I received my PhD from the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech supervised by Professor Angelos Stavrou and Professor Haining Wang in the Network and Software Security Lab (NSSL), where my research primarily focused on 5G core networks, O-RAN, cloud computing and system security.

Currently, I still work on identifying scalability limitations and security vulnerabilities in 5G and beyond networks. To address these shortcomings, I strive to design, deploy, and evaluate novel solutions that aim to enhance the scalability, security, and efficiency of upcoming mobile network generations with novel architectures.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (2018 - 2024), Virginia Tech

M.Sc. in Telecommunications (2016 - 2018), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2012 - 2016), Bilkent University

News

• [5/6/2024] I successfully defended my PhD dissertation!

• [5/2/2024] Our work “RAPID: Reinforcement Learning-Aided Femtocell Placement for Indoor Drone Localizatio” has been accepted to ICCCN 2024

• [3/20/2024] Our work “Towards Shielding 5G Control Plane Functions” has been accepted to DSN 2024

• [11/30/2023] Our work “5G-WAVE: A Core Network Framework with Decentralized Authorization for Network Slices” has been accepted to INFOCOM 2024

• [11/26/2023] Our work “5GPS: 5G Femtocell Placement Strategies for Ultra-Precise Indoor Localization in the Metaverse”, has been accepted to ICNC 2024

• [10/11/2023] Our work “OFDRA: Optimal Femtocell Deployment for Accurate Indoor Positioning of RIS-Mounted AVs”, has been published in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)

• [9/28/2023] I passed my PhD Preliminary Exam!

• [8/5/2023] Our work “Demystifying 5G Traffic Patterns with an Indoor RAN Measurement Campaign” has been accepted to GlOBECOM 2023

• [6/28/2023] We received Best Paper Award at IEEE Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (METACOM) 2023

• [5/16/2023] We presented our work “Securing 5G OpenRAN with a Scalable Authorization Framework for xApps” at INFOCOM 2023