Eric Kolaczyk Named New Director of BU’s Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering

“Data science and computing are now embedded in the human experience and informing everything we do,” CAS math professor says By Doug Most Originally featured on The Brink   Eric Kolaczyk, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of mathematics and statistics, whose work across bioinformatics, computational neuroscience, systems engineering and even social work has […]

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ECE Students Reel in Three Awards at the Annual CGSW Event

The CISE Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW) is organized by students for students. The workshop provides an opportunity for students to share their original research and hone in on their communications skills.  Congratulations to ECE PhD candidate Charles Saunders advised by Prof. Vivek Goyal for placing second for Best Paper, ECE PhD candidate Leila Delshadtehrani advised […]

Undergraduate ECE Students Get Recognition from CRA for Solutions to Issues of the Modern World

With the ever-expanding scope of the internet and cloud computing, ensuring security and robustness are among the biggest priorities. Failing to track the contents of cloud instances (such as virtual machines or containers) limits efficiency, and puts sensitive information at risk as highlighted by the 2016 Mirai Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet and the 2017 Equifax Breach.  […]

Aerial Drones Get Schooled in Navigation by Moths

BU researchers observed how moths navigate forests to improve control programs for autonomous aerial drones By Kerry Benson Originally featured on The Brink A rather unusual situation recently unfolded inside a laboratory—moths playing a “video game,” flitting their wings as they navigated through a virtual forest displayed on a projector screen. Each of the moths’ […]

Professor Giles Elected AAAS Fellow

People don’t always see Engineering and diversity going hand in hand. Yet, among his own professional and academic accomplishments, Professor Roscoe Giles has made a point to inspire diversity in engineering. Giles has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), for his leadership and major contributions to increasing the […]