State Representative Tackling Societal Challenges
Massachusetts State Representative Vitolo earned Bachelor’s Degrees of Science in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Economics. His aptitude for solving mathematical applications and drive to address community problems led him towards operation research. At Boston University, he connected the dots. In 2011, he graduated from BU with a Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering and the know-how to make a difference in the world.
Highway US-33 – Honda and Cassandras Team Up
Self-driving smart cars used to be something that was seen in the movies; an idea that was too far away to even consider a possible reality. Yet, today we are closer to realizing this dream than ever. Most smart cars on the market come equipped with detectors to alert the driver another vehicle is in […]
Three ENG Professors Named IEEE Fellows
Professors David Castañón (ECE, SE), Siddharth Ramachandran (ECE, MSE) and Venkatesh Saligrama (ECE, SE) have been named Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology.
What If You Could Manage Information Overload?
Groundbreaking collaboration among BU schools and researchers leads to $1 million NSF grant to address media overload
ENG Robotics Programs Listed Among Nation’s Best
Boston University makes the short list of top Robotics Universities, according to Analytics Insight. The Robotics Lab at Boston University’s college of engineering offers three distinct research topics to impart the knowledge of how to program and create robotic automation among its students. Boston University Robotics Lab is a self-contained research facility situated in the Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC) on Boston University’s Charles River campus.
Using Big Data, Machine Learning to Reduce Chronic Disease Spending
“There is a lot of information about every one of us, in EHRs, in smart phones, in smart watches, and in other tracking devices,” Iaonnis Paschalidis, Director of the Center for Information and Systems Engineering and Systems Engineering Professor, told HealthITAnalytics.com. “We can now analyze what happens to patients in real time and characterize the status and health condition of each individual.”
US News Lists BU among Most Innovative Universities
BU was named one of the most innovative national universities for the first time in the 2019 US News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, out today. “I think there’s a general understanding that the world of higher education is changing rapidly,” says Gerald Fine (MSE, ME). “The leadership of the University has created an environment where experimentation in better ways to educate students is encouraged.”
Researchers Win $900k NSF Grant to Predict Heart Disease, Diabetes Using Machine Learning
By Maureen Stanton, CISE Researchers from the College of Engineering and Boston Medical Center (BMC) will use a three-year, $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and pilot a health informatics system to predict patients at risk of heart disease or diabetes, and enable early intervention and personalized treatment. “Our research vision is […]
Rebecca Khurshid Joins Systems Engineering to Advance the Relationship Between Humans and Robots
Khurshid heads the BU CAIR Laboratory and opens doors to SE graduate students this fall. Systems engineers further CAIR productivity by offering a strong mathematical background to model the complexities of systems consisting of human beings and robots. These models can then be used to generate desired behaviors in a robotic partner.
Professors Elected AAAS Fellows
Joyce Wong (BME, MSE) and Eric Kolaczyk (CAS, SE) were elected 2017 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.