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Hasari CelebiContactInformationEducationECE Dept., Texas A&M University at Qatar Phones: +974-44135343Doha, QatarE-mail: hasari.celebi@qatar.tamu.eduUniversity of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USAPh.D., Electrical Engineering, August 2008San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USAM.S., Electrical Engineering, May 2004Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, TurkeyB.S., Electronics and Communications Engineering, June 2000Honors andAwardsExperiences1. The Research Fellow Excellence Award at Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar, 2010.2. The Best Paper Award in International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented WirelessNetworks and Communications (CROWNCOM) Conference, Hannover, Germany, June 2009.3. Distinguished Graduate Achievement Award at University of South Florida, USA, 2008.4. Teaching and research assistantships from University of South Florida and San Jose State University,USA, 2003 - 2007.Texas A& M University at Qatar, Doha, QatarAssistant Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept.Feb. 11-Present• Promoted to Assistant Research Scientist and performing the research and advising undergradand graduate students.Texas A& M University at Qatar, Doha, QatarPostdoctoral Research Associate, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept. Dec. 08-Jan. 11• Performing research in signal processing, detection and estimation theory, and their applicationsto wireless communications and localization systems.• Conducting research and development on statistical modeling of spectrum utilization and channelpropagation.• Co-founded Wireless Research Laboratory in Qatar campus and worked as the lead researcherin the lab.• Co-advising undergraduate, graduate students on both Qatar and Texas main campuses fortheir senior design projects, theses, and dissertations.• Taught two courses in the EE department.• Co-advised undergraduate students and engineers on industrial projects sponsored by QatarTelecom (Qtel) and RasGas Ltd.Logus Wireless USA, Tampa, Florida, USASystems Engineer May 2005-Dec. 2007• Lead a small group to develop and design IEEE 802.16-2004 and IEEE 802.16e-2005 compliantradio transceiver board for WiMAX Base stations,• Accomplishments:

– Design of complete 3.4-3.6 GHz WiMAX Mixed Digital Baseband and Analog RF basestation transceiver board,– Complete schematics and BOM using Cadence Allegro.– Development of architecture, schematics and BOM for the multi-technology (WiMAXand LTE), multi-band (698-806MHz, 2.3-2.7GHz, 3.4-3.6GHz, 5.725-5.85GHz), multibandwidth(1-20MHz), and multi-mode (TDD and FDD) radio transceiver board.University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USAAdjunct Faculty, Electrical Eng. Dept. Jan.-Aug. 2008• Summer 2008: Instructed “Linear Systems Analysis” course.• Spring 2008: Instructed “Introduction to Communications Systems” course.Research Assistant, Electrical Eng. Dept. Jan.-May 2005• UWB testbed development and design for next-generation wireless chip-to-chip communicationsand interconnects and wireless sensor networks. Sponsored by Honeywell Inc.• My responsibility includes developing and implementing synchronization and detection algorithmsfor UWB systems in FPGAs board.Teaching Assistant, Electrical Eng. Dept. Sept.-Dec. 2004• Lead establishing a lab course entitled “DSP/FPGAs Lab for Software Defined Radio” inElectrical Eng. Dept. all the way from sctratch to a complete course.• My responsibility includes market survey for hardware equipments and software tools, developingthe lab experiment and manuals and serving as teaching assistant.• MATLAB/Simulink is used as high-level system design tool to target Texas Instruments DSP,Xilinx FPGAs, and Lyrtech Hybrid DSP/FPGAs boards for SDR applications.San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USATeaching Assistant, Electrical Eng. Dept. July 2003-June 2004Worked as a Teaching Assistant for Principles of Electromagnetic Fields, Electronic Circuit DesignII, Network Analysis, and Linear Systems courses.Protocol Electronics Ltd., Istanbul, TurkeyCo-founder and Hardware Engineer Nov. 1999-Dec. 2000My responsibilities included financing and designing the PC Systems in pre-assembly stage.Alcatel Inc., Istanbul, TurkeySummer Intern June-Aug. 1999Worked as an Intern Engineer at Information Systems Department. I participated to the projectthat its objective was updating the data speed from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps in a LAN System.Dell Computers Inc., Istanbul, TurkeySummer Intern June-Aug. 1998Worked as an intern engineer at technical support department. Tested the mainboards, memoriesand microprocessors for PC systems. Provided a level of pre/post-sales technical support. Helpedthe customers either by phone or direct technical support.

