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Mustafa Tamer Başar[1][6]
Born (1946-01-19) January 19, 1946 (age 78)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
CitizenshipTurkish American
Alma mater
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical optimization, Dynamic Game Theory and Robust control
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
Thesis On a Class of Minimax State Estimators for Linear Systems with Unknown Forcing Functions[1]
Doctoral advisorMax Luria Mintz[1]
Other academic advisors

Mustafa Tamer Başar[1] (born January 19, 1946[7]) is a control and game theorist who is the Swanlund Endowed Chair[8] and Center for Advanced Study[9][10] Professor[11] of Electrical and Computer Engineering[12] at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is also the Director of the Center for Advanced Study (since 2014).

Education

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Tamer Başar received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boğaziçi University (formerly known as Robert College[13]) at Bebek, in Istanbul, 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

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He joined the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in 1981. He was the founding president of the International Society of Dynamic Games during 1990–1994, the president of the IEEE Control Systems Society in 2000, and the president of the American Automatic Control Council during 2010–2011. He received the Medal of Science of Turkey in 1993, H.W. Bode Lecture Prize of the IEEE Control Systems Society in 2004, Georgia Quazza Medal of the International Federation of Automatic Control in 2005, the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 2006,[14] Isaacs Award of the International Society of Dynamic Games in 2010, and IEEE Control Systems Award in 2014.[15] He was elected as a member of National Academy of Engineering in 2000 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.[6] He is a Fellow of IEEE, IFAC, and SIAM.

Honorary degrees and chairs

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He has been awarded Honorary Doctor of Science degrees and Honorary Professorships from:

Research areas

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

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Tamer Başar at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  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. ^ a b c 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.
  7. ^ a b c 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
  17. ^ "2023 New Member List". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  18. ^ SIAM Fellows: Class of 2012
Awards and achievements
Preceded by IEEE Control Systems Award
2014
Succeeded by
Bruce Francis
Preceded by Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
2006
Succeeded by