Ian F. Akyildiz

Ian F. Akyildiz (born İlhan Fuat Akyıldız on April 11, 1954, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-American electrical engineer. He received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, in 1978, 1981 and 1984, respectively. Currently, he is the President and CTO of the ''[https://truvainc.com Truva Inc.]'' since March 1989. He retired from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech in 2021 after almost 35 years service as Ken Byers Chair Professor in Telecommunications and Chair of the Telecom group.

He serves on the advisory board of the ''[https://www.tii.ae Technology Innovation Institute (TII)]'' in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates since June 1, 2020. He is also an adjunct professor with the University of Helsinki since 2021, University of Iceland since 2020, and University of Cyprus since 2017.

Dr. Akyildiz was the Megagrant Research Leader and Advisor to the Director of the ''[http://wireless.iitp.ru Institute for Information Transmission Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences]'', in Moscow, Russia, (2018-2020). He is the Ken Byers Chair Professor Emeritus in Telecommunications, Past Chair of the Telecom group at the ECE and the Director of the ''[https://ianakyildiz.com/bwn/ Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory]'' at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1985–2020). He founded the ''[https://www.n3cat.upc.edu/ N3Cat (NanoNetworking Center)]'' at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, in Barcelona, Spain, in 2008.

He advised 48 PhD students, and 13 PostDocs, 52 visiting researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, and 15 Master students at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

His current research interests are in 6G/7G, Wireless Systems, TeraHertz Communication, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Nanonetworks, Internet of Space Things/CUBESATs, Internet of BioNanoThings, Molecular Communication and Underwater Communication. According to Google Scholar as of April 2023, his h-index is 135 and the total number of citations to his papers is 140+K. Provided by Wikipedia