me

Berk Öztürk

A researcher working in the intersection of computation and design.

Research

Software

I believe strongly in open source software. You can follow me and my collaborators’ research in real time through the following repositories:

  • OCTHaGOn.jl, for global optimization over arbitrary explicit and inexplicit constraints via optimal decision trees,
  • OptimalTrees.jl, for mixed-integer optimization methods for decision tree learning,
  • 15094code, for demonstrations of robust optimization methods applied to different problems in operations research,
  • robust and its documentation, for engineering design under under uncertainty using geometric and signomial programming,
  • GPkit and its documentation, for a Python package for engineering design leveraging convexity and object-oriented programming,
  • SPaircraft and its documentation, for a conceptual commercial aircraft model based on TASOPT, the largest open-source signomial programming compatible engineering model thus far.

If you are interested in the above tools, I also recommend visiting the following resources:

  • sageopt and its documentation, for global optimization of signomials and polynomials.
  • convexengineering, to find other repositories and resources using geometric programming in design.
  • Interpretable AI, for interpretable machine learning methods, available under an academic license.

Publications

My published works can be found at my Google Scholar page, and you can follow me to get notified about new papers.

Presentations and Posters

Below are PDFs of slides and posters I have presented.

05/03/2019: ACDL seminar on Optimal Aircraft Design Decisions Under Uncertainty via Robust Signomial Programming
06/19/2019: AIAA Aviation talk on Optimal Aircraft Design Decisions Under Uncertainty via Robust Signomial Programming
08/06/2019: ICCOPT seminar on Methods and Applications for Signomial Programming in Engineering Design
12/04/2019: Poster on Piecewise Fits of Functions or Data using Optimal Regression Trees
01/06/2022: Thesis defense presentation titled Global and Robust Optimization for Engineering Design

PhD Thesis

01/16/2022: Global and Robust Optimization for Engineering Design

Master’s Thesis

02/01/2018: Conceptual Engineering Design and Optimization Methodologies using Geometric Programming

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