{"id":75,"date":"2019-01-11T02:51:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T02:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ece.ucf.edu\/~yuksem\/wp\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:01:57","slug":"students-postdocs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ece.ucf.edu\/~yuksem\/students-postdocs\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My current research team is at <a href=\"http:\/\/nwsl.ece.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Networking and Wireless Systems Lab (NWSL)<\/a>.\u00a0I have had the opportunity to work with the following folks:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Current<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marc-jean-b358612b7\/\">Marc Jean<\/a> (post-doc) &#8212; <em>directional software-defined radio<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anindo-mahmood-b6a36a154\/\">Anindo Mahmood<\/a> (Ph.D. candidate) &#8212; <em>peering<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/md-sarwar-uddin-chowdhury-6937851b1\/\">Sarwar Uddin Chowdhury<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>free-space-optical networks and VLC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abdel-rhiati-mba-ms-9865623\/\">Abdelkader Rhiati<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>software-defined networking<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/asifsarder\/\">Asif Ishrak Sarder<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>free-space-optical networks<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sk-samiul-reza-a337b093\/\">Samiul Reza<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>optical wireless communication<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mtsanic\/\">Mustafa Tarik Sanic<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>directional wireless<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zaheen-e-muktadi-syed\/\">Zaheen Syed<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>free-space-optical networks<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eng-meshalsr\/\">Meshal Alruwisan<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>software-defined networking<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anis-kazi\/\">Kazi Anisuzzaman<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>software-defined networking<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saadman-yasar\/\">Saadman Yasar<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>software-defined wireless optics<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rouf185\/\">Abdur Rouf<\/a> (Ph.D. student) &#8212; <em>software-defined networking<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juan-silva-cpe\/\">Juan Silva<\/a> (B.S. student) &#8212; <em>directional wireless<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Alumni (graduate and post-graduate only)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ahmad Hariri, Ph.D. 2025<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marc-jean-b358612b7\/\">Marc Jean<\/a>, Ph.D. 2024<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sayantaseth\/\">Sayanta Seth<\/a>, Ph.D. 2023, postdoc 2024 <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u2192<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> GMU <\/em>\u2192<em> NCSU<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pooya-nabavi\/\">Pooya Nabavi<\/a>, M.S. 2020, Ph.D. 2022\u00a0\u2192<em>\u00a0Apple<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saniulhaq\/\">Saniul Haq<\/a>, Ph.D. 2021\u00a0\u2192<em>\u00a0Intel<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sm0\/\">Shahzeb Mustafa<\/a>, M.S. 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ammarfq\/\">Ammar Farooq<\/a>, M.S. 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shafaq\/\">Shafaq Chaudhry<\/a>, Ph.D. 2020\u00a0\u2192<em>\u00a0UCF<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sifatim\/\">Sifat Ibne Mushfique<\/a>, M.S. 2018, Ph.D. 2020 \u2192<em>\u00a0Intel<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mostafizur-rahman-515a6463\/\">Mostafizur Rahman<\/a>, M.S. 2018, Ph.D. 2020 \u2192 <em>U of Texas, RGV\u00a0<\/em>\u2192 <em>U of West Georgia<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prasundey\/\">Prasun K. Dey<\/a>, M.S. 2016, Ph.D. 2019 \u2192\u00a0<em>Mathworks<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tausifahossain\/\">Tausif Hossain<\/a>, M.S. 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/akash-dey-978a69145\/\">Akash Dey<\/a>, M.S. 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmad-alsharoa-74422845\/\">Ahmad Alsharoa<\/a>, postdoc 2018 \u2192<em>\u00a0Virginia State University <\/em>\u2192 <em>Missouri S&amp;T<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mahmudurk\/\">Mahmudur Khan<\/a>, M.S. 2015, Ph.D. 2018 \u2192<em>\u00a0U of Alabama <\/em>\u2192<em> York College<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/syedhassanahmed\/\">Syed Hassan Ahmed<\/a>, postdoc 2018 \u2192<em>\u00a0Georgia Southern University <\/em>\u2192 <em>JMA Wireless<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/austin-jerome-741692113\/\">Austin Jerome<\/a>, M.S. 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/satishkbadepalli\/\">Satish Kumar Badepalli<\/a>, Ph.D. 2017 \u2192\u00a0<em>RMS<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmetsoran\/\">Ahmet Soran<\/a>, Ph.D. 2017 \u2192\u00a0<em>Abdullah Gul University\u00a0<\/em>\u2192\u00a0<em>TRK Technology<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sandeep-mathew-790545a\/\">Sandeep Matthew<\/a>, M.S. 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prabathpalathingal\/\">Prabath Palathingal<\/a>, M.S. 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mkilavuz\/\">Mustafa Omer Kilavuz<\/a>, M.S. 2009, Ph.D. 2013 \u2192 <em>Google<\/em> \u2192<em>\u00a0Cisco <\/em>\u2192<em> Facebook <\/em>\u2192<em> Amazon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abdullah-sevincer-ph-d-a23630189\/\">Abdullah Sevincer<\/a>, M.S. 2010, Ph.D. 2013 \u2192 <em>Intel <\/em>\u2192<em> Idealab <\/em>\u2192<em> Comcast <\/em>\u2192<em> Lam Research<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tarik-karaoglu-5709762\/\">Hasan Tarik Karaoglu<\/a>, M.S. 2009, Ph.D. 2012 \u2192 <em>Cisco<\/em>\u00a0\u2192 <em>Equinix<\/em>\u00a0\u2192<em>\u00a0Dropbox\u00a0<\/em>\u2192<em>\u00a0Robinhood<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/arunkarnati\/\">Arun Karnati<\/a>, M.S. 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suat-mercan-19a75127\/\">Suat Mercan<\/a>, Ph.D. 2011 \u2192\u00a0<em>Zirve U, Turkey<\/em> \u2192\u00a0<em>American U of Middle East (AUM), Kuwait\u00a0<\/em>\u2192\u00a0<em>FIU\u00a0<\/em>\u2192\u00a0<em>Google<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bilalgonen\/\">Bilal Gonen<\/a>, Ph.D. 2011 \u2192<em>\u00a0U of Alaska, Anchorage\u00a0<\/em>\u2192<em> West Florida U\u00a0<\/em>\u2192<em> U of Cincinnati\u00a0<\/em>\u2192<em> Microsoft<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anusha-uppaluri-a4339566\/\">Anusha Uppaluri<\/a>, M.S. 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/akilan-velmurugan-69854b26\/\">Akilan Velmurugan<\/a>, M.S. 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/engin-arslan-47269623\/\">Engin Arslan<\/a>, M.S. 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mehmet-bilgi-3753815\/\">Mehmet Bilgi<\/a>,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">M.S. 2008,\u00a0<\/span>Ph.D. 2010 \u2192 <em>UtopiaCompression<\/em> \u2192 <em>Microsoft<\/em> \u2192<em>Salesforce <\/em>\u2192<em> Google<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/durgesh-kumari-21954416\/\">Durgesh Rani Kumari<\/a>, M.S. 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My current research team is at Networking and Wireless Systems Lab (NWSL).\u00a0I have had the opportunity to work with the following folks: Current Marc Jean (post-doc) &#8212; 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