Ensar Temizel is a visiting scholar at CMU, whose research is rooted in exploring the history of intersections between architecture and computer technologies, with a particular interest in the field of cybernetics. He is primarily engaged in investigating the role of cybernetics in machine intelligence research in architecture inspired by the work and legacy of Gordon Pask. He earned his PhD in Architecture from Middle East Technical University (METU) in Türkiye in 2022. He has been honored with various grants and awards, including a fellowship from the Doctoral Research Residency Program (DRRP) of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in 2020.