Biography
Ömer Melih Gül (S’17–M’21–SM’24) received his B.Sc. (2012), M.Sc. (2014), and Ph.D. (2020) degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Türkiye, where he also worked as a research assistant. In 2022, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Canada. In 2023, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, where he supervised four master’s theses and co-supervised one. From March 2024 to January 2026, he was an Associate Professor at the Informatics Institute of Istanbul Technical University (ITU), where he advised two Ph.D. and eight master’s students. Since January 2026, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ITU. He also serves as Coordinator of the Big Data Office at ITU’s Office of the Dean of Research.
His research interests include AI and machine learning applications, wireless network security, networking, planning, the Internet of Things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robotics, and blockchain. He has co-authored more than 60 articles and 6 book chapters. His work has been recognized with third place in the IEEE Computer Society’s 2019 Lance Stafford Larson Outstanding Student Paper Award, third place in the poster competition of the 2021 IEEE Rising Stars Global Conference, the Best Paper Award at the 48th Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) in 2022, and the Publication Award of the 2025 ITU Academic Performance Awards. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (Elsevier), Scientific Reports (Springer Nature), Cluster Computing (Springer), Telecommunication Systems (Springer), and the International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence. He served as General Chair of the EAI International Conference on Robotic Sensor Networks in two consecutive years (ROSENET 2023 and ROSENET 2024). He also co-chaired the CIEAI workshop at IEEE FMEC 2023 in Estonia and served as Publicity Chair of IEEE iThings 2024.
He began volunteering with IEEE as Chair of the IEEE Türkiye Young Professionals Affinity Group in 2020–2021. The group received the 2021 IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Outstanding Young Professionals Affinity Group Award and an Honorable Mention for the 2022 IEEE Young Professionals Hall of Fame Award. He went on to serve the IEEE Computer Society as Vice Chair of the Student and Young Professionals Committee, Region 8 Coordinator, and Member-at-Large of the Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board. Since January 2024, he has been Vice Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Geographic Activities Committee. Individually, he received the 2022 IEEE MGA Young Professionals Achievement Award, as well as the IEEE Computer Society’s Outstanding Contribution Certificate (January 2022, for service in 2021) and Continuous Service Certificate (2024).
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