birth_place awards nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
ankara , turkey ieee w.r.g. baker award information theory society paper award turkish information theory and coding , communication systems bilkent university 1958 invention of polar codes erdal arıkan
 erdal arikan california institute of technology massachusetts institute of technology
erdal arıkan

erdal arikan -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- is a turkish professor in electrical and electronics engineering department at bilkent university , ankara , turkey .
in 2013 , arikan received ieee w.r.g. baker award for his contributions to polar codes .
he was born in ankara , turkey .
he received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the california institute of technology , pasadena , usa in 1981 .
he finished his m.s. and ph.d. studies in electrical engineering at the massachusetts institute of technology , cambridge , in 1982 and 1985 , respectively .
