Bulent Yener

Bulent Yener is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a courtesy appointment in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering. He serves as the founding Director of the Data Science Research Center and Associate Director of the Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA). He holds a Ph.D. (1994) and M.S. (1987) in Computer Science from Columbia University and previously worked at Bell Laboratories.

Research Focus: Dr. Yener's work spans interdisciplinary applications of machine learning and data science, with core domains including:

• Bioinformatics/medical informatics: Tuberculosis pathogenesis modeling, computational pathology, and biomarker discovery
• Cyber security: Adversarial machine learning, causal inference attacks, and malware analysis
• Clinical applications: EEG-based seizure prediction and neurological disorder diagnostics
• Theoretical foundations: Graph neural networks, trustworthy AI, and combinatorial optimization

Research Leadership: He directs multidisciplinary initiatives through:

• Data Science Research Center (petabyte-scale analytics combining cloud/HPC)
• IDEA Institute (data-driven scientific exploration)
• Affiliations with Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab (CISL) and Center for Computational Innovations (CCI)

Honors:

• IEEE Fellow for contributions to applied machine learning
• ACM Senior Member recognizing computing advancements