Faruk Volkan Mutlu

805 Columbus Avenue · Boston, MA 02120 · fvmutlu@ece.neu.edu

I am a PhD student at Northeastern University, working with Prof. Edmund Yeh on information-centric networking and wireless network optimization.


Experience

Software Engineering Intern

Google

    Improve multipathing capabilities of proprietary user-space network transport by enabling the system to dynamically respond to unfavorable network conditions using congestion signalling.

May 2023 - Sep 2023

Teaching Assistant (Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization)

Northeastern University
  • Teach students the fundamentals of digital logic design. Train them to use SystemVerilog for hardware description and testing.
  • Help students during lab sessions and office hours with assignments that takes them through the process of building a simplified RISC-V based processor.
May 2023 - Sep 2023

Wireless Lab Network Simulation Intern

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Generate realistic traffic models of multimedia applications (Zoom, Skype etc.) to use in evaluation of new Wi-Fi 6 standard features in simulated environment.

May 2022 - Aug 2022

Graduate Research Assistant

Northeastern University
  • Enable high throughput forwarding in novel information-centric internet architecture by developing adaptive caching algorithms.
  • Reduce delays in wireless networks by using and jointly optimizing caching along with traditional resources.
September 2018 - Present

Undergraduate Intern

ASELSAN

Implement and conduct verification of DRAM controller and peripheral buses for RISC-V based processor.

December 2017 - March 2018

Undergraduate Researcher

Middle East Technical University

Minimize freshness of data sent by energy-harvesting IoT device by developing an optimal threshold policy that drives update intervals.

March 2017 - March 2018

Education

Northeastern University

PhD in Computer Engineering

GPA: 3.94

September 2018 - Present

Middle East Technical University

BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Computer Engineering Specialization

GPA: 3.45, Specialization GPA: 4.00

September 2014 - July 2018

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

Interests

Outside of my academic work, I am a fan of novels in the fiction and history genres, video games, board games, and tabletop roleplaying games. I've been running games since 2013 and have been homebrewing my own content for most of that time.