Omur Arslan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Robotics

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Biography

Omur Arslan received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, in 2016 and the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical and electronics engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2007 and from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2009, respectively. He is now a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Prior to that, he was a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, Germany and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. His research interests include robotics, motion planning, sensor networks, control theory, dynamical systems, optimization, machine learning and machine perception.

Curriculum Vitae

Education | Academic Appointments | Teaching Experience | Honors & Awards | Professional Activities

Omur Arslan, PhD - Robotics Researcher
           





Contact Information

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
Building Gemini Zuid
Groene Loper 5
5612 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
Email: o.arslan@tue.nl
Office: -1.133


Education

  • PhD in Electrical and Systems Engineering
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 2016
    Thesis: Clustering-Based Robot Navigation and Control
    Advisor: Daniel E. Koditschek
  • MSc in Electrical Engineering
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 2012
    Advisor: Daniel E. Koditschek
  • MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, September 2009
    Thesis: Model-Based Methods for the Control and Planning of Running Robots
    Advisors: Ömer Morgül and Uluç Saranlı
  • BSc in Mechatronics (Minor)
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, July 2007
  • BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, June 2007
  • BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, September 2002 - August 2004 (Transferred to METU)

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor
    Deparment of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
    November 2019 - present
  • Research Scientist
    Autonomous Motion Deparment, Max Plank Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany
    October 2017 - November 2019
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Mentor: Daniel E. Koditschek
    September 2016 - October 2017
  • Research Assistant
    Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Mentor: Daniel E. Koditschek
    August 2009 - September 2016
  • Research and Teaching Assistant
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
    Mentors: Ömer Morgül and Uluç Saranlı
    September 2007 - July 2009

Teaching Experience

  • Research Mentor, ESE 290 Intro to ESE Research Methology
    Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Spring 2017
  • Project Advisor, ESE 450/451 ESE Senior Design
    Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Fall 2013, Spring 2014
  • Teaching Assistant, ESE 539 Neural Networks and Applications
    Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Spring 2013
  • Teaching Assistant, ESE 500 Linear System Theory
    Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Fall 2010
  • Teaching Assistant, EEE 313 Electronic Circuit Design
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
    Fall 2007, Spring 2009
  • Teaching Assistant, EEE 444/544 Robust Feedback Theory
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
    Fall 2008
  • Teaching Assistant, EEE 351 Engineering Electromagnetics
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
    Spring 2008

Honors & Awards

  • Best Paper Award Nominee on Multi-Robot Systems
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 2018
  • Best Paper Award Nominee
    12th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, December 2016
  • Bilkent University Scholarship
    September 2007 – July 2009 (Full tuition waiver, full stipend and on-campus lodging)
  • The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
    2228-National MSc Scholarship
    September 2007 - July 2009 (Partial stipend)
  • The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
    2224-International Scientific Meetings Fellowship
    May 2009
  • Graduation Project Committee Award
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    June 2007
  • High Honors Graduate
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    June 2007 (5th rank among 351 graduates)
  • Associate Professor Bülent Kerim Altay Award
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2006
    (Awarded for attaining the highest rank in a semester with GPA 4.00/4.00)

Professional Activities

Reviewer

  • Journals: IEEE Transaction on Robotics (T-RO), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (TCNS), Automatica, Autonomous Robots, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  • Conferences: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR), International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), American Control Conference (ACC)

Society Membership

  • IEEE, Member, 2017- present
  • IEEE, Robotics and Automation Society, 2008 - present
  • IEEE, Control Systems Society, 2016 – present
  • IEEE, Student Member, 2008 – 2017

Government Activities

  • Panelist, NSF Smart & Autonomous Systems, 2017