New AI/ML Awards, from Google to BU ECE

Three ECE faculty members were among the first recipients of Google’s inaugural Academic Research Awards (GARA) this fall, recognizing their groundbreaking work in AI and machine learning.

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Early Career Excellence: Professor Rabia Yazicigil Recognized By NSF and BU College of Engineering

Professor Rabia Yazicigil’s outstanding contributions have been doubly recognized, with the recent conferral of a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award and an Early Career Excellence in Research Award from the BU College of Engineering.

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Professor Ji-Xin Cheng receives SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award

Professor Ji-Xin Cheng is the recipient of the 2024 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award. He earned this prestigious award for the “invention and commercialization of mid-infrared photothermal microscopy that allows highly sensitive dye-free bond-selective imaging of living cells and organisms.” The mIRage system, based on Cheng’s IP on mid-infrared photothermal microscopy and produced by Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp at Santa Barbara, has been delivered to over 100 research labs in 15 countries worldwide.

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ECE CHIPS In: Minuscule Hardware, Maximum Impact

In many ways, Professor Rabia Yazicigil is the very image of the kind of scientist and engineer called for by the CHIPS Act: productive, inventive, application-focused, collaborative- and service-minded, and an active mentor cultivating similar values and capabilities in a younger generation of innovators.

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Professor Venkataraman Provides Nuanced Perspective On Medical Applications of A.I.

Professor Archana Venkataraman added her experienced voice to the ongoing public conversation about the transformative potential of A.I. in a recent article for Newsweek.

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Associate Professor Archana Venkataraman Selected As Computing & Data Sciences Faculty Fellow

The BU CDS Faculty Fellows Program is geared towards fostering a community of scholars reflecting this same convergent disciplinary approach, with a particular focus on supporting recent recruits to the BU faculty whose research shows significant promise.

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Hariri Happenings

The vitality of the partnership between the Hariri Institute and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is reflected in ECE’s strong showing in this year’s Fellows & Focused Research Program Awards.

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One Drop at a Time: BU iGem Team Brings Home Gold Medal

The annual International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition is a momentous opportunity for engineering students with a passion for synthetic biology to gain valuable hands-on experience and make their big ideas into solid reality.

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