Ali Riza Ekti is currently a PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S. degree from Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey, (September 2002-June 2006), also studied at Universidad Politechnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain in 2004-2005 and received M.Sc. degree from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida in Electrical Engineering (August 2008-December 2009). His current research interests include statistical signal processing, wireless propagation channel modeling, cognitive radio and interference management in next-generation wireless networks and femtocells.