Conference Papers

97. H. Cai, H. Wang, H. Dong, K. Li, and O. B. Akan, "Graph Representation-Based Model Poisoning on the Heterogeneous Internet of Agents," in Proc. 22nd International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Shanghai, China, June 2026.

96. A. B. Kilic, F. E. Bilgen, and O. B. Akan, "Channel Modeling and Experimental Validation of Odor-Based Molecular Communication Systems," in Proc. 10th Workshop on Molecular Communications, 2026.

95. B. Maitra, M. Kuşcu, and O. B. Akan, "Information Theoretic Modeling of Interspecies Molecular Communication," in Proc. 10th Workshop on Molecular Communications, 2026.

94. B. Kılıç and O. B. Akan, "Neural-Inspired Multi-Agent Molecular Communication Networks for Collective Intelligence," in Proc. 10th Workshop on Molecular Communications, 2026.

93. A. S. Okcu, M. E. B., and O. B. Akan, "Physical Limits of Proximal Tumor Detection via MAGE-A Extracellular Vesicles," in Proc. 10th Workshop on Molecular Communications, 2026.

92. F. Merdan and O. B. Akan, "Intrinsic MIMO Particle Communication Channel with Random Advection," in Proc. 10th Workshop on Molecular Communications, 2026.

91. O. T. Baydas and O. B. Akan, "Physics-Informed Score-Based Diffusion Model for Bio-Nano Communication Channels," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2026, Glasgow, UK, June 2026.

90. A. S. Okcu and O. B. Akan, "PLOS-RS: Probabilistic Localization of Odor Sources via Random Search," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2026, Tokyo, Japan, May 2026.

89. K. Li, O. B. Akan, et al., "Explainable Graph Attention-Driven Fairness Manipulation for Federated Learning in EdgeIoT," in Proc. IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, Shanghai, China, August 2025.

88. H. Cai and O. B. Akan, "Semantic Learning for Molecular Communication in Internet of Bio-Nano Things," in Proc. 9th International Workshop on Molecular Communications, Catania, Italy, April 2025.

87. F. E. Bilgen, O. B. Akan, "Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Symbiosis for Energy Harvesting in the Internet of Plants," in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2024, Milan, Italy, October 2024.

86. K. Li, A. Noor, W. Ni, E. Tovar, X. Fu, O. B. Akan, "Poisoning Federated Learning with Graph Neural Networks in Internet of Drones," in IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2024).

85. C. Koca, O. B. Akan, "A Fast Simulation Algorithm for Molecular Dispersion and Binding in Molecular Communications," in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2023, Coventry, UK, September 2023.

84. B. E. Ortlek, O. B. Akan, "Communication Theoretical Analysis of P-Cresol Signaling in Gut-Brain Axis with Autism Spectrum Disorder," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2023, Rome, Italy, May 2023.

83. M. Civas, A. Abdali, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Frequency-Domain Detection for Molecular Communications," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2023, Rome, Italy, May 2023.

82. C. Koca, M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Narrow Escape Problem in Synaptic Molecular Communications," in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2022, Barcelona, Spain, October 2022.

81. A. Das, B. Runwal, T. Baydas, O. Cetinkaya, O. B. Akan, "Received Signal Modeling and BER Analysis for Molecular SISO Communications," in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2022, Barcelona, Spain, October 2022.

80. M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Molecular Communication Transmitter Architectures for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things," in Proc. BalkanCom 2022, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 2022.

79. D. Aktas, O. B. Akan, "A Mechanical Transduction-Based Molecular Communication Receiver for Internet of Nano Things (IoNT)," in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2021, Virtual Conference, September 2021.

78. B. A. Bilgin, H. Ramezani, and O. B. Akan, "Human Blockage Model for Indoor Terahertz Band Communication," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2019, Shanghai, China, May 2019.

77. M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Analysis of Multi-terminal Neuro-spike Communication Network in Spinal Cord," in Proc. ACM/IEEE NanoCom, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 2018.

76. T. Khan, H. Ramezani, G. Muzio, O. B. Akan, "Analysis of Information Flow in MISO Neuro-spike Communication Channel with Synaptic Plasticity," in Proc. IEEE NANO, Cork, Ireland, July 2018.

75. C. Koca, E. Dinc, H. Ramezani, O. B. Akan, "Performance Analysis for Capacitive Electrical Neural Interfaces," in Proc. IEEE NANO, Cork, Ireland, July 2018.

