Vivek Goyal Appointed Deputy Director of CISE
Recently named Deputy Director of BU’s Center for Information & Systems Engineering (CISE), Professor Vivek Goyal (ECE) will help guide a research community that links engineers, computer scientists, and data scientists across campus. His own work reflects this interdisciplinary approach and uses mathematics and computation to expand what imaging and information processing can do. Goyal […]
Discounted Prices: A Win for Shoppers, Stores, and the Planet
Each year, grocery stores throw away about 30%-40% of produce, and US retail stores “generate about 16 billion pounds of food waste.” Much of this waste comes from fresh produce’s short shelf life, making fruits and vegetables the most wasted food category worldwide. At the supermarket level, fruit that is ripening or about to go […]
CISE Co-Founder, Christos Cassandras, Awarded Prestigious IEEE Research Award
Christos Cassandras, CISE Co-Founder and Distinguished Professor (ECE, SE), has spent more than four decades studying how computers and machines make decisions. His recent work tackles a frustration nearly every driver knows: sitting at a red light with no cross traffic in sight, wondering why the light takes so long to turn green. This year, […]
CISE Faculty Affiliate Tommaso Ranzani Awarded 2026 BU Ignition Award
Adapted from a story by Andrew Thurston for The Brink CISE faculty affiliate Tommaso Ranzani is one of Boston University’s 2026 Ignition Award winners! He is leading a project to develop bio-inspired jet propulsion technology that can power underwater robots and vehicles. This could make operations quieter, longer-lasting, and lower-maintenance, particularly for acoustic-sensitive missions such […]
Boston University Awarded $20 Million NSF Grant to Launch National Cloud Lab Network
Adapted from a story by Andrew Thurston for The Brink CISE faculty affiliate Yannis Paschalidis serves as co-principal investigator on the four-year initiative. Boston University has been awarded nearly $20 million National Science Foundation award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the National Cloud Lab Network, a four-year initiative that will create a nationwide […]
How CMOS Sensors and AI Are Making Fermentation Smarter
In recent years, social media users have found themselves amid many sourdough accounts and kombucha channels, all heavily focused on fermentation. But what many don’t realize is that fermentation isn’t limited to cooking. In the world of science, fermentation technology is widely used to produce medicines, fuels, foods, and specialty chemicals. Professor Rabia Yazicigil Kirby, […]
Professor Christos Cassandras Wins 2026 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Outstanding Research Award
Imagine a world where morning traffic completely disappears, intersection lights are obsolete, and your car pays you a small digital incentive for letting someone merge. It sounds impossible, but CISE Faculty Affiliate and Head of the Division of Systems Engineering Professor Christos Cassandras (ECE, SE) is building that reality, and the engineering community is taking […]
Beyond Overload: Rethinking Reliability in Cloud Systems
Imagine you are at a restaurant, and you see that there are only 10 tables available, but there’s a line of almost 50 people out the door. You later learn that the restaurant has only 20 cups and 20 bowls and cannot efficiently serve all the guests, no matter how well it manages its seating […]
Hariri Director and CISE Faculty Affiliate Ioannis Paschalidis Inducted Into 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows
On April 13, 2026, Hariri Director and CISE Faculty Affiliate Ioannis Paschalidis was inducted into the 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows. This American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering peer-elected membership is among the highest professional distinctions in the field. Paschalidis is a distinguished professor of engineering (electrical & computer engineering, systems engineering, biomedical engineering), […]
From Selfish Driving to Social Optimality: Insights from a “Nature” Interview with Professor Christos Cassandras
In the modern urban landscape, driving is fundamentally “selfish.” Each driver chooses a route based on personal convenience, often leading to traffic congestion. Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Head of the Division of Systems Engineering, and CISE Faculty Affiliate Christos Cassandras (ECE, SE) is proposing a solution to this problem—transforming cities into integrated “cyber-physical systems” in […]