Fatih Efe Bilgen

  • First-year PhD Student
Fatih Efe Bilgen

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About

Fatih Efe Bilgen is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where he works under the supervision of Prof. Akan. He completed his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with a dual degree in Mathematics from Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, in June 2024, followed by an M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in July 2025 from the same institution. His research focuses on advancing the Internet of Everything through innovative, bio-inspired approaches. This includes specialized work in areas such as Odor-based Molecular Communication (OMC), Internet of Plants, and Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC).

Research

  • Odor-based Molecular Communication
  • Internet of Plants
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)

Journal Papers

  1. F. E. Bilgen and O. B. Akan, "Continuous Blood Monitoring with Particle-based Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)," to appear in IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, 2026.
  2. D. Aktas, B. E. Ortlek, M. Civas, E. Baradari, A. B. Kilic, F. E. Bilgen, A. S. Okcu, M. Whitfield, O. Cetinkaya, and O. B. Akan, “Odor-Based Molecular Communications: State-of-the-Art, Vision, Challenges, and Frontier Directions,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 2658–2692, Aug. 2025. doi: 10.1109/COMST.2024.3487472.
  3. F. E. Bilgen, A. B. Kilic, and O. B. Akan, “Odor Perceptual Shift Keying (OPSK) for Odor-Based Molecular Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1–12, Mar. 2025. doi: 10.1109/TMBMC.2024.3460708.

Book Chapters

  1. A. B. Kilic, F. E. Bilgen, and O.B. Akan, “Precision Farming with the Internet of Everything,” to appear in Precision Technologies for Digital Agriculture: IoT, Big Data, Crop Modeling, and AI for Agricultural Excellence, Edited by Shushil Kumar Himanshu, Hemendra Kumar, Santosh S. Palmate, 2025.

Conference Papers

  1. F. E. Bilgen and O. B. Akan, “Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Symbiosis for Energy Harvesting in the Internet of Plants,” in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2024, Milan, Italy, Oct. 2024. doi: 10.1145/3686015.3689365.
  2. A. B. Kilic, F. E. Bilgen, and O. B. Akan, “Channel Modeling and Experimental Validation of Odor-Based Molecular Communication Systems,” in Proc. 10th International Workshop on Molecular Communications, Istanbul, Türkiye, Apr. 2026. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2602.01091.

Submitted Papers

  1. F. E. Bilgen, A. S. Okcu, O. T. Baydas, and O. B. Akan, “Internet of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IoIRS),” Nov. 2025. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2512.01083.

Theses

  1. F. E. Bilgen, “Perceptual Shift Keying: A Novel Modulation Technique for Odor-Based Molecular Communication,” M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye, June 2025.