Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Engineering, Özyeğin University

I received my B.Sc. in Mathematics from Boğaziçi University in 2008, followed by an M.Sc. in 2011 and a Ph.D. in 2015 from Sabancı University, under the supervision of Professor Plamen Djakov.

My research interests encompass Game Theory (with a focus on Mean-Field Games), Machine Learning (particularly Reinforcement Learning), and Optimal Transport.

Grants: 

TUBITAK 1001: Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Mean-Field Games (2024-2027)

Awards & Honors: 

Faculty Teaching and Learning Excellence Award, Özyeğin University (2024)

Publications:

[8] Berkay Anahtarcı, Can Deha Karıksız and Naci Saldi; Maximum Causal Entropy Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Mean-Field Games, arXiv (2024). Link

[7] Berkay Anahtarcı, Can Deha Karıksız and Naci Saldi; Learning in Discounted-cost and Average-cost Mean-field Games, Journal of Machine Learning Research (2023). Link

[6] Berkay Anahtarcı, Can Deha Karıksız and Naci Saldi; Q-Learning in Regularized Mean-field Games, Dynamic Games and Applications (2022). Link

[5] Berkay Anahtarcı, Can Deha Karıksız and Naci Saldi; Learning in Discrete-time Average-cost Mean-field Games, 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Link

[4] Berkay Anahtarcı, Can Deha Karıksız and Naci Saldi; Value Iteration Algorithm for Mean-field Games, Systems & Control Letters 143 (2020) 104744. Link

[3] Berkay Anahtarcı and Can Deha Karıksız; Frequently hypercyclic weighted backward shifts on spaces of real analytic functions, Turk. J. Math. 42 (2018), no. 6, 3242-3249. Link

[2] Berkay Anahtarcı and Plamen Djakov; Asymptotics of spectral gaps of 1D Dirac operator whose potential is a linear combination of two exponential terms, Asymptotic Anal. 92 (2015), no. 1-2, 141-160. Link

[1] Berkay Anahtarcı and Plamen Djakov; Refined asymptotics of the spectral gap for the Mathieu operator, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 396 (2012), no. 1, 243-255. Link

Other Publications:

[1] Berkay Anahtarcı ve Zehra Kesemen; Doğal Dil İşleme Modellerinin Matematiksel Temelleri, Matematik Dünyası Dergisi Sayı:119 Yıl:2024-1. Link