Teaching and Service of Tamer Başar at UIUC

Courses Taught:

• ECE 309, Signal and System Analysis
• ECE 313, 413 Probabilistic Methods of Signal and System Analysis
• ECE 390, Introduction to Optimization
• ECE 415, Control System Theory and Design
• ECE 434, Random Processes
• ECE 453,, Optimum Control Systems
• ECE 455, Control of Stochastic Systems
• ECE 461, Signal Detection and Estimation
• ECE/Math 480, Optimization by Vector Space Methods
• ECE 497TB, Static and Dynamic Game Theory
• ECE 498, Several offerings of Dynamic Game Theory
• ECE 515, Control System Theory and Design
• ECE 553, Optimum Control Systems
• ECE 580, Optimization by Vector Space Methods
• ECE 586TB, Static and Dynamic Game Theory
• ECE 598TB, Static and Dynamic Game Theory

Elected Committee Memberships:

• Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2013-2017)
• ECE Representative, Executive Committee, College of Engineering (2006-2009); served till September 26, 2008, due to appointment as Interim Director of Beckman Institute
• Chair, Advisory Committee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2004-2008)
• Policy and Planning Committee, Coordinated Science Laboratory (2000-2001; 2016-2019)
• Executive Committee, Graduate College (1999-2001)
• Engineering College Executive Committee (formerly "College Policy and Development Committee"), three (nonconsecutive) three-year terms
• Coordinated Science Laboratory, Policy and Planning Committee, three (nonconsecutive) two-year terms; Chair for three terms

Appointed Committee Memberships:

• Member, Campus Budget Oversight Committee
• Member, Named Faculty Appointment Committee, Provost
• Chair, ECE Head Search Committee (2019)
• Chair, 5-year Review of the Director of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (2019)
• Chair, Campus Awards and Honors Committee, Provost (2013-2017)
• Chair, GEBI Faculty Recruitment Committee, CoE (2013-2018)
• Chair, Search Committee for Research Associate Director, CSL (2013-2014)
• Chair, Awards Committee, CoE (2008-2013)
• Chair, Campus Awards and Honors Committee, UIUC (2008-2017)
• Chair, Faculty Search Committee, ECE (2011-2013)
• Chair, ISE Department Head Search Committee (2012-2013)
• Chair, Campus Advisory Board, IACAT (Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies) , VCR (2009-2013)
• Chair, Steering Committee for 60th Anniversary Events, CSL (2010, 2011)
• Co-Chair, Steering Committee for Innovation Summit (summit held April 13-14, 2011), 2010 - 2011; 2011 - 2012
• Chair, Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Program Review Committee, COE (2010 - 2011)
• Member, Center for Advanced Study Policy Committee, VCR (2012-2014)
• Member, Search Committee for CSL Director, CoE (Fall 2014)
• Member, Search Committee for ECE Department Head, CoE (2013-2014)
• Member, External Awards Committee, CoE (2009-2013)
• Member, Awards Committee, CoE
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, ECE
• Member, Faculty Professional Recognition Committee, ECE
• Member, Public Relations Committee, ECE
• Member, Communications and Control Area Committee, ECE
• Member, Stewarding Excellence, Revenue Generation Project Team, UIUC (2009-2010)
• Member, Center for Advanced Study, Associate Selection Committee (2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012)
• Member, Center for Advanced Study Fellow Selection Committee (2006-20077, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2012-2013)
• Chair, Search Committee for Head of Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (2008-2009)
• Member, Campus Advisory Board, IACAT (Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies) , VCR (2007 - 2009)
• Member, CoE Awards Committee (2004-2008)
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, ECE
• Member, Distinguished Visiting Professor Selection Committee, CSL
• Chair, Search Committee for Head of Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Member, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, IACAT (Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies) , VCR (2005-2006)
• Chair, ECEDHEC (Ad Hoc ECE Department Head Evaluation Committee), CoE (2005-2006)
• Chair, CoE Promotions Committee, CoE (2004-2005)
• Chair, Dean's Advisory Committee on Appointments, CoE (2001-2003)
• Chair, ECE Promotions and Promotions Review Committee (1995-2001)
• Chair, Selection Committees for Endowed ECE Professorships, 2000, 2001
• Chair, Search Committee for Head of Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1998
• Chair, ECE Undergraduate Curriculum Revision Committee, 1993-94
• Chair, ECE Teaching Load Committee, 1989-90
• Chair, ECE Graduate Seminar Committee, 1984-86
• Member, CoE Promotions Committee (2003-2004)
• Member, New ECE Building Committee (2003-2004)
• Member, Strategic Plan for CoE Committee (2002-2004)
• Member, International Council (1998-2001)
• Member, ECE Long Range Planning Committee, 1998-2000
• Group Co-Leader, Dean's Retreat on Curricula, March 1994
• Member, College International Affairs Committee
• Member, Search Committee for Head of Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1985-87
• Member, Search Committee for Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for College of Engineering, 1987
• Member, Task Force to study possible merger of ECE and CS Departments, 1984
• Member, Math Liaison Committee, 1989-1994
• Member of several ECE Committees:
  • Promotions Review Committee
  • Conflict Management Oversight Committee
  • Credentials Committee
  • Faculty Recruitment Committee
  • Graduate Committee
  • Fellowship Committee
  • Qualifying Exam Committee, also chair
  • Communication and Control Area Committee, also chair
  • Ph.D. Thesis Committees, also chair, and at several departments across campus

Current Thesis Students

• Shubham Aggarwal
• Abdullah Alawad
• Erkan Bayram (joint)
• Arda Guclu (joint)
• Junyeob Lim
• Weichao Mao
• Raj Kiriti Velicheti
• Muhammad Aneeq uz Zaman
• Xiangyuan (Rocker) Zhang

Most recent Ph.D. graduates

• Kaiqing Zhang
• Khaled Mohammed Alshehri
• Muhammed Sayin
• Xiaobin Gao
• Seyed Rasoul Etesami
• Jun Moon
• Ali Khanafer
• Abhishek Gupta (jointly with Cedric Langbort)
• Hui Sun (jointly with N. Hovakimyan)
• Quanyan Zhu
• Kien Nguyen
• Hongxia Shen
• Akshay Kashyap (jointly with R. Srikant)
• Shao Liu (jointly with R. Srikant)
• Serdar Yuksel
• Tansu Alpcan
• Orhan Cagri Imer
• Jim Melody
• Rajiv Maheswaran
• Cheng Tang
• Gurdal Arslan
• Gregory J. Toussaint

Current Post-Doctoral Research Scholars

• Nathan Dahlin (joint)
• Seyed Sina Sanjari (joint)
• Melih Bastopcu (joint)
• Erik Miehling

Recent Post-Doctoral Research Scholars

• Xuanyu Cao
• Sujay Bhatt
• Bahare Kiumarsi
• Ji Liu
• Sadegh Bolouki
• Emrah Akyol
• Naci Saldi
• Xudong Chen
• Bahman Gharesifard
• Ashutosh Nayyar
• Sourabh Bhattacharya
• Kurt Rohloff
• Hideaki Ishii

Current and Recent Past Visiting Research Scholars

• Utsav Sadana
• Juntao Chen
• Rui Cong
• Chen Hou
• Endre Kure
• Jia-Jun Shen
• Anibal Sanjab
• Vinicius Lima Silva
• Alper Oner
• Xiangshen Ye
• Dan Wang
• Qian Ma
• Zhijin Cheng
• Luping Zhuang
• Tianyu Wang
• Mahmoud El Chamie
• Yuan Yuan
• Sabita Maharjan

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  Last modified: January 10, 2022