Suleyman Uludag

Associate Professor of Computer Science

The University of Michigan - Flint
Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics
303 E. Kearsley Street
Murchie Science Building 213
Flint, MI 48502
Tel: (810) 762-3175
Email: uludag AT umich DOT edu

Short Bio

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: Secure data collection, Smart Grid communications, Smart Grid Privacy, Smart Grid Optimization, Demand Response Bidding Privacy, Denial of Service in the Smart Grid, Cybersecurity education and curriculum development, Routing and channel assignment in Wireless Mesh Networks, Quality-of-Service (QoS) routing in wired and wireless networks, Topology aggregation.

Teaching Experience:

CSC 101 - Fluency in Information Technology and Computing (Undergrad, UM-Flint)
CSC 127 Using a Unix Computer System (Undergrad, UM-Flint)
CSC/CIS 175 - Problem Solving & Programming I (Undergrad, UM-Flint)
CSC/CIS 275 - Problem Solving & Programming II (Undergrad, UM-Flint)
CSC/CIS 276 - Problem Solving & Programming in Java II (Undergrad, UM-Flint)
CIS 335 - Business Telecommunication and Computer Networks (Undergrad, UM-Flint)
CSC 335 - Computer Networks - I (Undergrad, UM-Flint)
CSC 378 - Network Security and Cryptography (Undergrad, UM-Flint) [In-progress]
CSC 525 - Wireless and Mobile Computing (Grad, UM-Flint)
CSC535 - Advanced Computer Networks (Graduate, UM-Flint)
CIS550 - Decision Support Systems (Graduate, UM-Flint)
ETF RII TS 5955 Computing and Informatics Security Technologies (Undergraduate, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering) [Fall 2018]

BIL 425 - Software Development for Mobile Apps (Android) (Undergrad, TOBB University of Economics and Technology)
BIL 447 - Communications Infrastructure of Smart Grids (Undergrad, TOBB University of Economics and Technology)
BIL 547 - Communications Infrastructure of Smart Grids (Graduate, TOBB University of Economics and Technology)
TDC362 - Principles of Data Communications (Undergraduate, DePaul U.)
TDC363 - Introduction to Local Area Networks (Undergraduate, DePaul U.)
TDC462 - Data Communications (Graduate, DePaul U.)
TDC511 - Telecommunications Practicum (Graduate, DePaul University)

Publications:

Y. Yilmaz and S. Uludag, "Timely Detection and Mitigation of IoT-based Cyberattacks in the Smart Grid", Elsevier Journal of the Franklin Institute, to appear, 2019

Nuh Aydin, Bahattin Yildiz, and Suleyman Uludag, "Coding Theory based Cryptography for the Internet-of-Things," in The 16th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC '19) Tutorials, (Las Vegas, NV, USA), 2019.

Butkovic, Asmir, S. Mrdovic, S. Uludag, and A. Tanovic, "Geographic Profiling for serial cybercrime investigation," in Elsevier Digital Investigation, Dec 2018.

Huseinovic, Alvin, S. Mrdovic, K. Bicakci, and S. Uludag, "A Taxonomy of the Emerging Denial-of-Service Attacks in the Smart Grid and Countermeasures," in 26th IEEE Telecommunication Forum (TELFOR), Belgrade, Serbia, Nov 2018.

H. Bisgin, M. Mani, and S. Uludag, "Delineating relevant factors in student success in a CS2 style data structures course," in 2018 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2018), Oct. 2013.

Suleyman Uludag, "Classification, Solutions, and Challenges of Denial of Service Attacks on the Smart Grid," in The 15th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC '18) Tutorials, (Las Vegas, NV, USA), 2018.

Kement, Cihan Emre, H. Gultekin, B. Tavli, T. Girici, and S. Uludag, "Comparative Analysis of Load Shaping Based Privacy Preservation Strategies in Smart Grid", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2017

M. F. Balli, S. Uludag, A. A. Selcuk, and B. Tavli, "Distributed Multi-Unit Privacy Assured Bidding (PAB) for Smart Grid Demand Response Programs", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 4119-4127, Sep 2018

Cayirpunar, Omer, B. Tavli, E. Kadioglu-Urtis, and S. Uludag, "Optimal Mobility Patterns of Multiple Base Stations for Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime Maximization", IEEE Sensors Journals, 2017

Suleyman Uludag, "Classification, Solutions, and Challenges of Denial of Service Attacks on the Smart Grid," in The 14th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC '17) Tutorials, (Las Vegas, NV, USA), 2017.