Co-founded Labs 1. Co-founded ”Wireless Research Laboratory” with Dr. Khalid A. Qaraqe in Electrical and ComputerEng. Dept. at Texas A& M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar, March 2009.2. Co-founded ”DSP/FPGAs Lab for Software Defined Radio” with Dr. Huseyin Arslan and Dr.Ravi Sankar in Electrical Eng. Dept. at University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, Dec. 2004.Book ChaptersInventionDisclosuresJournalPublications1. H. Arslan and H. Celebi, “Software Defined Radio Architectures for Cognitive Radios”, in“Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio, and Adaptive Wireless Systems” book, Springer, Sept.2007.2. H. Arslan and H. Celebi, “Location Information Management Systems for Cognitive WirelessNetworks”, in “Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio, and Adaptive Wireless Systems” book,Springer, Sept. 2007.3. A. Gorcin, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Celebi, H. Arslan,“Location-Aware Cognitive CommunicationSystems for Public Safety”, in ”Telecommunications in Disaster Areas” book, River, Nov. 2010.1. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Cognitive Radio Transceiver for Dispersed Spectrum Utilization”,U.S. Provisional Patent Application, USF Ref. No. 08A009R, Feb., 2008.2. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Cognitive Positioning Systems”, U.S. Provisional Patent Application,USF Ref. No. 07A007PR, Jan., 2007.Special Issues1. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Utilization of Location Information in Cognitive Wireless Networks”,IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine-Special Issue on Cognitive Wireless Networks, vol. 14,no. 4, pp. 6-13, Aug. 2007.2. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Enabling Location and Environment Awareness in Cognitive Radios”,Elsevier Computer Communications-Special Issue on Advanced Location-Based Services, vol. 31, no.6, pp. 1114-1125, April 2008.3. F. Kocak, H. Celebi, S. Gezici, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, H. Vincent Poor, “ Time Delay Estimationin Dispersed Spectrum Cognitive Radio Systems”, EURASIP Journal on Advances on SignalProcessing-Special Issue on Advanced Signal Processing for Cognitive Radio Networks, vol. 2010,2010.Regular Issues4. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Cognitive Positioning Systems”, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications,vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 4475-4483, Dec. 2007.5. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Cross-Modulation Interference and Mitigation Technique for UltrawidebandPPM Signaling”, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 847-858, March2008.6. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Ranging Accuracy in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks”, IEEECommunications Letters, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 405-407, May 2007.7. S. Gezici, H. Celebi, H. Vincent Poor, H. Arslan, “Fundamental Limits on Time Delay Estimationin Dispersed Spectrum Cognitive Radio Systems”, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, vol.8, no. 1, pp. 78-83, Jan. 2009.8. H. Celebi, I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, H. Arslan, “Cognitive Radio Systems for Spectrum, Location,and Environment Awareness”, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 52, issue 4, pp.41-61, Aug. 2010.9. S. Ekin, F. Yilmaz, H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, M-S. Alouini, E. Serpedin, ”Capacity Limits of

Spectrum Sharing Systems Over Hyper Fading Channels”, Journal of Wireless Communications andMobile Computing, Dec. 2010.10. K. A. Qaraqe, H. Celebi, M. Mohammad, S. Ekin, ”Dispersed Spectrum Cognitive RadioSystems Over Fading Channels”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking,Jan. 2011.ConferencePublicationsInvited Papers1. F. E. Retnasothie, M. K. Ozdemir, T. Yücek, J. Zhang, H. Celebi, R. Muththaiah, “WirelessIPTV over WiMAX: Challenges and Applications”, IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conference(WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, USA, Dec. 2006.2. S. Gezici, H. Celebi, H. Arslan, H. Vincent Poor, “Theoretical Limits on Time Delay Estimationfor Ultra-Wideband Cognitive Radios”, IEEE International Conference on UWB (ICUWB), vol. 2,pp. 177-180, Hannover, Germany, Sep. 10-12, 2008.3. F. Kocak, H. Celebi, S. Gezici, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, H. Vincent Poor, “Time Delay Estimationin Cognitive Radio Systems”, IEEE workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-ChannelSensor Array Processing, Aruba, Dec. 2009.4. K. A. Qaraqe, S. I. Hussain, H. Celebi, M. Abdallah, and M.-S. Alouini, “An RSS Based LocationEstimation Technique for Cognitive Relay Networks”, to appear in 3rd International Workshopon Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management (CogART’10), Rome, Italy, Nov. 2010.Regular Papers5. H. Celebi, M. M. Abdallah, S. I. Hussain, Khalid A. Qaraqe, M.-S. Alouini, “Time of ArrivalBased Location Estimation for Cooperative Relay Networks”, IEEE PIMRC, pp. 871-875, Istanbul,Turkey, Sept. 2010.6. H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, “Performance Comparison of Time Delay Estimation forWhole and Dispersed Spectrum Utilization Methods in Cognitive Radio Networks”, IEEE InternationalConference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CROWN-COM), p. 1-6, Hannover, Germany, June 2009.7. H. Celebi, H. Arslan, “Adaptive Positioning Systems for Cognitive Radios”, IEEE Symposiumon New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySpan), April 17-20, p. 78-84, 2007,Dublin, Ireland.8. H. Celebi, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “On the Statistics of Channel Models for UWB Ranging”,IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, 27-28 March 2006, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.9. H. Celebi, M. E. Sahin, H. Arslan, J. Haque, E. R. Prado, D. P. Markell, “UltrawidebandDesign Challenges for Wireless Chip-to-Chip Communications and Interconnects”, IEEE AerospaceConference, 4-11 March 2006, Big Sky, Montana, USA.10. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “A Data-Aided Timing Acquisition For Pulse Position ModulatedUWB Signals”, IEEE International Conference on Ultra-wideband (ICU), pp. 344-348,Zurich,Switzerland, 2005.11. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, “Cross-Modulation Interference For Pulse Position Modulated UWBSignals”, IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), pp. 1-7, Atlantic City, NewJersey, USA, 2005.12. S. Ekin, F. Yilmaz, H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, M-S. Alouini, E. Serpedin, “Achievable Capacityfor A Spectrum Sharing Systems over Hyper Fading Channels”, IEEE Globecom, Honololu, Hawaii,USA, Dec. 2009.13. H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, “Performance Analysis of TOA based Range Accuracy

