This page is created to inform any interested participants regarding the seminars to be conducted for the EE690 Graduate Seminars course. The schedule and the content will be updated throughout the semester.
2025-2026 Fall Graduate Seminars
Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Institution & Country | Topic |
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Oct 24 | 11:45 | D-231 | Burak Boyacıoğlu | METU Aerospace Engineering Dep., Türkiye |
Bio-inspired Observability Tools for Active Sensing and Sensor Selection |
Oct 31 | 10:00 | D-231 | TÜBİTAK İLTAREN | TÜBİTAK İLTAREN, Türkiye | Cognitive Electronic Warfare (CEW) |
Nov 7 | 12:30 | D-231 | Kutlu Demir Kandemir | Aselsan, Türkiye | TBA |
Nov 14 | TBA | D-231 | Gökhan Demirel | Gazi University Chemistry Dep., Türkiye | TBA |
Nov 21 | 11:45 | D-231 | Ayşe Çağıl Kandemir | TED University Mechanical Engineering Dep., Türkiye | TBA |
Nov 28 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Dec 5 | 11:45 | D-231 | Cüneyd Öztürk | Aselsan, Türkiye | TBA |
Dec 12 | TBA | TBA | Aykut Özgün ÖNOL | Toyota Research Institute, USA | TBA |
Dec 19 | TBA | D-231 | İlker Şahin | TBA | TBA |
Title: Bio-inspired Observability Tools for Active Sensing and Sensor Selection
Abstract: Flying insects have an unexpectedly remarkable sensing capacity. For instance, Drosophila, the fruit fly, can track chemical plumes by estimating the ambient direction without directly measuring it. In this talk, I will introduce the observability tools we developed to better understand the active sensing decisions made by insects and the importance of sensor selections. Specifically, I will address how to determine system observability levels (i.e., estimator performance limits) in the presence of process and/or measurement noise, and for particular state variables, e.g., state of charge or state of health of a battery. I will conclude the talk with potential engineering applications.
Bio: Dr. Burak Boyacıoğlu earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington's (UW) William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2022. He holds a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, a minor in Mechatronics, and a Master's in System Dynamics and Control, all from Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ). His research interests include optimal sensor placement and active sensing strategies for highly sensed systems, with applications in biological flight and engineered flight, and space systems. Most recently, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and taught a grad-level course for professional students at UW and an undergrad course at İTÜ. He is currently teaching controls courses in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at METU as a visiting scholar.