Gürkan Gür, PhD.

[I keep regularly updating this personal webpage. However, my current and more concise "official" homepage is available here at ZHAW.]

I received PhD. degree in Computer Engineering from Bogazici University in 2013. Currently, I am a senior lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) InIT. I am also a member of Satellite Networks Research Laboratory (SATLAB) and Telecommunications & Informatics Technologies Research Center (TETAM) at Bogazici University. My research interests include information security, Future Internet, green networks & communications, and network softwarization.

News

[October, 2021] Our paper on Moving Target Defense (MTD) for Beyond 5G networks related to our work in the INSPIRE-5Gplus project has been published in IEEE Communications Standards Magazine. [Preprint]

[August, 2020] Our paper on 5G technologies and how to use them to tackle COVID-19 pandemic from an ICT perspective has been accepted to IEEE Engineering Management Review. [Preprint]

[July, 2020] I am the lead guest editor for a special issue on Blockchain for IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems in MDPI Electronics. The submission deadline for manuscripts is June 30 2021.|Flyer|

[July, 2020] Our paper on cooperative caching and video characteristics in D2D edge networks has been accepted to IEEE Communications Letters. [Early access version]

[June, 2020] We have reached an important milestone and submitted the P1920.1 - Aerial Communications and Networking draft standard for IEEE revision and ballotting process. This standard defines air-to-air communications for self-organized ad hoc aerial networks.

[June, 2020] I am a TPC member of the 6th Springer International Conference on Mobile, Secure and Programmable Networking to take place in October 2020, Paris, France. MSPN 2020 is soliciting high quality papers in topics such as networking infrastructures, distributed yet intelligent protocols, security, network programming and cloud computing, Industrial Internet of Things, and Digital Twins.

[Feb, 2020] We organize the IEEE ICC 2020 Workshop - Workshop on Blockchain for IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems in June 2020, Dublin, Ireland.

[December, 2019] Our paper on Markovian modeling of HetNets with D2D and cognitive communications has been accepted to Elsevier's Computer Networks journal.

[November, 2019] We initiated our recently acquired H2020 RIA project INSPIRE-5Gplus which aims to advance security of 5G and Beyond networks with our project kickoff meeting in Heidelberg, Germany. Follow @inspire_5gplus

[October, 2019] I moderated the Sponsoring Track of Swiss Cyber Storm Conference 2019 in Bern, Switzerland. Follow @swisscyberstorm

[September, 2019] I will talk on UAV to UAV Communications security at VTC IEEE YP Panel: UAV to UAV Communications: Options, Challenges, and Standards that will take place at 2019 IEEE 2nd Connected and Automated Vehicles Symposium: IEEE CAVS 2019.

[September, 2019] I serve in the TPC of International Workshop on Cloud, IoT and Fog Security - CIFS 2019 co-located with the 12th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing - UCC 2019.

[July, 2019] I gave a talk on ML and software-defined security at TU Berlin - Telecommunication Networks Group (TKN).

[June, 2019] Our paper on content modeling and caching in D2D edge networks has been accepted to IEEE PIMRC 2019 conference.

[May, 2019] We are organizing the 14th Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2019) colocated with ACM Mobicom 2019. The workshop will take place in Los Cabos, Mexico on 25th October 2019.

[May, 2019] Our invited paper "PoMeS: Profit-Maximizing Sensor Selection for Crowd-Sensed Spectrum Discovery" has been accepted to CROWNCOM 2019.|paper|slides|

[October, 2018] Our paper on IoT security has been accepted to Elsevier's Ad Hoc Networks Journal.

[September, 2018] Our paper on DDoS defense in SDN has been accepted to IEEE JSAC.

[February, 2018] I have moved to a senior researcher position at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) InIT.

[September, 2017] We gave a tutorial titled "Machine Learning for Spectrum Sharing in Wireless Networks​" with my colleague Dr. Suzan Bayhan at CROWNCOM'2017, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal in September 2017. You can download the tutorial [here].

[September, 2017] CMPE596 - SDN course (Fall 2017) is online.

