Derya Malak

Bio

Derya Malak completed her high school education in Malatya Science High School. She received her B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department with a minor degree in Physics Department from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in June 2010. She was a research and teaching assistant at Next-generation and Wireless Communication Laboratory (NWCL) between March 2011 and July 2013 and graduated with M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Research

• Molecular Communication and Nanoscale Networks
• Information Theory
• Network Information Theory
• Coding

Teaching

Teaching Assistant for the following undergraduate/graduate courses
• ECOE-513 Information Theory, Koc University, Spring 2012.
• ELEC-201 Signals and Systems, Koc University, Fall 2011.
• COMP-110 Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB, Koc University, Spring 2010.

Professional Activities

• IEEE Student Member since 2011.

• IEEE Communications Society Member since 2011.

• Reviewer for journals:

  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2011 - present)
  • Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) (2012 - present)
  • Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) (2012 - present)
  • International Journal of Communication Systems (2011 - present)

• Reviewer for conferences:

  • 2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC'12
  • 2011 IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM'11
  • Many others...

Publications

1. D. Malak, M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "AIGN Communication Channel with Molecular Diversity," submitted for publication, 2013.
2. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Adaptive Weight Update in Cortical Neurons and Estimation of Channel Weights in Synaptic Interference Channel," submitted for publication, 2013.
3. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Communication Theoretical Understanding of Intra-body Nervous Nanonetworks," to appear in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2013.
4. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Synaptic Interference Channel," to appear in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2013 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2013), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.
5. D. Malak, M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "Communication Theoretic Analysis of Synaptic Channel for Cortical Neurons," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 131-141, September 2013.
6. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "A Communication Theoretical Analysis of Synaptic Multiple-Access Channel in Hippocampal-Cortical Neurons," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 2457-2467, June 2013.
7. B. D. Unluturk, D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Rate-Delay Tradeoff with Network Coding in Molecular Nanonetworks," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 120-128, March 2013.
8. M. Kocaoglu, D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Fundamentals of Green Communications and Computing: Modeling and Simulation," IEEE Computer, vol. 45, no. 9, pp. 40-46, September 2012.
9. M. Kuscu, D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Analysis of Broadcast Networks and Channel Routing for FRET-based Nanoscale Communications," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2012 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.
10. M. Kocaoglu, D. Malak, "On the Node Density Limits and Rate-Delay-Energy Tradeoffs in Ad Hoc Nanonetworks with Minimum Energy Coding," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2012 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.
11. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Molecular Communication Nanonetworks inside Human Body," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol.3, no.1, pp. 19-35, March 2012.

Honors

• Bulent Kerim Altay prize from Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, METU (Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2010)
• Engineering Design Course Project Award from METU Senior Design Projects Competition, METU, Spring 2010.
• UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Fellowship, UCSD, CA, Fall 2010, Winter 2010.
• IEEE Communications Society Student Travel Grant Award for IEEE ICC 2012, June 2012.