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Tansel presented his work, “Physics-Informed Score-Based Diffusion Model for Bio-Nano Communication Channels,” at IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2026, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May 2026.

Sila presented her work, “PLOS-RS: Probabilistic Localization of Odor Sources via Random Search,” at IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2026, Tokyo, Japan, May 2026.

Hanlin, Houtianfu and Haofan received an Honorary Mention Award in the 2025 IEEE ComSoc Student Competition for their project “DefenderIoT: An IoT-Based Automated Inspection System for Hazardous Industrial Environments”, November 2025.

Prof. Akan gave a Keynote Speech, “Internet of Everything - From Molecules to the Universe,” at IEEE CAMAD 2023, Edinburgh, UK, November 2023.

Prof. Akan delivered a Tutorial, “Internet of Bio-Nano Things: Getting Practical with Molecular Communications,” at IEEE Future Networks World Forum 2023, Baltimore, MD, USA, November 2023.

Prof. Akan gave an Invited Talk, “Internet of Everything - From Molecules to the Universe,” at Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, August 2023.

Prof. Akan is serving as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, and as Editor for Scientific Reports (Nature), since 2023.  

Prof. Akan delivered a Tutorial, “Internet of Bio-Nano Things: Getting Practical with Molecular Communications,” at IEEE GLOBECOM 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2022.  

Prof. Akan was named a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute, 2021.  

Dr. Akan has received TUBITAK Science Award 2020, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2020.  

Prof. Akan was appointed as AXA Chair in Internet of Everything, supported by AXA Research Fund, 2020.

Dr. Akan has been awarded the ACM NanoCom Outstanding Milestone award for 2019 in recognition of his foundational contributions in developing theoretical and experimental molecular communication models for neural systems and brain.

Murat Kuscu has been awarded the IEEE Turkey best PhD Thesis Award, December 2018.

Hamideh Ramezani has received the best poster award for presenting her work on "Receiver Design for Nanoscale Neuro-spike Communication" in Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Conference, University of Cambridge, 2018.

Dr. Akan will be serving on the inaugural editorial board for the soon to be launched IEEE Networking Letters.