{"id":437,"date":"2025-05-18T23:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2025-05-19T02:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:32:18","slug":"news-and-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/news-and-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1229 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research category-students\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">CI4R Students Selected as Final Four Teams in 2026 IEEE AESS Challenge<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-05T23:55:00+00:00\">November 5, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">CI4R PhD students Muhammad Moiz and Sultan Salehin were awarded $25,000 to implement their solution proposed to the 2025 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) Challenge. The topic of this year&#8217;s challenge was &#8220;Radar-based Heartbeat Monitoring in Dynamic Scenarios&#8220;. As one of four finalist teams, the students will submit a research paper and present&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2025\/11\/05\/ci4r-students-selected-as-final-four-finalists-in-2026-ieee-aess-challenge\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1227 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dr-z category-research\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">NC State Faculty Organize Workshop @IEEE BHI \/ Atlanta<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-29T23:44:00+00:00\">October 29, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Drs. Ravi Chilukuri, Edgar Lobaton and Sevgi Gurbuz of the NC State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering organized a workshop entitled &#8220;From Sensors to Decision Making: Delivering Precision Biomarker Insights with Resource-Constrained AI&#8221; at the IEEE Biomedical and Health Informatics Conference held in Atlanta, GA on October 29, 2025. See below for more details.&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2025\/10\/29\/nc-state-faculty-organize-workshop-ieee-bhi-atlanta\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1209 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-deaf-community category-dr-z category-research\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">CI4R Students Earn Accolades @ICCV \/ Honolulu<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-24T23:10:00+00:00\">October 24, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Very happy to attend the ICCV Multi-Modal Sign Language Recognition Workshop, where we got to listen to many interesting presentations and have engaging discussions. My colleague Abraham Glasser, PhD of Gallaudet University delivered two great talks on Deaf-centered technology design, best practices, and the need and benefits of integrating Deaf researchers into sign language related&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2025\/10\/24\/ci4r-research-iccv-honolulu\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1223 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dr-z category-outreach\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">CI4R @IEEE Radar Conf. \/ Krakow<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-05T23:35:00+00:00\">October 5, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Dr. Sevgi Z. Gurbuz delivered a talk on AI and machine learning in radar system design as part of the IEEE Radar Conference Radar Boot Camp held in Krakow, Poland. This is a great experience for radar students of all levels, involving talks spanning a range of critical topics, from fundamentals to advance principles, all&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2025\/10\/05\/ci4r-ieee-radar-conf-krakow\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-675 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research category-students\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">CI4R Students Earn Accolades at 2025 IEEE International Radar Conference<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-07T05:59:48+00:00\">May 7, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I am happy to share the success of my PhD students Sean Kearney and Sultanus Salehin, who earned 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, in the Best Student Paper Competition of the IEEE International Radar Conference, held May 3-9 in Atlanta, GA. Out of roughly 60 student paper submissions, each student&#8217;s work is subjected to multiple&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2025\/05\/07\/ci4r-students-earn-accolades-at-ieee-international-radar-conference\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-661 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dr-z category-students\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">CI4R at IEEE International Radar Conference Radar Boot Camp (RBC)<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-05T05:56:33+00:00\">May 5, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It was my great honor to serve as IEEE International Radar Conference Student Programs Co-Chair and co-organize with Austin Foote (GTRI) the Radar Boot Camp (RBC) held at the IEEE International Radar Confernece in Atlanta, GA from May 3 -4, 2025. The event was a great success, thanks to all of our wonderful, experience and&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2025\/05\/05\/ci4r-at-ieee-international-radar-conference-radar-boot-camp-rbc\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-654 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dr-z category-social category-students\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Last CI4R Gathering Before the Move<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-09T04:47:00+00:00\">December 9, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">As the Fall 2024 semester comes to a close, CI4R gathered one last time in our now mostly empty lab in the 3rd floor corner of the Northeast Engineering Research Building (NERC). The below lab picture is truly wonderful as you can see all the generations of students who I have been so lucky to&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2024\/12\/09\/last-ci4r-gathering-before-the-move\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-639 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research category-students\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">CI4R Students Earn Awards at 2024 IEEE Radar Conference<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-05-10T04:18:00+00:00\">May 10, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">CI4R had a great time at the IEEE Radar Conference in Denver, CO (May 6 &#8211; 10, 2024). I am so proud of my PhD students\u00a0Emre Kurtoglu\u00a0and\u00a0Sean Kearney, who presented their work at the conference. Emre presented our research relating to &#8220;Radar-Based Joint Human Activity and Agility Recognition via Multi-Input Multi-Task Learning&#8221; and &#8220;Gamification of&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2024\/05\/10\/ci4r-students-earn-awards-at-2024-ieee-radar-conference\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-646 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-social category-students\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">CI4R Celebrates our Newest PhD:  Introducing Dr. Emre Kurtoglu!!!<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-05-05T04:40:00+00:00\">May 5, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Emre Kurtoglu graduated with his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama!! Congratulations to Emre, who will be embarking on the next chapter of his career as a Research Scientist of the Data Science Platform at Rockefeller University in New York City, NY. We will miss you, and wish you success&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2024\/05\/05\/ci4r-celebrates-our-newest-phd-introducting-dr-emre-kurtoglu\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-635 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dr-z\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Dr. Gurbuz Earns Tenure and CoE Research Excellence Award<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-04-29T04:15:00+00:00\">April 29, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">While at the SPIE Defense+Commercial Sensing Symposium, where my student and I presented two papers related to our radar and lidar research, I was honored to learn that during our College of Engineering Faculty Meeting on April 24, 2024 I actually was recognized via a CoE award for Early Career Research Excellence and Innovation!! This&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2024\/04\/29\/dr-gurbuz-earns-tenure-and-college-of-engineering-research-excellence-award\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-query-pagination is-layout-flex wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-numbers\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-14-page=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-14-page=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-14-page=5\">5<\/a><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437?query-14-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next\">Next Page<\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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