Dr. Ali Cafer Gurbuz

Dr. Ali Cafer Gurbuz

Dr. Ali Cafer Gurbuz
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Information Processing and Sensing (IMPRESS) Lab
North Carolina State University

Engineering Building II (EB2), Room 2110  ·  890 Oval Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606
aligurbuz@ncsu.edu  ·  919-513-0987

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Biography

Dr. Ali Cafer Gurbuz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, where he directs the Information Processing and Sensing (IMPRESS) Lab. He is also affiliated with the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative.

His research integrates signal and image processing with machine learning for radar, remote sensing and wireless communication applications. Current interests include physics-aware and explainable machine learning, learning-based computational imaging, integrated sensing and communication, radar/communication coexistence, sparse signal processing and compressive sensing, passive radar and sensing, and UAV-based remote sensing.

Dr. Gurbuz received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining NC State in January 2025, he held assistant and associate professor positions at Mississippi State University, and earlier faculty and postdoctoral positions in the United States and Turkey.

He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. His research has been supported by NSF — including an NSF CAREER award — as well as NASA, DoD, NOAA, USDA and other sponsors.

Selected Honors

  • NSF CAREER Award (2021)
  • EURASIP Best Paper Award for the Signal Processing journal (2013)
  • TUBA-GEBIP Turkish Academy of Sciences Best Young Scholar Award in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2014)
  • European Union Marie Curie Fellowship (2009)
  • Senior Member, IEEE  ·  Elected Member, IEEE Computational Imaging Technical Committee

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For the complete publication record, teaching history and professional service, please see Dr. Gurbuz’s personal website. Lab publications are listed under Publications, and current lab members are on the Our Team page.

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