[September, 2017] I gave a presentation on IoT-Based DDoS at the Disaster Management: An Information & Communications Technology Approach with 5G-and-Beyond Communications & Networks Workshop which took place from 18 to 21 September 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. This workshop was targeted at capacity building for early career researchers (ECRs) from UK and Turkey.

[September, 2016] CMPE596 - SDN course (Fall 2016) is online.

[September, 2016] I gave a plenary talk on energy efficiency in cognitive radio networks at the 4th International Workshop on Next Generation Green Wireless Networks (NextGWiN 2016) which took place from 12 to 13 September 2016 in Dublin, Ireland. The presentation slides are [here].

[October, 2015] CMPE596 - SDN course is finally online :-)

[April, 2015] We have given a successful tutorial titled "Energy efficiency in Cognitive Radio Networks: Challenges, Trade-offs, and Solutions" with my dear colleagues Dr. Salim Eryigit and Dr. Suzan Bayhan at CROWNCOM'2015, which took place in Doha, Qatar between April 21-23, 2015.

[August, 2014] I have been elevated to IEEE senior member status.

Publications

Journals

	G. Gur, P. Porambage and M. Liyanage, "Convergence of ICN and MEC for 5G: Opportunities and Challenges," accepted to IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2020. [Preprint]
	S. Kafiloglu, G. Gur and F. Alagöz, "Cooperative Caching and Video Characteristics in D2D Edge Networks," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2647-2651, Nov. 2020.
	Yushan Siriwardhana, G. Gur, Mika Ylianttila, and M. Liyanage, "The role of 5G for digital healthcare against COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges," accepted to ICT Express, 2020. [Paper]
	Daniel Jampen, G. Gur, Thomas Sutter, and Bernhard Tellenbach, "Don't click: towards an effective anti-phishing training. A comparative literature review," Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, 10, 33 (2020). [Paper]
	S. Kafiloglu, G. Gur and F. Alagöz, "A Markovian Model for Satellite Integrated Cognitive and D2D HetNets," Computer Networks, vol. 169, March 2020.
	Beytullah Yigit, G. Gur, B. Tellenbach, and F. Alagöz, "Secured Communication Channels in Software-Defined Networks," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 63-69, October 2019. [Preprint]
	G. Gur, "Spectrum Sharing and Content-Centric Operation for 5G Hybrid Satellite Networks," IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 38-48, Dec. 2019. [Preprint]
	Beytullah Yigit, G. Gur, F. Alagöz, and B. Tellenbach, "Cost-Aware Securing of IoT Systems using Attack Graphs," Ad Hoc Networks Journal, vol. 86, pp. 23-35, April 2019. [Preprint]
	K. Kalkan, L. Altay, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagöz, "JESS: Joint Entropy Based DDoS Defense Scheme in SDN," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - Series on Network Softwarization and Enablers, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 2358 - 2372, Oct. 2018 .
	K. Kalkan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagöz, "Defense Mechanisms Against DDoS Attacks in SDN Environment," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 175-179, Sept. 2017.
	Gurkan Gur and S. Kafiloglu, "Layered Content Delivery over Satellite Integrated Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 390 - 393, June 2017. [Preprint]
	K. Kalkan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagöz, "Filtering Based Defense Mechanisms Against DDoS Attacks: A Survey," IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 2761 - 2773, 2017.
	Gurkan Gur, "Energy-Aware Caching at the Wireless Network Edge for Information-Centric Operation," Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 57, pp. 33-42, November 2015. [Preprint]
	S. Eryigit, Gurkan Gur, S. Bayhan, and T. Tugcu, "Energy Efficiency is a Subtle Concept: Fundamental Trade-offs for Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Communications - SI on Energy-Efficient Cognitive Radio Networks, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 30 - 36, July 2014. [Preprint] [Poster]
	F. Alagöz and Gurkan Gur, "Energy Efficiency and Satellite Networking: A Holistic Overview," Proceedings of the IEEE (invited paper), vol. 99, no. 11, pp. 1954 - 1979, November 2011.
	Gurkan Gur, S. Bayhan, and F. Alagöz, "Hybrid Satellite-IEEE 802.16 System for Mobile Multimedia Delivery," International Journal of Satellite Communications & Networking - SI on "Hybrid/Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks", vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 209-228, May/June 2011.
	Gurkan Gur and F. Alagöz, "Green Wireless Communications via Cognitive Dimension: An Overview," IEEE Network - SI on Energy Efficient Networks, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 50-56, March/April 2011. [selected to IEEE ComSoc Best Reading on Green Communications list]
	Gurkan Gur, S. Bayhan, and F. Alagöz, "Cognitive Femtocell Networks: An Overlay Architecture for Localized Dynamic Spectrum Access," IEEE Wireless Communications - SI on Dynamic Spectrum Management in Wireless Networks, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 62-70, August 2010. [selected to IEEE ComSoc Best Reading on Cognitive Radio list]
	S. Kuran, Gurkan Gur, T. Tugcu, and F. Alagoz, "Applications of Cross-Layer Paradigm for Improving the Performance of WiMAX," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine , vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 86-95, June 2010.
	Onur Turkyilmaz, F. Alagoz, Gurkan Gur, and T. Tugcu, " Environment Aware Location Estimation for Cellular Networks," EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2008, Article ID 276456, 9 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/276456
	Gurkan Gur, F. Alagoz, Y. Altug, and E. Anarim, “ Image Error Concealment Using Watermarking with Subbands for Wireless Channels,” IEEE Communications Letters, March 2007.
	Suzan Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, “ Performance of Delay-Sensitive Traffic in Multi-layered Satellite IP Networks with On-board Processing Capability”, Wiley’s International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 1367-1389, Dec. 2007.

