CISE-Led Project Nets 2nd Place in IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Competition
As part of a multifaceted collaboration to create technology to solve urban problems, the City of Boston and a Boston University-led research team developed an iPhone app, Street Bump, to upgrade management of local road repairs. Now IBM and IEEE have recognized Street Bump as a significant contribution to Boston, awarding its developers the second […]
CISE Alumnus Selected for New Faces of Engineering 2014
Tao (Reno) Wang (SE, PhD, 2013) was selected as one of the New Faces of Engineering 2014. New Faces of Engineering recognizes the outstanding abilities young engineers (age 30 or younger) have shown on projects that significantly impact public welfare or further professional development and growth. The award is based on the evaluation of the […]
Sharing Innovative Research, Succinctly
Boston University students have big ideas – whether they’re aiming to prevent cyber attacks or using GPS data to improve cattle herding. As good as their work is though, they don’t always know the best way to present their research. Enter the Center for Information & Systems Engineering (CISE) Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW), designed to give Ph.D. […]
Meeting Tomorrow’s Sustainability Demands Today
When it comes to high-powered computers, increased energy consumption and lack of reliability continue to be problems researchers are trying to overcome. Unfortunately, some of the best current methods for achieving these goals have their flaws. One example is seen in server consolidation, during which resources are shared across multiple applications and virtual CPUs. Without […]
No Longer Lost in Translation
Just two years ago, American Ryan Rogowski found himself living and working in China building mobile games. He had never spoken Chinese before and learning the language proved to be quite difficult. If only a tool existed that allowed you to look up characters on a phone simply by pointing your camera at the text, […]
ByteLight develops LED Lighting for “GPS-Like” Indoor Positioning System
The company, founded by Boston University alumni, can pinpoint indoor location and movement in real-time with market-leading accuracy using LED lighting, creating a new mobile-based services platform for retail, commercial, and corporate enterprise customers. Using ByteLight’s LED lighting-based indoor positioning solution, commercial and enterprise building owners, public safety officials, retail outlets and public spaces such […]