Students who completed their internship and delivered the internship books to the EE Department, the Internship Commission of the EE Department has examined the internship books. Students can access the decision of the commission by clicking here . Students who deliver their internship book should follow this announcement for their internship status, the decision of commission will be update regularly.
EE @IEEE SIU’20
Tapir Lab. member and EE Department Senior student Halil Said Cankurtaran successfully presented his paper entitled “An Acoustic Signal Based Language Independent Lip Synchronization Method and Its Implementation via Extended LPC” on October 5th, 2020 at the 28th IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU). EE Department wishes him continued success. Details of the study could be accessed online on the Tapir Lab.’s GitHub page under MIT License.
EE @IEEE Turkey Section Science Awards 2019 Ceremony
The IEEE Turkey Section Science Awards 2019 Ceremony which was postponed to the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic was held on October 3rd, 2020 at IEEE Turkey Section Official YouTube Channel. IEEE Turkey Section wanted to congratulate success and encourage scientists even under pandemic conditions. Additionally, the IEEE Turkey Section hosted two distinguished guests; IEEE President-Elect 2020 Susan Kathy Land and Awards Board Vice Chair Karen Panetta. After the presentations of guests, ten scientists have been awarded in Lifetime Achievement, Exemplary Service, Research Encouragement, and Dissertation categories. IEEE Turkey Section PDEA Coordinator and EE Department Head Assoc. Prof Serhan Yarkan has presented one of the Dissertation Awards to Dr. Hamideh Ramezani whose Dissertation is titled Communication Theoretical Foundations of Nervous System. You can watch the entire ceremony on the YouTube Channel of the IEEE Turkey Section. List of awards and awardees are also listed below.
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Prof. Bülent Sankur
- Exemplary Service Award – Prof. Engin Erzin
- Research Encouragement Award – Assistant Prof. Ercüment Çiçek
- Research Encouragement Award – Prof. Hazım Ekenel
- Research Encouragement Award – Associate Prof. Sedat Nizamoğlu
- Dissertation Award – Dr. M. Furkan Keskin
- Dissertation Title: Visible Light Positioning Systems: Fundamental Limits, Algorithms and Resource Allocation Approaches
- Dissertation Award – Dr. Hamideh Ramezani
- Dissertation Title: Communication Theoretical Foundations of Nervous System
- Dissertation Award – Assistant Prof. Semiha Tedik Başaran
- Dissertation Title: Relaying Opportunities for Wireless Networks by Applying Network Coding
- Dissertation Award – Dr. Hasan Uluşan
- Dissertation Title: Ultra-Low Power Interface Electronics Design for Fully Implantable Cochlear Implants
- Dissertation Award – Dr. Farshad Miramirkhani
- Dissertation Title: Channel Modelling and Characterization for Visible Light Communications: Indoor Vehicular and Underwater Channels
Announcement for Fall ’20 Elective Courses
The elective courses that will be offered in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering are listed below;
*EEE406 – Mobile Communication
*EEE451 – Digital Image Processing
*EEE403 – Active Filter Design
*EEE429 – Optoelectronics
Students (except for sophomore students) who wish to take extra elective courses can register to the elective courses of the other departments after registering four courses opened in the EE department.
Tapir Lab. @IEEE Region 8 Virtual SYP Congress – Day 13
The IEEE Region 8 Virtual Students and Young Professionals (vSYP) Congress took place from September 14th – 26th, 2020 virtually on Crowdcast. Last day of the Congress was hosted by IEEE Turkey Section and IEEE Turkey Section Vice-Chair Dr. Tunçer Baykaş, Treasurer Simay Akar, Student Activities Coordinator Dr. Murat Tümer, Young Professionals AG Ömer Melih Gül, and Professional Development and Educational Activities Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Serhan Yarkan have attended the Congress, and introduced the IEEE Turkey section, and some of the organizational activities. On the 13th day of the Congress, three different speakers have presented and one discussion panel has been organized. Additionally, SAC and YP have presented and announced awards won by members from Region 8.
Announcement of Presentations of Graduation Project
According to the graduation project outlines, the third stage of presentations will be held online on September 28th, 2020, Monday, starting at 9 am. At this stage, the following two groups of students will be presenting their projects:
Group 1. Students who filled out the graduation project request form in such a way that they themselves decide to present their projects in September 2020,
Group 2. Students who got “Incomplete (I)” from the previous presentations.
All students who will present their projects on September 28th, 2020, Monday, should be ready prior to the presentation time along with their project files (slides, reports, videos, audios, etc.). The order of presentation will be determined via a random number generation mechanism.
Congratulations to Özgür Alaca on his Successful M.Sc. Dissertation Defense!
EE Department is proud to announce that Tapir Lab. member Özgür Alaca successfully defended his Masters Dissertation, titled “A Statistical Modulation Type Identifier for Remote Keyless Entry Transmitters Based on Extended Energy Detector” on September 7th, 2020. EE Department wishes him success in the future!
