E. Ak, B. Canberk, V. Sharma, O.A. Dobre, and T.Q. Duong received the Best Paper Award at the 20th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) with their conference paper titled ‘What-if Analysis Framework for Digital Twins in 6G Wireless Network Management’, May 2024. link

B. Canberk served as a Panelist for project evaluations in Mitacs Accelerate Canada, May 2024.

B. Canberk gave an invited talk titled ‘Real-Time Digital Twin System in 6G Era’ at Koc University & Is Bank Artificial Intelligence Center, Turkey, February 2024.

K. Duran has received the Best Postgraduate Research Paper Award of 2023 from Edinburgh Napier University for her recent study ‘Digital Twin Enriched Green Topology Discovery for Next Generation Core Networks’ published in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, February 2024.

B. Canberk served as an External Panel Member for project evaluations in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, January 2024.

B. Canberk served as a Panelist in Georgia I2Q – Innovation, Inclusion and Quality Competitive Innovation Fund (CIF), January 2024.

B. Canberk is the Digital Twin Track TPC Co-Chair of the IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (IEEE WF-IoT), 2024.

B. Canberk is the Edge/Cloud Computing and Networking Track TPC Co-Chair of the IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (IEEE CCNC), 2024.

B. Canberk gave a Digital Twin Expert Talk at ACCIONA, Spain, December 2023. link

L.V. Cakir, K. Duran, Y. Yigit, E. Ak, B. Canberk received the 2023 Honorary Mention Award with their work ‘Sustainable and Breathable Buildings: Proof of Concept Digital Twin for Improved Indoor Air Quality and Energy-Efficient Ventilation’ in the IEEE Communications Society Student Competition on the Communications Technology Changing the World, November 2023. link

Our workshop titled ‘Workshop on Cybersecurity of Critical National Infrastructures (CCNI)’ is accepted to the 25th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile, and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM), Perth, Australia, 4 – 7 June 2024. link

Our tutorial titled ‘Digital Twins for 6G Communications and Networking’ is accepted to the IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM) to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4 – 8 December 2023. link

T. Bilen has received Serhat Ozyar Young Scientist of the Year Honorary Award for her thesis titled ‘Artificial Intelligence-based and Digital Twin-enabled Aeronautical Ad-Hoc Network Management’. link

T. Bilen received the Most Successful Doctoral Thesis Award from Istanbul Technical University for her thesis titled ‘Artificial Intelligence-based and Digital Twin-enabled Aeronautical Ad-Hoc Network Management’. link

B. Canberk is the General Co-Chair of the IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (IEEE CAMAD), 2023.