Degree(s):

• Ph.D. , Princeton University, 2004.
• B.S., Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999.

Research Interests:

• Wireless communications
• Information theory
• Signal processing
• Cognitive radio systems
• Energy efficiency
• Quality of service provisioning in wireless systems
• Wireless information-Theoretic security

Current Research:

Our recent research concentrated on the energy efficiency in wireless systems, performance analysis in wireless multiuser networks operating under quality of service (QoS) constraints, and energy-security tradeoffs in multi-antenna wireless communications.

We are also currently exploring cooperative and cognitive operation in wireless systems and the impact of interference. In particular, we study the spectrum and energy efficiency in cooperative relay channels, conduct performance analysis in cognitive radio channels in the presence of channel and/or sensing uncertainty, and investigate the throughput in fading interference channels under queuing constraints.

Teaching Interests:

• Digital communications
• Wireless communications
• Information theory
• Signals and systems
• Probability theory and random processes

Honors:

• Gordon Wu Graduate Fellowship, Princeton University
• NSF CAREER Award, 2006
• 2008 EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking Best Paper Award
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) College Distinguished Teaching Award, 2009
• Holling Family Master Teacher Award (UNL University-wide Teaching Award), 2009
• Maude Hammond Fling Faculty Research Fellowship, 2011

Select Publications:

Journal Papers

D. Qiao, M. C. Gursoy and S. Velipasalar, “Energy Efficiency in Multiaccess Fading Channels under QoS Constraints,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking: Special Issue on Green Radio, 2012:136, April 2012.

M. C. Gursoy, “Secure Communication in the Low-SNR Regime,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 1114- 1123, April 2012.

D. Qiao, M. C. Gursoy, S. Velipasalar, “Transmission Strategies in Multiple Access Fading Channels with Statistical QoS Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 1578-1593, March 2012.

S. Akin and M. C. Gursoy, “Performance Analysis of Cognitive Radio Systems under QoS Constraints and Channel Uncertainty,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 2883-2895, Sept. 2011.

M. C. Gursoy, “MIMO Wireless Communications under Statistical Queueing Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 5897-5917, Sept. 2011.

D. Qiao, M. C. Gursoy, and S. Velipasalar, “Secure Wireless Communication and Optimal Power Control under Statistical Queueing Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 628-639, Sept. 2011.

D. Qiao, M. C. Gursoy, and S. Velipasalar “Energy Efficiency in the Low-SNR Regime under Queueing Constraints and Channel Uncertainty,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 2006-2017, July 2011.

Conference Papers

D. Qiao, M. C. Gursoy, and S. Velipasalar, “Throughput Regions for Fading Interference Channels under Statistical QoS Constraints,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Dec. 2012.

M. Ozmen and M. C. Gursoy, “Energy Efficiency in Fading Interference Channels under QoS Constraints,” Proc. of the 2012 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA), Oct. 2012.

Q. Chen and M. C. Gursoy, “Spectrum and Energy Efficiency in Two-Way Multi-Relay Networks with Selective Relaying,” Proc of the 2012 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Oct. 2012.

M. Ozmen and M. C. Gursoy, “Impact of Channel and Source Variations on the Energy Efficiency under QoS Constraints,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Boston, July 2012.

G. Ozcan and M. C. Gursoy, “Channel Sensing and Estimation in Cognitive Relay Networks,” Proc. of the 2012 the IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Turkey, June 2012.