Goyal Achieves Record-Breaking Distances for Non Line of Sight Imaging, Featured in PNAS
Vivek Goyal, a CISE research affiliate and professor from the College of Engineering (ECE), worked as part of a team led by Professor Feihu Xu of the University of Science and Technology of China to demonstrate non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging and real-time tracking of hidden objects over a distance of 1.43 kilometers. Using both software and […]
New Frontiers in Self-driving Cars
Lidar, used in most self-driving cars, models the world around them by creating 3D representations of a scene in view. Photo by John D. SL/Shutterstock One of the most promising developments born out of the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge was the use of lidar technology in self-driving cars, also known as autonomous vehicles (AVs). […]
How to Give an Online Doctoral Dissertation during COVID-19
The COVID-19 epidemic has upended everyone’s lives, with no exceptions for PhD students who are ready to defend their dissertations. Are you in need of some suggestions on how to best present remotely over Zoom? Here’s a guide on how to best communicate your ideas and research without technology getting in the way. Creating a […]
Joshua Rapp wins the 2020 IEEE SPS Young Author Best Paper Award
Boston University alumnus Joshua Rapp (Ph.D. ECE ’20) has won the 2020 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award. This prestigious award will be presented to Dr. Rapp by IEEE Signal Processing Society President Ahmed Tewfik at the ICASSP 2021 in Toronto, Canada, June 6-11, 2021. Rapp was a student of CISE faculty […]
CISE-SE Students at GHC 2020
The Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) and the Division of Systems Engineering (SE) sponsored seven students to represent the College of Engineering at this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration (September 26-October 3). The event aims to nurture the research and career paths of women finding inspiration in its annual commemoration of Grace Murray Hopper (1906 – […]
POV: COVID-19 Shows Us We Need Rapid Response Data Science Teams
Eric Kolaczyk, Director of Hariri Institute of Computing and Faculty Affiliate of CISE, contributed an opinion piece published by BU Today on June 4th entitled “POV: COVID-19 Shows Us We Need Rapid Response Data Science Teams.” In it, Professor Kolacyzk describes how the COVID-19 pandemic is not only an indication of the need for development but also a rapid response […]
Congratulations Class of 2020!
Computer Science Nabeel Akhtar Ph.D., Computer Science Thesis: “Orchestration and Management of Application Functions Over Virtualized Cloud Infrastructures” Advisor: Professor Abraham Matta Electrical and Computer Engineering Giuseppe Bombara Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering Thesis: “Learning Temporal Logic Formulae From Data” Advisor: Professor Calin Belta Jiawei (Gary) Chen Ph.D., Electrical Engineering Thesis: “Privacy-preserving Analysis of Human […]
Goyal Wins IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award
Boston University ECE professor Vivek Goyal was awarded a 2019 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award for his work on “Photon-Efficient Computational 3-D and Reflectivity Imaging With Single-Photon Detectors” paper. The paper, which was co-authored with Goyal’s students Dongeek Shin and Ahmed Kirmani along with Professor Jeffrey Shapiro of MIT, was published in the […]
Yannis Paschalidis Named the 2020 Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecturer
Professor Yannis Paschalidis is the 2020 recipient of the Charles DeLisi Award and Distinguished Lecture. This award celebrates high-impact research in engineering. This showcasing event allows all members of the Boston University community to meet a distinguished scholar selected from the College of Engineering faculty discussing a topic of recognized excellence. Professor Paschalidis will present on […]
Congratulations CGSW 7.0 Best Paper and Best Presenter Winners
Congratulations to all participants of our 7th annual CISE Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW 7.0). This year’s event, held January 15th at Boston University, was a spectacular day highlighting the caliber and diversity of research being conducted by our graduate students. Organized by students for students, CGSW provides a forum for students to share their original research and […]