Conferences

	2020
	Y.B. Tacyildiz, O. Ermis, Gurkan Gur, F. Alagöz, "Dynamic Group Key Agreement for Resource-constrained Devices Using Blockchains," In: Zhou J. et al. (eds) Applied Cryptography and Network Security Workshops. ACNS 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12418, Springer, Cham, October 2020.
	C. Gaber, J.S. Vilchez, Gurkan Gur, M. Chopin, N. Perrot, J.L. Grimault, J.P. Wary, "Liability-aware security management for 5G," 2020 IEEE 3rd 5G World Forum (5GWF), pp. 133-138, Sept. 2020.
	J. Ortiz et al., "INSPIRE-5Gplus: Intelligent security and pervasive trust for 5G and beyond networks," ARES'20: 15th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, virtual event, August 2020. [Paper]
	T. M. Hewa, Gurkan Gur, A. Kalla, M. E Ylianttila, An Braeken, and M. Liyanage, "The Role of Blockchain in 6G: Challenges, Opportunities, and Research Directions," 6G Wireless Summit 2020, virtual event, March 2020. [Preprint]
	S. Guner, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Proactive Controller Assignment Schemes in SDN For Fast Recovery," 2020 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 2020. [Preprint]
	2019
	F. Acan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Reactive Controller Assignment for Failure Resilience in Software-Defined Networks," 20th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS), Matsue, Japan, September 2019. [Preprint]
	O. Kalinagac, Gurkan Gur, S. Kafiloglu and F. Alagoz, "Caching and D2D Sharing for Content Delivery in Software-Defined UAV Networks," 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Fall), Honolulu HI, USA, September 2019. [Preprint]
	S. Kafiloglu, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Multidimensional Content Modeling and Caching in D2D Edge Networks," IEEE PIMRC 2019, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2019. [Preprint]
	S. Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, and A. Zubow, "PoMeS: Profit-Maximizing Sensor Selection for Crowd-Sensed Spectrum Discovery," 14th EAI Int. Conf. on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (CROWNCOM2019) (invited paper), Poznan, Poland, June 2019. [Preprint] [Slides]
	Before 2019
	N. Sertbas, S. Aytac, O. Ermis, F. Alagöz, and Gurkan Gur, "Attribute Based Content Security and Caching in Information Centric IoT,"13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2018), ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 34, 8 pages. [Preprint]
	Alper Kamil Bozkurt, Gokcan Cantali, and Gurkan Gur, "Traffic Estimation via Kalman Filtering under Partial Information in Software-Defined Networks,"13th Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC) 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 2017.[Preprint]
	C. Guven, Gurkan Gur, Suzan Bayhan, and S. Eryigit, "Optimal Resource Allocation for Content Delivery in D2D Communications," IEEE PIMRC 2017, Montreal, Canada, 2017. [Preprint]
	M. Ozcelik, N. Chalabianloo, and Gurkan Gur, "Software-Defined Edge Defense Against IoT-Based DDoS," IEEE International Workshop on Secure and Resource-Efficient Edge Computing (SecureEdge) 2017, Helsinki, Finland, 2017.
	Doron Chen and Gurkan Gur, "QoS Differentiation in an Advanced Object Store ,"10th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (ACM SYSTOR2017), Haifa, Israel, May 2017 (poster)
	K. Kalkan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagöz, "SDNSec: A Statistical Defense Mechanism Against DDoS Attacks in SDN Environment," The 22nd IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2017, July 2017, Heraklion, Crete, Greece,
	H. Selvi, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagöz, "Cooperative Load Balancing for Hierarchical SDN Controllers," IEEE 17th International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (IEEE HPSR 2016), Yokohama, Japan, June 2016.
	S. Kafiloglu, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagöz, "Modeling and Analysis of Content Delivery over Satellite Integrated Cognitive Radio Networks," 14th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2016), Arizona, USA, May 2016.
	H. Selvi, E. Zeydan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagöz, "Load Balancing in OpenFlow-enabled Switches for Wireless Access Traffic Aggregation," IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (IFIP NOMS 2016), Demo Session, Istanbul, TR, April 2016.
	C. Altay, Gurkan Gur, S. Ciftci, and F. Alagöz, "Dynamic Adjustment of Idle Mode Sleep Time by Received Power Outage Probability," IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2016 (WCNC 2016), Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2016.
	G. Cantali, O. Ermis, Gurkan Gur, F. Alagöz, and M. U. Caglayan, "Lightweight Context-Aware Security System for Wireless Internet Access," poster at 2015 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS), Florence, Italy, Sept. 2015.
