Biography
Prof. Vedat Coskun is a Computer Scientist, Academician, Researcher, Author, and Consultant. He is founder and manager of NFCLab@Istanbul, the pioneer research lab on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology worldwide. He is currently Professor of Software Engineering in Istanbul Atlas University. He believes on globalisation of science and education. He gave lectures in several universities such as University of Thessaly (Greece), Malardalen University (Sweden), Inholland University (Netherlands), Lublin University of Technology (Poland), and University of Dubrovnik (Croatia).
He is specialized in Blockchain Technologies, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Java technology, Near Field Communication (NFC), Mobile Technologies, Electronic and Mobile Payment ecosystems. He acts as both advisor and also evaluator in national and international funded research based projects.
He has a vast amount of international publications including books, patents, journal papers and conference presentations. He co-authored Near Field Communication: From Theory to Practice (Wiley, 2012); and Professional NFC Application Development for Android (Wrox, 2013). He co-authored The Survey on Near Field Communication journal paper. He believes in the importance of combining academic knowledge and education, as well as R & D study and industrial projects for providing higher national and international outcomes.