NSF Awards ENG $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the College of Engineering $20 million to help create a national network of cloud labs, artificial intelligence-infused research facilities that can remotely run science and engineering studies. The network will allow researchers from anywhere in the country to request complex experiments and tests that they don’t have the equipment or expertise to do themselves.

Ioannis Paschalidis Inducted into 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows

Ioannis (Yannis) Paschalidis (ECE, BME, SE) has been inducted into the 2026 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows, a top honor recognizing the top 2% of researchers in the field. He was recognized for his impactful work applying AI and machine learning to computational biology and medicine, advancing predictive and data-driven […]

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BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts

From measles, to influenza, to mpox, to malaria—infectious diseases outbreaks are happening all over the world, at nearly all times. For health professionals and public health officials, staying up-to-date with pathogens that are particularly dangerous—or have the potential to become a pandemic, like COVID-19 did—is vitally important to help keep us all safe. But accessing real-time information on outbreaks, as they pop up around the globe, isn’t always simple; currently, much of it is aggregated by hand.

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