CISE Alumni Return to Campus for the 2026 Industry Roundtable
On Friday, October 16, the Center for Information & Systems Engineering (CISE) hosted its annual Industry Roundtable, welcoming two CISE alumni back to campus to connect with current students. This year’s speakers were Brenda Zhuang, Consulting Engineer and Development Manager at MathWorks, and Yanfeng Geng, Quantitative Research Team Lead at Fidelity Investments. Both earned their […]
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 […]
BU Robotics Club Wins First Prize and Audience Choice Award at Annual Robotics Summit & Expo
The Challenge: find a problem in the world and solve it using a robot whose form is well-informed by its function. BU Robotics Club’s answer: AgroBot, an autonomous tomato-picking robot. Last week, at the Robotics Summit & Expo — an annual event that brings together 5,000+ developers focused on building robots for aerospace and defense, […]
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 […]
Olawale Akanji, BU PhD Student, Exposes Hidden Risks in Digital Lending Apps Through Android Security and Privacy Research
Digital lending apps have transformed how people access credit in emerging markets, offering quick loans at the tap of a screen. But for many users, these apps carry hidden risks, ranging from aggressive harassment to privacy violations. As smartphones become the primary gateway to financial services in emerging markets, a Boston University PhD candidate uncovered […]
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), […]
Making the Cloud More Reliable: How LLMs Can Improve Latency and Reliability
When a car is booked in a rideshare app, a seemingly simple request triggers thousands of messages sent across a distributed system that must be executed with near-perfect reliability. Distributed systems are the invisible engine of today’s economy. Its full integration into our daily routines makes its reliability essential. But what can we do when […]
BU Researchers Showcase the Future of Systems Engineering at CGSW 12.0
Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) student researchers at Boston University took center stage to demonstrate how they are solving the world’s most complex problems, sharing ideas from cutting-edge soft robotics. On Friday, January 30th, 2026, CISE hosted its 12th annual Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW 12.0). The event provided a dynamic platform for students […]
Massachusetts Tech Leaders Visit RASTIC
Earlier this month, the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council visited BU’s Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC). The Council, which coordinates efforts to strengthen the state’s STEM-skilled workforce, includes Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye Brady (ENG’90), former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Pat Tutwiler, who recently stepped down from his position, US Congressman Jake […]
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 […]