ELECO 2023

Cevdet Acar - Circuits and Systems Special Session
(Commemoration and Conversation Meeting) (in Turkish)

Friday, December 1, 2023, Hours: 19:30-21:00

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Session Chair:

Prof. Dr. Cem Goknar
Isik University - Istanbul


Cevdet Acar - Best Paper Award will be given among the papers presented in the sessions on Circuits and Systems at ELECO 2023. The author of the award-winning paper will be announced at the end of the "Cevdet Acar Memorial Meeting".


Prof. Dr. Cevdet ACAR
(1943 - 10 May 2023)

Biography - Prof. Dr. Cevdet Acar was born in Hopa in 1943. He graduated from ITU Technical School of Electrical Engineering in 1965 and from ITU Electrical Faculty Weak Current Branch in 1967.

In the same year, he entered the Department of Circuit Theory of the Electrical Faculty as a technician M.Sc. and was appointed as an assistant in 1970. In 1972, he received the title of Doctor, Associate Professor in 1977 and Professor in 1988 with his thesis titled "New Possibilities in Circuit Theory with Signal-Flow Diagrams".

He conducted research and lectured at Wayne State University in Detroit in 1974-1976 and at the University of California, Davis in 1984-1986.

In addition to his teaching and research activities at ITU, he gave lectures at Karadeniz Technical University and Yildiz Technical University.

Studies and publications, 33 original articles published in English, 14 papers and conferences presented in English, 2 papers and conferences presented in Turkish; It consists of 2 original articles, 4 research reports and 1 book published in Turkish. Some of his publications are cited in the "Science Citation Index".

He was awarded the 50th Anniversary Research Award of the Republic in 1973 by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, and the Incentive Award in 1978 for his work titled "New Return Difference Matrix".

He is married and has two children. He retired in August 2000. He passed away in May 2023.

He was professor in Istanbul Technical University and Yeditepe University, Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He has contributed to the development of electrical engineering in Turkey.

He was as member of technical committees (ELECO 2004, ELECO 2006 and ELECO 2008) and reviewer in the ELECO conferences for ten years since 2004. We are grateful for his contributions to the ELECO Conferences.