Lei Tian Named Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year for Innovative Teaching and Research
Boston University engineering professor Lei Tian, a faculty affiliate of the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE), has been named the 2025 Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. The award, which includes a $5,000 stipend, honors faculty who excel both as researchers and as teachers. Tian, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, emphasizes […]
Zijian Guo, CISE PhD Candidate, Earns Fellowship, Best Paper Award, for Research in Safer, Smarter AI
As artificial intelligence continues to shape everything from autonomous cars to home robotics, one Boston University PhD candidate is working to ensure that these systems not only function but also work safely. Zijian Guo, a second-year PhD candidate in Systems Engineering advised by Associate Professor Wenchao Li (ECE, SE, CS), was recently named a Hariri […]
Director Ayse Coskun Featured in BU Brink for her Research on Power Grids
CISE Director and Professor Ayse Coskun (ECE, SE) was featured in the BU Brink for her research on the relationship between electric grids and data centers. The article, “Is AI Slowing Climate Progress? It’s Complicated,” highlights the growing energy demand created by data centers, as well as AI’s potential to work with power grid through a […]
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, […]
2025 CISE PhD Student Scholars
In an effort to give back to the CISE community, CISE has established the CISE PhD Student Scholar Award. This student program recognizes the strength of incoming CISE students through a one-time endowment to support research-related expenses. Awardees also act as CISE Seminar student hosts during their first two years, enabling them to network with visiting […]
Transforming Data Centers into Grid-Responsive Powerhouses
As AI continues its explosive growth, so does its energy demand, pushing the U.S. electric grid toward its limits. With the rise of increasingly complex AI models and cloud-based applications, data centers are becoming power-hungry giants. Projected to use up to 9% of U.S. power by 2030, data centers increasingly strain the grid, threatening the […]
Privacy Meets AI: Enabling Data Center Collaboration to Support Grid Stability
On May 19th, 2025, the Boston University Hariri Institute hosted the Focused Research Program (FRP) symposium titled “Data Center and Power Grid Interactions: Challenges and Opportunities,” highlighting the challenges associated with rising data center energy demands. The event brought together experts from engineering, energy systems, data centers, and privacy research to explore how massive AI-driven workloads […]
Smart Sharing: How Jonathan Chamberlain is Protecting Radiometers by Redesigning Spectrum Access
Imagine a major highway that is essential for many people’s commute, but only has one lane. This would pose an access issue, as not everybody who needs to use the highway would be able to efficiently because there’s not enough space. There is currently a resource allocation problem with wireless bands, important communications tools in […]
Green AI Summit: Rethinking AI for a Sustainable Future
A collection of visionaries, scholars, and innovators came together at Harvard University and Boston University on April 25 and 26 for the Green AI Summit, focusing on the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and environmental responsibility. The summit was organized by the Green AI Institute and Harvard Undergraduate AI and Sustainability Group, with support from […]
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 […]