BROADBAND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH GROUP

ABOUT US


Welcome to Broadband Communication and Network Automation Research Group (BCRG) official web site. Our research focuses include:

  • DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS
  • AI-ENABLED AUTONOMOUS NETWORKS
  • REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION
  • NEXT GENERATION EDGE IOT SYSTEMS
  • WIRELESS DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS

BCRG has 9 active members, including 5 PhDs, 2 Postdoctoral Researchers, and 2 BScs.

Supervisor

Berk Canberk, PhD

b[DOT]canberk[AT]napier[DOT]ac[DOT].uk, canberk[AT]itu[DOT]edu[DOT]tr, canberk[AT]northeastern[DOT]edu

Professor

School of Computing, Engineering, and The Built Environment | Edinburgh Napier University

Adjunct Professor

Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering | Istanbul Technical University

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department | Northeastern University

Academic Director

Research and Innovations | BTS Group

Research Theme Leader

The Centre for Mind, Creativity and Environment Research | Edinburgh Napier University

The Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems | Edinburgh Napier University

He is a Professor in the School of Computing, Engineering and The Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northeastern University, Boston-USA. Moreover, he is the Academic Director of BTS Group, Turkey. Also, between January 2016 and July 2016, he was a visiting associate professor at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), UK. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Communication Engineering at Tampere University of Technology, Finland, between June 2015 – September 2015.

Dr. Canberk is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of the ACM and Member of the IET. He serves as a Lead Editor in IEEE ComSoc Best Readings on Digital Twins and Metaverse and Editor in IEEE Transactions in Vehicular Technology, Elsevier Computer Networks and Elsevier Computer Communications Journal. He is a Board Member / Observer of the IEEE 1900.5 Cognitive Radio for Dynamic Spectrum Access and IEEE Tactile Internet Standardization Working Groups. He is a group member of Internet Research Task Force’s Network Management Research Group (IRTF NMRG). He has been involved in several international conferences as technical program co-chair, symposium chair, demo/poster chair, regional chair, publicity chair, tutorial chair, and TPC member.

  • RECIGNITION

    B. Canberk is a keynote speaker at The First Workshop on Digital Twins over NextG Wireless Networks (DTwin) at the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), London, UK, 19-22 May 2024. link

  • RECOGNITION

    B. Canberk gave an invited talk on ‘AI-Powered Digital Twin Networks: Revolutionizing Industry 4.0 in the 6G Era’ at the University of Ottawa, Canada, 25 October 2024.

  • RECOGNITION

    B. Canberk gave a keynote at the Digital Twins Infrastructure & Cities Master Course, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 24 October 2024.

  • RECOGNITION

    B. Canberk gave an invited talk on ‘Digital Twin for Transport Systems’ at DAFNI Roadshows, University of Glasgow, 22 October 2024. link

  • RECOGNITION

    B. Canberk is a member of the Center Advisory Board at the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics at Gazi University, Turkey, 2024.

  • RECOGNITION

    B. Canberk gave a keynote titled ‘AI-enabled Digital Twin Systems’ in the 1st Digital Twin Solutions Workshop at the University of Malaga, Spain, on 14 October 2024. link

  • RECOGNITION

    Our workshop titled ‘Data-Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications’ is accepted to the IIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Milan, Italy, 24-27 March 2025. link

  • AWARD

    Y. Yigit received the Best MSc Thesis Award from the IEEE Computer Society Turkey Chapter for her thesis titled ‘Digital Twin-Enabled Intelligent Attack Detection Mechanisms for Autonomous Networks’

  • RECOGNITION

    Our workshop titled ‘Data-Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications’ is accepted to the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, 8–12 June 2025. link

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