Tamer Başar

Tamer Başar[1]
Born (1946-01-19) January 19, 1946
Istanbul, Turkey
Residence United States
Citizenship Turkish American
Turkey, U.S.
Nationality Turkish
Fields Optimization, Game Theory and Automatic control
Institutions University of Illinois at Urbana
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul
Yale University, New Haven
Alma mater Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul
Academic advisors
Known for The development of dynamic game theory and its applications to robust control of systems with uncertainty.
Notable awards

Tamer Başar, (born January 19, 1946[7] in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish control theorist who holds the Swanlund Endowed Chair[8] of the Center for Advanced Study[9][10] and Professor[11] in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering[12] at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Education

Tamer Başar received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boğaziçi Üniversitesi (formerly known as Robert College[13]) at Bebek, in İstanbul-Turkey, in 1969, and M.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in engineering and applied science from Yale University, in 1970, 1971 and 1972, respectively.

Academic life

He joined the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in 1981. He is the president-elect of the American Automatic Control Council for 2008-2009, and a recipient of the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 2006[14] and IEEE Control Systems Award in 2014.[15] Tamer Başar was elected as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering and Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering for the development of dynamic game theory and application to robust control of systems with uncertainty in 2000.[1]

Honorary degrees and chairs

He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from:

Research areas

His research interests include optimal, robust, and nonlinear control; large-scale systems; dynamic games; stochastic control; estimation theory; stochastic processes; and mathematical economics.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tamer Başar was elected in 2000 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering and Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering for development of dynamic game theory and application to robust control of systems with uncertainty.
  2. Harold W. Cheel Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University
  3. Some of the IEEE publications of Prof. Narendra
  4. A. Stephen Morse was elected in 2002 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering for his contributions to geometric control theory, adaptive control, and the stability of hybrid systems.
  5. Some of the IEEE publications of Prof. Morse
  6. SIAM Fellows: Class of 2012
  7. Tamer Başar's biography
  8. Tamer Başar's homepage,
  9. Swanlund Chair
  10. Center for Advanced Study
  11. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  12. Decision and Control Laboratory, The Communications Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  13. Currently, Robert College is an independent private high school at Arnavutköy. The Bebek campus and academic staff were turned over to the Republic of Turkey for use as Boğaziçi University in 1971.
  14. "Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  15. For seminal contributions to dynamic games, stochastic and risk-sensitive control, control of networks, and hierarchical decision making
  16. Some of the IEEE publications of Prof. Başar

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Stephen P. Boyd
IEEE Control Systems Award
2014
Succeeded by
Bruce Francis
Preceded by
Gene F. Franklin
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
2006
Succeeded by
Sanjoy K. Mitter
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