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Professor in Telecommunications
President & CTO
Truva Inc.
Contact: ian@truvainc.com, ian@ianakyildiz.com

Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (since January 2020)

SUBMITTED

  1. Z. Hu, C. Han, W. Gerstacker, I.F. Akyildiz “Tera-SpaceCom: GNN-based Deep Reinforcement Learning for Joint Resource Allocation and Task Offloading in TeraHertz Band Space Networks,” submitted for publication, Sept. 2024.

  2. I. Zhilin, E. Vinogradov, I.F. Akyildiz, “Effect of Realistic Oscillator Phase Noise on the Performance of Cell-free Massive MIMO Systems” submitted for publication, August 2024.

TO APPEAR

  1. S. J. Norðfjörð, S. E. Thorsteinsson, and K. Andersen “Powering Underwater Robotics Sensor Networks through Ocean Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer Methods”, submitted for journal publication, Dec. 2024.

APPEARED

  1. S. Abadal, C. Han, V. Petrov, L. Galluccio, I. F Akyildiz, J. M Jornet, “Electromagnetic Nanonetworks Beyond 6G: From Wearable and Implantable Networks to On-chip and Quantum Communication”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, July 2024.

  2. V. Petrov, S. Abadal, C. Han, L. Galluccio, I. F Akyildiz, J. M Jornet, “Guest Editorial: Electromagnetic Nanonetworks: From On-Chip Communication to Wearable and Implantable Networks”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, July 2024.

  3. P. Navade, I. F. Akyildiz, C. Han, Y. Wu and W. Gerstacker, “Routing Algorithm Basedon Wireless Channel Effects for Outdoor Communications In THz Band”, Submitted for journal, June 2024.

  4. N. Ntetsikas, S. Kyriakoudi, A. Kirmizis, B. Unluturk, M. Lestas, I.F. Akyildiz, A. Pitsillides, “Engineering Yeast Cells to Facilitate Information Exchange”, IEEE Tr. on Molecular, Biological and MultiScale Communications, Febr. 2024.

  5. M. Suthar, R, Dai, J. Zhang, S. Tarkoma, I.  F. Akyildiz “Multi-Codec Rate Adaptive Point Cloud Streaming for Holographic Type Communication”, ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.  590-603, Dec. 2023. 

  6. I.F. Akyildiz, H. Guo, R. Dai and W. Gerstacker, “Mulsemedia Communication Research Challenges for Metaverse in 6G Wireless Systems”, ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp. 562-579, Dec. 2023. 

  7. A. Pitilakis, D. Tyrovalas, P. Mekikis, S. Tegos, A.Papadopoulos, A. Tsioliaridou, O. Tsilipakos, D. Manessis, S. Ioannidis, N. Kantartzis, I.F. Akyildiz, C. Liaskos, “On the Mobility Effect in UAV-mounted Absorbing Metasurfaces: A Theoretical and Experimental Study”, in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 79777-79792, 2023. 

  8. I. Zhilin, O. Bushnaq, G. De Masi, E. Natalizio, and I.F. Akyildiz, “A Universal Multimode (Acoustic, Magnetic Induction, Optical, RF) Software Defined Modem Architecture for Underwater Communication.”, IEEE Tr. on Wireless Communications, June 2023.

  9. H. Wang, Z.  Sun, H. Guo, P. Wang, and Ian F. Akyildiz, “Designing Acoustic Reconfigurable IntelligentSurface for Underwater Communications”, IEEE Tr. on Wireless Communications, April 2023.

  10. O. Bushnaq, I.  Zhilin, G. De Masi, E. Natalizio, and I.F. Akyildiz, “Automatic Network Slicing for Admission Control, Routing, and Resource Allocation in Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems”, IEEE Access Journal, Dec. 2022.

  11. I.F. Akyildiz and H. Guo, “Holographic-type Communication: A New Challenge For The Next Decade”  ITU Journal for Future and Evolving Technologies (J FET), November 2022.

  12. Z. Sun, H. Guo and I.F. Akyildiz, “High-data-rate Long-range Underwater Communications via Acoustic Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, IEEE Communications Magazine, July 2022.

  13. I. F. Akyildiz, C. Han, Z. Hu, S. Nie, and J. M. Jornet, “TeraHertz Band Communication: An Old Problem Revisited and Research Directions for the Next Decade”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, June 2022.

