Prof. Sinan Gezici has received the Science Award of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) for 2024. Prof. Gezici has been awarded the prize in the field of Engineering Sciences for his internationally recognized and outstanding scientific work on position estimation in wireless communication systems.
Prof. Sinan Gezici received his BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University in 2001. He performed his doctoral studies in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, and received his PhD in 2006. Between 2006 and 2007, he worked as a researcher at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) in Massachusetts, USA. He has been with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University since 2007. Dr. Gezici’s research areas are on statistical signal processing, wireless communication and positioning systems. Dr. Gezici has focused particularly on obtaining theoretical limits for radio frequency and visible light wireless positioning systems and developing efficient position estimation techniques for these systems. Dr. Gezici has published over 120 journal articles and has been awarded 15 international patents. One of Dr. Gezici’s publications on wireless positioning systems is his book “Ultra-wideband Positioning Systems: Theoretical Limits, Ranging Algorithms, and Protocols” (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Dr. Gezici’s publications have received approximately 10 thousand citations in Google Scholar (h-index: 43). Dr. Gezici has advised 11 PhD theses and 27 MS theses in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University.
Prof. Sinan Gezici has served as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Communications, and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Dr. Gezici’s previous awards include Bilkent University Distinguished Teaching Award (2010), Mustafa N. Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Award (2012), TÜBA GEBİP Award (2013), BAGEP Award (2014), Science Heroes Association Scientist of the Year Award (2014), TÜBİTAK Incentive Award (2015), NEWCOM# 2014 Best Paper Award, and 2021 IEEE BlackSeaCom Best Paper Award. Dr. Gezici has been elevated to IEEE Fellow for his scientific contributions to wireless positioning and ultra-wideband systems.