Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering - Northeastern University (2025)
- M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Bilkent University, Turkey (2018)
- B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Bilkent University, Turkey (2014)
Research Interests
Deniz Unal received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University in 2014 and 2018 respectively. He earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in 2025. He conducted research at the Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems Laboratory on software-defined underwater acoustic communications under supervision of Tommaso Melodia. His research interests include underwater acoustic communications and software-defined underwater networks.
Publications
2024
Journals and Magazines
2023
Journals and Magazines
Conference Papers
K. Enhos, D. Unal, J. Turco, E. Demirors, T. Melodia, and T. Melodia.
"MArena: SDR-based Testbed for Underwater Wireless Communication and Networking Research",
Proceedings of ACM WiNTECH
(2023),
DOI:10.1145/3615453.3616515
D. Unal, K. Enhos, E. Demirors, and T. Melodia.
"Field Experiments with Doppler Compensation in High-Frequency Underwater Acoustic Communication System",
Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2023
(2023),
DOI:10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279776
D. Uvaydov, D. Unal, K. Enhos, E. Demirors, and T. Melodia.
"SonAIr: Real-Time Deep Learning For Underwater Acoustic Spectrum Sensing and Classification",
2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT)
(2023),
DOI:10.1109/dcoss-iot58021.2023.00011
2022
Journals and Magazines
K. Enhos, E. Demirors, D. Unal, and T. Melodia.
"Coexistence of Multi-Dimensional Chirp Spread Spectrum in Underwater Acoustic Networks",
(2022),
DOI:10.1145/3567600.3568152
Conference Papers
D. Unal, S. Falleni, E. Demirors, K. Enhos, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia.
"A Software-defined Underwater Acoustic Networking Platform for Underwater Vehicles",
Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2022
(2022),
DOI:10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9839033
2021
Conference Papers
K. Enhos, E. Demirors, D. Unal, and T. Melodia.
"Software-Defined Visible Light Networking for Bi-Directional Wireless Communication Across the Air-Water Interface",
2021 18th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON)
(2021),
DOI:10.1109/SECON52354.2021.9491583