	S. Gezgin, E. Uras, E. Eroglu, L. Altay, S. Bahtiyar and Gurkan Gur, "System Modeling and Risk Analysis using AADL for Critical Infrastructure," IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (IFIP NTMS 2015), Innovative Projects Workshop, Paris, FR, July 2015.
	Mehmet Emre, Suzan Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "CooperativeQ: Energy-Efficient Channel Access Based on Cooperative Reinforcement Learning," IEEE ICC 2015, Workshop on Next Generation Green ICT, London, UK, June 2015.[Preprint]
	Beytullah Yigit, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Cost-Aware Network Hardening with Limited Budget using Compact Attack Graphs," Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) 2014, Baltimore, MD, USA.
	Serif Bahtiyar, Gurkan Gur, and Levent Altay, "Security Assessment of Payment Systems Under PCI DSS Incompatibilities," IFIP International Information Security and Privacy Conference (IFIP SEC) 2014, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 428, 2014, pp 395-402.
	Melih A. Karaman, Gurkan Gur, M. Ergen and E. Anarim, "Spectrum-Aware Dynamic Frequency Reuse (SADFR) for SON-Based OFDMA HetNets," IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2014 (WCNC 2014), April 2014, Istanbul, TR.
	Levent Altay, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Coordinated Attacks on Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2014 (WCNC 2014), April 2014, Istanbul, TR.
	Gurkan Gur, Suzan Bayhan, Fatih Alagoz, “Energy Efficiency Impact of Cognitive Femtocells in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” The First ACM workshop on Cognitive Radio Architectures for Broadband (CRAB 2013), ACM MOBICOM 2013, Oct. 4 2013, Miami, FL, USA.
	Gurkan Gur, Fatih Alagoz, “Energy-Efficient Layered Content Dissemination for Multi-Mode Mobile Devices,” First Int. Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking (BlackSeaCom 2013), July 2013, Batumi, Georgia.
	M. S. Kuran, Gurkan Gur, T. Tugcu, and F. Alagoz, “Cross-layer Routing-scheduling in IEEE 802.16 Mesh Networks," First International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications (MOBILWARE 2008), Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 2008.
	Gurkan Gur, S. Bayhan, F. Alagoz and A. Jamalipour,  "On the Use of WiMAX as the Terrestrial Segment for DVB-SH Networks," 4th International Workshop on Satellite an Space Communications 2008 (IWSSC 2008), Toulouse, France, 2008.
	Metin Barut, Ozgun Bayrak, Cagri Temizyurek, Onur Turkyilmaz, and Gurkan Gur, " A Novel Mobile Positioning Algorithm Based on Environment Estimation," 4th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2007 (WPNC'07), Hannover, Germany, March 2007.
	P.Sarisaray, Gurkan Gur, S. Baydere and E. Harmanci, "Performance Comparison of Error Compensation Techniques with Multipath Transmission in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks," 15th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'07), Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 24-26 2007.
	Suzan Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "High Altitude Platform (HAP) Driven Smart Radios: A Novel Concept," 3rd International Workshop on Satellite an Space Communications 2007 (IWSSC 2007), Salzburg, Austria, Sept. 13-14 2007.
	Suzan Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Satellite Assisted Spectrum Agility," 2007 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM2007), Orlando, Florida, USA, Oct. 29-31 2007.
	M. Abdel-Hafez, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Exploring the Issues of TCP over Satellite IP Networks," UAE Forum in Telecommunication Research 2006 (FTR2006), May 2006, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
	Suzan Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, Fatih Alagoz, “Adaptive Routing Protocol for QoS in Two-Layered Satellite IP Networks,” 2nd International Workshop in Satellite and Space Communications (IWSSC06), September 14-15 2006, Madrid, Spain.
	Suzan Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, Fatih Alagoz, “VoIP Performance on NGEO Satellite IP Networks with On-board Processing Capabilities”, 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computer Networks (ISCN06), June 16-18 2006, İstanbul, Turkey.
	Gurkan Gur, F. Alagoz, Tuna Tugcu and M.Abdel-Hafez, “Exploring the Issues in Policy-Based Approaches for QoS Support in 3G+ Mobile Networks,” 2nd IFIP/IEEE Int. Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN’05), Dubai, UAE, March 2005.
	Gurkan Gur, F. Alagoz, and M.Abdel-Hafez, “A Novel Error Concealment Method for Images Using Watermarking in Error-Prone Channels,” 16th IEEE Int. Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun. (PIMRC’05), Berlin, DE, September 2005.
	F. Alagoz, Gurkan Gur, and M.Abdel-Hafez, “Performance Study of An Image Restoration Algorithm for Bursty Mobile Satellite Channels,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer-Verlag, Volume 3733, Nov. 2005, pp. 748 - 758.

