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2026
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UAE
2026

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Computer Science

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141
Citations
141860
World Ranking
59
National Ranking
1

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
141
Citations
141504
World Ranking
24
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - W. Wallace McDowell Award, IEEE Computer Society For pioneering contributions to wireless sensor network architectures and communication protocols.
  • 1997 - ACM Fellow Dr. Akyildiz has achieved fundamental research contributions in: finite capacity queuing network models; performance evaluation of Time Warp parallel simulations; traffic Control in ATM networks, and ; mobility management in wireless networks.
  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to performance analysis of computer communication networks.

Overview

Ian F. Akyildiz is affiliated with the Technology Innovation Institute in the United Arab Emirates. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. They have a significant number of publications spanning these subfields.

Their research addresses various topics, including:

  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Antenna Design and Analysis

Ian F. Akyildiz has contributed extensively to the academic literature with notable recent papers such as:

  • 6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications Systems (2020), published in IEEE Access
  • Terahertz Band Communication: An Old Problem Revisited and Research Directions for the Next Decade (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Communications

Common publication venues where they have appeared frequently include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 11 publications
  • IEEE Access with 9 publications
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications with 4 publications
  • ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies with 4 publications
  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing with 4 publications

They have collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Andreas Pitsillides
  • Christos Liaskos
  • Ageliki Tsioliaridou
  • Evgeny Khorov
  • Sotiris Ioannidis

Akyildiz's work has been recognized through several awards, such as the W. Wallace McDowell Award from the IEEE Computer Society in 2011, which cited contributions to wireless sensor network architectures and communication protocols. Additionally, they were named an ACM Fellow in 1997 for foundational research in areas including finite capacity queuing network models, performance evaluation of Time Warp parallel simulations, traffic control in ATM networks, and mobility management in wireless networks. In 1996, they were appointed IEEE Fellow for contributions to the performance analysis of computer communication networks.

Best Publications

  • A survey on sensor networks

    I.F. Akyildiz;Weilian Su;Y. Sankarasubramaniam;E. Cayirci

  • Wireless sensor networks: a survey

    I. F. Akyildiz;W. Su;Y. Sankarasubramaniam;E. Cayirci

  • NeXt generation/dynamic spectrum access/cognitive radio wireless networks: a survey

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Won-Yeol Lee;Mehmet C. Vuran;Shantidev Mohanty

  • Wireless mesh networks: a survey

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Xudong Wang;Weilin Wang

  • Underwater acoustic sensor networks: research challenges

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Dario Pompili;Tommaso Melodia

  • A survey on wireless multimedia sensor networks

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Tommaso Melodia;Kaushik R. Chowdhury

  • A survey on wireless mesh networks

    I.F. Akyildiz;Xudong Wang

  • A survey on spectrum management in cognitive radio networks

    I.F. Akyildiz;Won-Yeol Lee;M.C. Vuran;S. Mohanty

  • Wireless sensor and actor networks: research challenges

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Ismail Hakki Kasimoglu

  • Cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks: A survey

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Brandon F. Lo;Ravikumar Balakrishnan

  • CRAHNs: Cognitive radio ad hoc networks

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Won-Yeol Lee;Kaushik R. Chowdhury

  • Full length article: Terahertz band: Next frontier for wireless communications

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Josep Miquel Jornet;Chong Han

  • Nanonetworks: A new communication paradigm

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Fernando Brunetti;Cristina Blázquez

  • A New Wireless Communication Paradigm through Software-Controlled Metasurfaces

    Christos Liaskos;Shuai Nie;Ageliki Tsioliaridou;Andreas Pitsillides

  • 6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications Systems

    Ian F. Akyildiz;Ahan Kak;Shuai Nie

  • Channel Modeling and Capacity Analysis for Electromagnetic Wireless Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band

    J. M. Jornet;I. F. Akyildiz

  • ESRT: event-to-sink reliable transport in wireless sensor networks

    Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam;Özgür B. Akan;Ian F. Akyildiz

  • Optimal spectrum sensing framework for cognitive radio networks

    Won-Yeol Lee;I.F. Akyildiz

  • Help from the Sky: Leveraging UAVs for Disaster Management

    Milan Erdelj;Enrico Natalizio;Kaushik R. Chowdhury;Ian F. Akyildiz

  • Mobility management in next-generation wireless systems

    I.F. Akyildiz;J. McNair;J.S.M. Ho;H. Uzunalioglu

  • A survey of mobility management in next-generation all-IP-based wireless systems

    I.F. Akyildiz;Jiang Xie;S. Mohanty

  • Editorial: wireless sensor networks

    Erdal Cayirci;Ramesh Govindan;Taieb Znati;Mani Srivastava

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Miquel Jornet
Josep Miquel Jornet Northeastern University
Andreas Pitsillides
Andreas Pitsillides University of Cyprus
Mehmet C. Vuran
Mehmet C. Vuran University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Zhi Sun
Zhi Sun Tsinghua University
Tommaso Melodia
Tommaso Melodia Northeastern University
Wolfgang H. Gerstacker
Wolfgang H. Gerstacker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jörg Liebeherr
Jörg Liebeherr University of Toronto
Dario Pompili
Dario Pompili Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ozgur B. Akan
Ozgur B. Akan University of Cambridge
Chong Han
Chong Han Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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