About | Background

Halim Yanikomeroglu was born in Giresun, Turkey, in 1968. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1990, and the M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (now ECE) and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1992 and 1998, respectively. He was with the R&D Group of Marconi Kominikasyon A.S., Ankara, Turkey, during 1993-1994.

Since 1998 Dr. Yanikomeroglu has been with the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, where he is now a Full Professor. His research interests cover many aspects of wireless technologies with a special emphasis on cellular networks. Dr. Yanikomeroglu has coauthored more than 80 IEEE journal and 200 peer-reviewed conference papers, and has given a high number of tutorials in leading international conferences on wireless technologies. In recent years, Dr. Yanikomeroglu’s research has been funded by Huawei, Telus, Dragonwave, Allen Vanguard, BlackBerry, Samsung, and Communications Research Centre of Canada (CRC), as well by the Ontario Government and NSERC. His collaborative research resulted in 25+ patents (granted and applied).

Dr. Yanikomeroglu is the General Chair of the IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall) to be held in Toronto; he was the General Co-Chair of the IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2010-Fall) held in Ottawa. Dr. Yanikomeroglu has been involved in the organization of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) since its inception in 1998 in various capacities including serving as a Steering Committee member, Executive Committee member and the Technical Program Chair or Co-Chair in WCNC 2004 (Atlanta, USA), WCNC 2008 (Las Vegas, USA), and WCNC 2014 (Istanbul, Turkey). Dr. Yanikomeroglu has served in the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. He was the Chair of the IEEE’s Technical Committee on Personal Communications (now called, Wireless Technical Committee). He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communications Society and a Distinguished Speaker for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.

Dr. Yanikomeroglu is a recipient of the IEEE Ottawa Section Outstanding Educator Award in 2014, Carleton University Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award in 2010, the Carleton University Graduate Students Association Excellence Award in Graduate Teaching in 2010, and the Carleton University Research Achievement Award in 2009. Dr. Yanikomeroglu spent the 2011-2012 academic year at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, as a Visiting Professor. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada. Dr. Yanikomeroglu resides in Ottawa with his wife Berna and children Erdem (grade 12), Sezgi (grade 10), and Esin (grade 7).