Alperen Duru
PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Advised by Prof. Jeffrey Andrews and Prof. Todd Humphreys
About
I am a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where I work on next-generation wireless communication systems. My research focuses on 6G radio design for extended reality (XR) applications, combining wireless physical layer optimization with sensor fusion techniques from XR headset sensors.
My current work explores digital twin technologies for improving beamforming performance in outdoor multi-user scenarios at FR3 frequencies (7–24 GHz). I'm particularly interested in leveraging camera, IMU, and GNSS sensor data to enable more robust and adaptive wireless links for immersive applications.
Before joining UT Austin, I completed my B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, graduating with a GPA of 3.99/4.
Research Interests
- 6G Wireless Communications
- Extended Reality (XR) Systems
- mmWave Beamforming
- Wireless Digital Twin
- Sensor Fusion for Wireless
- Machine Learning for Communications
Publications
Resource Allocation for XR with Edge Offloading: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
IEEE MILCOM 2025
Uplink/downlink resource allocation for future XR applications with edge offloading using reinforcement learning. Analyzes effects of XR computing capabilities and network parameters on edge offloading and energy efficiency.
Pose-aware 3D Beamwidth Adaptation for Mobile Extended Reality
IEEE ICC 2024
A novel sensor-aided beamwidth adaptation technique for 2D antenna terminals with 6 degrees of freedom, enhancing outage probability and coverage distance using localization outdoors.
Relative Localization for Swarm Aerial Vehicles
IEEE SIU 2022
Analysis and testing of anchored and phase difference of arrival localization methods using ultra-wideband (UWB) modules for swarm drone applications.
Experience
Ericsson Research
Summer 2023 & 2024Research Intern — Santa Clara, California
Worked on resource allocation and adaptive beamforming for outdoor extended reality systems. Developed reinforcement learning approaches for balancing QoE metrics with energy efficiency, and proposed novel beamwidth adaptation techniques leveraging sensor estimations.
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Summer 2020Intern — Ankara, Turkey
Built V-dipole and cross-dipole antennas using software-defined radio to receive NOAA satellite signals, capturing Earth images and thermal maps from 800 km altitude.
Aselsan A.Ş.
Summer 2021Intern — Ankara, Turkey
Simulated end-to-end OFDM systems with various channel models and MMSE channel estimation, analyzing bit error rate performance.
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Aug 2022 – PresentPh.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Bilkent University
Sep 2017 – June 2022B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
GPA: 3.99/4.0