Protection from Ransomware like WannaCry
By Eugene Kolodenker Eugene Kolodenker (EE BS ’12, CE MS ’17) works in application development with a focus on cyber security systems at MITRE. This article originally appeared on Eugene Kolodenker’s blog, Kolobyte. A system to defeat ransomware was recently developed by myself and three of my cybersecurity research colleagues: Boston University Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Manuel Egele, […]
Time On Her Side
Alumna Pioneers Time-Management Tools Through Email Calendar Function By Sara Cody The first time Vanessa Feliberti (ENG’93) met Bill Gates, she knocked his socks off, literally. Feliberti, a self-described “early bird,” has worked at Microsoft for the past 25 years, and on this particular day, she arrived early to clean her office, expecting to […]
BU ECE Honor Society
By Amy Pollard (GRS ’19) The Boston University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) announces the reinstatement of the Kappa Sigma chapter of international honor society IEEE-HKN. Kappa Sigma demonstrates ECE students’ high level of achievement and affirms ECE’s commitment to student success. ECE gains access to a large network of industry leaders and […]
ECE Students Win National Science Foundation Fellowships
Early Career Recognition to Students who Embrace Cross-Disciplinary Research By Amy Pollard (GRS ’19) PhD candidate Alex Matlock (EE ‘21) and Bachelor of Science candidate Anna Stuhlmacher (EE ’17) received National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. The honor represents NSF’s commitment to research proposed respectively by Matlock and by Stuhlmacher. The fellowship awards a […]
Two ECE Students Win Prestigious IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarships
Two ECE undergraduates, Ami Vyas (EE ’17) and Zachary Lasiuk (EE ’17) won scholarships through the IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative for the second year in a row, highlighting the rigor and academic excellence of the ECE Department. Vyas and Lasiuk join 230 PES scholars who were chosen this year for their […]
Toshi Nishimura Wins the James B. Macelwane Medal
Nishimura Joins ECE with Research Momentum By Amy Pollard (GRS, ’19) Toshi Nishimura joins ECE and the Center for Space Physics as Research Associate Professor and brings unique expertise and insight to the Department. Dr. Nishimura received the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in December for his research on […]
BU and Red Hat Forge $5 Million Partnership
Five-Year Research Arrangement Promises Mutual Benefits By Art Jahnke. This story originally appeared in BU Today. Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source enterprise software, is joining in a five-year-long partnership with Boston University, an arrangement aimed at advancing research into emerging and translational technologies, such as cloud computing and big data platforms. The collaboration, celebrated […]