Mobile computing: wireless networks, cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things (IoT), crowd-sensing, Wi-Fi sensing, wireless charging;
Security: cyber security, network security, privacy and trust;
Cellular networks: mobile packet core, mobile data offloading;
One Ph.D. position is currently available. Master's degree is NOT required but a plus. Candidates with interests in wireless and mobile computing are encouraged to apply. Please email your CV (including GPA, TOEFL, and GRE scores (with Q>160)) to Dr. Bulut at ebulut [at] vcu [dot] edu together with an area that you are interested in working.
Teaching:
(Spring 2026)
CMSC 691 - Mobile & IoT Security
(Fall 2025)
CMSC 401 - Algorithm Analysis with Advanced Data Structures
(Spring 2025)
CMSC 628 - Mobile Networks
(Fall 2024)
CMSC 401 - Algorithm Analysis with Advanced Data Structures
[Aug/24] Our Wi-PT-Hand paper is accepted in ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare journal.
[June/24] We are organizing WiSense: 2nd International Workshop on Pervasive Wireless Sensing and Edge Computing in Percom 2025, Washington D.C., March 17-21, 2025.
[April/24] Amir defended his Ph.D. dissertation and graduated. Congrats!.
[Jan/24] Nafeez joined the MoWiNG Lab.
[Oct/23] Dr. Bulut will serve as General Chair of IEEE LCN 2024.
[Aug/23] Two new projects funded by CCI: (i) "CyberMobile: Secure Mobile (iOS) Development through Experiential Learning" ($100k) in collaboration with VUU, (ii) "Low-cost and Long-lasting Soil Moisture Sensing with WiFi signals and Energy Harvesting" ($100k) in collaboration with UVA.
[June/23] We are organizing WiSense: International Workshop on Pervasive Wireless Sensing and Edge Computing in Percom 2024, Biarritz, France, March 11-15, 2024. Submit your original works before Nov 17th, through Edas.
[May/23] Two new grants received! 1) "iTREAT - Improved Treatment using Advanced Technologies" ($269k) funded by Commonwealth Health Research Board (CHRB) - PI: Pidcoe from Physical Therapy, 2) "A Device Free WiFi Sensing System to Assess Daily Activities and Mobility in Low-Income Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment" ($150k), funded by PennAITech Center (NIH funded center in UPenn) - role: mPI, leadPI: Jane Chung from Nursing
[May/23] Steven defended his Ph.D. dissertation and graduated. Congrats!.
[April/23] Congratulations to Steven for getting Outstanding Paper Award for his paper published in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (IF: 33.84).
[Dec/22] Our paper proposing a solution against adversarial WiFi sensing is accepted to appear in Percom 2023 (acceptance ratio 17% (27/159)).
[Nov/22] Dr. Bulut is invited to serve as TPC co-chair of IEEE MASS 2023.
[Sept/22] Dr. Bulut will serve as TPC chair of IEEE LCN 2023.
[Sept/22] Our survey paper on WiFi sensing for Real-World Systems is accepted in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (IF: 33.84).
[Aug/22] Two new projects funded by CCI: (i) Secure Mobile (iOS) Programming through Experiential Learning ($50k) in collaboration with VUU, (ii) Wireless Smart Home Intrusion Detector ($30k).
[Aug/22] Received supplement ($50k) from NSF to use AERPAW testbed for UAV experiments.
[Aug/22] Our Wi-PT paper proposing a WiFi sensing based physical rehability tracking system is accepted to appear in Healthcom 2022 proceedings.
[Aug/22] Our demo paper showing IMSI sharing based IoT device communication is accepted to appear in MASS 2022 proceedings.
[May/21] Congratulations to Steven for passing his proposal defense.
[April/22] Congratulations to Steven and Fatih for getting the VCU College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award., and CS Department Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award, respectively.
[March/22] Our paper on 3D stable matching in MCS is accepted to appear in WoWMoM 2022 proceedings.
[Feb/22] One journal paper on IMSI sharing based massive IoT communication is accepted in IoT Journal (IF: 9.471).
[Jan/22] Our project titled "WiFi Sensing-Based Device-Free Daily Activity and Mobility Recognition for Older Adults" is funded by VCU School of Nursing (PI: Jane Chung).
[Jan/22] Dr. Bulut is invited to join Ad hoc Networks Editorial Board.
[Dec/21] One journal paper on Federated Learning based WiFi sensing is accepted in IoT Journal (IF: 9.471).
[Nov/21] Dr. Bulut will be TPC co-chair in LCN 2022, which will be held in Edmonton.
[Nov/21] Fatih defended his Ph.D. dissertation and graduated. Congrats!.
[Oct/21] One journal paper on online stable task assignment in mobile crowd sensing systems is accepted in IoT Journal (IF: 9.471).
[Sept/21] Our project titled "Smart Wireless Attack and WiFi Sensing via Intelligent Reflecting Surface" is funded by Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). (PI: Yanxiao Zhao, coPIs: Eyuphan Bulut, Changqing Luo)
[June/21] One paper on WiFi sensing based soil moisture sensing is accepted in LCN 2021.
[June/21] Congratulations to Fatih for passing his proposal defense.
[June/21] Our project titled "Experimenting Aggregated IoT 5G Communication through IMSI Sharing" is funded by Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI).
[Sept/20] One paper accepted in Resilience Week 2020 (RW20-V2X).
[June/20] Our project on device-free WiFi sensing based occupancy detection is funded by VCU Presidential Research Quest (PERQ) Fund (News1, News2).
[June/20] Dr. Bulut is tenured and promoted to Associate Professor.
[May/20] Two journal papers (JNCA, TMC) are accepted to appear in Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA) and Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), respectively.
[April/20] Dr. Bulut has been recognized as IEEE Senior Member.
[March/20] Our paper offering an IoT based device-free WiFi Sensing system is accepted in WoWMoM 2020.
[Feb/20] Two journal papers (P1, P2) accepted to appear in Computer Networks.
[Feb/20] Congrats to Steven for being awarded for Percom 2020 travel grant.
[Feb/20] Congrats to Steven for having a demo paper on WiFi sensing accepted in Percom 2020.
[Oct/19] Dr. Bulut will be chairing a workshop on Wirelessly Powered Systems and Networks (WPSN) during DCOSS to be held in Los Angeles, in May 25-27, 2020.
[Sept/19] One paper on indoor localization is accepted to appear in CCNC 2020.
[Sept/19] Dr. Bulut received a summer extension grant from AFRL to develop efficient path planning algorithms for cellular-connected UAVs.
[Aug/19] One paper on energy balancing is accepted to appear in MASS 2019.
[July/19] V2V charging paper accepted to appear in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT).
One Ph.D. position is currently available. Master's degree is NOT required but a plus. Candidates with interests in wireless and mobile computing are encouraged to apply. Please email your CV (including GPA, TOEFL, and GRE scores (with Q>160)) to Dr. Bulut at ebulut [at] vcu [dot] edu together with an area that you are interested in working.