  14. C. Liaskos, L. Mamatas, A. Pourdamghani, A. Tsioliaridou, S. Ioannidis, A. Pitsillides, S. Schmid, and I.F. Akyildiz, “Software-Defined Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: From Theory to End-to-End Implementation”, IEEE Proceedings Journal, May 2022.

  15. I.F. Akyildiz and H. Guo, “Wireless Extended Reality (XR): Challenges and New Research Directions”, ITU Journal Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET), April 2022.

  16. J. Simonjan, B. D. Unluturk, and I. F. Akyildiz, “In-Body Bionanosensor Localization for Anomaly Detection via Inertial Positioning and THz Backscattering Communication”, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOBIOSCIENCE, VOL. 21, NO. 2, pp. 216-225, April 2022.

  17. E. Khorov, A. Kureev, I. Levitsky, and I.F. Akyildiz, “A Phase Noise Resistant Constellation Rotation Method and its Experimental Validation for NOMA Wi-Fi”, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, Special issue on “Next Generation Multiple Access”, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 1346-1354, April 2022.

  18. A. Kak,  and, I.F. Akyildiz, “Towards Automatic Network Slicing for the Internet of Space Things”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 392-412, March 2022.

  19. C. Liaskos, A. Tsioliaridou, A. Pitsillides, S. Ioannidis, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Realizing Ambient Backscatter Communications with Intelligent Surfaces in 6G Wireless Systems”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 178-185, February 2022.  

  20. S. Dash, C. Psomas, I. Krikidis, I.F. Akyildiz, and A. Pitsillides, “Active Control of THz Waves in Wireless Environments using Graphene-based RIS”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2021.

  21. T. Saeed, S. Abadal, C. Liaskos, A. Pitsillides, H. Taghvaee, A. Cabellos-Aparicio, V.  Soteriou, E. Alarcón, I. F. Akyildiz, M. Lestas, “Workload Characterization and Traffic Analysis for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces within 6G Wireless Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2021.

  22. N. Ashammakhi,  B. D. Unluturk, O. Kaarela, and I.F. Akyildiz, “The cells and the implant interact with the biological system via the internet and cloud computing as the new mediator”, Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Vol.  32, no. 5,  1655-1657, July/August 2021.

  23. S. Nie,  and I.F. Akyildiz, “Channel Modeling and Analysis of Inter-Small-Satellite Links in Terahertz Band Space Networks” IEEE Transactions on Communications,  Vol. 69, No 12, pp. 8585-8599, December 2021.

  24. C. Liaskos, A. Tsioliaridou, S. Ioannidis, A. Pitsillides and I. F. Akyildiz, “Next Generation Connected Materials for Intelligent Energy Propagation in Multiphysics Systems,” in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 100-106, August 2021.

  25. A. A. Alshehri, C. H. Martins, S. Lin, I. F. Akyildiz, H. K. Schmidt, “FracBot Technology for Mapping Hydraulic Fractures”, SPE Journal, 26 (02): pp. 610–626, April 2021.

  26. S. Nie, and I.F. Akyildiz, “Metasurfaces for multiplexed communication”, Nature Electronics, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 177–178, 2021. 

  27. E. Khorov, A. Krasilov, I. Selnitsky, I. F. Akyildiz, “A Framework to Maximize the Capacity of 5G Systems for Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2021.  

  28. V. Loginov, E. Khorov, A. Lyakhov, and I. Akyildiz, “CR-LBT: Listen-before-Talk with Collision Resolution for 5G NR-U Networks”, in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

  29. S. Dash,  G. Soni, A. Patnaik, C. Liaskos, A. Pitsillides, and I.F. Akyildiz, “Switched-beam Graphene Plasmonic Nanoantenna in the Terahertz Wave Region”, Plasmonics Journal, Vol. 16, pp. 1855–1864, 2021. 

  30. A. Kak and I. F. Akyildiz, “Designing Large-scale Constellations for the Internet of Space Things with CubeSats,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1749-1768, February 2021. 

  31. C. Liaskos, G.G. Pyrialakos, A. Pitilakis, A. Tsioliaridou, M. Christodoulou,  M. Kantartzis, S. Ioannidis, A. Pitsillides, and I.F. Akyildiz,  “The Internet of MetaMaterial Things and Their Software Enablers”, ITU Journal of Future and Evolving Technologies (J FET), Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 55-77, Dec. 2020. 

  32. C.-L. Tai and I. F. Akyildiz, “A Novel Framework for Capacity Analysis of Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication Incorporating Chemical Reactions,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 233-243, December 2020. 

