Asuman Özdağlar

Asuman Özdağlar
Born	(1974-12-16) 16 December 1974
Nationality	Turkish,U.S.
Alma mater	Middle East Technical University (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Known for	EECS Department head in MIT
Spouse	Daron Acemoğlu
Scientific career
Fields	Electronics engineer
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Website	asu.mit.edu

Asuman Özdağlar (born 16 December 1974) is a Turkish academic. She is also referred to as Asu Ozdaglar in many sources, including on her own website.

Life

She was born to İsmail Özdağlar and Zahide Özdağlar on 16 December 1974. Her father was a former Minister of State between 13 December 1983 and 15 January 1985 in the 45th government of Turkey. Asuman Ozdaglar is married to economist Daron Acemoğlu.

Career

She studied in the Electrical Engineering department of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara and received a Bachelor's degree in 1996. She then continued her studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, and received her PhD in 2003. She served as an assistant professor (2003), associate professor (2008) and professor (2012) in the same university. Her research areas include Nonlinear and convex optimization, Game theory, social and economic networks, Distributed optimization methods, Network optimization and control. In 2017, she was named the new head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT. Her predecessor Anantha Chandrakasan says, "Professor Ozdaglar is an inspiring researcher and has emerged as a true leader in the areas of optimization theory and algorithms, game theory, and networks."