ITU Informatics Institute, Information and Communications Engineering Program Ph.D. student Hakan Alakoca’s study within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1001 Project  titled “Ultra-Connectivity for 6G Wireless Communications: UAV and Intelligent Reflective Surface Enabled Heterogeneous Network Design” was published in IEEE Communications Magazine.

The researchers Hakan Alakoca, Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Namdar, Assoc. Prof. Sultan Aldirmaz-Colak, Dr. Mehmet Başaran, Asst. Prof. Arif Basgumus, Prof. Dr. Lutfiye Durak-Ata, and Prof. Dr. Halim Yanikomeroglu studied various physical layer security vulnerabilities for signal processing mechanisms on intelligent reflective surfaces in 6G networks. 

The article titled “Metasurface Manipulation Attacks: Potential Security Threats of RIS-Aided 6G Communications” was selected by IEEE Communications Society as one of the IEEE Best Readings of the last 5 years (2018-2023) in the field of physical layer security for 6G networks. 

These selected articles in the field of physical layer security in 6G networks belong to distinguished studies that identify possible new problems related to communication technologies, propose innovative solutions, and shape future innovations worldwide. 

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İTÜ Informatics Institute

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ITU Informatics Institute provides graduate-level education and research in applied informatics, computer sciences, computational science and engineering, communication systems under the following programs.

Faculty members and students conduct research supported by national and international organızatıons in the fields of electromagnetic fields, communication systems/regulations, computational materials design, computational chemistry/biology, cryptography, signal/data processing/visualization, big data management, climate and ocean sciences, 

  • The paper titled “Non-Invasive Complete Hemodynamic Model to Investigate the Effect of Multi-Stenosis in Patient-Specific Coronary Arteries”, jointly prepared by research assistants Hacer Duzman and E. Cenk Ersan, andProf. Dr. M. Serdar Çelebi from the Computational Science and Engineering Program, has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the ESM’25. (22-24 Oct. 2025 Belgium)
  • Hacer Duzman and Muhammed Enis Şen, PhD students of Computational Science and Engineering Program, received awards in the "5 Minute Thesis Competition" organized at the "Başarım 2024 8th National High Performance Computing Conference".

There is also a High Performance Computing Laboratory established with the support of the State Planning Organization within the Institute.