Dr. Mert Sabuncu

Professor

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Biography

Mert R. Sabuncu joined Cornell University in July 2017 as an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a secondary appointment in the School of Biomedical Engineering. He was promoted to Professor in January 2023. Dr. Sabuncu received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, where his dissertation work focused on entropy-based image registration. Following this, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), developing algorithms to analyze large-scale biomedical image data. His research interests lie in biomedical image analysis with a focus on neurology and neuroscience, applied machine learning in biomedicine, probabilistic modeling of biological data, image processing, and computer vision. He has contributed significantly to the fields of bioengineering, biomedical imaging, and artificial intelligence, applying his expertise in areas such as computational science, signal processing, and synthetic biology.

Research Interests

Awards

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Michael Tien '72 Sustained Excellence & Innovation Engineering Education Award

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Young Investigator Publication Impact Award

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Career Development Grant (K25)

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Catalyst KL2 Merit Award

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Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture