• Ph.D., Operations Research, Cornell University (2001)
• M.S.,  Operations Research, Cornell University (2000)
• B.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Turkey (1997)
• High School, Izmir Fen Lisesi, Turkey (1992)

I am primarily interested in continuous optimization. More specifically, my research interests lie in convex optimization including the theory, algorithms, and applications. Here is a broad list of my research interests:

• Mathematical programming
• Convex optimization
• Interior-point methods
• Continuous optimization
• Semidefinite programming
• Design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms
  
• Operations research
• Geometric optimization

• Research and Software
  

• Teaching

• 2006 INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researcher Prize
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2003 - 2008)

• Algorithmic Operations Research (since November 2004)
  
• Optimization Methods and Software (since May 2008)