Petar M. Djurić earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. Following his B.S. degree, he served as a Research Associate at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Vinča, Belgrade. Upon completing his Ph.D., he joined Stony Brook University, where he currently holds the position of SUNY Distinguished Professor and serves as the Savitri Devi Bangaru Professor in Artificial Intelligence. Prof. Djurić also held the role of Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2016 to 2023.

Prof. Djurić's research has primarily focused on investigating the fundamentals of machine learning and signal and information processing with a diverse range of interests within them including causal inference theory, information fusion, Bayesian optimization, Monte Carlo methods, distributed signal processing, signal modeling, as well as detection and estimation. He applies the newly developed knowledge across various disciplines.