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Conference hall at IEEE MILCOM 2026 in Washington, D.C. Talk & 6 photos
October 15, 2026

MILCOM 2026

Our CEO Prof. Elif Uysal presented the paper "FEDFresh: Contribution Fairness in Federated Learning with Missed Model Updates" at IEEE MILCOM 2026, held 12–16 October 2026 in Washington, D.C., USA.

CEO Elif Uysal and CTO Sajjad Baghaee at the FRESHDATA booth in the Future Space Area, IAC 2026 Antalya
October 6, 2026

FRESHDATA is at IAC 2026 in Antalya

Our CEO Elif Uysal and CTO Sajjad Baghaee are attending the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026), held 5–9 October 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye.

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Beyond Orbit Startup — Future Space, IAC 2026 Antalya
September 25, 2026

FRESHDATA Selected for the Beyond Orbit Startup Program at IAC 2026

FRESHDATA has been selected for the Beyond Orbit Startup Program at Future Space, IAC 2026. Our CEO Elif Uysal and CTO Sajjad Baghaee will be at IAC 2026 in Antalya from 5–9 October 2026.

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Prof. Elif Uysal on the WWRF Huddle 2026 panel at Istanbul Medipol University Talk & 7 slides
September 25, 2026

Prof. Elif Uysal Joins WWRF Huddle 2026 Panel on Satellites in the 6G Vision

Prof. Uysal took part as a panelist in "Role of GSO and NGSO Satellites in One Connected Future – Integrating Space Networks into the 6G Vision", held on 17 September 2026 at Istanbul Medipol University.

FRESHDATA Relay on the Wall of Fame at The Things Conference 2026
September 23, 2026

FRESHDATA Relay on the Wall of Fame at The Things Conference 2026

Our dual-mode FRESHDATA Relay is on display on the Wall of Fame at The Things Conference 2026 in Amsterdam, alongside LoRaWAN® devices from across the IoT industry.

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DUAL-MODE RELAY ARCHITECTURE
August 19, 2026

FRESHDATA Unveils Dual-Mode Relay Supporting LoRa Alliance Standard & Proprietary Tunneling

FRESHDATA Relay combines LoRa Alliance standard relay functions with proprietary tunneling relay architecture on the exact same hardware via a flexible firmware structure.

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“FRESHDATA Rölesinin (kısaca “röle”), LoRa Alliance standart röle fonksiyonları ile özgün tünelleme rölesi mimarisini aynı donanımda 'firmware' düzeyinde esnek bir yapıyla birleştiren dünyadaki yenilikçi çözümlerden biri olup, semantik çizelgeleme özelliği ile veri tazeliği ve ağ kapasitesi bakımından mevcut duruma göre büyük performans üstünlüğü elde etmektedir.”

— Prof. Dr. Elif Uysal, Founder & CEO

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Prof. Dr. Elif Uysal at EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026
June 1, 2026

Prof. Dr. Elif Uysal to Join Plenary Panel on 6G Architecture at EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026

Prof. Uysal will join the plenary panel "Architectural Transformation towards 6G: Standardization Landscape, Enablers and Challenges" on 4 June 2026 (14:30–16:00), alongside experts from NTT DOCOMO, Ericsson, Telefónica, ETSI, and others.

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INVITED TALK
June 6, 2026

Prof. Elif Uysal to Deliver an Invited Talk at MOSC 2026

Prof. Elif Uysal will give an invited talk titled "On Sampling, Routing, and Preemption to Control Age of Information in Networks," presenting recent results on how route selection and proactive preemption can reshape freshness-optimal behavior in goal-oriented networking.

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In goal-oriented networking, the usefulness of delivered information is shaped by an interplay among sampling decisions, delay uncertainty, transmission opportunities, and service dynamics. Age of Information (AoI) has provided a powerful metric for studying this interplay, revealing behaviors that often run counter to conventional intuition. This talk presents several recent results: in network connections with heterogeneous paths, route selection can reshape freshness-optimal sampling behavior. In systems with random and heavy-tailed service times, proactive preemption becomes a powerful control lever for freshness, enabling the system to tame heavy-tailed service uncertainty and substantially outperform classical non-preemptive age-optimal policies. Overall, the talk shows that random delay need not be a hindrance to freshness in networks: with the right design, it can even be turned into the system's advantage.

Award-winning professor
December 31, 2024

Award-winning professor trains future scientists

Prof. Dr. Elif Uysal, founder of FRESHDATA, continues to lead groundbreaking research and mentor the next generation of communication network experts.

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FRESHDATA Team
December 31, 2024

The Türk who revolutionized space communication!

National media highlights FRESHDATA's innovations in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) and our mission to provide global IoT connectivity.

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METU Research
February 11, 2018

Two theories by METU scientists create excitement!

Early foundations of our technology: How METU researchers' work on network efficiency captured the attention of the global scientific community.

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IEEE MILCOM 2026 · Paper Presentation

MILCOM 2026

Date
12–16 October 2026
Venue
Washington, D.C., USA
Role
Presenter
Paper
FEDFresh

Our CEO Prof. Elif Uysal presented the paper “FEDFresh: Contribution Fairness in Federated Learning with Missed Model Updates” at IEEE MILCOM 2026, held 12–16 October 2026 in Washington, D.C., USA. The study was conducted with Batu Saatci, Stefano Rini and Elif Tuğçe Ceran Arslan as part of the METU Communication Networks Research Group (CNG).

At MILCOM 2026

Prof. Elif Uysal presenting FEDFresh at IEEE MILCOM 2026 1 / 6

Presenting FEDFresh

WWRF Huddle 2026 · Panel

Prof. Elif Uysal Joins WWRF Huddle 2026 Panel on Satellites in the 6G Vision

Date
17 September 2026
Venue
Istanbul Medipol University
Role
Panelist
Talk
6G & Goal-Oriented NTN

Prof. Elif Uysal took part as a panelist in the “Role of GSO and NGSO Satellites in One Connected Future – Integrating Space Networks into the 6G Vision” panel at WWRF Huddle 2026, held on 17 September 2026 at Istanbul Medipol University.

Slides

Slide 1 of 7 — 6G & Goal-Oriented NTN 1 / 7

Talk Highlights

  • AI-native 6GThe network decides at the point of data generation when to transmit, what to sample and what to drop — AoI-aware control instead of unlimited data movement.
  • NTN-native architectureStore-and-forward, AoI-optimal routing that differs from terrestrial networks, and massive RAN for machine-type communications.
  • Edge for timely decisionsCompute where AoI reduction is greatest; the satellite edge can act as a decision node.
  • Freshness as a ServiceService agreements move from throughput to freshness guarantees.