Biographical Information - Atilla Eryilmaz

Education

  • Ph. D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2001-2005)

    • University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign

    • Dissertation: ‘‘Fair and Efficient Scheduling for Wireless Networks’’

  • M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (1999-2001)

    • University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign

    • Thesis: ‘‘Throughput-Optimal Scheduling over Gaussian Broadcast Channels’’

  • B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1994-1999)

    • Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

    • Specialization: Communications and Signal Processing

Academic Appointments

  • Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2018-Present)

    • The Ohio State University

  • Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2013-2018)

    • The Ohio State University

  • Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2007-2013)

    • The Ohio State University

  • Postdoctoral Associate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2005-2007)

    • Laboratory of Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Other Research Positions

  • Summer Intern in the Wireless Communications Group (Summer 2004)

    • Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill

  • Summer Intern in the DSL Modem Group (Summer 1998)

    • Lucent Technologies, Holmdel.

Awards & Recognitions

  • Co-author of IEEE WiOpt Best Paper Award (2018)

    • For his joint work with Altug Karakurt and C. Emre Koksal on ‘‘Quick Discovery of Mobile Devices in the Many-User Regime - Carrier Sensing or Simultaneous Detection?’’

  • Co-author of IEEE WiOpt Best Paper Award (2017)

    • For his joint work with Irem Koprulu-Eryilmaz on ‘‘Discounted-Rate Utility Maximization (DRUM): A Framework for Delay-Sensitive Fair Resource Allocation’’

  • Co-author of IEEE Infocom Conference Best Paper Award (2016)

    • For his joint work with Jia Liu, Ness B. Shroff, E. Bentley on ‘‘Heavy-Ball: A New Approach to Tame Delay and Convergence in Wireless Network Optimization’’

  • Lumley Research Award (2015)

    • In Recognition of Outstanding Research Accomplishments

  • NSF Career Award (2010)

    • For developing ‘‘Theoretical Foundations for Wireless Network Algorithm Design: Satisfying Short-term and Long-term applications requirements’’

  • Lumley Research Award (2010)

    • In Recognition of Outstanding Research Accomplishments

  • Vodafone Graduate Student Fellowship (2003-2005)

    • For Research in Wireless Communications

  • Vehbi Koc Foundation Undergraduate Student Scholarship (1994-1999)

    • For Outstanding Academic Succes