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  • AI-powered Breakthrough in Plasma Science Delivers New Computational Efficiencies

    March 20, 2025
    Unlocks Potential for Space and Fusion Research By Maureen Stanton Plasma physics plays a critical role in a wide array of scientific and technological fields, from understanding the Sun and other stars to predicting space weather, advancing fusion energy, and exploring cosmic phenomena like black holes and neutron stars. However, accurately simulating plasma behavior is […]

  • Boston University’s Cara Stepp Named AIMBE Fellow

    March 26, 2024
    Stepp recognized for extraordinary achievement in the field of medical and biological engineering By Maureen Stanton Hariri Faculty Affiliate Cara Stepp (SAR, ENG) has been inducted into the 2024 Class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to […]

  • BU ENG Researcher Wenchao Li Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

    March 12, 2024
    By Maureen Stanton Wenchao Li, an ENG assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering with affiliate appointments in systems engineering and computer science, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).  Li’s research sits at the intersection of formal methods and machine learning, with a focus on […]

  • ECE Professors and Institute Faculty Affiliates Make Impact at SC23

    February 10, 2024
    Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliates and Boston University Professors of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) made a major impact at SC23 (also known as SuperComputing, or the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis), the premier conference in high-performance computing (HPC). Affiliate Roscoe Giles served as the Keynote, Plenary, and Invited Speakers Chair. Several papers were […]
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    Interpreting Genomic Data Through Computation

    October 31, 2025
    Junior Faculty Spotlight: Pawel Przytycki, PhD (CDS) By Maeve Smillie As a 2025 Junior Faculty Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computing, Pawel Przytycki, PhD, applies computational thinking to some of biology’s most complex questions. An Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and core member of the Bioinformatics Program, Przytycki develops […]

  • New Research Tackles Future of Encryption in the Age of Quantum Computing

    June 2, 2025
    By Maureen L. Stanton Today’s encryption faces mounting risks—from escalating cyberattacks to the looming threat of quantum computing. As digital systems grow more complex and reliant on cloud and third-party services, vulnerabilities multiply. JP Morgan, for instance, reports that it blocks 45 billion hacking attempts daily. But the bigger threat is on the horizon: "Q-Day"—the […]
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    Predicting the Future of Protein Science  

    June 27, 2025
    Boston University Professors Dima Kozakov and Sandor Vajda Win Top Honors at Global CASP16 Competition in Category of Multiprotein Complexes By Maureen Stanton A BU-led interdisciplinary research team, bringing together expertise in biomedical engineering, applied mathematics, and theoretical physics, has won top honors at the internationally renowned  CASP16 (Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction) competition. The […]

  • Quantum Convergence

    February 19, 2026

  • Renato Mancuso Looks to Find Ways to Make Cyber-Physical Systems Safer

    December 24, 2023
    Assistant Professor of Computer Science Renato Mancuso and members of his team at the Cyber Physical Systems Lab are researching new ways to improve cyber-physical systems, such as self-driving cars or planes. Specifically, Mancuso is looking to decrease the amount of time it takes for a self-driving car to sense an object in the road, […]

  • RESULT App Identifies Trafficking and Connects Victims to Resources

    March 17, 2024
    By Alex Grzybowski With an estimated 27.6 million victims of forced labor worldwide, human trafficking is a huge and growing problem. It’s also difficult to trace. Human trafficking can happen anywhere to anyone. Victims can be U.S. Citizens or foreign nationals, young or old, any gender, and occur in both legal and illegal industries.  The […]