Dr. Kemal Akkaya

Kemal Akkaya

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901

Office: FANER 2138
Phone: 618-453-6054
Fax: 618-453-6044
Email: kemal - cs dot siu dot edu
Web: http://www.cs.siu.edu/~kemal

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). I received my PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2005. I lead the ADWISE Research Lab at SIUC. My current research interests are :

Wireless Sensor Networks

Energy-Efficient Protocols
QoS Provisioning
Node Placement
Coverage and Connectivity

Ad-hoc Networking

QoS Routing
Smart Grid Communications
Fault-tolerance
Mobility Models

Wireless and Network Security

Secure Routing
Vehicular Ad Hoc Network Security
Smart Grid Security
Key Distribution

What is New?

Dr. Akkaya is the Demo Chair for IEEE LCN 2012
Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks most dowloaded article in 2010: K. Akkaya and M. Younis, "A survey on routing protocols for wireless sensor networks", Vol 3. No. 3. # of downloads: 4499
Number of Citations: 3282 as of May 2012.
Spring 2012 Teaching, CS215 and CS410.
Newly accepted papers:
1. H. Oztarak, K. Akkaya and A. Yazici, "Efficient Localization and Tracking of Multiple Objects in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks" Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks (to appear).
2. N. Saputro, K. Akkaya and S. Uludag, "A Survey of Routing Protocols for Smart Grid Communications", Computer Networks Journal (to appear).
3. H. Oztarak, T. Yilmaz, K. Akkaya and A. Yazici, "Efficient and Accurate Object Classification in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", in the Proceedings of 21st IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN'12) (to appear).
4. I. Senturk, K. Akkaya and S. Yilmaz, "Distributed Relay Node Positioning for Connectivity Restoration in Partitioned Wireless Sensor Networks", in the Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium and Computers and Communications (ISCC'12)(to appear).
5. T. Imboden, K. Akkaya and Z. Moore, "Performance Evaluation of Wireless Mesh Networks using IEEE 802.11s and IEEE 802.11n", in the Proceedings of Convergence among Heterogeneous Wireless Systems in Future Internet Workshop, in conjunction with IEEE ICC'12 (to appear).
6. I. Senturk, K. Akkaya and S. Yilmaz, "A Game-Theoretic Approach to Connectivity Restoration in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks", in the Proceedings of Wireless Sensor Actor and Actuator Networks Workshop, in conjunction with IEEE ICC'12 (to appear).