Dean’s Catalyst Awards Aim to Spark the Research Engine

From inventing a camera that can awake from sleep to capture a rare jaguar walking through the jungle to designing an array of tiny wires that detects a specific protein in the blood, the intrigue of new research ideas is high. But, the risks that come with untested areas of study can make it tough […]

Fourth Annual CISE Graduate Student Research Award: Science & Engineering Research Symposium 2007

The Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) held their Fourth Annual Poster Awards event at Science and Engineering Research Symposium 2007. All students working with CISE affiliated faculty were eligible. Congratulations to CISE First Prize ($500) Award winner Ashraf al Daoud and CISE Honorable Mention ($100) winners Ye Wang, Georgios Smaragdakis, and Boyan Yordanov. […]

Christos Cassandras, David Castanon to receive the 2006 Distinguished Member Award from the IEEE Control Systems Society

Distinguished Member Award Description: To recognize significant technical contributions and outstanding long-term service to the Control Systems Society. Prize: Certificate laminated on a plaque, and a pin. Funding: Funded by the IEEE Control Systems Society. Eligibility: Must have been a member of the CSS for at least five (5) years. Presentation: Presented annually at the […]

Christos Cassandras, Yannis Paschalidis receive US Department of Energy grant with Los Alamos National Laboratory

Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks for Long-term Deployment The proposed research project aims at addressing a number of fundamental issues in Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks (DWSN), thus, contributing to the maturing of this technology so that it can be useful in long-term surveillance missions. First, recognizing the limited resources available to DWSN nodes, we will pursue […]

Professor John Baillieul named 40th president of IEEE Control Systems Society

Please join me in congratulating Professor and AME Chair John Baillieul on his recent election as the 40th President of the IEEE Control Systems Society. The IEEE is the world’s largest professional organization.  Technical activities of the IEEE, including conferences and the publication of archival journals, are organized within 39 professional societies covering a wide […]

NSF Workshop Future Directions in Systems Research for Networked Sensing Draws Leaders from Across the Continent

For Release Upon Receipt – May 23, 2006 Contact: Linda Grosser, 617-358-1295, lgrosser@bu.edu NSF Workshop Future Directions in Systems Research for Networked Sensing Draws Leaders from Across the Continent (Boston) – On May 25–26 leaders in the field of sensor networks will converge on Boston University for the National Science Foundation  Workshop: Future Directions in […]