74. G. Muzio, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Selective Signal Detection with Ligand Receptors under Interference in Molecular Communications," in Proc. IEEE SPAWC 2018, Kalamata, Greece, June 2018.

73. E. B. Pehlivanoglu, M. Ozger, O. Cetinkaya, O. B. Akan, "Harvesting-Throughput Trade-off for Wireless-powered Smart Grid IoT Applications: An Experimental Study," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2018, Kansas City, USA, May 2018.

72. H. Ramezani, T. Khan, O. B. Akan, "Information Theoretical Analysis of Synaptic Communication for Nanonetworks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2018, Honolulu, USA, April 2018.

71. N. Khalid, N. A. Abbasi, O. B. Akan, "Capacity and Coverage Analysis for FD-MIMO based THz Band 5G Indoor Internet of Things," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2017, Montreal, QC, Canada, October 2017.

70. M. Arik, O. B. Akan, "Utilizing Sidelobe ASK Based Joint Radar-Communication System Under Fading,"in Proc. IEEE MILCOM 2017, Baltimore, MD, USA, October 2017.

69. N. Khalid, O. B. Akan, "Energy-efficient Modulation Scheme for THz-band 5G Femtocell Internet of Things," in Proc. BalkanCom 2017, Tirana, Albania, June 2017.

68. N. Khalid, N. A. Abbasi, O. B. Akan, "300 GHz Broadband Transceiver Design for Low-THz Band Wireless Communications in Indoor Internet of Things," in Proc. IEEE iThings, Exeter, UK, June 2017.

67. H. Ramezani, H. Khaki, E. Erzin, O. B. Akan, "Speech Features for Telemonitoring of Parkinson's Disease Symptoms," in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2017, JeJu Island, S. Korea, July 2017.

66. H. Ramezani, O. B. Akan, "Importance of Vesicle Release Stochasticity in Neuro-spike Communication," in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2017, JeJu Island, S. Korea, July 2017.

65. H. Ramezani, C. Koca, O. B. Akan, "Rate Region Analysis of Multi-terminal Neuronal Nanoscale Molecular Communication Channel," in Proc. IEEE Nano 2017, Pittsburgh, USA, July 2017.

64. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "On the Capacity of Diffusion-Based Molecular Communications with SiNW FET-Based Receiver," in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, FL, USA, August 2016.

63. E. Dinc, M. Ozger, A. F. Ates, I. Delibalta, O. B. Akan, "Crowdsourcing-based Mobile Network Tomography for xG Wireless Systems," in Proc. IEEE ISCC 2016, Messina, Italy, June 2016.

62. N. Khalid, O. B. Akan, "Wideband THz Communication Channel Measurements for 5G Indoor Wireless Networks," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2016.

61. D. Malak, H. Ramezani, M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "Diversity in Diffusion-based Molecular Communication Channel with Drift," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2016.

60. T. Yilmaz, O. B. Akan, "On the Use of the Millimeter Wave and Low Terahertz Bands for Internet of Things," in Proc. IEEE WF-IoT 2015, Milan, Italy, December 2015.

59. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Modeling and Analysis of SiNW BioFET as Molecular Antenna for Bio-Cyber Interfaces towards the Internet of Bio-NanoThings," in Proc. IEEE WF-IoT 2015, Milan, Italy, December 2015.

58. E. Dinc, O. B. Akan, "Limited Feedback Multi-stage Beam-forming Method for Beyond-Line-of-Sight Ducting Channels," in Proc. IEEE MILCOM 2015, Tampa, FL, USA, October 2015.

57. M. Arik, O. B. Akan, "Enabling Cognition on Electronic Counter Measure Systems against Next-Generation Radars," in Proc. IEEE MILCOM 2015, Tampa, FL, USA, October 2015.

56. C. Koca, O. B. Akan, "Quantum Memory Management Systems," in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2015, Boston, MA, USA, September 2015.

55. H. Ramezani, O. B. Akan, "Synaptic Channel Model Including Effects of Spike Width Variation," in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2015, Boston, MA, USA, September 2015.

54. E. Dinc, O. Ergul, O. B. Akan, "Soft Handover in OFDMA based Visible Light Communication Networks," in Proc. IEEE VTC 2015-Fall, Boston, MA, USA, September 2015.

53. M. Ozger, O. B. Akan, "Maximization of Energy-efficiency under Convergence Constraint in Wireless Networked Control Systems," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2015, London, UK, June 2015.