Y. Yilmaz and S. Uludag, "Mitigating IoT-based Cyberattacks on the Smart Grid", IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, Special Session on Machine Learning in Smart Grid, Dec 2017

Suleyman Uludag, "Opportunities and Challenges of the Smart Cities of the Future," in 9th Transist Istanbul Transport Congress and Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey, December 2016.

Y. Yilmaz, S. Uludag, E. Dilek, and Y. E. Ayozen, "A Preliminary Work on Predicting Travel Times and Optimal Routes Using Istanbul’s Real Traffic Data," in 9th Transist Istanbul Transport Congress and Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey, December 2016.

Ayhan Akbas, Huseyin Ugur Yildiz, Bulent Tavli and Suleyman Uludag, "Joint Optimization of Transmission Power Level and Packet Size for WSN Lifetime Maximization", IEEE Sensors Journal, to appear, 2016

Turner, Stephen W. and Uludag, Suleyman, "Intelligent Transportation as the Key Enabler of Smart Cities," in IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) Workshop PASC 2016, (Istanbul, Turkey), April 2016.

Kemal Bicakci and Suleyman Uludag, "Denial of Service Attacks on the Smart Grid: Classification, Solutions, and Challenges," in IEEE International Conference on Communications Tutorials, (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), May 2016.

Suleyman Uludag and Tolga Girici and Bulent Tavli and Hakan Gultekin, "Optimization of Smart Grid Design, Operations, and Management," in IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) Tutorials, (Istanbul, Turkey), April 2016.

A. Isikman, C. Altun, S. Uludag, and B. Tavli, "Power scheduling in privacy enhanced microgrid networks with renewables and storage," in 2016 13th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) (CCNC 2016), (Las Vegas, USA), Jan. 2016.

S. Uludag, K.-S. Lui, W. Ren, and K. Nahrstedt, "Secure and Scalable Data Collection with Time Minimization in the Smart Grid," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2016.

Suleyman Uludag and Bulent Tavli, "Communications Security and Privacy of Smart Grid and Microgrid Optimization: A Conjoint Perspective," in 11th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT'15), (Dubai, UAE), November 2015.

S. Uludag, M. Balli, A. A. Selcuk, and B. Tavli, "Privacy-Guaranteeing bidding in smart grid demand response programs," in IEEE GC 2015 Workshop on SmartGrid Resilience (SGR) (GC'15 - Workshop - SGR), (San Diego, USA), Dec. 2015.

Suleyman Uludag and Bulent Tavli, "Communications Security and Privacy of Smart Grid and Microgrid Optimization: A Conjoint Perspective," in 27th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-27) Tutorials, (Ghent, Belgium), September 2015.

S. W. Turner and S. Uludag, "Towards Smart Cities: Interaction and Synergy of the Smart Grid and Intelligent Transportation Systems," in Smart Grid: Networking, Data Management and Business Models, CRC Press, 2015. to appear.

A. Isikman, C. Altun, S. Uludag, and B. Tavli, "Multiobjective Optimization Framework for Power Allocation in an Islanded Microgrid," in Third International Conference on Smart Grid, (Istanbul, Turkey), April 2015.

Suleyman Uludag and Bulent Tavli, "Communications Security and Privacy of Smart Grid and Microgrid Optimization: A Conjoint Perspective," in NetSys 2015 Tutorials, (Cottbus, Germany), March 2015.

S. Uludag, S. Zeadally, and M. Badra, "Techniques, Taxonomy, and Challenges of Privacy Protection in Smart Grid," in Privacy in a Digital, Networked World, Springer London, June 2015.

Suleyman Uludag, "Smart Grid and Microgrid Privacy: Challenges, Taxonomy, and Solutions," in The 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC '15) Tutorials, (Las Vegas, NV, USA), 2015.

S. Uludag, K.-S. Lui, H. Jin, W. Ren, G. Dan, R. Tabassum, Q. Zhu, and K. Nahrstedt, "Secure Data Collection in Smart Grid," in 2014 TCIPG Industry Workshop, (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), November 2014.

T. Yardley, S. Uludag, K. Nahrstedt, and P. Sauer, "Developing a Smart Grid Cybersecurity Education Platform and a Preliminary Assessment of Its First Application," in 2014 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2014), (Madrid, Spain), Oct. 2014.

H. Jin, S. Uludag, K.-S. Lui, and K. Nahrstedt, "Secure Data Collection in Constrained Tree-Based Smart Grid Environments," in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications), (Venice, Italy), Nov. 2014.

S. Uludag, K.-S. Lui, W. Ren, and K. Nahrstedt, "Secure and Scalable Communications Protocol for Data Collection with Time Minimization in the Smart Grid," Tech. Rep. 2122, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, July 2014.

