Özgür B. Akan

Özgür B. Akan

Özgür B. Akan received PhD from the BWN-Lab, School of ECE, Georgia Tech in 2004. He is the Chair Professor in Electronic and Communication Engineering and Head of the IoE Group at University of Cambridge, UK; and AXA Chair Professor in IoE and Director of Center for neXt-generation Communications (CXC) at Koç University, Türkiye. His research is on nano/quantum/wireless/space communications. He is an IEEE Fellow, Turing Fellow, recipient of the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator and Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants, AXA Chair Professorship, TUBITAK Science Award, IBM Faculty Award, IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Young Researcher Award, elected as IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) and Communications Society (ComSoc) Distinguished Lecturer. He serves as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-scale Communications, Scientific Reports, Nano Communication Networks Journal and served for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Ad Hoc Networks, IET Communications, IEEE Networking Letters, International Journal of Communication Systems, European Transactions on Telecommunications, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Steering Committee Member for IEEE INFOCOM, General Chair for IEEE INFOCOM 2017, ACM MOBICOM 2012 and TPC chair for various conferences.

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  • Organization
    University of Cambridge, UK
  • Profession
    Chair Professor, Electronic and Communication Engineering and Head of the IoE Group
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15 August 2025
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