{"id":122098,"date":"2022-08-16T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=122098"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:22:56","slug":"dsis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/departments-and-divisions\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/research\/dsis\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science and Intelligent Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LdIHGgev0Yg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/ece.research.datasciAI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-121924\" \/>Concepts and techniques from data science and intelligent computing\u00a0 are being rapidly integrated into many areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), in particular by exploiting new developments in machine learning. Areas such as computer and robot vision, computational imaging, and biometric recognition greatly benefit from recent advances in deep learning. Computational biology and computational neuroscience rely on advanced data science methods to process the vast amounts of information produced by novel sensing modalities, with the ultimate goal of delivering personalized medicine. Transportation and energy networks, as well as the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure, heavily rely on intelligent, distributed computing to manage various forms of congestion and other anomalies. To support such intensive data processing, specialized hardware, software, and computer architecture are essential. Research activities in Data Science and Intelligent Systems span a wide range of topics, and also complement and enhance the ECE Department\u2019s synergies with the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/departments\/se\">Division of Systems Engineering<\/a>, the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\">Hariri Institute<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cds-faculty\/\">Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences<\/a>. A vibrant organizational unit in this research area is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ids.bu.edu\/\">Information and Data Sciences (IDS)<\/a>\u00a0group, which brings together faculty and students with interests in the sensing, communicating, and processing of various forms of information. We invite you to explore our research activities, meet our teams, and read about our success stories by visiting the faculty, lab and research center pages below.<\/p>\n<h5>Affiliated Faculty<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/john-baillieul-ph-d-me-se\/\">John Baillieul<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/kayhan-batmanghelich-ph-d\/\">Kayhan Batmanghelich<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/calin-belta-ph-d-me-se\/\">Calin Belta<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/margrit-betke\/\">Margrit Betke<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/christos-cassandras\/\">Christos Cassandras<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/david-castanon\/\">David Casta\u00f1\u00f3n<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ashok-cutkosky\/\">Ashok Cutkosky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/emiliano-dallanese-phd\/\">Emiliano Dall&#8217;Anese<\/a>,<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/robert-gray\/\">Robert M. Gray<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/prakash-ishwar\/\">Prakash Ishwar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ajay-joshi\/\">Ajay Joshi<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/w-clem-karl\/\">W. Clem Karl<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/janusz-konrad\/\">Janusz Konrad<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/brian-kulis\/\">Brian Kulis<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/39799\/\">Wenchao Li<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/thomas-little\/\">Thomas Little<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/hamid-nawab\/\">Hamid Nawab<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/bobak-nazer\/\">Bobak Nazer<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ohn-bar-eshed\/\">Eshed Ohn-Bar<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/alexander-olshevsky\/\">Alex Olshevsky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ioannis-paschalidis\/\">Ioannis Paschalidis<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/venkatesh-saligrama\/\">Venkatesh Saligrama<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/stan-sclaroff\/\">Stan Sclaroff<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/archana-venkataraman-ph-d\/\">Archana Venkataraman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/tianyu-wang-phd\/\">Tianyu Wan<\/a>g<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Affiliated Labs<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/\">Control of Discrete Event Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/data\/\">Data Science and Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\">Dependable Computing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/icas\/\">Integrated Circuits, Architecture, and Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/minds\">Machine Learning, Information and Data Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mcl\">Multimedia Communications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/paschalidis\/\">Network Optimization and Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsa-lab.org\/\">Neural Systems Analysis Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vip.bu.edu\/\">Visual Information Processing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/optimal-lab\/home?authuser=0\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tyw-lab.github.io\/\">Wang Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Affiliated Research Centers<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/centers-initiatives-labs\/center-for-computational-science\/\">Center for Computational Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/systems\">Center for Information and Systems Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csn\/research\/computational-neuroscience\/\">Computational Neuroscience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/datascience\">Data Science Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/departments\/se\">Division of Systems Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/smartlighting\">Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications NSF ERC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\">Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and\u00a0Computational Science &amp; Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/kilachandcenter\/\">Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences &amp; Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/teaching-and-innovation\/robotics-autonomous-systems-teaching-innovation-center\/\">Robotics &amp; Autonomous Systems Teaching Innovation Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>In the news:<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"news_list category_287\"><li class=\"post_175609\">\n<span class=\"date\">July 15, 2026<\/span>\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/07\/15\/writing-the-biotechnology-rulebook\/\">Writing the Biotechnology Rulebook?<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Densmore mentee receives federal research residency to standardize the building blocks of engineered biology <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/07\/15\/writing-the-biotechnology-rulebook\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_175004\">\n<span class=\"date\">June 17, 2026<\/span>\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/06\/17\/fictional-bibliographies\/\">Fictional Bibliographies<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Stringhini\u2019s open-source tool helps peer reviewers catch hallucinated citations <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/06\/17\/fictional-bibliographies\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_174986\">\n<span class=\"date\">June 16, 2026<\/span>\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/06\/16\/cultivating-computational-excellence\/\">Cultivating Computational Excellence<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Hariri Institute recognizes ECE researchers. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/06\/16\/cultivating-computational-excellence\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_174724\">\n<span class=\"date\">May 29, 2026<\/span>\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/29\/a-legacy-of-excellence\/\">A Legacy of Excellence<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Honoring student achievements at the close of the 2025-26 academic year. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/29\/a-legacy-of-excellence\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_174692\">\n<span class=\"date\">May 28, 2026<\/span>\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/28\/mapping-the-internal\/\">Mapping the Internal<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">New Cheng study peers into chemical activity within living cells. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/28\/mapping-the-internal\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeffConcepts and techniques from data science and intelligent computing\u00a0 are being rapidly integrated into many areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), in particular by exploiting new developments in machine learning. 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