  33. C. Liaskos, S. Nie, A. Tsioliaridou, A. Pitsillides, S. Ioannidis, and I. F. Akyildiz, “End-to-end Wireless Path Deployment with Intelligent Surfaces Using Interpretable Neural Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 6792-6806, November 2020. 

  34. S. Dash, C. Liaskos, I.F. Akyildiz, and A. Pitsillides, “Graphene Hypersurface for Manipulation of THz Waves”, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 1009, pp 63-68, Aug. 2020.  

  35. S. Dash, C. Liaskos, I.F. Akyildiz, and A. Pitsillides, “Impact of Graphene Thickness on EM Modeling of Antenna”, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 1009, pp 75-80, Aug. 2020.   

  36. A. Karamyshev, E. Khorov, A. Krasilov, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Fast and accurate analytical tools to estimate network capacity for URLLC in 5G systems,” Computer Networks (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 178, September 2020. 

  37. A. Belogaev, A. Elokhin, A. Krasilov, E. Khorov, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Cost-Effective V2X Task Offloading in MEC-Assisted Intelligent Transportation Systems,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 169010-169023, September 2020. 

  38. S. Dash, C. Liaskos, I. F. Akyildiz, and A. Pitsillides, “Graphene Hypersurface for Manipulation of THz Waves,” Materials Science Forum, vol. 1009, pp. 63-68, August 2020. 

  39. S. Dash, C. Liaskos, I. F. Akyildiz, and, A. Pitsillides, “Impact of Graphene Thickness on EM Modelling of Antenna,” Materials Science Forum, vol. 1009, pp. 75-80, August 2020. 

  40. E. Khorov, A. Kureev, I. Levitsky, I. F. Akyildiz, “Prototyping and Experimental Study of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Wi-Fi Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 210-217, July/August 2020. 

  41. I. F. Akyildiz, A. Kak, and S. Nie, “6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications Systems,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 133995-134030, July 2020. 

  42. A. Kak, A. Kureev, E. Khorov, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Radio Access Network Design with Software-Defined Mobility Management,” ACM/Springer Journal of Wireless Networks (WINET), vol. 26, pp. 3349-3362, July 2020. 

  43. I.F. Akyildiz, M. Ghovanloo, U. Guler, T. Ozkaya-Ahmadov, A. F. Sarioglu, and B.D. Unluturk, “PANACEA: An Internet of Bio-NanoThings Application for Early Detection and Mitigation of Infectious Diseases,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 140512-140523, July 2020. 

  44. O. Tsilipakos et al. (including I. F. Akyildiz), “Toward Intelligent Metasurfaces: The Progress from Globally Tunable Metasurfaces to Software-Defined Metasurfaces with an Embedded Network of Controllers,” Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 2000783, no. 8, 2020.  
     
  45. E. Khorov, I. Levitsky, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Current Status and Directions of IEEE 802.11be, the Future Wi-Fi 7,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 88664-88688, May 2020. 

  46. E. Khorov, A. Lyakhov, A. Ivanov, I. F. Akyildiz, “Modeling of Real-Time Multimedia Streaming in Wi-Fi Networks With Periodic Reservations,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 55633-55653, March 2020. 

  47. A. Kiryanov, A. Krotov, E. Khorov, and, I. F. Akyildiz, “Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of Dense Wi-Fi Networks Using Cloud Technologies,” Automation and Remote Control, vol. 81, pp. 94-106, March 2020. 

  48. E. Khorov, A. Lyakhov, I. Nasedkin, I. F. Akyildiz, “Fast and Reliable Alert Delivery in Mission-Critical Wi-Fi HaLow Sensor Networks,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 14302-14313, January 2020.   

  49. A. O. Bicen, J. J. Lehtomaki, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Statistical Modeling and Bit Error Rate Analysis for Bio-sensor Receivers in Molecular Communication,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 261-268, January 2020.   

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (since January 2020) 

  1. L.Zhao, J. Tan, J. Wang, I.F. Akyildiz and Z. Sun, “Covering Underwater Shadow Zones using Acoustic Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces” accepted to IEEE Infocom 2025 conference, Dec 2024.

  2. N. Tang, Y. Liu, X. Chu, I.F. Akyildiz, “Design, Modeling and Analysis of Underwater Acoustic   Backscatter Communications”, IEEE ICC (International Computer Communications) Conf., Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2024.

  3. S. Tsimpoukis, D. Tyrovolas, S. Ioannidis, I. F Akyildiz, G. K Karagiannidis, C. Liaskos, “Realizing RF Wavefront Copying with RIS for Future Extended RealityApplications”, Proc. of the 7 TH Int. Balkan Com conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 2024.

