Faculty & Staff Member Profile

Bülent Yılmaz graduated in 1997 from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. He completed his master\'s thesis in 1999 before pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, where he focused on the estimation of the origin of heart rhythm disturbances using statistical signal processing methods. His doctoral research was supported by the Whitaker Foundation.\n\nProf. Yılmaz began his academic career as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Başkent University, Ankara, in 2004. In 2011, he was invited to be one of the founding members of Abdullah Gül University (AGU) in Kayseri, Turkey. At AGU, he held several key roles, including Department Head, Assistant Dean, Chair of the Education Committee, Advisor to the President, and Vice President responsible for educational processes, from 2011 to 2022. During this time, he also founded a biomedical optics startup, served as Principal Investigator (PI) for four and Co-PI for three projects funded by the Turkish National Science Foundation (NSF), and acted as a consultant to three companies.\n\nProf. Yılmaz has authored more than 30 journal articles in Q1 and Q2-ranked journals and has supervised 26 MSc and PhD theses. He currently serves as the Associate Editor of the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. Over his career, he has taught almost 20 different graduate and undergraduate courses in electrical and biomedical engineering.\n\nHis primary research interests include biomedical signal and image processing, machine learning/artificial intelligence, and brain-computer interfaces. He has contributed as a panelist and referee for numerous academic and industry projects and journals.\n\nProf. Yılmaz was the founding head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the College of Engineering and Architecture at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) in Kuwait. He is currently the Acting Dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture at GUST.