W elcome to my personal website! I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at The University of Melbourne, where I am a member of the Control and Signal Processing as well as the Communications and Networks Laboratories. I am also the Director of Industry Faced Programs in EEE and a contributor to CEET.    >> more

My research areas include game theory, systems & control, optimisation, and networking with applications to various security and resource allocation problems in communication and energy systems.    >> more

I received my BS degree from Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey), MS and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (USA), where I worked with Prof. Tamer Başar. Subsequently, I worked in Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-labs), Berlin, Germany, as senior research scientist and was an assistant professor (Juniorprofessur) at the Technical University of Berlin.    >> more



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Book

Cover of the book My book "Network Security: A Decision and Game Theoretic Approach" is co-authored with Tamer Başar and published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Announcements and up-to-date information can be found at the blog of the book.

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Current Projects

  • Control and Game Theory for Networked System Security, 2012, (as Chief Investigator), funded by The University of Melbourne Early Career Research Grant.
  • Achieving cost effective abatement from Australian electricity generation, 2012-2014 (as Investigator), funded by Australian Centre for Renewable Energy.
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Teaching

I am teaching this semester the subject ELEN90069 Electrical Power Systems, which is offered within the Master of Energy Systems program. The course provides an introduction to electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution as well as energy markets, mainly for those who are not electrical engineers.

Lecture times: Thursdays 6:15pm - 9:15pm in Alan Gilbert-Theatre 3.
Consultation: Thursdays 5-6pm in my office.

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Contact

Room: 3.4, EEE Building (193)
"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010, Australia"
Tel: +61 (0) 3 8344 8145