19 May 2026
Paper at IEEE ICC 2026
Tansel will present 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.
19 May 2026
Paper at IEEE INFOCOM 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.
21 Nov 2025
Honorary Mention Award in 2025 IEEE ComSoc Student Competition
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.
21 Nov 2023
Keynote Speech at IEEE CAMAD 2023
Prof. Akan gave a Keynote Speech, “Internet of Everything - From Molecules to the Universe,” at IEEE CAMAD 2023, Edinburgh, UK, November 2023.
21 Nov 2023
Tutorial at IEEE Future Networks World Forum 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.
24 Aug 2023
Invited Talk at Clare Hall College
Prof. Akan gave an Invited Talk, “Internet of Everything - From Molecules to the Universe,” at Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, August 2023.
21 Jan 2023
New Editorial Board Appointments (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.
21 Dec 2022
Tutorial at IEEE GLOBECOM 2022
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.
21 Jan 2021
Prof. Akan Named Turing Fellow (2021)
Prof. Akan was named a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute, 2021.
5 Nov 2020
Prof. Akan has received TUBITAK Science Award
Dr. Akan has received TUBITAK Science Award 2020, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2020.
21 Jan 2020
AXA Chair in Internet of Everything
Prof. Akan was appointed as AXA Chair in Internet of Everything, supported by AXA Research Fund, 2020.
26 Aug 2019
Dr. Akan has received the ACM NanoCom Outstanding Milestone Award
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.
6 Jan 2019
Murat Kuscu has received the IEEE Turkey best PhD Thesis Award
Murat Kuscu has been awarded the IEEE Turkey best PhD Thesis Award, December 2018.
3 Jul 2018
Hamideh Ramezani has received the best poster award from EE Graduate Student Conference, Cambridge
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.
17 Jun 2018
Dr. Akan on the inaugural editorial board of the IEEE Networking Letters
Dr. Akan will be serving on the inaugural editorial board for the soon to be launched IEEE Networking Letters.
