– F. Alizadeh, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Towards Buoy-Free Networks: Adaptive Resource Allocation for Concurrent AUV-to-UAV Communication via Translational Acoustic-RF (TARF) Modes”, submitted for publication, August 2026.

– F. Alizadeh, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Structured Acoustic-RF Multiplexing for Buoy-Free Mobile AUV-to-UAV Communication”, submitted for publication, July 2026.

– F. Alizadeh, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Active Metasurfaces for Underwater Acoustic RIS: Control-Ready Reflection Modeling and Multifunctional Wave Control”, submitted for publication, 2026.

– F. Alizadeh, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Programmable Active Metasurfaces for Underwater Acoustic RIS: OAM Wave Synthesis and Structured-Beam Communications”, submitted for publication, 2026.

– M. Mahgoli, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, T. S. Giesta da Silva, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Learning Ocean Channel Cartography: A Digital Twin Approach to Communication-Aware Autonomy for Maritime 6G”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 74, pp. 11534–11549, 2026. Published online July 13, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2026.3712573 .

– M. Mahgoli, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, S. E. Þorsteinsson, and M. Ö. Úlfarsson, “A Hierarchical AI-Driven Hybrid Communication Framework for Underwater Swarm Coordination: Achieving Sub-Microsecond Synchronization and Robust Cooperative MIMO Performance”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 26932–26948, June 2026. Published online March 30, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2026.3678823 .

– F. Alizadeh, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Tunable Active Metasurfaces for Next Generation Underwater aRIS-assisted Communication”, in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNet ’25), Shenzhen, China, Art. no. 8, pp. 1–8, published online May 22, 2026. Best Paper Award . DOI: 10.1145/3784941.3784966 .

– M. Mahgoli, I. F. Akyildiz, T. S. Giesta da Silva, S. Þ. Jónsson, K. Andersen, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Steering Uncertainty: Physics-Informed Mean Field Games for AUV Swarm Coordination in Underwater IoT”, in IEEE DCOSS-IoT 2026, 8th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things (ISIoT 2026), Reykjavík, Iceland, June 22–24, 2026, accepted/in press for publication in IEEE Xplore. Link: IRIS publication record .

– H. Guo, I. F. Akyildiz, S. E. Þorsteinsson, and K. Andersen, “Joint Wireless Charging Planning and Task Assignment for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles”, in GLOBECOM 2025 – 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, December 8–12, 2025, pp. 5472–5477. Reported symposium-paper acceptance rate: 30%. DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM59602.2025.11432094 .

– L. Zhao, J. Tan, J. Wang, I. F. Akyildiz, and Z. Sun, “Acoustic RIS for Massive Spatial Multiplexing: Unleashing Degrees of Freedom and Capacity in Underwater Communications”, in IEEE INFOCOM 2026 – IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Tokyo, Japan, May 18–21, 2026, pp. 1–10. Main-conference acceptance rate: 20%. DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM59046.2026.11571242 .

– T. Girici, H. Guo, I. F. Akyildiz, K. Andersen, and S. E. Þorsteinsson, “Formation Control for Swarm Underwater Vehicles Using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning”, in BalkanCom 2025 – 8th International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking: Empowering Connections, Enabling Innovation, Piraeus, Greece, June 17–20, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/BALKANCOM65827.2025.11186029 .

– L. Zhao, J. Tan, J. Wang, I. F. Akyildiz, and Z. Sun, “Covering Underwater Shadow Zones using Acoustic Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, in IEEE INFOCOM 2025 – IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, London, United Kingdom, May 19–22, 2025, pp. 1–10. Main-conference acceptance rate: 20%. DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM55648.2025.11044529 .

– S. J. Nordfjord, S. E. Þorsteinsson, and K. Andersen, “Powering Underwater Robotics Sensor Networks Through Ocean Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer Methods: Systematic Review”, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, vol. 13, no. 9, Art. no. 1728, September 2025. DOI: 10.3390/jmse13091728 .

– N. Tang, Y. Liu, X. Chu, and I. F. Akyildiz, “Design, Modelling and Analysis of Underwater Acoustic Backscatter Communications”, in ICC 2024 – IEEE International Conference on Communications, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 9–13, 2024, pp. 4227–4232. Symposium-paper acceptance rate: 30%. DOI: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10623056 .