Zeliha Dilsun Kaynar

Dilsun Kaynar, Teaching Faculty, Computer Science Department

Associate Teaching Professor

Website

CMU Scholars

Office

6009 Gates and Hillman Centers

Email

Phone

(412) 268-9297

Department

Computer Science Department

Administrative Support

Marcella Baker

CSD Courses Taught

15150 - Spring, 2026

15150 - Fall, 2025

Biography

Dilsun Kaynar is an Associate Teaching Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Before joining the Computer Science Department she worked as a researcher at CMU CyLAb and at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the Theory of Distributed Systems Group (2001-2006). She received her Ph.D. degree in 2002 from the University of Edinburgh in the UK and B.Sc. degree in 1996 from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey.

Teaching Statement

Dilsun Kaynar's teaching interests lie in the areas of principles of programming, foundations of programming languages, formal modeling, and verification.

Publications