Prof. Erdal Arıkan of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has been named the 2019 recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Information Theory Society’s Claude E. Shannon Award, instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.
Erdal Arıkan Receives Awards
L’Oréal-UNESCO Award
Asst. Prof. Serim Kayacan İlday of UNAM has received one of this year’s L’Oréal – UNESCO “For Women in Science” awards. The awards are presented annually to support and recognize the accomplishments of women researchers, as well as to encourage more young women to enter the science professions and to assist them in their careers.
Ekmel Özbay Named a Fellow of The Optical Society
Prof. Ekmel Özbay, director of NANOTAM and a member of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics, has been elected a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) by the society’s board.
Emrah Özensoy Joins SESAME’s Advisory Board
Assoc. Prof. Emrah Özensoy, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and UNAM, has been selected as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of SESAME, the aym for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East.
Prof. Halil İnalcık commemorated
Prof. İnalcık, prominent Ottoman historian and founder of the Department of History at Bilkent, was commemorated at the Department of History on July 25, on the second anniversary of his passing.
Math Problem for Every Month
Every month the Mathematics department hosts an open competition for any student. Problems will continue to come out each month, and allow a month for you to submit solutions.