About the Workshop

The IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer Workshop took place on 9 June 2026 at the Conference Hall, Kavacık South Campus, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Türkiye. The event focused on antennas, electromagnetics and next-generation wireless communication technologies.

Programme Highlights

The programme featured four invited speakers. Zhi Ning Chen of the National University of Singapore explored artificial intelligence and generative approaches to antenna design, including metantenna technologies. Sema Dumanlı Oktar of Boğaziçi University discussed design principles, measurement techniques and challenges associated with antennas for in-body sensing.

Levent Sevgi, emeritus professor at Istanbul Technical University, addressed electromagnetic engineering education and the preparation of future engineers. Hüseyin Arslan of Istanbul Medipol University examined flexible radio access technologies for 6G and beyond. Discussions during the workshop gave students, researchers and industry professionals opportunities to exchange ideas with the speakers.

Organizational Contributions

The IEEE AP/MTT/EMC/ED Turkey Joint Chapter and the IEEE AP-S Istanbul Chapter coordinated the Istanbul workshop with local organizational support from Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Arslan and the Communications, Signal Processing, and Networking Center (CoSiNC).

Istanbul Medipol University hosted the event, and Prof. Dr. Arslan delivered the opening remarks, emphasizing international collaboration in electromagnetics and wireless communications research.

Further Information

For further details, visit the official IEEE event page or read the post-event report published by IEEE AP-S.

The Wireless Communications and Beyond 5G (TBAE WCB-5G) Winter School took place on 13–17 February 2026 at the TÜBİTAK Gebze Campus in Gebze, Türkiye. Organized by the TÜBİTAK Research Institute of Fundamental Sciences (TBAE), the school focused on future radio access technologies and developments in next-generation wireless communications.

The programme brought together researchers, students and experts to exchange knowledge and discuss emerging research directions in wireless communication systems.

Programme Highlights

The five-day programme explored the evolution of mobile communications from 4G LTE and LTE-Advanced to 5G New Radio and beyond. Lectures covered radio access technologies, the fundamentals of core network architectures, and recent research developments in wireless communications.

Topics also included 5G/6G systems, AI-driven wireless networks, optical wireless communications, non-terrestrial networks (NTN), beam management, estimation techniques and resource allocation. Alongside the technical sessions, participants exchanged perspectives on future communication technologies and opportunities for research collaboration.

CoSiNC Participation and Contributions

Several members of the CoSiNC research team attended the winter school, engaging with the technical programme and exchanging ideas with researchers and experts from different institutions.

Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Arslan contributed to the programme as an instructor and was also listed as a member of the school’s Scientific Committee, representing Istanbul Medipol University.

The school provided an opportunity for CoSiNC team members to broaden their research perspectives, strengthen academic connections and discuss future directions in wireless communications.

Further Information

For further information about the winter school and its academic scope, visit the official TÜBİTAK TBAE event page.