Data Science, AI & Machine Learning
Data Science, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning involve making accurate predictions, data mining, machine learning, and more to guide business decisions. Research areas include: bio inspired control using data from animals, computational biology, computational imaging, cyber security, medical informatics, simulation, and video analytics.
Koopman in the Field: Feedback, Teaching, and Adaptation for Real World Mechanical Systems
Teaching autonomous machines to perform complex tasks currently requires advanced expertise in mechanical systems and specialized algorithms, making these technologies inaccessible to many. This limits who can use them, where they can be deployed, and how effectively they operate over time. Emerging technologies such as soft robots are inexpensive, easy to deploy, and hold great […]
CISE Hosts Learning to Trust Autonomy Workshop to Foster Collaboration in Autonomous Systems
In March 2024, Roscoe, a Massachusetts State Police robot dog produced by Boston Dynamics, was shot three times while engaged in a standoff in Cape Cod. During the standoff, Roscoe cleared the building before police officers entered, demonstrating how robotics can help and protect humans. The rapid advancement in autonomous systems and robotics has impacted […]
Developing Tools to Predict Earthquakes and Battle Climate Change with AI
When you think of Artificial Intelligence (AI), what comes to mind is Generative AI capabilities that often dominate news cycles, like ChatGPT. AI’s uses, however, are much more far-reaching and expand to encompass life-saving technology. Brian Kulis, Associate Professor (ECE, CS, CDS, SE) and faculty affiliate of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering and […]
Innovative Energy Efficiency: Fisheye Cameras in Smart Spaces
Imagine a bustling corporate office building where energy consumption needs to be balanced with maintaining a comfortable environment for employees. In such settings, traditional methods of regulating air handling systems can lead to inefficiencies and waste energy in unoccupied areas. This is where the research of Boston University Professors and CISE affiliates Thomas Little, Janusz […]
Collaborative Research: Interferers in our midst
In the data-driven world that we live in, sharing digital information is a key component underpinning a vast body of technologies. Low-latency, high fidelity access to information is central to algorithms that impact how we work, are entertained, how we travel, and our healthcare. Systems that, in particular, rely on wireless communication to deliver their […]
CISE Students Win CSS TC 2024 Outstanding Student Paper Prize
The committee for the Outstanding Student Paper Prize 2024 announced this year’s prestigious award recipients. Among six national nominations, one paper written by two CISE students stood out for its innovative contributions to the field of smart cities. Ehsan Sabouni and H.M. Sabbir Ahmad and their collaborators are exemplars of academic excellence and collaborative spirit. […]
Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Small: Research on Concurrent Inauthentic Account and Narrative Detection
Inauthentic accounts are commonly used by adversaries on online platforms to carry out fraudulent activities like false advertising, scams, and personal threats. These accounts appear to belong to real people, but actually portray fictitious personas and are controlled by miscreants through semi-automated means to deliver potentially harmful content. Promptly detecting inauthentic accounts and fraudulent content […]
The Future of Driving: Control Barrier Functions and the Internet of Vehicles
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Association reports that 94% of serious car crashes are due to human error. Christos Cassandras, Boston University Distinguished Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Head of the Division of Systems Engineering, and a co-founder of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering (CISE), has made monumental contributions to the […]
SWIFT: Facilitating Spectrum Access by Noise Guessing
Wireless technologies play an essential role in enabling growth and prosperity in societies by supporting business, government, science and education, defense, and health sectors. The boom of connected Internet of Things (IoT) nodes and 5G wireless communications will lead to a many-fold increase in wireless data traffic. This data storm and connectivity-in-everything model will result […]
Wenchao Li Receives Prestigious NSF Career Award
Wenchao Li (ECE, SE, CS) was awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to further his research on specification-guided imitation learning (IL). Li uses a combination of formal methods and machine learning to build safe and trustworthy autonomous systems. The CAREER award is a five-year grant that will support Li’s research […]