52. O. Cetinkaya, O. B. Akan, "A ZigBee Based Reliable and Efficient Power Metering System for Energy Management and Controlling," in Proc. IEEE ICNC 2015, Anaheim, CA, USA, February 2015.

51. O. Cetinkaya, O. B. Akan, "A DASH7-based Power Metering System," in Proc. IEEE CCNC 2015, Las Vegas, NV, USA, January 2015.

50. T. Yilmaz, O. B. Akan, "Utilizing Terahertz Band for Local and Personal Area Wireless Communication Systems," in Proc. IEEE CAMAD 2014, Athens, Greece, December 2014.

49. K. Cepni, O. B. Akan, "Social Sensing Model and Analysis for Event Detection and Estimation with Twitter," in Proc. IEEE CAMAD 2014, Athens, Greece, December 2014.

48. T. Yilmaz, E. Fadel, O. B. Akan, "Employing 60 GHz ISM Band for 5G Wireless Communications," in Proc. IEEE BlackSeaCom 2014, Chisinau, Moldova, May 2014.

47. M. Kuscu, "An Information-Theoretic Model and Analysis of Graphene Plasmon-Assisted FRET-Based Nanocommunication Channel," in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 2014.

46. O. Ergul, O. B. Akan, "Cooperative Coarse Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2014, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2014.

45. D. Kilinc, M. Ozger, O. B. Akan, "On the Maximum Coverage Area of Wireless Networked Control Systems under Stability and Cost-Efficiency Constraints," in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 2013.

44. O. Ergul, O. Yilmaz, A. T. Koc, O. B. Akan, "DRX and QoS-aware Energy-efficient Uplink Scheduling for Long Term Evolution," in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 2013.

43. D. Kilinc, O. B. Akan, "Nanoscale Magneto-Inductive Communication," in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2013, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, November 2013.

42. E. Dinc, O. B. Akan, "A Ray-based Channel Model For MIMO Troposcatter Communications," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2013, London, UK, September 2013.

41. F. Soylemezgiller, M. Kuscu, D. Kilinc, "A Traffic Congestion Avoidance Algorithm with Dynamic Road Pricing for Smart Cities," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2013, London, UK, September 2013.

40. M. Kocaoglu, C. Oksuz, O. B. Akan, "Effect of Channel Conditions on Inventory Database Update in Supply Chains," in Proc. IEEE BlackSeaCom 2013, Batumi, Georgia, July 2013.

39. B. D. Unluturk, E. B. Pehlivanoglu, O. B. Akan, "Molecular Channel Model with Multiple-Bit Carrying Molecules," in Proc. IEEE BlackSeaCom 2013, Batumi, Georgia, July 2013.

38. O. Ergul, O. B. Akan, "Energy-efficient Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE ISCC 2013, Split, Crotia, July, 2013.

37. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "FRET-Based Mobile Molecular Nanonetworks," in Proc. IEEE Med-Hoc-Net 2013, Ajaccio, Corsica, France, June 2013.

36. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Synaptic Interference Channel," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2013 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2013), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

35. G. A. Shah, O. B. Akan, "A Spectrum-aware Clustering for Efficient Multimedia Routing in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2013, Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

34. M. Ozger, O. B. Akan, "Event-driven Spectrum-Aware Clustering in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2013, Turin, Italy, April 2013.

33. A. O. Bicen, O. B. Akan, "RF Power Source Diversity and Estimation Performance in Passive Opportunistic Distributed Sensing," in Proc. IEEE ISCC 2012, Cappadocia, Turkey, July 2012.

32. A. Shah and O. B. Akan, "CSMA-based Bandwidth Estimation for Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks", in Proc. 5th IFIP/IEEE NTMS 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2012.

31. G. A. Shah, V. C. Gungor, O. B. Akan, "A Cross-layer Design for QoS Support in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks for Smart Grid Applications," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

30. M. Kocaoglu, D. Malak, "On the Node Density Limits and Rate-Delay-Energy Tradeoffs in Ad Hoc Nanonetworks with Minimum Energy Coding," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2012 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

29. M. Kuscu, D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Analysis of Broadcast Networks and Channel Routing for FRET-based Nanoscale Communications," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2012 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

28. M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "Minimum Energy Coding for Wireless NanoSensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2012 Mini Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, March 2012.

27. A. O. Bicen, O. B. Akan, "RF Power Source and Estimation Diversity in Distributed Sensing with Passive Wireless Communications," in Proc. 30th URSI GASS 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2011.

26. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "A Nanoscale Communication Channel with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2011 (in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2011), Shangai, China, April 2011.

