Research

Research Interests:

  • Applied probability, statistics, stochastic processes
  • Martingales, Markov processes, Levy processes, random measures
  • Optimal stopping, stochastic optimal control with applications in finance and engineering
  • Bayesian sequential analysis; sequential change detection, hypothesis testing
  • Valuation and hedging of contingent claims, real options

Publications and Preprints:

  • S.O.Sezer. On the Wiener disorder problem. Annals of Applied Probability, to appear.
  • M. Ludkovski, and S. O. Sezer. Finite-horizon decision timing with partially observable Poisson processes. Submitted.
  • S. Dayanik, H. V. Poor, and S. O. Sezer. Sequential multi-hypothesis testing for compound Poisson processes. Stochastics, 80:1, 19-50.
  • S. Dayanik, H. V. Poor, and S. O. Sezer. Multisource Bayesian sequential change detection. Annals of Applied Probability, 18:2, 552-590.
  • E. Bayraktar and S. O. Sezer. Quickest Detection for a Poisson Process with a Phase-type Change-time Distribution. Sequential Analysis 28:2, 218–250.
  • S. Dayanik and S. O. Sezer.  Sequential testing of simple hypotheses about compound Poisson processes. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 116:12, 1892-1919.
  • S. Dayanik and S. O. Sezer. Compound Poisson Disorder Problem. Mathematics of Operations Research31:4, 649-672. (First Place in the INFORMS 2005 JFIG Paper Competition).

Publications in Conference Proceedings:

  • S.Dayanik and S.O.Sezer (2009). Multisource Bayesian sequential hypothesis testing, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies.
  • Dayanik, S., H. V. Poor, S. O. Sezer (2008). Bayesian sequential change detection for Levy processes, Proceedings of the 2008 International Workshop on Applied Probability.

Ph.D. Thesis:

  • Bayesian sequential change-point detection and hypothesis testing problems for compound Poisson and Wiener processes, Princeton University, 2006.