Halil Alper Tokel

I am an alumni of the Institute for Theoretical Information Technology at RWTH Aachen University. This web page summarizes some of my activities during my time as a research assistant between 2014 and 2019.

Education

• Dr.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, 2019

• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, 2014

• B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), 2011

Research

My research interests include

• Network planning and optimization

• Integrated network planning for smart grids

• Simulation of communication networks and systems

• Cosimulation of communication networks and power systems

• Machine learning and data analytics with applications to communication networks and power systems

Awards & Honors

• Best Paper Award, December 2016 - H. Alper Tokel, Gholamreza Alirezaei and Rudolf Mathar received the Best Paper Award for their contribution “Integrated Network Design for Measurement and Communication Infrastructures in Smart Grids” to the 26th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC 2016) in Dunedin, New Zealand.

• DAAD/TEV Scholarship Holder for Master's Degree, 2011 - 2014

  • Granted the joint scholarship of DAAD(German Academic Exchange Service) and TEV(Turkish Educational Foundation) for graduate study at RWTH Aachen University, in Aachen, Germany

Publications

• 12) R. Alhalaseh, R. Kämmer, N. C. Nath, H. A. Tokel and R. Mathar, “Convolutional Neural Network Based Fault Location Detector for Power Grids,” 2019 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), Split, Croatia, 2019, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.23919/SpliTech.2019.8783194

• 11) R. Alhalaseh, H. A. Tokel, S. Chakraborty, G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “PMU Placement with Power Grid Partitioning for Line Outage Detection,” 2019 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), Split, Croatia, 2019, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.23919/SpliTech.2019.8783098

• 10) R. Alhalaseh, H. A. Tokel, S. Chakraborty, G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, Feature-Selection based PMU Placement for Detection of Faults in Power Grids, Proceedings: 2018 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC) (ITNAC 2018), Sydney, Australia, November 2018. [pdf]

• 9) H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, A Genetic Algorithm for Planning WAMS with a Heterogeneous Communication Network, Proceedings: 2018 3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), June 2018. [pdf]

• 8) M. Mirz, L. Razik, J. Dinkelbach, H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, and A. Monti, “A cosimulation architecture for power system, communication, and market in the smart grid,” Complexity - Special Issue : Complex Optimization and Simulation in Power Systems, vol. 2018, p. 12, 2018.[https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7154031].

• 7) H. A. Tokel, R. A. Halaseh, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “A co-simulation framework for integrated planning and analysis of wide area measurement and protection systems,” Journal of Communications Software and Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, 2018.[pdf]

• 6) H. A. Tokel, R. A. Halaseh, G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, “A new approach for machine learning-based fault detection and classification in power systems,” in 2018 IEEE Power Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington DC, USA, Feb 2018, pp. 1–5. [abstract]

• 5) H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, T. Salzmann, R. Mathar, Using Co-Simulation for the Integrated Planning and Analysis of Wide Area Measurement Systems, Proceedings: 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy Science 2017 (SpliTech2017), Split, Croatia, June 2017. [pdf]

• 4) H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, "Integrated Network Design for Measurement and Communication Infrastructures in Smart Grids", Proceedings: 26th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC 2016), Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2016. [pdf]

• 3) H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, S. Baig, R. Mathar, "An Optimization Framework for Planning of WAMS with a Heterogeneous Communication Network", Proceedings: 2016 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm): Communications, Networks and Architectures to Enable the Smart Grid, Sydney, Australia, November 2016. [pdf]

• 2) J. A. L. Calvo, H. A. Tokel, R. Mathar, "Environment-based Roadside Unit Deployment for Urban Scenarios", Proceedings: 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC), Valencia, Spain, September 2016. [pdf]

• 1) H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, "Modern Heuristical Optimization Techniques for Power System State Estimation", Proceedings: The 2016 International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization, Mulhouse, France, June 2016. [pdf]

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