I am an analogue, digital and mixed-signal integrated circuit design engineer/researcher with an experience of 21 years. I got my degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey in 2002. I received my master of science degree in electrical engineering from the Ohio State University, USA in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 2009. I worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Lund University until March 2010. In 2011, I founded MystIC Microelectronics to offer consulting services for ultra-low energy IC design. Until June 2012, I worked at Ozyegin University as an Assistant Professor. From 2017 to 2021 I worked as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions IF Research Fellow running the ATiNaRI project at the Section Bioelectronics of TU Delft. Since November 2021, I am working at Nikhef - Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics as a Senior IC Design Engineer.

Interests

  • Time-mode signal processing
  • Analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuits
  • Asynchronous and sub-threshold operation
  • Brain-circuit interfaces
  • Bioelectronics
  • Electroceuticals
  • Analog and mixed-signal modelling and design automation
  • Optimization and numerical methods

Education

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2009

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

  • MSc in Electrical Engineering, 2004

    The Ohio State University

  • BSc in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, 2002

    Istanbul Technical University

Recent Publications

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Dynamic Digital Twin: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prediction, and Prevention of Disease During the Life Course

A digital twin (DT), originally defined as a virtual representation of a physical asset, system, or process, is a new concept in health …
S. T. Mulder, A-H. Omidvari, A. J. Rueten-Budde, R. Hai, O. C. Akgun, D. M. J. Tax, M. J. T. Reinders, M. Reinders, V. Visch, More Authors
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A 10-bit, 771 nW Time-Mode ADC with a 2-Step TDC for Bio-Signal Acquisition

In this paper, we present the design of a low-voltage, low-power, and small-area time-mode ADC (TM-ADC) for bio-signal sensing …
E. Kandilakis, W. A. Serdijn, O. C. Akgun
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A Chip Integrity Monitor for Evaluating Moisture/Ion Ingress in mm-Sized Single-Chip Implants

For mm-sized implants incorporating silicon integrated circuits, ensuring life-time operation of the chip within the corrosive …
O. C. Akgun, K. Nanbakhsh, V. Giagka, W. A. Serdijn
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An Energy Efficient Time-mode Digit Classification Neural Network Implementation

This paper presents the design of an ultra-low energy neural network that utilizes time-mode signal processing (TMSP). Handwritten …
O. C. Akgun, J. Mei
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A Chip Integrity Monitor for Evaluating Long-term Encapsulation Performance Within Active Flexible Implants

One key obstacle in employing silicon integrated circuits in flexible implants is ensuring a long-term operation of the chip within the …
O. C. Akgun, K. Nanbakhsh, V. Giagka, W. A. Serdijn
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