  4. O. Bushnaq, E. Natalizio, and I.F. Akyildiz, “Path Loss Analysis and Link Design for Optical Wireless Communication between Underwater and Aearial Drones”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Abu Dhabi, April 2024.

  5. N. Ntetsikas, S. Kyriakoudi, A. Kirmizis, A.Pitsillides, I.F. Akyildiz, B. Unluturk, M. Lestas, “Validation of Yeast Cell-to-Cell Communication Models with Experimental Data”, ACM NanoCom 2023 Conference, Coventry, UK, Sept. 2023. 

  6. N. Ntetsikas, M. Lestas, S. Kyriakoudi, A. Kirmizis, A. Pitsillides, C. Pitris, B. Unluturk, IF Akyildiz “Towards an end-to-end model for yeast cell communications usingpheromones”, Proc. of the 7 th Workshop on Molecular Communication, June 2023.

  7. O. M. Bushnaq, I. Zhilin, G. De Masi, E. Natalizio, and I. F. Akyildiz, Automatic Network Slicing for Multi-Mode Internet of Underwater Things (MM-IoUT),  IEEE  GlobeCom 2022 conference, December 2022.

  8. A. Vainio, I. F. Akyildiz, S. Tarkoma, “Semantic Communication Enabling 6G Networks”, 6G summit, Abu Dhabi, Nov. 2022.

  9. S. E. Thorsteinsson, H. Thorbergsson, K. Andersen, I. F. Akyildiz, “Remote IoT teaching across the North-Atlantic“ 2022 31st Annual Conference of the European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering (EAEEIE), June 2022.

  10. M. Lestas, E. Emoyon-Iredia, O. Hassan, A. Pitsillides, Antonis Kirmizis, Costas Pitris, Ian F. Akyildiz, “A Yeast Pheromone Testbed for Molecular Communication Validation”, Proc. of the 6th Workshop on Molecular Communications, University of Warwick in Coventry, UK, July 130-15, 2022.

  11. C. Liaskos, G.G. Pyrialakos, A. Pitilakis, A. Tsioliaridou, M. Christodoulou, N. V. Kantartzis, S. Ioannidis, A. Pitsillides, I.F. Akyildiz, “Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems: Design and Prototype Evaluation”, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2022.

  12. T. Saeed, W. Aziz, A. Pitsillides, V, Vassiliou, I. Akyildiz, H. Taghvaee, S, Abadal,
    C. Liaskos, A, Tsioliaridou, S. Ioannidis, E, Emoyon-Iredia, M. Lestas. “On the use
    of programmable metasurfaces in vehicular networks”    , IEEE 22nd InT. Workshop on
    Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2021.

  13. Z. Sun, H. Guo, P. Wang and I.F. Akyildiz, “Acoustic Intelligent Surface System for Reliable and Efficient Underwater Communications”, 15th Int. ACM Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNET’21), Shenzen, Guangdong, China, Nov. 22-24, 2021.

  14. I. Zhilin, O. M. Bushnaq, G. De Masi, E. Natalizio and I. F. Akyildiz, “A Universal Multimode (Acoustic, Magnetic Induction, Optical, RF) Software Defined Radio Architecture for Underwater Communication”, 15th Int. ACM Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNET’21), Shenzen, Guangdong, China, Nov. 22-24, 2021.

  15. J. Simonjan, B. D. Unluturk and I.F. Akyildiz, “In-body Bionanosensor Communication and Localization for Anomaly Detection”, Fourth International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom), Novi Sad, Serbia, September 20-22, 2021

  16. O. M. Bushnaq, I. V. Zhilin, G. De Masi, E.  Natalizio and I. F. Akyildiz, “Automatic Network Slicing for Resource Allocation in Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems”, Fourth International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom), Novi Sad, Serbia, September 20-22, 2021

  17. S. Nie and I. F. Akyildiz, “Codebook Design for Dual-Polarized Ultra-Massive MIMO Communications in Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Bands,” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), June 2021. 

  18. S. Nie and I. F. Akyildiz, “Beamforming in Intelligent Environments based on Ultra-Massive MIMO Platforms in MillimeterWave and Terahertz Bands,” in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 8683–8687, May 2020. 

  19. C. Liaskos, S. Nie, A. Tsioliaridou, A. Pitsillides, S. Ioannidis, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Mobility-aware beam steering in metasurface-based programmable wireless environments,” in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 9150–9154, May 2020.