Adaptation for Cognitive Radio Networks”, IEEE VTC-Fall, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, Feb. 2009.14. H. Celebi, A. Gorcin, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, M-S. Alouini, A. Alsaigh, “Empirical Resultsfor Multidimensional Spectrum Usage”, IEEE PIMRC, Tokyo, Japan, June 2009.15. K. A. Qaraqe, H. Celebi, M-S. Alouini, L. Abuhantash, M. Al-Mulla, O. Al-Mulla, A. Jolo,A. Ahmad, A. El-Saigh, “A Wideband Spectrum Occupancy Measurement for Indoor and OutdoorEnvironments”, Intl. Conf. on Communications Technologies, Riyadh, KSA, Oct. 2009.16. A. Gorcin, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Celebi, H. Arslan, “Adaptive Thresholding for Spectrum Sensing inMulti-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks”, International Conference on Telecommunications, Doha,Qatar, Nov. 2009.17. K. A. Qaraqe, M. Mohammad, H. Celebi, A. El-Saigh, “The Impact of Node Distribution onThe Transport Capacity of Adhoc Dispersed Spectrum Cognitive Radio Systems”, InternationalConference on Telecommunications, Doha, Qatar, Oct. 2009.18. H. Celebi, and K. A. Qaraqe, “Measurement and Challenges for Practical Spectrum Sensingin Cognitive Radio Systems”, IEEE 18th Signal Processing and Communications ApplicationsConference, Diyarbakir, April. 2010.19. H. Celebi, and K. A. Qaraqe, “Engagement of Undergraduate Students to Advanced Research:A Case Study”, to appear in IEEE EDUCON, April, Amman, Jordan, 2011.20. A. H. Gholamipour, A. Gorcin, H. Celebi, B. U. Toreyin, M. Saghir, F. Kurdahi, A. Eltawil,“Reconfigurable Filter Implementation of a Matched-filter Based Spectrum Sensor for CognitiveRadio Systems”, to appear in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),May, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011.ConferencePosterPresentationsProfessionalActivities1. H. Celebi and H. Arslan, ”Location Awareness and Its Applications in Cognitive Wireless Networks”,IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, USA, Dec. 2006.2. H. Celebi, M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, S. Ahmed, T. S. Price, H. Arslan, ”Low Complexity UWBImpulse Radio”, IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, USA,Apr. 2005.3. H. Celebi, M. E. Sahin, D. P. Markell, N. Brown, H. Arslan, T. S. Price, S. Ahmed, P. Satchell,J. Haque, J. Ramos, ”Energy Detector Based Ultrawideband Transceiver Design”, IEEE Wirelessand Microwave Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, USA, Apr. 2005.4. H. Celebi, Y. Zhang, R. Sankar and H. Arslan, ”DSP/FPGAs Laboratory for Software DefinedRadio”, Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies and Vendor Expositions, Tampa, FL,USA, March 2005.• Membership: IEEE member since 2005.• Invited Speech: 3rd International Workshop on Cognitive Radio and Advanced SpectrumManagement, Rome, Italy, 2010.• TPC:– IEEE ICC 2011, Kyoto, Japan.– IEEE Globecom 2011, Houston, Texas, USA.– The International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC)2011, Istanbul, Turkey.• Reviewer: Has served for numerous IEEE and international journals and conferences such as:– Journals: IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Letters,IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Signal

CertificatesSkillsProcessing Letters, IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and SystemsI, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, IET Communications, ELSEVIERSignal Processing.– Conferences: IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE VTC, IEEE WirelessCom, IEEEMILCOM, IEEE ICUWB, IEEE UWBNETS.Intrax Language Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA Sept.-Nov. 2001Advanced English.National American University, Colorado Springs, CO, USA June-Sept. 2001Advanced English.Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA Jan.-June 2001Advanced English.Application Softwares: Matlab (proficient), Simulink, ModelSim, Xilinx System Generator, ADS,Cadence Allegro, OPNET.Computer Languages: Java, Javascript, SQL.Test Equipments: Agilent Signal Generators, Agilent Vector Signal Analyzers, Anritsu Signal Analyzers,Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscope, Network Analyzers.Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, MS Windows.