Zafer Sahinoglu
Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, USA
Zafer Sahinoglu received the B.S. degree
in electrical engineering from Gazi University,
Ankara, Turkey, in 1994, and the
M.S. degree in biomedical engineering, and
Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (with
awards) from the New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Newark, in 1998 and
2001, respectively. In 1999 he was with
AT&T Shannon Research Labs. Since March
2001, he has been with Mitsubishi Electric
Research Labs, Cambridge, Mass. His current research interests
include MAC and upper-layer issues in wireless sensor networks,
and ultra-wideband ranging, and geolocation. He has coauthored
a book chapter on UWB geolocation and has authored and coauthored
over 33 international journal and conference papers. He has
contributed to MPEG21 standards on mobility modeling and
characterization for multimedia service adaptation, to ZigBee on costaware routing and broadcasting, and to IEEE 802.15.4a standards
on precision ranging. He is currently a Technical Vice-Editor in
IEEE 802.15.4a TG and Chair of ZigBee industrial plant monitoring
profile task group. He holds 11 patents.
Biography Updated on 14 June 2006
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