Communication and Signal Processing

Dr. Birsen Sirkeci-Mergen
Associate Professor EE Dept, San Jose State University

Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar Hall 2009A
3:00 PM

Abstract – Wireless communication is progressing at an accelerated speed. Increasing variety of applications and features of wireless devices is leading to demands for higher and higher data rates. However, the bandwidth licensed to radio communication is limited. The infamous question is “How do we get better data rates under limited bandwidth requirements to meet the demand?”. An emerging advanced solution for efficient spectrum utilization is a cognitive radio–a transceiver technology that is capable of, not only sensing the spectrum, but also, monitoring, detecting and adapting its communication. Past decade has seen an explosion of activity in understanding dynamic spectrum allocation in cognitive radio networks. In this talk, we will look at the design and performance of spectrum sensing strategies for cognitive radio networks.

Dr. Birsen Sirkeci is an associate professor in the department of Electrical Engineering at San Jose State University (SJSU), San Jose, CA. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 2006. Prior to joining SJSU, she was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley, CA. Her main research lies in the areas of wireless communications, sensor networks, statistical signal processing and statistical learning. She received best paper awards in Milcom 2015, WCECS 2010 and ICETEC 2013. She was elected as outstanding organizing committee member of IEEE ICME in 2013. She received the Applied Materials teaching award at SJSU in 2014. She also co-advised SJSU Spartans team which ranked among the finalist in Darpa Spectrum Challenge in 2013.