• Name: Necati Kagan 
• Surname: Erkek

Short Bio

Born in Mersin, Turkey, in 1998, he graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Following his Bachelor's thesis on "Communication Channel Modeling of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," he accumulated over a year of professional experience in wireless communication technologies at a government-based research organization in Turkey. In 2024, he earned his MSc in Telecommunication Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, where his thesis concentrated on "AI-Origin Identification of JPEG-Based Synthetic Images." He is currently a Marie-Curie fellow at InterDigital Inc. in London, UK, where he investigates the intelligent operation of RHS-based integrated sensing and communication networks, focusing on the development of optimization algorithms that utilize network sensing capabilities through centralized and distributed techniques.

• Project Title: Intelligent operation of RHS-based integrated communication and sensing networks ( funded by UK guarantee fund )
• Project Supervisor: Dr. Arman Shojaeifard
• Host Institution: Interdigital Europe
• Ph.D. Enrollment: CentraleSupelec
• Ph.D. University Advisor: Prof. Marco DI Renzo