I am an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) department since January 2024. Before, I was a postdoctoral scholar in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at Stanford University, working with Prof. Mykel Kochenderfer at Stanford Intelligent Systems Lab (SISL) and Stanford Center for AI Safety. I received my Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, where I was part of Autonomous Mobile Robots Lab and Link Lab under the supervision of Prof. Nicola Bezzo. I received my MS and BS degrees from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bogazici University, Istanbul in 2016 and 2014 respectively.

At RPI, I am the director of the Reliable Intelligent Systems Laboratory (RISL). If you’re interested in learning more about this lab, please take a look at our webpage. If you are interested in joining RISL, please visit this website.

My research focuses on developing techniques to improve the safety of autonomous systems operating under uncertainty. I leverage reachability analysis tools, machine learning, and runtime monitoring and recovery techniques to provide safe decisions and to adapt to unforeseen conditions.

I enjoy hiking, ultimate frisbee, yoga, collecting vintage photographs, and traveling.

Recent News

• September 2024, I attended Daghstuhl Dagstuhl Seminar 24361: Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods Join Forces for Reliable Autonomy.

• August 2024, I gave a virtual talk at Ford Otosan.

• June 2024, Our paper Predicting Future Spatiotemporal Occupancy Grids with Semantics for Autonomous Driving is presented at Intelligent Vehicles Symposium.

• January 2024, I joined RPI as an assistant professor.

• April 2023, Our paper Backward Reachability Analysis of Neural Feedback Loops: Techniques for Linear and Nonlinear Systems is accepted to IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems.

• March 2023, Our paper Experience Filter: Using Past Experiences on Unseen Tasks or Environments is accepted to the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)!