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 […]
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 […]
CISE Student, Akua Kodie Dickson, Featured by BU College of Engineering for Autonomy Research
CISE student Akua Kodie Dickson (SE Ph.D. candidate) is working to advance safety and trust in robotics. During her Ph.D., Dickson began working with robotic controllers and motion planning. This led her to find a passion for safe autonomy — robots doing autonomous tasks and helping humans solve problems in a safe way. “One of […]
BU Experts Develop AI Surveillance System to Enhance Pandemic Preparedness
Five years after COVID-19 shut down the world, Director of the BU Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering and CISE faculty affiliate and professor Yannis Paschalidis (ECE, SE, BME, CDS) is studying how prepared we are for the next outbreak. Alongside Boston University infectious diseases expert Nahid Bhadelia, the two […]
CISE Faculty Recognized for Groundbreaking AI Research with AIRR Awards
Recognized for their cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence, 11 CISE faculty affiliates have been honored with AI Research Resource (AIRR) awards. This Hariri Institute program supports AI research at Boston University by giving researchers access to the New England Research Cloud (NERC), a regional computing infrastructure that provides cloud-based resources tailored to academic research. A […]
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 […]
BU Assistant Professor Rabia Yazicigil (ECE, BME) Working to Enhance American Wireless Communications Through $6 Million Northeast Microelectronics Hub Grant
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in American supply chain logistics, especially regarding semiconductor chips, which are the foundation for modern technology and essential to future innovations. In 2020, the United States manufactured just 10% of the world’s total supply of semiconductors, a significant decrease from 1990 when America produced 37% of these chips. American economic […]
Secretary of State John Kerry Visits CISE Director Ayse Coskun
On Thursday, February 6th, 2025, former Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Boston University Center for Information & Systems Engineering to meet with CISE Director and Professor Ayşe K. Coşkun (ECE, SE). Secretary Kerry was joined by Ambassador David H. Thorne, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, and Varun Sivaram, Council on […]
CISE Hosts 11th Annual Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW 11.0)
Over 100 student and faculty attendees gathered on January 24th, 2025, for the 11th Annual Graduate Student Workshop hosted by the Center of Information and Systems Engineering (CISE). The day-long symposium featured doctoral students from different disciplines across Boston University’s College of Engineering presenting their original research. “CGSW aims to bring together CISE students, faculty, […]