Research Area 03
Sensing, Perception & Integrated Intelligence
ISACRadarRF sensingWireless localization and trackingHuman-machine sensingAutonomous perception
Overview
xGI explores how future systems perceive, interpret, and interact with the physical world through advanced sensing technologies. Research includes integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), radar, RF sensing, localization, spectrum awareness, and human-machine sensing. By combining sensing, communications, and AI, this thrust enables intelligent situational awareness and autonomous perception for next-generation applications.
Affiliated Faculties
Affiliated Faculties
Highlighted Publications
- S. Z. Gurbuz et al., “American Sign Language Recognition Using RF Sensing,” in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 3763-3775, 1 Feb. 2021.
- M. M. Rahman, S. Z. Gurbuz and M. G. Amin, “Physics-Aware Generative Adversarial Networks for Radar-Based Human Activity Recognition,” in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 2994-3008, June 2023.
- S. Biswas, C. O. Ayna, S. Z. Gurbuz and A. C. Gurbuz, “CV-SincNet: Learning Complex Sinc Filters From Raw Radar Data for Computationally Efficient Human Motion Recognition,” in IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, vol. 1, pp. 493-504, 2023.
- M. Ezuma, F. Erden, C. K. Anjinappa, O. Ozdemir, and I. Guvenc, “Detection and Classification of UAVs Using RF Fingerprints in the Presence of Interference”, IEEE Open J. Communication Society, Jan. 2020.
- Z. Sahinoglu, S. Gezici, and I. Guvenc, “Ultra-Wideband Positioning Systems – Theoretical Limits, Ranging Algorithms, and Protocols”, Cambridge University Press, Aug. 2008.
- Mengning Li and Wenye Wang, “Hybrid Zone: Bridging Acoustic and Wi-Fi for Enhanced Gesture Recognition,” IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (Best Paper Award), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2024, pp. 981-990.
- S. Kearney and S. Z. Gurbuz, “Physics-Guided Deep Neural Networks for Radar-Based UAV Recognition in Different Environments With No Prior In Situ Data,” in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 62, pp. 9875-9891, 2026.
- Mengning Li, Haochen Zhu, Wenye Wang, and Eylem Ekici, “mSAC: Enhancing Localization with mmWave Sensing and Orthogonal Signals,” IEEE INFOCOM 2025 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, London, United Kingdom, 2025, pp. 1-10.
- Mengning Li and Wenye Wang, “Synergizing Acoustic and Wi-Fi Signals for Device-Free Gesture Recognition,” in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 8167-8179, Sept. 2025.
- Mengning Li and Wenye Wang, “UNI-FI: Integrated Multi-Task Wi-Fi Sensing,” IEEE INFOCOM 2026 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (Best Paper Award), Tokyo, Japan, 2026, pp. 1-10.
- Bibhor Kumar, Ish Jain, and Vijay K. Shah, CellSense: A Sub-6 GHz Cellular ISAC System for Clutter-Robust Passive Sensing, in IEEE MILCOM 2026 (Under review).
- W. Khawaja, M. Ezuma, V. Semkin, F. Erden, O. Ozdemir, and I. Guvenc, “A Survey on Detection, Classification, and Tracking of Aerial Threats using Radar and Communications Systems”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 2024.
- C. Dickerson, S. Kearney, S. Manjur, I. Guvenc, S. Gurbuz, A. Gurbuz, O. Ozdemir, and M. Sichitiu, “Leveraging Cellular ISAC and Passive RF Sensing for UAV Detection and Tracking”, in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct. 2025.
- E. Kurtoğlu and S. Z. Gurbuz, “Human-Centered Fully Adaptive Radar for Gesture Recognition in Smart Environments,” in IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 695-706, Oct. 2025.
- Sarik Dhungel, Gaurav Duggal, Dara Ron, Nishith D. Tripathi, R. M. Buehrer, J. H. Reed, and Vijay K. Shah, Experimental Validation of a 3GPP compliant 5G-based Positioning System. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (pp. 1946-1953), 2024.
- Rui Zou and Wenye Wang, “FLuMe: Understanding Differential Spectrum Mobility Features in High Resolution,” in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 14186-14200, Dec. 2024.
- I. Guvenc and C. C. Chong, “A Survey on TOA Based Wireless Localization and NLOS Mitigation Techniques”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 107-124, July 2009.