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On Thursday May 10, 2012, 144 leaders from industry, and academia gathered at Boston University to explore "Systems Science: Shaping Society's Future" . The event was hosted by the Center for Information and Science Engineering (CISE) in celebration of its 10th Anniversary. Three thematic... Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to our faculty colleagues Mark Horenstein and Hua Wang. Mark was selected as the 2012 College of Engineering Professor of the Year by the senior class. Hua was named the recipient of the 2012 College of Engineering Faculty Service Award by the College Executive Committee. The formal award presentation... Read the rest of this entry »

The Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) at Boston University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with strong research background in optimization, control, and stochastic processes interested to apply her/his expertise in problems arising in multi-agent control and coordination and machine learning. The candidate should have a Ph.D. in... Read the rest of this entry »

Four ENG Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards March 15th, 2012 By: Mark Dwortzan Assistant professors Lorena Barba (ME), Ayse Coskun (ECE), Ajay Joshi (ECE) and Michael L. Smith (BME) have each received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in recognition of their outstanding research and teaching capabilities. The five-year, $400,000 - $550,000 award funds high-impact... Read the rest of this entry »

We are pleased to announce the winners of the CISE awards for 2012 BU Science and Engineering Day: Congratulations on 1st Prize CISE Award to Yushan Chen for her poster "LTL Robot Motion Control based on Automata Learning of Environmental Dynamics"  $500 to Yushan and $500 to her advisor, Professor Calin Belta.  Yushan... Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to the CISE affiliated faculty who have been promoted to full professor, effective September 1, 2012. Ibrahim Matta, CAS, Computer Science: A researcher into both Internet and wireless communication, Matta is known for his scholarship on online traffic routing, congestion control, and tools for evaluating computer networks. He is... Read the rest of this entry »

The Office of Technology Development’s Ignition Award is designed to help new technologies bridge the (funding?) gap between discovery-oriented research and subsequent development.  By providing funding that helps these fledgling technologies reach specific goals or milestones (to show proof of applicability), the Ignition Award helps further them on the path... Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, February 13, 2012 A startup believes combining LED technology and smart-phone apps will offer precise indoor location data. When you go to the grocery store, chances are you find yourself hunting for at least a couple of items on your list. Wouldn't it be easier if your smart phone could just... Read the rest of this entry »

Prof. Baillieul’s research group has designed an aerial vehicle to study how bats fly together without ever colliding. The “Batcopter” is helping the team study swarming bat trajectories, the data from which will allow engineers to develop smarter unmanned flight control systems. The video below is from www.reuters.com. ... Read the rest of this entry »

On December 14, 2011, Christos Cassandras (ECE/SE) received the IEEE Control Systems Technology Award at the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) in Orlando, Florida. The IEEE Control Systems Technology Award recognizes outstanding contributions to control systems technology. Cassandras was honored for his design and commercial development of the... Read the rest of this entry »