Dr. Ergun Simsek

Dr. Ergun Simsek

Assistant Professor · Tenure-Track

Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

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About

Dr. Simsek received a B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University in 2001 and an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Duke University in 2003 and 2006, respectively. After working as a postdoctoral research associate at Schlumberger-Doll Research and a faculty member at Bahcesehir University and George Washington University, he joined the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2018, where he currently is an Assistant Professor.

Research interests

Scientific Computing, Photonics, and Machine Learning.

Teaching interests

Electromagnetics, Photonics, Numerical Methods, Signals and Systems, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Scientific Computing.

Education

  • Ph D, Electrical and Computer EngineeringDuke University (2006)
    Electromagnetic Scattering from Inhomogeneous Objects of Arbitrary Shape Embedded in a Layered Medium
  • MS, Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts (2003)
    Evaluation of Closed-Form Green's Functions for Multi-layer Micro-strip Antennas and Circuits
  • BS, Electrical and Electronics EngineeringBilkent University (2001)