CoreLab, which is directed by Dr. Ertugrul Basar under the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Koç University, is conducting highly-active theoretical as well as experimental research towards the physical layer design of next-generation wireless communication systems and has collaboration ties with many international and national institutions.
Recent News (2019-2018):
December 2019: We have several open positions (M.S./Ph.D./PostDoc) under our research projects (TUBITAK 1003 and 1001).
Please send us an email (ebasar@ku.edu.tr) with your CV, transcripts, theses, and publications (if any).
1 Postdoc position in “Beyond 5G Wireless Communications”
Several M.S./Ph.D. positions in “Beyond 5G Wireless Communications”
1 M.S./Ph.D. position in “Molecular Communications”
November 2019: The most recent Special Issue of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (IEEE J-STSP): “Index Modulation for Future Wireless Networks: A Signal Processing Perspective” is edited by us. [Editorial]
November 2019: Upcoming talk at Ericsson Research Day in Turkey: “Beyond 5G and 6G: A Physical Layer Perspective”.
August 2019: Dr. Basar has been appointed as a Senior Editor for IEEE Communications Letters.
August 2019: We gave a Seminar at Russian Academy of Sciences – IITP: “Transmission Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A New Frontier in Wireless Communications”. [Photo1] [Photo2]
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June 2019: An overview of enabling technologies, recent advances, and potential research directions in reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, which can be potential enablers for 6G and beyond! Our new preprint: “Wireless Communications Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces” [PDF]
May 2019: Colloquium @ Uludag University: Today and Future of Communication Technologies [Presentation]
May 2019: Index modulation meets large intelligent surfaces: “Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Based Index Modulation: A New Beyond MIMO Paradigm for 6G” [PDF]
Matlab Codes are available at [MATLAB].
May 2019: PIMRC 2019 Special Session: Physical Layer Solutions for 6G. [Call For Papers] [EDAS]
March 2019: Dr. Basar has been appointed as the Coordinator of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Graduate Programme of GSSE.
February 2019: Our new preprint on a promising beyond massive MIMO technology for 6G: “Transmission Through Large Intelligent Surfaces: A New Frontier in Wireless Communications” [PDF].
MATLAB codes are available at [MATLAB].
February 2019: Our article “Index Modulation Techniques for Next-Generation Wireless Networks” has been featured in IEEE Access as one of the Top 5 Most Cited Articles published in 2017. [Web]
January 2019: Our Special Issue “Advances in Signal Processing for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access” at IEEE Access is now open. [CFP]
December 2018: Dr. Basar has received the ODTÜ Parlar Foundation Research Encouragement Award.
[Parlar:News]
October 2018: CoreLab Seminar II – “Activities of IEEE 802 Wireless Groups towards 5G” by Dr. Tunçer Baykaş. [Info]
September 2018: Dr. Basar will moderate the “6G Vision Panel” at 6G Workshop 2018. Date: 25-Sep-2018, Location: İstanbul Medipol University.
August 2018: CoreLab Seminar I – “Recent Advances in Space Modulation Techniques” by Dr. Raed Mesleh. [Info] [Pic1] [Pic2] [Pic3]
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July 2018: Our website https://corelab.ku.edu.tr is up and running.
July 2018: Dr. Basar joined Koç University!
Past News (2018-2016)