Teaching and Service of Tamer Başar at UIUC

Course to Teach in Fall 2009:

• ECE 580, Optimization by Vector Space Methods

Courses Taught in the Past:

• 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:

• Past:
  • 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)
  • Executive Committee, Graduate College (1999-2001)
  • Engineering College Executive Committee (formerly "College Policy and Development Committee"), three (nonconsecutive) three-year terms
  • Advisory Committee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Coordinated Science Laboratory, Policy and Planning Committee, three (nonconsecutive) two-year terms; Chair for three terms

Appointed Committee Memberships:

• Current:
  • Chair, Search Committee for Head of Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
  • Chair, Campus Advisory Board, IACAT (Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies) , VCR (2009 - )
  • Chair, Awards and Honors Committee, UIUC
  • Member, External Awards Committee, CoE
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, ECE
  • Member, Faculty Professional Recognition Committee, ECE
  • Member, Distinguished Visiting Professor Selection Committee, CSL
  • Member, Communication and Control Area Committee, ECE
• Past:
  • Member, Campus Advisory Board, IACAT (Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies) , VCR (2007 - 2009)
  • Member, CoE Awards Committee (2004-2008)
  • 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
    • 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

• Kien Nguyen
• Hui Sun
• Quanyan Zhu

Most recent Ph.D. graduates

• 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