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 AND IOT SYSTEMS
- 6G NETWORKS
BCRG has 8 active members, including 4 PhDs, 1 Postdoctoral Researcher, 2 BScs, and 1 research associate.
Supervisor

Berk Canberk, PhD
b[DOT]canberk[AT]napier[DOT]ac[DOT].uk
Professor
School of Computing, Engineering, and The Built Environment | Edinburgh Napier 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
Berk Canberk (Senior Member, IEEE) is a Full Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, leading research in AI-powered Digital Twins, IoT communication, and Smart Wireless Networks. He also serves as an External Board Member of BTS Group, Turkey’s largest network automation and cloud computing company. A leading expert in Digital Twin technology, Dr. Canberk specializes in real-time synchronization, AI-driven orchestration, and semantic communication for Digital Twins. At his Broadband Communication Research Group (www.bcrg.uk), he currently supervises 3 postdocs, 6 PhDs, and 2 BSc students, with 7 PhD and 20 MSc graduates. Over the last five years, he has produced 79 journal, 90 conference, 20 patent, and 12 submitted publications, including 32 journal, 39 conference and 10 patent specifically on Digital Twins. Since 2020, he has secured over £1.5M in research funding as Principal Investigator (PI). He is the Lead Editor of IEEE ComSoc Best Readings on Digital Twins and Metaverse and an Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. Previously, he served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Elsevier Computer Networks, and IEEE Communications Letters (2014–2024) and has held key roles in IEEE conferences as a TPC Chair and Organizing Committee Member. Before joining Napier, he was a Professor at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), serving as an Associate Professor (2016–2021) and Full Professor (2021–2022) in the Department of Computer Engineering. He was also a Postdoctoral Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2011–2013). Dr. Canberk holds a PhD in Computer Science from ITU (2011), an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology Sweden (2005), and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from ITU (2003).
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RECOGNITION
B. Canberk will give a workshop opening keynote speech titled ‘Digital Twin as a Service Platform and Applications for Next Generation Edge Networks’ at the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Istanbul, Turkey, 1 September 2025.
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B. Canberk will give a conference opening keynote speech titled ‘Digital Twins at Scale: Challenges and Opportunities in a Hyper-Connected World‘, IEEE SmartNets, Istanbul, Turkey, 22 July 2025.
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B. Canberk will give a workshop opening keynote speech titled ‘Digital Twins and 6G: Building the Next Generation of Smart Systems’ at the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), London, UK, 19 May 2025.
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B. Canberk will give a seminar titled ‘AI-Driven Digital Twins: Redefining Industry 4.0 with Ultra-Low Latency Intelligence’ in Durham University, UK, 13 March 2025.
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B. Canberk will give a seminar on ‘Real-Time Digital Twin Networks: The Future of AI-Driven Automation‘ at the Centre for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University, UK, 27 February 2025.
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B. Canberk gave an invited talk titled ‘AI-Powered Digital Twin Networks: Revolutionizing Industry 4.0 in the 6G Era’ in Resilient Worlds, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, 6 February 2025.
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B. Canberk is an Associate Editor in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. link
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B. Canberk gave a podcast on ‘Network Specific Prerequisites for a True Digital Twin Platform’ in IEEE ComSoc Technology News, 23 November 2024.
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B. Canberk gave a speech titled ‘Digital Twin for 6G’ at IEEE ComSoc 2024 2nd Workshop on Emerging 6G Technologies, Middlesex University London, UK, 22 November 2024. link
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