Gunes of Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal Montréal, QC, CANADA

The emerging low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellation networks, planned to be composed of thousands of satellites, have the potential to connect all through their global footprint and bridge the long-existing digital divide. This talk will focus on the communications and networking aspects of these mega-constellations and their integration with the terrestrial networks. The associated communication and networking problems will be investigated along with potential remedies such as the use of distributed massive MIMO and high altitude platform station (HAPS) systems. The talk will conclude with an overview of the open issues and future research directions.

Biography:

• Canada Research Chair in New Frontiers in Space Communications (Tier 1) (2022-2029)
• Distinguished Lecturer of Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Class of (2022-2024)
• Chair of IEEE Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee (2024-2025)
• Secretary of IEEE Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee (2022-2023)
• Adjunct Research Professor at Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada.
• IEEE Wireless Comm. and Networking Conf. (WCNC) Steering Committee Member (2021-2023, 2024-2026)
• Over 1M USD in total awarded research grants from industrial partners, the European Union and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
• The author of 110 peer-reviewed journal papers, 14 granted patents, 12 filed patent applications, 9 book chapters, and more than 200 conference papers.
• Supervised 8 PhD theses (3 as a co-supervisor) and 16 MSc theses.
• Collaborations with 11 different technology companies.
• Editorial Assignments in IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, and IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials.
• Contributed to 29 industry or academia-partnered research projects either as the principal
  investigator or as a researcher.
• Pioneered several significant test-bed designs for experimental verification for several topics,
  including network coding, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and various waveform
  designs, that have been published in reputable IEEE Journals.

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