C. Emre Koksal

Can Emre Koksal is a prominent Turkish electrical engineer, computer scientist, academic, and entrepreneur, currently serving as the Founder and CEO of Datanchor and a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State University. He is widely recognized for his contributions to research in wireless communication, information security, communication networks, and information theory. Koksal's academic journey began at Middle East Technical University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. He furthered his education in the United States, obtaining both Master's and Doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with his dissertation focusing on "Providing Quality of Service over High Speed Switches and Optical Networks" under the guidance of Robert G. Gallager. His career includes valuable internship experiences at ASELSAN and Tellabs, and engineering roles at Sycamore Networks. Academically, he has been associated with prestigious institutions like MIT Lincoln Lab, Lab for Information and Decision Systems, and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs. He also held a Senior Researcher position at EPFL before joining Ohio State University in 2006. Koksal has been instrumental in advancing the field through his extensive research, resulting in over 150 academic papers and 8 patents, earning him several accolades, including the NSF CAREER Award and the "Inventor of the Year" award. His work is highly cited and has significantly impacted areas such as data security, network switches, wireless communication, and wireless security.