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Işık İlber Sırmatel received the B.Sc. degrees in mechanical and control engineering from Istanbul Technical University, the M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2020, respectively. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Urban Transport Systems Laboratory of EPFL from 2020 to 2021. He is currently working as an assistant professor at Trakya University. His research focuses on applications of automatic control and optimization.

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SCI-SSCI or SCI Expanded Articles

  • Beojone, C. V., Zhu, P., Sirmatel, I. I., Geroliminis, N.. A hierarchical control framework for vehicle repositioning in ride-hailing systems. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. (June 2024)
  • Zhu, P., Sirmatel, I. I., Ferrari Trecate, G., Geroliminis, N.. A coverage control-based idle vehicle rebalancing approach for autonomous mobility-on-demand systems. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. (March 2024)
  • Sirmatel, I. I., & Yildirimoglu, M.. Nonlinear model predictive control of large-scale urban road networks via average speed control. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 156, 104338. (September 2023)
  • Sirmatel, I. I., Tsitsokas, D., Kouvelas, A., & Geroliminis, N.. Modeling, estimation, and control in large-scale urban road networks with remaining travel distance dynamics. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 128, 103157. (July 2021)
  • Sirmatel, I. I., & Geroliminis, N.. Stabilization of city-scale road traffic networks via macroscopic fundamental diagram-based model predictive perimeter control. Control Engineering Practice, 109, 104750. (April 2021)
  • Ren, Y., Hou, Z., Sirmatel, I. I., & Geroliminis, N.. Data driven model free adaptive iterative learning perimeter control for large-scale urban road networks. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 115, 102618. (June 2020)
  • Sirmatel, I. I., & Geroliminis, N.. Nonlinear moving horizon estimation for large-scale urban road networks. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 21(12), 4983-4994. (October 2019)
  • Yildirimoglu, M., Sirmatel, I. I., & Geroliminis, N.. Hierarchical control of heterogeneous large-scale urban road networks via path assignment and regional route guidance. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 118, 106-123. (December 2018)
  • Sirmatel, I. I., & Geroliminis, N.. Mixed logical dynamical modeling and hybrid model predictive control of public transport operations. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 114, 325-345. (August 2018)
  • Sirmatel, I. I., & Geroliminis, N.. Economic model predictive control of large-scale urban road networks via perimeter control and regional route guidance. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 19(4), 1112-1121. (June 2017)

» Courses Given

EEE126 Linear Algebra (2024-2025 Spring)

EEE314 Automatic Control Systems (2024-2025 Fall)

EEM461 Optimization (2024-2025 Fall)

EEM462 Model Predictive Control (2024-2025 Fall)