Book Chapters

	H. Selvi, S. Guner, Gurkan Gur and F. Alagöz, "SDMN Controller Placement Problem," Software Defined Mobile Networks (SDMN): Concepts and Challenges, Wiley, Madhusanka Liyanage, Andrei Gurtov, Mika Ylianttila (Eds.), 2015.
	Gurkan Gur, "Multimedia Transmission over Wireless Networks: Fundamentals and Key Challenges," book chapter in the book Modeling and Simulation of Computer Networks and Systems: Methodologies and Applications, Elsevier, Mohammad S. Obaidat, Faouzi Zarai and Petros Nicopolitidis (Eds.), 2015.
	Gurkan Gur, Serif Bahtiyar and F. Alagöz, "Security Analysis of Computer Networks: Key Concepts and Methodologies," book chapter in the book Modeling and Simulation of Computer Networks and Systems: Methodologies and Applications, Elsevier, Mohammad S. Obaidat, Faouzi Zarai and Petros Nicopolitidis (Eds.), 2015.
	S. Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, and F. Alagoz, "Cognitive Capabilities for Femtocell Networks: Cognitive Femtocells," book chapter in the book Cognitive Radio and its Applications for Next Generation Cellular and Wireless Networks, Springer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 116, Hrishikesh Venkataraman and Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Eds.), 2012.
	Gurkan Gur, F. Alagoz, and T. Tugcu, "Link Adaptation Mechanisms in Wireless MAN," book chapter in the book Mobile WiMAX: Toward Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks, Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, 2007.
	Gurkan Gur, S. Bayhan, and F. Alagoz, “Transport Protocols and QoS for Wireless Multimedia," book chapter in the book Handbook of Research on Wireless Multimedia: Quality of Service and Solutions, IGI Group Inc, 2009.

