Institute News

Jinglong Zhao’s Innovation Pipeline: Fusing Business with Engineering
by Mia Knežević, CISE Staff How does your DoorDash order get to your doorstep so quickly? Jinglong Zhao, Assistant Professor Read more

Lei Tian Receives 2025 University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award
Lei Tian, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate, and a CISE Faculty Affiliate, was Read more

Eight Hariri Faculty Affiliates Have Been Newly Promoted
BY HARIRI INSTITUTE STAFF Recognized as Leaders in Their Fields & Classrooms Eight faculty affiliated with the Rafik B. Hariri Read more

BEACON Launches Today, Delivering AI-powered Global Disease Surveillance
By Maureen L. Stanton Infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging at an unprecedented rate, with profound impacts on global health. Read more

How American Sign Language Helped Reveal Languages’ Hidden Patterns
Discoveries could transform how we learn, recover, and model language By Maureen L. Stanton Are words arbitrary? For centuries, scientists Read more

Yannis Paschalidis and John Byers Appointed Co-Directors Within Boston University’s AIDA Initiative
By Maria Yaitanes Today, Boston University launched the Artificial Intelligence Development Accelerator (AIDA) Initiative. Hariri Institute Director Yannis Paschalidis, Distinguished Read more

Eshed Ohn-Bar Recognized with College of Engineering Early Career Research Excellence Award
By Maureen L. Stanton Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow Eshed Ohn-Bar has received the Boston University College of Engineering (ENG) Read more

Shaking Things Up: How BU Researchers Are Driving Earthquake Understanding Through Artificial Intelligence
By Maria Yaitanes On January 27, the floors of New England houses, offices, and universities shook for about 20 seconds. Read more

Advancing Sustainability Through AI-driven Research and ENERGIZE Graduate Training
Junior Faculty Fellow Spotlight: James Chapman, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering By Alex Grzybowski High-entropy alloys (HEAs) have major applications to Read more

AI-powered Breakthrough in Plasma Science Delivers New Computational Efficiencies
Unlocks Potential for Space and Fusion Research By Maureen L. Stanton Plasma physics plays a critical role in a wide Read more