Melike (Mel) Erol-Kantarci is a highly cited prolific researcher and an influential industry leader in AI in telecom. She is Strategic Product Manager for AI in RAN at Ericsson and Canada Research Chair in AI-enabled Next-Generation Wireless Networks and Full Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Throughout her 15+ years of career in communications, she has received numerous awards and recognitions from technical societies. Dr. Erol-Kantarci is the co-editor of three books on smart grids, smart cities and intelligent transportation. She has over 200+ peer-reviewed publications with citations over 9000 and h-index 46. She is a sought-after speaker with 80+ keynotes, plenary talks and tutorials around the globe both at industry events and academic conferences. Dr. Erol-Kantarci serves on the editorial board of several IEEE transactions. She has acted as the general chair and the technical program chair for many international conferences and workshops. Most recently, she was the General Co-Charing the IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking 2024. She is also the Vice-chair of IEEE ComSoc emerging technologies initiative on Machine Learning for Communications. Her main research interests are AI-enabled wireless networks, 5G and 6G wireless communications, smart grid and Internet of Things. She was an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer between 2020-2023. She is an IEEE Senior member and ACM Senior Member.
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa
Research Interests
- Deep Learning
- Few-shot Learning
- Machine Learning
- Meta-Learning
- Reinforcement Learning
- Transfer Learning
- AI-enabled Wireless Communications
Highlights
- 10+ awards and recognitions from IEEE; including the 2023 Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE Technical Committee on Smart Grid Communications
- 2 Best Paper Awards from IEEE ICC 2023
- Women in AI North America Award 2023