S. Uludag, P. Sauer, K. Nahrstedt, and T. Yardley, "Towards Designing and Developing Curriculum for the Challenges of the Smart Grid Education," in IEEE FIE 2014, 2014.

S. Uludag, K.-S. Lui, W. Ren, and K. Nahrstedt, "Practical and Secure Machine-to-Machine Data Collec- tion Protocol in Smart Grid," in Workshop on Security and Privacy in Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2MSec'14) (M2MSec'14) in conjunction with IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), (San Francisco, USA), Oct. 2014.

S. Uludag, M. Karakus, and E. Guler, "Low-complexity 3D Target Tracking in Wireless Aerial Sensor Networks," in IEEE ICC 2014 - Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium (ICC'14 AHSN), (Sydney, Australia), June 2014.

Suleyman Uludag, "Optimization, privacy and security in microgrids," in The Sixth IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS 2014) Tutorials, Dubai, UAE, (Dubai, UAE), 2014.

A. O. Isikman, S. A. Yildirim, C. Altun, S. Uludag, B. Tavli, and S. A. Yldrm, "Optimized Scheduling of Power in an Islanded Microgrid with Renewables and Stored Energy," in Globecom 2013 Workshop - Management of Emerging Networks and Services (GC13 WS - MENS), (Atlanta, USA), pp. 861-866, IEEE, Dec. 2013.

S. W. Turner and S. Uludag, "Student Perceptions of Cheating in Online and Traditional Classes," in 2013 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2013), (Oklahoma City, USA), pp. 1131-1137, IEEE, Oct. 2013.

S. Uludag, F. Demirci, E. Dogdu, F. Aydos, and M. F. Demirci, "Pedagogical Analysis and Multifaceted Evaluation of an Engineering Co-op Program," in 2013 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2013), (Oklahoma City, USA), pp. 438-444, IEEE, Oct. 2013.

U. Aradag, B. Mert, G. Demirel, S. Uludag, and H. O. Unver, "A framework for a multiagent-based virtual enterprise with a microgrid energy market model," in The 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM 2013), (Berlin, Germany), Sept. 2013.

B. Mert, U. Aradag, S. Uludag, and H. O. Unver, "An architecture for a microgrid-based eco industrial park using a Multi-Agent System," in 4th International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, vol. 5, pp. 1658-1664, IEEE, May 2013.

D. Gezer and S. Uludag, "An MV distribution automation system and its assessment in light of the smart grid vision," in IEEE Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), 2013 Fourth International Conference on, pp. 1116-1122, IEEE, May 2013.

S. Uludag, M. Karakus, E. Guler, S. W. Turner, and A. Kita, "Assessment of a Frugal, Virtual and Green Computing Lab infrastructure of the Future," in 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference (IEEE FIE 2012), (Seattle, WA, USA), Oct. 2012.

E. Guler, S. Uludag, M. Karakus, S. W. Turner, M. Kurakus, and M. Guler, "Virtualized Lab Infrastructure On a Budget for Various Computing and Engineering Courses," in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (IHET '12), (Istanbul, Turkey), pp. 1-7, IEEE, June 2012.

M. Karakus, S. Uludag, E. Guler, S. W. Turner, and A. Ugur, "Teaching computing and programming fun- damentals via App Inventor for Android," in 2012 International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET 2012, pp. 1-8, IEEE, June 2012.

N. Saputro, K. Akkaya, and S. Uludag, "A survey of routing protocols for smart grid communications," Computer Networks, vol. 56, pp. 2742-2771, July 2012.

S. Uludag, E. Guler, M. Karakus, and S. W. Turner, "An affordable virtual laboratory infrastructure to com- plement a variety of computing classes," ACM Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol. 27, pp. 158-166, May 2012.

Suleyman Uludag, "Information and Networking Infrastructure of the Smart Grid," in International Multitopic Conference (IMTIC 2012), (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, 76062, Sindh, Pakistan), 2012.

S. Uludag, T. T. T. Imboden, and K. Akkaya, "A Taxonomy and Evaluation for Developing 802.11-Based Wireless Mesh Network Testbeds," International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 25, pp. 963-990, Aug. 2012.

S. Uludag, M. Karakus, and S. W. Turner, "Implementing IT0/CS0 with scratch, app inventor forandroid, and lego mindstorms," in Proceedings of the 2011 conference on Information technology education - SIGITE '11, SIGITE '11, (New York, New York, USA), p. 183, ACM Press, Oct. 2011.

