yildirim, “Optimal waiting time to sell a real asset,” Bachelier Finance
Society 5th World Congress, London, UK, July 2008.
[C12] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor and S. B. Wicker, “On the asymptotic behavior of selfish transmitters sharing a common wireless communication channel,” in Proc. 2008 IEEE International Symposium
on Information Theory, Toronto, Canada, July 2008.
[C13] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “Expected message delivery time for small-world networks in
the continuum limit,” in Proc. 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto,
Canada, July 2008.
[C14] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “A cut-off phenomenon in location based random access games
with imperfect location information,” in Proc. 4th ACM International Wireless Internet Conference,
Maui, HI, Nov 2008.
[C15] H. Inaltekin, N. E. Ozgencil, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “Sharing Mart: An online market for content,”
4th Annual Innovation Forum at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Apr 2009. [Poster Presentation]
[C16] H. Inaltekin, N. E. Ozgencil, H. Xu, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “Online content trading: Sharing Mart
system and auction experiments,” in Proc. IEEE First International Workshop on Social Networks
(Held in conjunction with ICC 2010), Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010.
[C17] H. Inaltekin and S. V. Hanly, “On the rates of convergence of the wireless multi-access interference
distribution to the normal distribution,” in Proc. 6th Workshop on Spatial Stochastic Models for
Wireless Networks (Held in conjunction with WiOpt 2010), Avignon, France, June 2010.
[C18] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “Throughput scaling for opportunistic beamforming with selective feedback,” 2011 IEEE Australian Communications Theory Workshop, Melbourne,
Australia, Jan-Feb 2011. [Poster Presentation]
[C19] H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang and H. V. Poor, “Selfish random access: Equilibrium conditions and bestresponse learning,” in Proc. 2nd International ICST Conference on Game Theory for Networks,
Shanghai, China, Apr 2011.
[C20] H. Inaltekin, T. Samarasinghe and J. S. Evans, “Rate optimal limited feedback policies for the MIMO
downlink,” in Proc. 9th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc,
and Wireless Networks, Princeton, NJ, May 2011.
[C21] E. Nekouei, H. Inaltekin and S. Dey, “Throughput scaling in cognitive multiple access networks with
power and interference constraints,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.
[C22] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “The feedback-capacity tradeoff for opportunistic
beamforming,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Kyoto, Japan,
June 2011.
[C23] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “Vector broadcast channels: Optimality of threshold feedback policies,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Saint
Petersburg, Russia, July-Aug 2011.
[C24] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “Vector broadcast channels: Optimal threshold selection problem,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Saint Petersburg,
Russia, July-Aug 2011.
[C25] H. Inaltekin and S. V. Hanly, “Optimality of binary power-control in a single cell via majorization,”
in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Saint Petersburg, Russia, JulyAug 2011.
[C26] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “Optimal selective feedback policies for opportunistic
beamforming under average and peak feedback load constraints,” 2012 IEEE Australian Communications Theory Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand, Jan-Feb 2012. [Poster Presentation]
[C27] E. Nekouei, H. Inaltekin and S. Dey, “New throughput scaling results for cognitive multiple access
channels” 2012 IEEE Australian Communications Theory Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand, JanFeb 2012. [Poster Presentation]
[C28] T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin and J. S. Evans, “Optimal selective feedback policies for opportunistic
beamforming under peak feedback constraints,” in Proc. 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
Information Theory, Boston, MA, July 2012.
[C29] E. Nekouei, H. Inaltekin and S. Dey, “Asymptotically optimal feedback protocol design for cognitive
multiple access channels,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference, Anaheim, CA, Dec
2012.
SEMINARS AND INVITED TALKS
[T1] Throughput Scaling in Cognitive Multiple Access Networks with Average Power and Interference Constraints, TOBB University, Ankara, Turkey, April 2012.
[T2] Opportunistic Beamforming: Feedback and Rate Optimality, 2011 IEEE Australian Communications
Theory Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, Jan-Feb 2011.
[T3] Modeling and Analysis of Large Scale Complex Networks, Special Seminar at the University of Iowa,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Apr 2009.
[T4] The Delay of Geographic Routing on Small-world Random Geometric Graphs, Special Seminar at
Yahoo Research, Jan 2009.
[T5] Co-design of Social Networks and Communication Networks: The Delay of Geographic Routing on
Small-world Random Geometric Graphs, Special Seminar at Bell-Labs, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies,
Nov 2008.
[T6] Co-design of Social Networks and Communication Networks: The Delay of Geographic Routing on
Small-world Random Geometric Graphs, Special Seminar at Telcordia Research, Telcordia Technologies, Nov 2008.
[T7] Analysis of Self-configuring Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, Special Seminar at Princeton University, Electrical Engineering Department, June 2007.
[T8] Analysis of Self-configuring Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, Special Seminar at the University
of California, Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Apr 2007.
[T9] Game Theory and Its Applications in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, Postdoc Research Day at Cornell
University, Apr 2007.
[T10] Game Theoretic MAC Protocol Design, Special Seminar at Bogazici University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, Jan 2007.
[T11] The Behavior of Unbounded Path-loss Models and the Effect of Singularity on Computed Network
Interference, Special Seminar at Koc University, Department of Electronics Engineering, Istanbul,
Turkey, Jan 2007.
[T12] Topics on Wireless Network Design: Interference Analysis and Game Theoretic Wireless Network
Deployment, Special Seminar at Sabanci University, Department of Electronics Engineering, Istanbul,
Turkey, Jan 2007.