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Faculty Spotlight: Christos Cassandras

Between 2012 and 2017, the number of car accidents in Boston rose by 33%. Depending on the year, 25% to 31% of all reported accidents in Boston resulted in non-fatal injuries. Christos Cassandras, a distinguished professor of engineering and head of the division of systems engineering,  is working to mitigate this issue through smart technology. By implementing cooperative autonomous vehicles, which can communicate with each other, he aims to improve safety, congestion, and energy consumption.

Christos Cassandras, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, (ECE, SE), and Head of the Division of Systems Engineering, Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate, CISE Co-founder, Boston University

Cassandras has deep experience in advancing understanding and new technologies for smart cities through the control and optimization of systems. His areas of interest include multi-agent systems, autonomous systems, and cooperative control. 

“Within Systems Engineering we look at systems on both the individual level and as a part of a bigger network,” explains Cassandras. “My work focuses on large systems (sometimes referred to as “systems of systems”) with many dynamic agents, like cars and robots, moving together. I look at how to coordinate these agents so that they cooperate in order to meet specific system-wide objectives.”

Read the rest of the article on the Hariri Institute website.

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