Ersen Ekrem

2454 AVW Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 USA
phone: (301) 405-8843
e-mail : ersen at mail dot umd dot edu

Graduate Student at UMD under supervision of Prof. Sennur Ulukus since 2007.

Education

·         MS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey, 2006-2007.

·         BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey. 2002-2006.

Research Interests

·         Wireless communications

·         Information theory

Master Thesis

·         "Synchronization, channel estimation and detection for ultra-wideband systems", Bogazici University, 2007.

·         Thesis Supervisors: Prof. Hakan Delic and Prof. Mutlu Koca.

Publications

Journal Papers

·         Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, and Hakan Delic, "Iterative synchronization of multiuser ultra-wideband signals under intersymbol interference," To be submitted.

·         Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, and Hakan Delic, "Robust channel estimation and symbol detection for ultra-wideband signals under non-Gaussian noise," Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, July 2007.

·         Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, and Hakan Delic, "Robust ultra-wideband signal acquisition," Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, July 2007.

Conference Papers

·         Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, and Hakan Delic, "Iterative synchronization of multiuser ultra-wideband signals under intersymbol interference," Submitted to ICC 2008.

·         Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, and Hakan Delic, "Robust frequency-domain channel estimation and detection for ultra-wideband signals under non-Gaussian noise," 15th European Signal Processing Conference (Eusipco 2007), Poznan, Poland, September 3-9, 2007.

·         Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, and Hakan Delic, "Ultra-wideband signal acquisition in non-Gaussian noise via successive sampling," 65th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Dublin, Ireland, April 23-25, 2007.

·         Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, and Hakan Delic, "Robust acquisition of ultra-wideband signals with averaged template," IEEE Wireless and Communications and Networking Conference, Hong Kong, March 11-15, 2007.