Asci, M., Akusta Dagdeviren, Z., Khalilpour Akram, V., Yildiz, H. U., Dagdeviren, O., & Tavli, B. (2025). Enhancing Drone Network Resilience: Investigating Strategies for k-Connectivity Restoration. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 92, 103941.

Gultekin, B., Nurcan-Atceken, D., Altin-Kayhan, A., Yildiz, H. U., & Tavli, B. (2023). Exploring the Tradeoff Between Energy Dissipation, Delay, and the Number of Backbones for Broadcasting in Wireless Sensor Networks Through Goal Programming. Ad Hoc Networks, 149, 103223.

Yildiz, H. U. (2023). Joint Effects of Void Region Size and Sink Architecture on Underwater WSNs Lifetime. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(10), 11046–11056.

Cobanlar, M., Yildiz, H. U., Akram, V.K., Dagdeviren, O., & Tavli, B. (2022). On the Trade-off Between Network Lifetime and k-Connectivity Based Reliability in UWSNs. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(23), 24444-24452.

Carsancakli, M. F., Al Imran, M. A., Yildiz, H. U., Kara, A., & Tavli, B. (2022). Reliability of Linear WSNs: A Complementary Overview and Analysis of Impact of Cascaded Failures on Network Lifetime. Ad Hoc Networks, 131, 102839.

Tekin N., Yildiz, H. U., & Gungor, V. C. (2021). Node-Level Error Control Strategies for Prolonging the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(13), 15386-15397.

Yildiz, H. U., Kurt, S., & Tavli, B. (2019). Comparative Analysis of Transmission Power Level and Packet Size Optimization Strategies for Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Grid. IEEE Systems Journal, 13(3), 2264–2274.

Yildiz, H. U. (2019). Maximization of Underwater Sensor Networks Lifetime via Fountain Codes. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15(8), 4602–4613.

Akbas, A., Yildiz, H. U., Ozbayoglu, A. M., & Tavli, B. (2019). Neural Network Based Instant Parameter Prediction for Wireless Sensor Network Optimization Models. Wireless Networks, 25(6), 3405–3418.

Erdem, H. E., Yildiz, H. U., & Gungor, V. C. (2019). On the Lifetime of Compressive Sensing Based Energy Harvesting in Underwater Sensor Networks. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(12), 4680–4687.

Sayit, M., Cetinkaya, C., Yildiz, H. U., & Tavli, B. (2019). DASH–QoS: A Scalable Network Layer Service Differentiation Architecture for DASH over SDN. Computer Networks, 154, 12–25.

Yildiz, H. U. (2019). Investigation of Network Lifetime and Delay Trade–off in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. International Journal of Communication Systems, 32(7), e3924.

Yildiz, H. U., Gungor, V. C., & Tavli, B. (2019). Packet Size Optimization for Lifetime Maximization in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15(2), 719–729.

Yildiz, H. U. (2018). The Impact of Transmission Power Levels Set Size on Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Grids. Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 26(6), 3057–3071.

Yigit, M., Yildiz, H. U., Kurt, S., Tavli, B., & Gungor, V. C. (2018). A Survey on Packet Size Optimization for Terrestrial, Underwater, Underground, and Body Area Sensor Networks. International Journal of Communication Systems, 31(11), e3572.

Yildiz, H. U., Ciftler, B. S., Tavli, B., Bicakci, K., & Incebacak D. (2018). The Impact of Incomplete Secure Connectivity on the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Systems Journal, 12(1), 1042–1046.

Yildiz, H. U., Tavli, B., Kahjogh, B., & Dogdu, E. (2017). The Impact of Incapacitation of Multiple Critical Sensor Nodes on Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 6(3), 306–309.

Kurt, S., Yildiz, H. U., Yigit, M., Tavli, B., & Gungor, V. C. (2017). Packet Size Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Grid Applications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(3), 2392–2401.

Akbas, A., Yildiz, H. U., Tavli, B., & Uludag, S. (2016). Joint Optimization of Transmission Power Level and Packet Size for WSN Lifetime Maximization. IEEE Sensors Journal, (16)12, 5084–5094.

Yildiz, H. U., Bicakci, K., Tavli, B., Gultekin, H., & Incebacak, D. (2016). Maximizing Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime by Communication/Computation Energy Optimization: Node Level versus Network Level Strategies. Ad Hoc Networks, 37(2), 301–323.

