Theodore Moustakas Named Optica’s 2024 Nick Holonyak Jr. Award Winner
Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas has been honored for pioneering contributions to nitride semiconductor materials and optical devices that helped build the foundation for blue and UV LEDs.
Chen Yang Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations Professor Yang!
FDA Clears Irving Bigio’s Tech for Skin Cancer Detection
Professor Irving Bigio’s BU-developed technology could halve the number of missed cancers
ECE CHIPS In: Efficiently Secure Computing
With support from the Red Hat Collaboratory and the NSF, Professor Ajay Joshi and his research group are working to address this quandary: how can we improve computational efficiency without sacrificing security?
David Boas Publication Highlighted as Optica Editors’ Pick
Chosen for their Jan. 4, 2024 publication in Biomedical Optics Express, Boas et al.’s work on “Dynamic light scattering and laser speckle contrast imaging of the brain: theory of the spatial and temporal statistics of speckle pattern evolution” was chosen for its “excellent scientific quality and [representation] of the work taking place in a specific […]
ECE CHIPS In: The Computing Power of Light
This is the second article in our series highlighting BU ECE’s contributions to research and education under the umbrella of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and our faculty’s collective investment in the national effort to build a robust and innovative semiconductor industry.

Hyperspectral analysis to assess gametocytogenesis stage progression in malaria-infected human erythrocytes
Faculty: Jerome Mertz | Outlet: SPIE Digital Library
Tianyu Wang: A Bright New Light
Tianyu Wang was welcomed to the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering in a recent profile on the College of Engineering’s website.
Ji-Xin Cheng and Team Featured in Chemical & Engineering News
Cheng et. al were featured in “Microscopy method maps chemistry, not just chemicals”.
Neurophotonics Center’s 7th Annual Symposium on Machine Learning and Photonics in Neuroscience
Yesterday, the Neurophotonics Center’s 7th annual symposium took place on the Center for Computing and Data Sciences’ 17th floor, organized by faculty members Mike Economo and Brian DePasquale. With hundreds of attendees and 11 presenters, the topics were broken down into four sessions under the umbrella of “Machine Learning and Photonics in Neuroscience.”