Team of Researchers Awarded $1M Department of Energy Contract
A team of College of Engineering researchers has won a $1 million contract from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop COSSY (Computational Occupancy Sensing SYstem), a system of sensors that can estimate the number of people in a room and adjust air flow in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) appropriately, with the goal of saving energy.
Strength in Numbers: Robots Learn to Work Together
Agriculture. Automotive. Medicine. Biotechnology. Name an industry, and Professor Calin Belta (ME, SE, ECE) can tell you how the field of robotics will impact it—if it hasn’t already.
Smart Cities May Be the Death of Privacy As We Know It
Professor Christos Cassandras (ECE, SE) was interviewed and quoted in an article by Claudia Gieb on futurism.com. Read the full story: Smart Cities May Be the Death of Privacy As We Know It
Armed With $12 Million, Researchers Aim for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: Avrum Spira Leads Stand Up to Cancer Dream Team
MED’s Avrum Spira, a pulmonary physician scientist who has devoted his career to research on early detection of lung cancer, leads a Stand Up to Cancer lung cancer interception dream team. Photo by Cydney Scott By Sara Rimer Can lung cancer, rarely diagnosed until it’s in an advanced and deadly stage, be nipped in the […]
Symposium on the COntrol of NEtwork Systems (SCONES)
The Symposium on the Control of Network Systems (SCONES) took place on October 16 & 17, 2017 on the campus of Boston University, in Boston, MA. This event highlighted the increasing role of networks to a plethora of diverse areas, including game theory and distributed optimization, power, multi-agent and robotic, biological, and social networks & […]
Dean’s Catalyst Awards Turn 10
Science can be a risky investment. Large government institutions that hold the purse strings to research dollars want to know their investment is sound. But great scientific ideas don’t always come with a guarantee of success.
Distinguished Alumni Awards Honor ENG Graduates
by Liz Sheeley The College of Engineering honored three alumni for their career achievements and for the support they have given their alma mater and community during BU Alumni Weekend 2017. The ceremony was held on Friday, September 15, and after a welcoming address from Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen, two current students and one recent […]
IEEE People in Control- Calin A. Belta Profile
Published in: IEEE Control Systems ( Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Aug. 2017 ) Date of Publication: 17 July 2017 Q. What led to your interest in the control field? Calin: It started with my passion for mathematics. I grew up in communist Romania. The country was more or less closed to the outside world at […]
Jing Zhang
While at BU, Jing Zhang earned a PhD in Systems Engineering. Year of Graduation: 2017 Current Title: Research Scientist Company: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) I am working as a Research Scientist in the Data Analytics group at MERL. The focus of our research is on innovative high-performance algorithms that can be applied to various product […]
Sepideh Pourazarm Wins ENG Societal Impact Dissertation Award and SE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award
Congratulations to Sepideh Pourazarm for winning the ENG Societal Impact Dissertation Award and the SE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award! ENG Societal Impact Dissertation Award Sepideh Pourazarm (SE, PhD, 2017) Advisor: Professor Christos Cassandras Control and Optimization Approaches for Energy-Limited Systems: Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks and Battery-Powered Vehicles” SE Outstanding Dissertation of the […]