BU Professor Konstantinos Spiliopoulos Awarded Prestigious Simons Foundation Fellowship in Mathematics
The Simons Foundation has chosen Konstantinos Spiliopoulos, a Boston University Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics and CISE faculty affiliate, as one of only 40 distinguished scientists to be named a 2020 Simons Fellow in Mathematics. Dr. Spiliopoulos was chosen by a committee of distinguished scientists based on his scientific accomplishments over the past five […]
Eric Kolaczyk named Director of the Hariri Institute
Professor Eric Kolaczyk, of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, has been named the next Director of the Hariri Institute, effective January 15, 2020. Professor Kolaczyk has been a member of the BU faculty since 1998. He was previously director of his department’s Program in Statistics and is the founding director of the MS in […]
Goyal Elected OSA Fellow
CISE Faculty Affiliate and Associate Professor Vivek Goyal (ECE) has been elected a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) “for outstanding inventions in computational imaging and sensing, including unprecedented demonstrations of the utility of weak, mixed, and indirect optical measurements.” “I’m deeply honored to be elected to Fellow of the OSA, especially since my research career started […]
Wenchao Li Awarded the 2018-2019 Peter J. Levine Career Development Professorship
Congratulations to CISE Faculty Affiliate Wenchao Li on being awarded the 2018-2019 Peter J. Levine Career Development Professorship. Wenchao Li is Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering. A leading researcher in all areas of dependable computing, Wenchao Li develops computational proof methods and machine learning techniques to aid the construction of […]
Azer Bestavros to Lead BU’s Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences
Azer Bestavros, who gained international prominence as the founding director of BU’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering, has been named associate provost for computing and data sciences, a new role that will lead the University’s efforts in the highly competitive and fast-growing field. He will lead the new Faculty […]
Bobak Nazer named Distinguished Faculty Fellow
CISE Faculty Affiliate and Associate Professor Bobak Nazer (ECE, SE) was named a Distinguished Faculty Fellow by the College of Engineering. The award recognizes mid-career faculty members for significant contributions to their field. The fellowship will provide Nazer with research support funding for the next five years. “I am thrilled and honored to be selected for […]
Coskun Selected to Attend the National Academy of Engineering’s 2019 Symposium
CISE Faculty Affiliate, Prof. Ayse Coskun (ECE) was selected as one of 87 innovative early-career engineers to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) symposium on September 25-27 in North Charleston, South Carolina. Chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work […]
CISE Faculty Affiliate Venkatesh Saligrama (ECE) Appointed BU Data Science Faculty Fellow
The Data Science Faculty Fellows Program was created in 2017 by Provost Jean Morrison as a part of the BU Data Science Initiative, to help build on the University’s vision for research and education in this strategically important area. Candidates are selected through an evaluation of their current research portfolio, demonstrated contributions, a track record […]
CISE Faculty Affiliate Lei Tian Wins NSF CAREER Award
CISE Faculty Affiliate Professor Lei Tian (ECE, BME) received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his work on Optical Intensity Diffraction Tomography with Multiple Scattering. Professor Tian’s research involves the development of novel optical imaging devices that overcome barriers to studying biological samples and phenomena. This project focuses on […]
BU Initiatives on Cities – Beyond Congestion: Pathways to Better Mobility
On Tuesday March 26, panelists discussed how current transportation networks within major cities do not operate efficiently and future technology will serve a key role in incentivizing change and eliminating congestion. The conversation was initially led by Matthew Raifman, Senior Manager at Ford Smart Mobility. Raifman described congestion as an “excess of vehicles on a portion of […]