Research

Selected projects and publications from my work on digital twins, UAV communications, and software-defined radios.

• AERPAW Digital Twin

  Active Research

  digitaltwin.sh

  Digital twin platform for the AERPAW testbed, enabling experiment planning, emulation, and real-time visibility into UAV networking scenarios.

• USRP Channel Sounder

  Open Source SDR

  GitHub

  Channel sounding toolkit built around USRP hardware with scripts for data capture, calibration, and quick-look analysis.

• Keysight U8488A Power Meter Driver for USRP Power Calibration

  Open Source Instrumentation

  GitHub

  Calibration tooling to align USRP transmit power with a Keysight U8488A meter, improving absolute power accuracy for lab measurements.

• Keysight Propsim Sandbox

  In Progress

  Soon, more details to come.

Here is a list of publications I have authored or co-authored.

Total Citation: 212 | H-index: 6 | i10-index: 4

1. [1] Resilient UAV Data Mule via Adaptive Sensor Association under Timing Constraints

   MS Hossen , A Gürses , O Ozdemir , M Sichitiu , I Guvenc

   2026

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.06000, 2026

   Cited by : -

2. [2] Digital twins and testbeds for supporting AI research with autonomous vehicle networks

   A Gürses , G Reddy , S Masrur , Ö Özdemir , İ Güvenç , ML Sichitiu , A Şahin , ...

   2025

   IEEE Communications Magazine 63 (4), 56-62, 2025

   Cited by : 20

3. [3] Wireless datasets for aerial networks

   AHF Raouf , D Lee , M Rahman , S Masrur , G Reddy , C Dickerson , ...

   2025

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.08752, 2025

   Cited by : 2

4. [4] Accelerating development in UAV network digital twins with a flexible simulation framework

   MS Hossen , A Gürses , M Sichitiu , İ Güvenç

   2025

   2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC …, 2025

   Cited by : 2

5. [5] Collection: Datasets from AFAR Challenge

   S Masrur , O Ozdemir , A Gürses , I Guvenc , ML Sichitiu , R Dutta , M Mushi , ...

   2025

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.06823, 2025

   Cited by : 2

6. [6] Collection: UAV-Based RSS Measurements from the AFAR Challenge in Digital Twin and Real-World Environments

   S Masrur , Ö Özdemir , A Gürses , I Guüvenç , ML Sichitiu , R Dutta , M Mushi , ...

   2025

   IEEE Data Descriptions, 2025

   Cited by : -

7. [7] Wireless Datasets for Aerial Networks

   AH Fahim Raouf , D Lee , M Rahman , S Masrur , G Reddy , C Dickerson , ...

   2025

   arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2510.08752, 2025

   Cited by : -

8. [8] AERPAW Air-to-ground channel sounding and multipath measurement with a UAV [Dataset]

   A Gürses , ML Sichitiu

   2025

   Dryad Digital Repository, 2025

   Cited by : -

9. [9] Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs in Rural Areas

   A Gürses , ML Sichitiu

   2024

   2024 IEEE 100th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Fall), 1-6, 2024

   Cited by : 7

10. [10] Advancing Experimental Platforms for UAV Communications: Insights from AERPAW’S Digital Twin

    J Moore , AS Abdalla , C Ueltschey , A Gürses , Ö Özdemir , ML Sichitiu , ...

    2024

    2024 IEEE 100th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Fall), 1-5, 2024

    Cited by : 3

11. [11] End-to-End Full-Stack Drone Measurements: A Case Study Using AERPAW

    M Drago , A Gürses , RW Heath , ML Sichitiu , M Zorzi

    2023

    2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC …, 2023

    Cited by : 2

12. [12] Demonstration of joint SDR/UAV experiment development in AERPAW

    A Gürses , M Funderburk , J Kesler , K Powell , TF Rahman , Ö Özdemir , ...

    2023

    IEEE, 2023

    Cited by : 1

13. [13] AERPAW Find-a-Rover (AFAR) Challenge in December 2023 [Dataset]

    A Gürses , AH Fahim Raouf , SJ Maeng , O Ozdemir , I Guvenc , ML Sichitiu

    2023

    Dryad Digital Repository, 2023

    Cited by : -

14. [14] Dental biometric systems: a comparative study of conventional descriptors and deep learning-based features

    AB Oktay , Z Akhtar , A Gürses

    2022

    Multimedia Tools and Applications 81 (20), 28183-28206, 2022

    Cited by : 2

15. [15] Detection, segmentation, and numbering of teeth in dental panoramic images with mask regions with convolutional neural network features

    AB Oktay , A Gürses

    2021

    State of the Art in Neural Networks and their Applications 1, 73-90, 2021

    Cited by : 9

16. [16] Tooth restoration and dental work detection on panoramic dental images via CNN

    A Gürses , AB Oktay

    2020

    2020 Medical Technologies Congress (TIPTEKNO), 1-4, 2020

    Cited by : 28

17. [17] Human identification with panoramic dental images using mask r-cnn and surf

    A Gürses , AB Oktay

    2020

    2020 5th international conference on computer science and engineering (UBMK …, 2020

    Cited by : 17

18. [18] Automatic detection, localization and segmentation of nano-particles with deep learning in microscopy images

    AB Oktay , A Gürses

    2019

    Micron 120, 113-119, 2019

    Cited by : 117