Services of Dr. Melike Erol Kantarci

Leadership

IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2021 – 2022)

Vice-chair, IEEE ComSoc emerging technologies initiative on Machine Learning for Communications   2021- Present

Chair –  SIG on Machine Learning-Enabled Communication Software (2020-Present)

Chair -  SIG on Green Smart Grid Communications (2014-Present)

Steering Committee Member for IEEE Sustainable ICT Initiative

Co-director, IEEE MMTC Communication Frontiers (2018-Present)

Vice-Chair - IEEE Ottawa Women in Engineering (2012-2013)

Editorial Duties

Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Communications and Networks, Smart Grid Communications (2020 to Present)

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (2020 to Present)

Associate Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2020 to Present)

Associate Editor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (2020 to Present)

Associate Editor, IEEE Network Letters (2020 to Present)

Associate Editor, IEEE Access (2017 to Present)

Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Letters (2016 to Present)

Associate Editor, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (published by Hindawi) (2013 to 2019)

Editor, IEEE MMTC Communication Frontiers (2015 to 2018)

Award Committees

IEEE Technical Committee on Green Communications and  Computing (TCGCC) editor selection committee   2020

IEEE ComSoc EMEA Region Distinguished Service Award 2020

IEEE GC’20 Awards Committee 2020

IEEE Comsoc TC on Green Communications and Computing (early career and editor selection committees) 2020

Guest Editorial

Special Issue on “AI and 6G Convergence: an Energy-efficiency Perspective” in IEEE Network Magazine            

Special Issue on “Communications and Computing for Green Industrial IoT and Smart Grids” in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking                                                                                                          

Special Issue on Edge Learning for the Internet of Vehicles in Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies                                                                                                                                                      

Special section on Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid for IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid

Special section on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Resources: Information and Communication Technologies with Industry Perspective for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics                                           

Special Issue on Cognitive Radio Based Smart Grid: The Future of the Traditional Electrical Grid for Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks

Special Section on "Smart Grids: A Hub of Interdisciplinary Research" for IEEE Access Journal

TPC Co-Chair:

IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2021)                                                 

IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2020)

IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WISEE – 2019)

5th IEEE ICCC International Workshop on Internet of Things (2017)

IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2016)

7th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks (AdHocNets 2015)

6th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks (AdHocNets 2014)

3rd IEEE ICCC International Workshop on Internet of Things (2015)

Symposium/Track Co-Chair:

IEEE GLOBECOM, Wireless Communications (2022)

IEEE CCNC, Wireless Communications: AI/ML in Communications and Networking (2022)

IEEE CCNC, Wireless Communications: MAC and Cross-Layer Design (2021)

IEEE GLOBECOM, Communication Qos, Reliability and Modeling (2020)

IEEE SmartGridComm, Communications and Networking Symposium (2020)

IEEE CCNC, Wireless Communications: MAC And Cross-Layer Design (2020)

IEEE PIMRC, MAC and Cross-Layer Design Track (2019)

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Fall, Electric Vehicles, Vehicular Electronics, and Intelligent Transportation Track (2019)

IEEE SmartGridComm, Communications and Networking Symposium (2018)
Wireless Networking Symposium at the International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2017)

Workshop Committee Chair:

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall 2017)

ACM Int. Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2015) 

Workshop General Chair

International Workshop on Communications in Extreme Conditions (in conj. with WCNC 2016)

International Workshop on Internet-of-Things Communications and Networking (in conj. with PIMRC 2012)

Tutorial and Panel Co-Chair:

International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC – 2020)

IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2017)

Publicity Co-Chair

The International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2015)

The 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (BSC 2014)

4th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks (ADHOCNETS 2012, 2013)

Int. Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2012)

IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2012)

Panel Co-Organizer

IEEE Women in Engineering Panel at International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012)

Local Organizing Committee Member

Int. Sym. on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 2008)