Suleyman Uludag, "Information and Networking Infrastructure of the Smart Grid," in The IEEE Interna- tional Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2011) Tutorials, Maui, Hawaii, (Maui, Hawaii), 2011.

S. Uludag and B. McBride, "Teaching Networking Concepts through Bluetooth Software Implementation," in 2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pp. F4F-1-F4F-2, IEEE, Oct. 2010.

K. Akkaya, F. Senel, A. Thimmapuram, and S. Uludag, "Distributed Recovery from Network Partitioning in Movable Sensor/Actor Networks via Controlled Mobility," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 59, pp. 258- 271, Feb. 2010.

S. Uludag, Z. E. Uludag, K. Nahrstedt, K.-S. Lui, and F. Baker, "A Laplace Transform-Based Method to Stochastic Path Finding," in 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications, pp. 1-5, IEEE, June 2009.

S. Uludag and K. Akkaya, "Distributed Channel Assignments in Wireless Mesh Networks with Guaranteed Connectivity," in the 33rd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2008.

S. Uludag, Z. E. Uludag, A. Howell, F. Baker, and K.-S. Lui, "Stochastically Guaranteed Routing for Additive Link Metrics with Unknown Distributions," in 2008 16th International Workshop on Quality of Service, pp. 199- 203, IEEE, June 2008.

K. Akkaya, A. Thimmapuram, F. Senel, and S. Uludag, "Distributed Recovery of Actor Failures in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks," in 2008 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, pp. 2480- 2485, IEEE, Mar. 2008.

S. Uludag, L. Perkovic, A. Kashkanova, K. Akkaya, and L. Perkovic, "Quality-of-Service Provisioning via Stochastic Path Selection under Weibullian Link Delays," in ACM QShine 2007, (Vancouver, BC, Canada), p. 1, ACM Press, Aug. 2007.

W.-Y. Tam, K.-S. Lui, S. Uludag, and K. Nahrstedt, "Quality-of-Service routing with path information aggre- gation," Computer Networks, vol. 51, pp. 3574-3594, Aug. 2007.

S. Uludag, K.-S. Lui, K. Nahrstedt, and G. Brewster, "Analysis of Topology Aggregation techniques for QoS routing," ACM Computing Surveys, vol. 39, pp. 7-es, Sept. 2007.

S. Uludag, K.-S. S. Lui, and Z. E. Uludag, "Probabilistic Path Selection under Inaccuracy via Augmented Shortest Path Algorithms," in GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, pp. 1-5, IEEE, Nov. 2006.

S. Uludag, G. Brewster, and K.-S. Lui, "Statistical Guarantees in QoS Routing based on Empirical Link Prob- ability Information," in IEEE INFOCOM 2006 Student Workshop, (Barcelona, Spain), Apr. 2006.

W.-Y. Tam, K.-S. Lui, and S. Uludag, "Aggregating Path Information in Distance-Vector Protocols," in 4th IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology (CIIT), (Cam- bridge, MA, USA), pp. 200-205, Oct. 2005.

S. Uludag, K.-S. Lui, K. Nahrstedt, and G. Brewster, "Comparative Analysis of Topology Aggregation Tech- niques and Approaches for the Scalability of QoS Routing," Tech. Rep. TR05-010, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, May 2005.

S. Uludag, L. Perkovic, and G. Brewster, "Stochastic Quality-of-Service Routing for Delay Sensitive Applica- tions," in IEEE INFOCOM Student Workshop, (Miami, FL), Mar. 2005.

S. Uludag, L. Perkovic, and G. Brewster, "Stochastic Shortest Path Algorithms for Delay Sensitive Applications in the Internet," in Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Triennial Conference, (Miami, FL), July 2005.

S. Aly and S. Uludag, "Multimedia QoS Support for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs," in School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems Research Symposium (CTIRS '03), (Chicago, IL), Nov. 2003.

M. S. Borella, D. Swider, S. Uludag, and G. B. Brewster, "Analysis of End-to-End Internet Packet Loss: Dependence and Asymmetry," Tech. Rep. AT 031798, 3Com Advanced Technologies, Mar. 1998.

M. Borella, D. Swider, S. Uludag, and G. Brewster, "Internet packet loss: measurement and implications for end-to-end QoS," in Proceedings of the 1998 ICPP Workshop on Architectural and OS Support for Multimedia Applications Flexible Communication Systems. Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Cat. No.98EX206), pp. 3-12, IEEE Comput. Soc, 1998.

M. Borella, S. Uludag, G. Brewster, and I. Sidhu, "Self-similarity of Internet packet delay," in Proceedings of ICC'97 - International Conference on Communications, vol. 1, pp. 513-517, IEEE, 1997.

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