Prestigious Metcalf Chair Awarded to David Boas
“I’ll take this as a new challenge going forward,” says Boas.
At Last: 2020 Grads Get an In-Person Send-Off
By Patrick L. Kennedy Bringing some long-delayed closure to an important chapter in their lives, more than 200 graduates of ENG’s Class of 2020 returned to Boston University to don scarlet robes and walk across a stage as their names were called to loud, live cheers, during BU College of Engineering recognition events on Saturday, […]
College Launches Machine Learning Concentration
By Patrick L. Kennedy Not long ago, speech processing software was pretty much limited to a phone robot asking a caller to speak the number “1,” says Professor and ECE Department Chair W. Clem Karl. “Now we routinely ask Alexa questions or tell Google Maps where we want to go just by speaking.” That’s the […]
“Global Threats Need You”
2021 Class of Societal Engineers Celebrated By Michael Seele and Patrick L. Kennedy With a call to continue their dedication to being Societal Engineers after earning their degrees, the College of Engineering’s Class of 2021 celebrated its graduation with virtual Commencement Exercises last weekend. Ceremonies for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral graduates were held on May […]
ENG Seniors Celebrate with Virtual Block Party
By Patrick L. Kennedy “You’re gonna make me emotional!” Four seniors in computer engineering are sitting around a table, looking back on their four years at Boston University and revealing what they’ll miss. Norman A. Toro Vega is mock-chastising Gabriel A. Ramos Rivera for dialing up the session’s sentimentality quotient, but then he echoes his […]