Meltem Civas

Ph.D. Student

Next-generation and Wireless Communications Laboratory

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Koc University

 

Office: ENG-140, College of Engineering, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu,
           Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey

E-mail: mcivas16@ku.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (0)212 338 2605

 

Bio

Meltem Civas received her BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in January 2016, and her MS degree at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey in September 2018. She is currently a research assistant at the Next-generation and Wireless Communications Laboratory and pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Koc University, under the supervision of Prof. Akan.

Research

      • Biological/molecular communications
      • Terahertz communications
      • Internet of Everything

Publications

[Journal Papers]
  1. M. Civas, M. Kuscu, O. Cetinkaya, B. E. Ortlek, O. B. Akan, "Graphene and Related Materials for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things," APL Materials, vol.11, no.8, pp. 080901, August 2023.
  2. M. Civas, O. Cetinkaya, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Universal Transceivers: Opportunities and Future Directions for the Internet of Everything (IoE)," Frontiers in Communications and Networks, vol.2, pp.50, September 2021.
  3. M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Terahertz Wireless Communications in Space," ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, vol.2, no.7, October 2021.
  4. C. Koca, O. Ergul, M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Information Theoretic Modeling of Paranodal Regions in Myelinated Axons," ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies,vol.2, no.3, July 2021.
  5. C. Koca, M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Evolutionary Game Theoretic Resource Allocation Simulation for Molecular Communication," ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, vol.2, no.3, July 2021.
  6. C. Koca, M. Civas, S. Sahin, O. Ergonul, O. B. Akan, "Molecular Communication Theoretical Modeling and Analysis of SARS-CoV2 Transmission in Human Respiratory System," IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol.7, no.3, pp.153 - 164, September 2021.
  7. O. B. Akan, H. Ramezani, M. Civas, O. Cetinkaya, B. A. Bilgin, N. A. Abbasi, "Information and Communication Theoretical Understanding and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries: State-of-the-art and Research Challenges," to appear in IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 2021.
  8. M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Rate of Information Flow Across Layered Neuro-spike Network in the Spinal Cord," IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 19, no.3, pp. 368 - 377, July 2020.
[Conference Papers]
  1. M. Civas, A. Abdali, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Frequency-Domain Detection for Molecular Communications," in Proc. IEEE ICC 2023, Rome, Italy, June 2023.
  2. C. Koca, M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Narrow Escape Problem in Synaptic Molecular Communications," in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2022, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, October 2022.
  3. M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "Molecular Communication Transmitter Architectures for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things," in Proc. BalkanCom 2022, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 2022.
  4. M. Civas, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Analysis of Multi-terminal Neuro-spike Communication Network in Spinal Cord," in Proc. ACM/IEEE NanoCom, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 2018.
[Book Chapters]
  1. M. Civas, T. Yilmaz, O. B. Akan, "Terahertz Band Intersatellite Communication Links," in Next Generation Wireless Terahertz Communication Networks, Edited by Saim Ghafoor, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Alan Davy, CRC Press, 2021.
  2. T. Khan, M. Civas, O. Cetinkaya, N. A. Abbasi, O. B. Akan, "Nanosensor Networks for Smart Health Care," in Nanosensors for Smart Cities, Edited by B. Han, V. Tomer, T. Nguyen, A. Farmani, P. K. Singh, Elsevier, 2019.
[Submitted Papers]
  1. M. Civas, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Frequency-Domain Detection for Molecular Communication with Cross-Reactive Receptors," 2023.
[Theses]
  1. M. Civas, "ICT-based Understanding of Spinal Cord Networks with Applications to Spinal Cord Injuries," M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018.