Hüseyin Uğur Yıldız

Curriculum Vitae

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40+Publications
>1,000Citations
15h-index
7Graduate theses supervised
40+Senior design teams

Summary

Associate Professor specializing in operations research and mathematical optimization for wireless, underwater, and drone-assisted communication systems. Over a decade of research developing optimization-based models for routing, resource allocation, reliability, and energy efficiency in complex networked systems, increasingly integrating reinforcement learning for dynamic and large-scale environments. Current interests extend to hybrid optimization–learning methodologies for next-generation paradigms, including quantum network routing. Active as editor, reviewer, and technical program committee member, alongside teaching, curriculum development, accreditation, and academic leadership.

Academic & professional appointments

2016 – present
TED University, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Associate Professor (Mar 2021 – present) · Department Chair (Jul 2021 – Jul 2024) · Assistant Professor (Sep 2016 – Mar 2021)
  • Founded the department's IEEE Student Branch, established a new teaching laboratory, and launched the M.Sc. program.
  • Led academic operations for 100+ students and 12 faculty members; oversaw accreditation and curriculum development.
  • Authored 20+ peer-reviewed publications (14 in IEEE journals); supervised 7 graduate theses and 40+ senior design teams.
2015 – 2016
Turkish Aerospace, Ankara, Turkey
Avionics Design Engineer (Dec 2015 – Aug 2016)
  • Developed and integrated network architectures for the ANKA UAV program; designed high-availability Cisco systems for 24/7 operational readiness.
2010 – 2015
Turk Telekom, Ankara, Turkey
Senior Network Engineer (Dec 2010 – Nov 2015)
  • Contributed to the design and operation of the Safer Internet Service, a nationwide content-filtering platform serving 5M+ users; managed 100+ Cisco/Procera DPI systems at 99.9% uptime.

Education

2014 – 2016
Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
2011 – 2013
M.Sc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
2005 – 2009
B.Sc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Graduate theses

2016
Ph.D. dissertation
Transmission power control for link-level handshaking in wireless sensor networks — advisor: Prof. Bulent Tavli
PDF YÖK thesis record
2013
M.Sc. thesis
Communication/computation trade-offs in wireless sensor networks: Comparing network-level and node-level strategies — advisor: Prof. Bulent Tavli · co-advisor: Prof. Kemal Bicakci
PDF YÖK thesis record

Honors & recognition

2021
IEEE Senior Member
Awarded for significant professional contributions; achieved by fewer than 10% of IEEE members.
2019
Best Paper Award (third place), IEEE MENACOMM
“Utilization of multi-sink architectures for lifetime maximization in underwater sensor networks”, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Technical toolbox

Programming & scientific computing

  • Python
  • MATLAB
  • Simulink
  • LaTeX

Optimization & modeling

  • GAMS
  • Gurobi
  • CPLEX
  • Xpress
  • PuLP
  • Pyomo
  • OR-Tools

Development

  • GitHub
  • Jupyter
  • PyCharm
  • Spyder
  • VS Code
  • Cursor
  • Docker

Professional development

2025
Reinforcement Learning Specialization
University of Alberta (Coursera)
Credential
2025
Deep Learning Specialization
DeepLearning.AI (Coursera)
Credential
2025
Machine Learning Specialization
DeepLearning.AI (Coursera)
Credential

Languages

English — Business & academic proficiency  ·  Turkish — Native

Elsewhere on this site

The full publication list lives on Publications; teaching history on Teaching; supervision on Students; and committee, review, and editorial activity on Service.