Other (Talks, Tutorials, ArXiv)

	Suzan Bayhan, Gurkan Gur, and Anatolij Zubow, "The Future is Unlicensed: Coexistence in the Unlicensed Spectrum for 5G," arXiv e-prints, 2018. [ArXiv]
	Gurkan Gur, "Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Defense in SDN," talk at 10th SDN Workshop at Cisco, Cisco Switzerland, June 2018.
	Gurkan Gur, "IoT-Based DDoS," talk at Disaster Management: An Information & Communications Technology Approach with 5G-and-Beyond Communications & Networks Workshop, (supported by the Newton Fund Researcher Links programme), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2017.
	Gurkan Gur and Suzan Bayhan, "Machine Learning for Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks," tutorial at CROWNCOM2017, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2017.
	Gurkan Gur, "Energy Efficiency in Cognitive Radio Networks: Key Trade-offs," invited talk at 4th International Workshop on Next Generation Green Wireless Networks (NextGWiN 2016), Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 2016.
	Gurkan Gur, S. Eryigit, and Suzan Bayhan, "Energy efficiency in Cognitive Radio Networks: Challenges, Trade-offs, and Solutions," tutorial at CROWNCOM2015, Doha, Qatar, April 2015.
	Gurkan Gur, "Spread Dynamics of Self-Replicating Active Malware in Networks," talk at Advanced Intrusion Detection and Prevention Workshop (AIDP 2014), Marrakech, Morocco, 2014.

Patents

	- Patent no. 7254137 SIP2 Mobile Gateway, Civanlar, et al., United States Patent, 08/09/2011.
	- Patent no. 2012-G-373530 A Method for Watermarking Multimedia Content (TR), pending.

Teaching

	- CMPE 596 Special Topics: Software Defined Networking (Fall 2015 - 2017) - In this graduate-level course, I teach various aspects of Software-Defined Networks with a perspective of emerging applications issues such as software-defined mobile networks and network softwarization for IoT and 5G.
	- CMPE 581 Special Topics: Communications Engineering for Mobile/Wireless Networks (Fall 2013) - I am a co-instructor of this course, focusing on the next generation mobile/wireless networks. I especially discuss Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs), HetNets and Software-Defined Mobile Networks during the lectures.
	- SWE523 Managing Software Development (Fall 2013) - I am a co-instructor of this course, focusing on the real-world issues and experience on software project management from a tech start-up perspective.

Memberships/Activities

	- IEEE Senior Member and ACM member
	- I am a member of the IEEE 1920.1 - Aerial Communications and Networking Standards work group .
	- Occasional reviewer for various scholarly journals such as IEEE JSAC, IEEE/ACM TON, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, Int. Journal of Communication Systems, Wireless Networks, Int. Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, IEEE Trans. on Broadcasting, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Computer Networks, Computer Communications, IEEE Networks
	- Occasional reviewer for international technical conferences such as IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE WCNC, IEEE PIMRC, IWSSC, IEEE VTC, IEEE SECON, ACM MSWiM
	- TPC co-chair : Advanced Intrusion Detection and Prevention Workshop (AIDP 2014), collocated with IFIP SEC 2014
	- TPC member : ICC'12 WS - E2Nets Workshop on energy efficiency in wireless networks & wireless networks for energy efficiency, IEEE PIMRC 2014 - MAC and Cross-Layer Design, 2014 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2014)