Research Interests
Disciplines: Dynamic Programming (Stochastic, Approximate), Linear & Nonlinear Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, Discrete Event Simulation, Optimal and Robust Control.
Application Domains: Optimal Control of Real-Time Energy Demand in Smart Buildings, Optimal Participation in Electricity Markets, Unmanned Air Vehicle Routing Problems, Optimal Cooperative Control of Unmanned Air Vehicle Fleets, Optimization of Logistics and Factory Material Handling.

Publications

Refereed Journals (Including Under Review and In Preparation):
J1. Enes Bilgin, Michael C. Caramanis, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis, Christos G. Cassandras, “Provision of Regulation Service Reserves by Smart Buildings.” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (in print, DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2015.2501428).
J2. Enes Bilgin, Michael C. Caramanis, “Load-Side Fast Reserve Provisioning in the Hour-Ahead Power Markets.” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (under review).
J3. Enes Bilgin, David Escobar Sanabria, Kun Zhang, Pieter Mosterman, “A Tabu Search Heuristic for Unmanned Air Vehicle Routing Problem with Dynamic Battery Constraints.” European Journal of Operations Research (to be submitted).
J4. Enes Bilgin, Michael C. Caramanis, “Price Based Adaptive Control of Duty Cycle Appliances for Regulation Service Provision.” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (to be submitted).
J5. Pieter J. Mosterman, David Escobar Sanabria, Enes Bilgin, Kun Zhang, Justyna Zander, “Automating Humanitarian Missions with a Heterogeneous Fleet of Vehicles.” IFAC Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 38, issue 2, 2014.
J6. Pieter J. Mosterman, David Escobar Sanabria, Enes Bilgin, Kun Zhang, Justyna Zander, “A Heterogeneous Fleet of Vehicles for Automated Humanitarian Missions”, Computing in Science & Engineering, vol. 12, issue 3, pp. 90-95, May-June 2014.

Refereed Proceedings:
C1. Enes Bilgin, Michael C. Caramanis, “Decision Support for Offering Load-Side Regulation Service Reserve in Competitive Power Markets.” 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, December 2013.
C2. Enes Bilgin, Michael C. Caramanis, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis, “Smart Building Real Time Pricing for Offering Load-Side Regulation Service Reserves.” 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, December 2013.
C3. Michael Caramanis, Ioannis Paschalidis, Christos Cassandras, Enes Bilgin, Elli Ntakou, “Provision of Regulation Service Reserves by Flexible Distributed Loads.” Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 2012.

Non-Refereed Journals:
N1. Sertalp Bilal Çay, Enes Bilgin, Cansu Çakır, Yasemin Arslan, Mehmet Fatih Cabıoğlu, Barbaros Tansel, “Optimization on Internal Logistics Activities in BSH Washing Machine Factory.” Endüstri Mühendisliği, vol. 21-3, pp. 25-38, September 2010.

Non-Refereed Conferences & Annual Meetings:
A1. Enes Bilgin, Pieter Mosterman, David Escobar Sanabria, Justyna Zander and Kun Zhang, “A Heterogeneous Fleet of Vehicles for Automated Humanitarian Missions”, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.
A2. Mehmet F. Candas and Enes Bilgin, “Semiconductor Manufacturing Planning: Challenges and Solution Approaches”, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.
A3. Enes Bilgin and Michael Caramanis, “Price Based Adaptive Control of Duty Cycle Appliances for Regulation Service Provision.” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.
A4. Michael Caramanis et al. “Single-Period Topology Control in PJM.” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.

Invited Talks:
T1. “Optimization of Logistics in Supply Chain Networks,” Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University, March 26, 2015.

Related Coursework
Optimization Theory, Advanced Optimization Theory, Dynamic Programming, Statistical Inference & Learning, Game Theory, Advanced Stochastic Modeling & Simulation, Discrete Event & Hybrid Systems, Dynamic Systems Theory, Optimal and Robust Control.

Service
Reviewer Service:
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, American Control Conference.

Organized Sessions:
“Pricing as an Information Channel for Implementing Smart Grid Load Control,” 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, December 10-13, 2013 (w. Bowen Zhang).
“Integration of Renewable Generation to the Smart Grid and Demand Response,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 6-9, 2013.