Research Labs

From Selfish Driving to Social Optimality January 27, 2026
In a recent Nature report, titled “Smart cities drive into the future,” Christos Cassandras was interviewed and shared his proposal for a networked environment in which every vehicle shares data with another vehicle or a coordinator regarding position, velocity, and destination to optimize routing across the entire city.
Envisioning an Imperfect World January 27, 2026
New ECE Professor Harry Chao’s Approach to Machine Learning Meets Reality Where It Is by A.J. Kleber Outside the tidy binaries of digital computation, the world is a messy place. Few things in life are clearly observable and predictable, whether you’re looking at individual human behavior, traffic, organisms, or the weather. This is a truth […]
Seven ENG Faculty Honored for Real-World Impact Research October 15, 2025
The annual Ignition Awards honor innovative BU projects that are ready to make the move toward commercialization, from the research phase to consumer use. Given by BU Technology Development within the University’s Office of Research, the awards come with financial backing, as well as a dedicated advisory committee to provide expertise, mentoring, and oversight to […]
Illuminating Energy-Efficient AI October 14, 2025
Supported by a $1.5M NSF grant, Professor Ajay Joshi is exploring the development of novel electro-photonic computing architectures that could perform as well or better than conventional electronic GPUs.
Controlling for Uncertainty September 25, 2025
With the support of a $380K grant from the NSF, Professor Emiliano Dall’Anese is working to design the novel optimization methods required for complex energy infrastructures under increasingly volatile user behavior.

Envisioning an Imperfect World January 27, 2026
New ECE Professor Harry Chao’s Approach to Machine Learning Meets Reality Where It Is by A.J. Kleber Outside the tidy binaries of digital computation, the world is a messy place. Few things in life are clearly observable and predictable, whether you’re looking at individual human behavior, traffic, organisms, or the weather. This is a truth […]
High-Capacity Contributions January 14, 2026
Professor Siddharth Ramachandran receives SPIE G.G. Stokes Award.
The Uses of Invention December 11, 2025
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng Elected NAI Fellow.
A New Path to Restoring Vision: Chen Yang’s Lab Develops Flexible Retinal Prosthesis December 2, 2025
Chen Yang has led research that can revolutionize the quality of life for blind patients through high precision retina stimulation.
Matters of Perception October 31, 2025
Professor Goyal receives funding for long-distance 3D imaging and atmospheric sensing.