Rate My Professor Oktay Cetinkaya

Dr. Oktay Cetinkaya, a Senior Member of the IEEE, serves as Lecturer in Sensor Systems at Newcastle University within the School of Engineering's Electrical and Electronic Engineering section and Intelligent Sensing and Communications Research Group. He concurrently holds a position as Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford's Oxford e-Research Centre, acting as Synthesis Fellow for the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity. Cetinkaya earned his PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Koç University in Turkey and BSc degrees with first-class honours—a double major in Electrical Engineering (ranked 1st in department, 2nd in faculty) from 2009 to 2013 and Electronics and Communication Engineering from 2011 to 2014 at Yıldız Technical University. His career trajectory includes Research Fellow in Networked Embedded Systems at the University of Southampton's Cyber Physical Systems Research Group from May 2018 to April 2020, Research Associate in Wireless Network Performance at the University of Sheffield's RISE Research Group from April 2020 to March 2022, and Senior Research Associate and PETRAS Synthesis Fellow at Oxford from April 2022 to July 2024, before taking up his lectureship at Newcastle in March 2024.

Cetinkaya's research specializations encompass Internet of Things, LoRaWAN, wireless sensor networks, sensor technologies, edge computing, energy harvesting, wireless power transfer, energy neutrality, net zero, energy efficiency, batteryless IoT, wireless communications, RF network design and optimisation, drone networking, unmanned aerial vehicles, swarm intelligence, smart cities, buildings, infrastructures, grids, homes, connected places, wearable devices, body area networks, smart healthcare, molecular communications, embedded systems, transient computing, intermittent networking, cybersecurity, and privacy with security by design. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals, conferences, and book series, including 'Internet of hybrid energy harvesting things' (IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2017), 'Energy neutral internet of drones' (IEEE Communications Magazine, 2018), 'Electric-field energy harvesting in wireless networks' (IEEE Wireless Communications, 2017), 'Modern computing: Vision and challenges' (Telematics and Informatics Reports, 2024), and 'Quantum computing: Vision and challenges' (2025). Cetinkaya engages the academic community via seminars, talks, expert panels, conference technical program committees, journal special issues as Guest/Associate Editor, and peer review. He contributes to standards as a Member of BSI’s IOT/1 Internet of Things and Digital Twin Committee, Steering Group Member of eFutures Network, and Governance Board Member of PETRAS. Additionally, he provides expertise to UK bodies such as the Information Commissioner's Office, Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation, and Royal Academy of Engineering, and evaluates proposals for European Council-funded projects.