Data Science
Beyond Overload: Rethinking Reliability in Cloud Systems
Imagine you are at a restaurant, and you see that there are only 10 tables available, but there’s a line of almost 50 people out the door. You later learn that the restaurant has only 20 cups and 20 bowls and cannot efficiently serve all the guests, no matter how well it manages its seating […]
Vassilis Digalakis Jr. joins CISE as he tackles AI’s biggest flaws
In today’s rapidly changing artificial intelligence landscape, Assistant Professor Vassilis Digalakis Jr. (Questrom (OTM)) is building a different kind of future. Digalakis, who joined CISE as a Faculty Affiliate in February 2026, isn’t just interested in making AI faster or more powerful. For him, the real challenge is making it human-like. He views AI as […]
Opening the Right Doors: Konstantinos Spiliopoulos on the Future of Scientific AI
Cruising at 30,000 feet, the plane suddenly jolts. The “Fasten Seatbelt” sign dings, and for a few seconds, the ride is bumpy. To a passenger, this is an annoying phenomenon, but to a scientist, it’s one of the unsolved problems of physics— turbulence. There are equations to describe the flow of air, but they can […]
CISE Director Ayse Coskun Featured in BU Brink Q&A on Revamping US Semiconductor Production
The global competition for dominance in the semiconductor industry is a top national priority. In a compelling Q&A with The Brink, CISE Director Ayse Coskun (ECE, SE) discusses the goals of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act and how Boston University is uniquely positioned to help reclaim the country’s lead in chip technology. Professor Coskun […]
Unraveling the Hidden Biases of Artificial Intelligence
For years, Boston University computer scientist and CISE faculty affiliate Professor Mark Crovella (CDS, CS, ECE, SE) has studied the invisible forces shaping what we see online. The stakes are high: when YouTube’s recommendation system steers users toward more extreme videos, it can fuel polarization and misinformation. Now, with large language models generating instant answers, […]
Lei Tian Named Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year for Innovative Teaching and Research
Boston University engineering professor Lei Tian, a faculty affiliate of the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE), has been named the 2025 Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. The award, which includes a $5,000 stipend, honors faculty who excel both as researchers and as teachers. Tian, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, emphasizes […]
BU Experts Develop AI Surveillance System to Enhance Pandemic Preparedness
Five years after COVID-19 shut down the world, Director of the BU Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering and CISE faculty affiliate and professor Yannis Paschalidis (ECE, SE, BME, CDS) is studying how prepared we are for the next outbreak. Alongside Boston University infectious diseases expert Nahid Bhadelia, the two […]
CISE Hosts 11th Annual Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW 11.0)
Over 100 student and faculty attendees gathered on January 24th, 2025, for the 11th Annual Graduate Student Workshop hosted by the Center of Information and Systems Engineering (CISE). The day-long symposium featured doctoral students from different disciplines across Boston University’s College of Engineering presenting their original research. “CGSW aims to bring together CISE students, faculty, […]
CAREER: Physically-Aware Accelerator Design Flows for Motion Planning
A focus of modern computer engineering is designing customized computer processors (accelerators) in order to meet the timing and power needs of emerging applications, and one critical application space that can benefit from customized accelerators is autonomous systems, e.g., robots that can walk and grasp objects. Robots must complete heavy computational workloads fast enough to […]
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 […]