A Welcome Message from the Department Head
Dear Everybody,
On behalf of Istanbul Commerce University (ICU), Electrical-Electronics Engineering (EE) Department, I would like to congratulate our prospective students after their hard work during their studies towards the university exam. It is a real privilege for us to expand our family with recently admitted students announced by Higher Education Council (HEC) rankings along with freshmen and recent graduates. I would like to take this as an opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to the ICU officials during the promotion days under the shadow of the pandemic in rigid restrictions. Despite these stringent conditions, EE is proud to have all HEC slots reserved full again and we are looking forward to meeting you in the upcoming academic year. However, considering the situation that we all faced during the last months, official announcements about the planning of the next semester should be checked regularly to stay up-to-date.
Before proceeding further, I would like to briefly mention what EE achieved during the lockdown days and at the new normal stage. I hope these achievements would encourage new members of our family. First and foremost, EE has been granted one more time with a very challenging research and development (R&D) project with an alias “ROBOTIM,” by the Presidency of Defence Industries under the Presidency of The Republic of Turkey. The project allows EE to recruit students who are successful, talented, passionate, and focused. Hopefully, starting with Fall 2020, EE will commence the recruitment. EE proudly keeps being the flagship of the College of Engineering at ICU by getting grants from the Presidency of Defence Industries under the Presidency of The Republic of Turkey for the project alias KAŞİF; Istanbul Development Agency for the project Istanbul Digital Forensics Lab. and now for ROBOTIM.
In parallel with these, establishing such a project pipeline bears fruit and our another graduate, Özgür Alaca (after Sezer Can Tokgöz), has been accepted as a PhD. student with full scholarship at Texas A&M University at College Station, TX, USA, which is one of the top universities across the globe. We hope more graduates will be present in prestigious universities, R&D companies, and institutions with both ROBOTIM and other project proposals waiting for approval.
As EE, we take an active role in IEEE, one of the most important organizations in our field. This way, our students have already had and will always have priority access to top tier events and organizations such as global conferences; distinguished seminars, lectures, and gatherings; and meetings. Starting from 2020, we carry out a very critical mission in IEEE Turkey as well. Under Region 8, IEEE Turkey always encourages students and young professionals in the field with exclusive privileges.
For conducting Fall 2020, there are several things to be stated. First of all, the first year is a crucial time for all the students. There might be a tedious adaptation period to the lectures, assignments, and projects. Yet, you will taste the engineering experience as you make progress. EE is the place where you will be acquainted with technical and personal skills to compete with your peers. Additionally, It is an opportunity for our faculty and staff to provide training for learners to compete in the real world and succeed in their chosen career path.
Finally, it is vital for our students to note that all official announcements will always be published on the official website of the Department [http://ee.ticaret.edu.tr]. Considering the timeliness issue, students are also encouraged to join the official EE WhatsApp group via the link on the Department’s official webpage. However, the main source of information and its dissemination is still the Department website. It is the students’ responsibility to follow the announcements on the official website of Department. To be informed correctly on any issue, students should follow official announcements and contact the Department in case needed. Additionally, students should read the RULES page to make communications as effective as possible.
I wish all our new members and concurrent students to have a nice, successful, and healthy Fall 2020.
S. Yarkan,
Department Head
Announcement for Internship Documentation Process
Starting from June 2020, students who will complete their summer internships should pay attention to the listed below.
Please note that failure to satisfy/meet any single one of the items below will result in rejection of your internship!
1. According to final decision of Faculty Administrative Board, documents which consist of
- the internship book approved by Career Center (KAMER in Turkish),
- assessment form of student prepared by the institution where internship was conducted in a closed and sealed envelope,
- entrance and exit documents of your insurance ,
- any other necessary documents that should be checked with KAMER
must be delivered to Head of Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering (or to Cengiz Riva or Göksel Çankaya on behalf of Head of Department) until October 16th, 2020, 4:59 pm.
2. The internship book delivery procedure can be accessed by clicking here and the digital form of the internship book template can be accessed by here. The internship book which is required by the Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering should be of the digital form. However, in order to archive internship books, Istanbul Commerce University anticipates hardcopy versions of the digital files as well. Therefore, you are expected to both send digitally and deliver a hardcopy version of your internship book.
3. Internship books whose plagiarism scores are higher than 5% will NOT be accepted.
4. Institutional Student’s Assessment Form (Annex-5) which will be taken from the institution where the internship was conducted must be delivered in the sealed and closed envelope.
Please note that failure to satisfy/meet any single one of the items above will result in rejection of your internship!
Tapir Lab. @IEEE Turkey Students and Young Professional Congress
The IEEE Turkey Student Branches and Young Professionals Congress takes place from August 20th – 23rd at IEEE Turkey Student Branches Youtube channel. On the first day of the Congress, IEEE SAC Chair Dr. Elisa Barney Smith, IEEE Turkey Section Chair Prof Dr. H. Fatih Uğurdağ, Vice-Chair Dr. Tunçer Baykaş, Treasurer Simay Akar, Student Activities Coordinator Dr. Murat Tümer and Professional Development and Educational Activities Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Serhan Yarkan have attended the Congress and delivered the opportunities, and expectations of the contemporary vision of IEEE and IEEE Turkey. Also, IEEE Turkey Student Branches Society Chairs of RAS, KÖK, and CS have presented their annual reports, and candidates of the new term have presented their plans.
