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Melike Erol-Kantarci

AI-enabled Wireless Networks 5G Wireless Communications 6G Wireless Communications Smart Grid Systems Wireless Sensor Networks

About

Melike Erol-Kantarci  is Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in AI-enabled Next-Generation Wireless Networks and Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. She is the founding director of the Networked Systems and Communications Research (NETCORE) laboratory. She has over 140 peer-reviewed publications which have been cited over 5000 times and she has an h-index of 37. Recently, she was selected for the 2019 list of “N2Women: Stars in Computer Networking and Communications”. She has received several best paper awards including the IEEE Communication Society Best Tutorial Paper Award in 2017. Dr. Erol-Kantarci is the co-editor of three books on smart grids, smart cities and intelligent transportation. She has delivered numerous plenary talks, keynotes, tutorials and seminars around the globe. She serves on the editorial board of several IEEE transactions and journals. She has acted as the general chair and technical program chair for many international conferences and workshops. Her main research interests are AI-enabled wireless networks, 5G and 6G wireless communications, smart grid, electric vehicles, Internet of things and wireless sensor networks. She is a senior member of the IEEE.

Research Performance Summary

328
Total Papers
11736
Total Citations
54
H-Index
2000-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Characterization of a glass-ceramic produced from thermal power plant fly ashes

Year: 2000

Citations: 133

Venue: Journal of the European Ceramic Society 20 (12)

Latest Recorded Paper

Foundation Model-Aided Hierarchical Control for Robust RIS-Assisted Near-Field Communications

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.03427

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
6
2025
35
2024
34
2023
31
2022
30
2021
24
2020
20
2019
15
2018
10
2017
16
2016
10

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 137
Journal 78
Book 6

Top Coauthors

Erol-Kantarci Mouftah Elsayed

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 41
Citations 133
Avg. Citations / Paper 3.2
H-Index 6

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 139
Citations 2977
Avg. Citations / Paper 21.4
H-Index 31

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 63
Citations 2986
Avg. Citations / Paper 47.4
H-Index 27

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 65
Citations 4352
Avg. Citations / Paper 67
H-Index 29

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 1150
Avg. Citations / Paper 71.9
H-Index 9

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 4
Citations 138
Avg. Citations / Paper 34.5
H-Index 2

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

merolka2@uOttawa.ca

Detected Research Keywords

Wireless Sensor Networks Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Sensor Networks Smart Networks Smart Grid Reinforcement Learning Joint Underwater Acoustic Sensor Acoustic Sensor Networks Underwater Sensor Networks Energy Management Smart Management Smart Grid