Prizes for Pithy Pitches
In the Three Minute Thesis Competition, doctoral students learn to distill their dissertation research into a short, compelling presentation for a general audience.
A Retinal Prosthesis Might Restore Sight for Millions with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The technology offers hope to people with an incurable disease that’s one of the leading causes of blindness.
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 […]
AIMBE College of Fellows Inducts Three BU ENG Faculty into Class of 2026
Yannis Paschalidis, Shannon Stott, and Darren Roblyer are honored with a distinction reserved for the top two percent of researchers in the biomedical engineering fields.
Scattering Light, Showered with Praise: Professor Cheng Receives 2026 Charles Mann Award.
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng receives the 2026 Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy.
What Is the Cocktail Party Problem—and Can This Research Solve It?
Boas and Sen are combining expertise from neuroscience, engineering, photonics, and computer science to better understand how our brains sift through different noises.
A History of Innovation at Boston University
In the 150 years since a BU professor invented the telephone, plenty of other BU-bred inventions have made profound and lasting impacts across society.
Innovation Spotlight: Theodore Moustakas and Modern Display Technology
BU Today recently highlighted the university’s long-standing legacy of innovation in the article “A History of Invention and Innovation”. The piece celebrates transformative discoveries by BU researchers, including the work of College of Engineering professor emeritus Theodore Moustakas. Moustakas pioneered methods for producing high-quality gallium nitride films, a breakthrough that enabled the development of blue […]
Alfred Hero Delivers 2026 DeLisi Lecture
“Signal processing should play a role equal in the canon to other methods promulgated in AI that typically don’t have performance guarantees.”
Preventative Measures for Online Scams
Professor Gianluca Stringhini and Pujan Paudel (PhD’25) received a Distinguished Paper Award at NDSS 2025 for an effective new system designed to identify fraudulent websites.