Yildiz, H. U., Tavli, B., & Yanikomeroglu, H. (2016). Transmission Power Control for Link–Level Handshaking in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16(2), 561–576.

Yildiz, H. U., Temiz, M., & Tavli, B. (2015). Impact of Limiting Hop Count on the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 19(4), 569–572.

Batmaz, A. U., Yildiz, H. U., & Tavli, B. (2014). Role of Unidirectionality and Reverse Path Length on Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime. IEEE Sensors Journal, 14(11), 3971–3982.

Un, B. E., Yildiz, H. U., Tavli, B. (2021, May). Impact of Critical Node Failures on Lifetime of UWSNs with Incomplete Secure Connectivity. In 2021 IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking (BlackSeaCom) (pp. 1–6). IEEE. [Presentation]

Ozmen, A., Yildiz, H. U., Tavli, B. (2020, November). Impact of Minimizing the Eavesdropping Risks on Lifetime of Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. In 2020 28th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR) (pp. 1–4). IEEE. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U. (2019, November). Utilization of Multi–Sink Architectures for Lifetime Maximization in Underwater Sensor Networks. In 2019 2nd IEEE Middle East and North Africa Communications Conference (MENACOMM) (pp. 1–5). IEEE. [BEST PAPER AWARD - 3RD PLACE] [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U. (2019, October). Prolonging the Lifetime of Underwater Sensor Networks Under Sinkhole Attacks. In The 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet) (pp. 1–5). ACM. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U., Gungor, V. C., & Tavli, B. (2018, June). A Hybrid Energy Harvesting Framework for Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks Based Smart Grid Applications. In 2018 17th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med–Hoc–Net) (pp. 1–6). IEEE. [Presentation]

Dagdeviren, O., Akram, V. K., Tavli, B., Yildiz, H. U., & Atilgan, C. (2016, October). Distributed Detection of Critical Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Connected Dominating Set. In 2016 IEEE SENSORS (pp. 1–3). IEEE. [Presentation]

Tantur, C., Yildiz, H. U., Kurt, S., & Tavli, B. (2016, October). Optimal Transmission Power Level Sets for Lifetime Maximization in Wireless Sensor Networks. In 2016 IEEE SENSORS (pp. 1–3). IEEE. [Poster]

Yildiz, H. U., & Tavli, B. (2015, December). Prolonging Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime by Optimal Utilization of Compressive Sensing. In 2015 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps) on Networking and Collaboration Issues for the Internet of Everything (ONIoE), (pp. 1–6). IEEE. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U., & Tavli, B. (2014, December). The Impact of Random Power Assignment in Handshaking on Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime. In 2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps) on Management of Emerging Networks and Services (MENS) (pp. 201–206). IEEE. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U., Kurt, S., & Tavli, B. (2014, October). The Impact of Near–Ground Path Loss Modeling on Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime. In 2014 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) (pp. 1114–1119). IEEE. [Presentation]

Akbas, A., Yildiz, H. U., & Tavli, B. (2014, May). Data Packet Length Optimization for Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime Maximization. In 2014 10th International Conference on Communications (COMM) (pp. 1–6). IEEE.

Yildiz, H. U., Bicakci, K., & Tavli, B. (2014, January). Communication/Computation Trade–offs in Wireless Sensor Networks: Comparing Network–Level and Node–Level Strategies. In 2014 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet) (pp. 49–51). IEEE. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U. (2019, April). Improvement of Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks Performance with Fountain Codes. In 2019 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1–4). IEEE. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U. (2018, November). Minimum Delay and Maximum Lifetime Trade–off in Underwater Sensor Networks. In 2018 National Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Biomedical Engineering (ELECO) (pp. 80–83). EMO. [Presentation]

Karakurt, Y., Yildiz, H. U., & Tavli, B. (2018, May). The Impact of Mitigation of Eavesdropping on Wireless Sensor Networks Lifetime. In 2018 26th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1–4). IEEE. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U. (2018, May). The Impact of Data Fragmentation on Network Lifetime in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. In 2018 26th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1–4). IEEE. [Presentation]

Yildiz, H. U., Tavli, B., & Kahjogh, B. O. (2017, May). Assessment of Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime Reduction Due to Elimination of Critical Node Sets. In 2017 25th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1–4). IEEE. [Presentation]