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Mert Sabuncu

Vice Chair of AI & Engineering Research

Professor

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mert Sabuncu
Mert Sabuncu
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Biography

Mert R. Sabuncu joined Cornell University in July 2017 as Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a secondary appointment in the School of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Sabuncu was promoted to Professor in January 2023.

Dr. Sabuncu received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, where his dissertation work focused on entropy-based image registration. He then moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to do a post-doc at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). His post-doc work dealt with developing algorithms to analyze large-scale biomedical image data.

Research Interests

  • Biomedical image analysis, with application focus in neurology/neuroscience
  • Applied machine learning in bio-medicine
  • Probabilistic modeling of biological (e.g., genetic) data
  • Image processing, computer vision.
  • Biotechnology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Aided Diagnosis
  • Image Analysis
  • Signal and Image Processing
  • Statistics and Machine Learning
  • Bioengineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • Computational Science and Engineering
  • Neuroscience
  • Systems and Synthetic Biology
  • Systems and Networking
  • Bio-Electrical Engineering
  • Information Theory and Communications
  • Information, Networks, and Decision Systems

Select Publications

  • Ge, T., M. Reuter, A. M. Winkler, A. J. Holmes, P. H. Lee, L. S. Tirrell, Mert Sabuncu. 2016. “Multidimensional heritability of neuroanatomical shape.” Nature communications.

  • Sabuncu, Mert, E. Konukoglu. 2015. “Clinical prediction from structural brain MRI scans: a large-scale empirical study. “Neuroinformatics 13 (1).

  • Sabuncu, Mert, B. T. Yeo, K. Van Leemput, B. Fischl, P. Golland. 2010. “A generative model for image segmentation based on label fusion.” IEEE transactions on medical imaging 29 (10).

  • Sabuncu, Mert, B. D. Singer, B. Conroy, R. E. Bryan, P. J. Ramadge, J. V. Haxby. 2010. “Function-based intersubject alignment of human cortical anatomy.” Cerebral Cortex 20 (1).

Mert R. Sabuncu's Google Scholar

Select Awards and Honors

  • Michael Tien '72 Sustained Excellence & Innovation in Engineering Education Award, College of Engineering, Cornell University 2021
  • Young Investigator Publication Impact Award, Co-authored paper, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2011
  • Career Development Grant (K25), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institute of Health (NIH) 2011
  • Catalyst KL2 Merit Award, Harvard University 2010
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University 2006

Education

  • B.S., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Middle East Technical University 2001
  • M.Eng., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University 2003
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University 2006

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