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, […]
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 […]
Vassilis Digalakis Jr. joins CISE as he tackles AI’s biggest flaws
In today’s rapidly changing artificial intelligence landscape, Assistant Professor Vassilis Digalakis Jr. (Questrom (OTM)) is building a different kind of future. Digalakis, who joined CISE as a Faculty Affiliate in February 2026, isn’t just interested in making AI faster or more powerful. For him, the real challenge is making it human-like. He views AI as […]
Opening the Right Doors: Konstantinos Spiliopoulos on the Future of Scientific AI
Cruising at 30,000 feet, the plane suddenly jolts. The “Fasten Seatbelt” sign dings, and for a few seconds, the ride is bumpy. To a passenger, this is an annoying phenomenon, but to a scientist, it’s one of the unsolved problems of physics— turbulence. There are equations to describe the flow of air, but they can […]
How a Low-Cost Soft Robot Is Learning to Perform Surgery Inside a Beating Heart
In a leap for minimally invasive medicine, a soft robot is learning to perform delicate procedures inside a living, beating heart—something no human hand could ever achieve. For Assistant Professor Tommaso Ranzani (ME, MSE, BME), who leads this project, it’s the culmination of years of design and experimentation. His team’s latest breakthrough marks one of […]
CipherSonic Labs: The Startup Rethinking Data Privacy in an AI World
In a time when AI is everywhere, data privacy has gone from a side concern to a top priority. That’s the focus of CipherSonic Labs, a Boston-based startup co-founded by CISE Faculty Affiliate Professor Ajay Joshi (ECE) and BU alum Rashmi Agrawal (PhD ’23, ECE) in January 2024.. As companies across verticals (healthcare, financial services, […]
The Intersection of Business and Engineering: Jinglong Zhao’s “Product Innovation Pipeline”
Have you ever wondered how your DoorDash order can arrive at your doorstep in a matter of minutes? Jinglong Zhao, Assistant Professor of Operations and Technology Management at the Questrom School of Business and faculty affiliate of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering and Hariri Institute, has the answer. Zhao’s research is at the […]
Assistant Professor Tianyu Wang (ECE) works to make AI Data Centers more Energy Efficient
AI is already using an enormous amount of energy, and the problem is about to get much worse. According to Energy Digital, data centers, which are used to host and run large-scale AI optimisations, are estimated to have consumed 1-1.5% of global electricity in 2022, and we are expected to see electricity demands double by […]
Emiliano Dall’Anese, Boston University Professor, joins as CISE Affiliated Faculty
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), motor vehicles produced about 22% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, making them the most significant contributor to the country’s emissions. Emiliano Dall’Anese, Associate Professor (ECE, SE) and faculty affiliate of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering and Hariri Institute, uses optimization, control, […]
Innovative Energy Efficiency: Fisheye Cameras in Smart Spaces
Imagine a bustling corporate office building where energy consumption needs to be balanced with maintaining a comfortable environment for employees. In such settings, traditional methods of regulating air handling systems can lead to inefficiencies and waste energy in unoccupied areas. This is where the research of Boston University Professors and CISE affiliates Thomas Little, Janusz […]