25. B. Tan Bacinoglu, B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "Constant Fidelity Entanglement Flow in Quantum Communication Networks," in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 , Miami, USA, December 2010.

24. B. Atakan, B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "Immune System-inspired Evolutionary Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks," in Proc. IFIP/IEEE MED-HOC-NET 2010, Juan-les-pins, France, June 2010.

23. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Single and Multiple-Access Channel Capacity in Molecular Nanonetworks," in Proc. ICST/ACM Nano-Net 2009, Luzern, Switzerland, October 2009.

22. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "Broadcast Routing in Quantum Ad Hoc Networks," in Proc. IEEE NanoCom 2009, San Francisco, USA, August 2009.

21. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Carbon Nanotube Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE NanoCom 2009, San Francisco, USA, August 2009.

20. M. T. Isik, O. B. Akan, "PADRE: Modulated Backscattering-based PAssive Data REtrieval in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2009, Budapest, Hungary, April 2009.

19. A. Bereketli, O. B. Akan, "Event-to-Sink Directed Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2009, Budapest, Hungary, April 2009.

18. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "On Molecular Multiple-Access, Broadcast and Relay Channels in Nanonetworks," in Proc. ICST/ACM BIONETICS 2008, Hyogo, Japan, November 2008.

17. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Approach for Molecular Communication," in Proc. ICST/ACM BIONETICS 2007, Budapest, Hungary, December 2007.

16. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "On Event Signal Reconstruction in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IFIP/TC6 NETWORKING 2007, Atlanta, GA, May 2007.

15. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Biologically-inspired Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2007, Hong Kong, March 2007.

14. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Immune System Based Distributed Node and Rate Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE/ACM First International Conference on Bio-inspired Models of Network, Information and Computing Systems (BIONETICS 2006), Cavalese, Italy, December, 2006.

13. M. C. Vuran, O. B. Akan, "Spatio-temporal Characteristics of Point and Field Sources in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.

12. G. A. Shah, O. B. Akan, and M. Bozyigit, "Multi-Event Adaptive Clustering (MEAC) Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop 2006 (MEDHOCNET 2006), Sicily, Italy, June 2006.

11. V. C. Gungor and O. B. Akan, "DST: Delay Sensitive Transport in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE ISCN 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006 (Best Paper Award).

10. G. A. Shah, M. Bozyigit, O. B. Akan, and B. Baykal, "Real-Time Coordination and Routing in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks," in Proc. 6th International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking (NEW2AN 2006), St. Petersburg, May 2006.

9. I. F. Akyildiz, M. C. Vuran, and O. B. Akan, "A Cross-Layer Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks,'' in Proc. CISS 2006, Princeton, NJ, March 2006.

8. J. Fang, O. B. Akan, "TCP-Peach++: Enhancement of TCP-Peach+ for Satellite IP Networks with Asymmetrical Bandwidth and Persistent Fades," in Proc. 20th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 2005), October 2005.

7. M. C. Vuran, V. C. Gungor, O. B. Akan, "On the Interdependence of Congestion and Contention in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. ICST SenMetrics 2005, San Diego, CA, July 2005.

6. I. F. Akyildiz, M. C. Vuran, O. B. Akan, "On Exploiting Spatial and Temporal Correlation in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE WiOpt 2004, University of Cambridge, UK, March 2004.

5. Y. Sankarasubramaniam, O. B. Akan, I. F. Akyildiz, "ESRT: Event-to-Sink Reliable Transport in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. ACM MOBIHOC 2003, pp. 177-188, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, June 2003.

4. O. B. Akan, J. Fang, and I. F. Akyildiz, "TP-Planet: A Reliable Transport Protocol for InterPlaNetary Internet", NASA Space Internet Workshop 2003 (SIWIII), Cleveland, Ohio, June 4-6, 2003.

3. B. Baykal, O. B. Akan, "A QoS-Aware Handoff using RSVP in Next Generation Wireless Networks," in Proc. IEEE ISCC 2003,pp. 125-130, Antalya, Turkey, July 2003.

2. O. B. Akan, B. Baykal, "Dynamic SLA Management in Cellular DiffServ Networks," in Proc. IEEE ICT 2003, vol. 1, pp. 330-333, Tahiti, February 2003.

1. B. Baykal, O. E. Akdemir, O. B. Akan, "An IP Multicast Handoff Scheme with Focus on IGMP Sourced Latency", in Proc. IEEE HSNMC 2002, pp. 361-364, Korea, July 2002.