Location: Zoom Link Seminar Title: Sensing the Physical World using Pervasive Wireless Infrastructure Abstract: The promise of IoT and emerging applications such as smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and mixed reality that are tightly coupled with the physical environment pushes the demand for high-fidelity sensing. Meanwhile, we are also seeing advances in wireless technologies such as […]
Luca Caracoglia Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA lucac@coe.neu.edu Date: Friday January 15th, 2:30-4:30 pm (CET), 8:30-10:30am (EST) Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a864f3dfe8993442ca116fe24bd231662%40thread.tacv2/1610092407076?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%226e6ade15-296c-4224-ac58-1c8ec2fd53a8%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%226d036117-bf26-4ee2-95fa-124ff7fb3f76%22%7d Abstract: This presentation will review recent study activities examining the response of slender, vertical structures under the effects of destructive wind loads. These large-period, low-damping structures are sensitive to […]
PhD Proposal Review: Software-Defined Wireless Networking for 5G and Beyond: From Indoor Cells to Distributed Aerial Swarms Lorenzo Bertizzolo Location: MS Teams Link Abstract: While Software-defined Networking is a consolidated and widely adopted concept in fixed infrastructure, its adoption to the wireless domain has been limited by some fundamental challenges. Different from wired deployments, wireless […]
Seminar Title: Robot Learning from Demonstrations for Human-Robot Synergy Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Imagine a world where robots support and assist us in our everyday professional and personal life. To achieve a successful Human-Robot Synergy, robots will need to learn new tasks from humans seamlessly, to act on the new knowledge, and easily adapt to […]
Start your spring 2021 research off on the right foot with Northeastern University Library's series of online workshops and webinars. In this workshop, learn the basics of how to manage citations for yourself or your research group. Register here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops
The Dialogue of Civilizations (DOC) Fair is an opportunity for students to learn more about Northeastern's signature faculty-led summer programs! Faculty member will be available via Zoom for questions and conversation. Representatives from Student Financial Services, the Honors Office, and GEO will also be available for any questions you may have. These are the opportunities […]
18 billion pounds of plastic enter our oceans each year, a harrowing fact that only accounts for a portion of our planet's pollution crisis. Northeastern innovators are tackling this problem to create sustainable solutions for cleaner oceans. Bureo Inc, an emerging B-Corp, has created a program to recycle fishing nets into a NetPlus™ material, used […]
Seminar Title: IoT: An Enabling Technology for Designing Better Cities Location: Zoom Link Abstract: IoT is rapidly evolving into an enabling technology with countless potential applications. In this seminar, we will explore how IoT technology can help in the design of better cities, starting from the re-design of city systems and infrastructures (mobility, power grid, […]
Seminar Title: Research Background and Experience in Medical Robotics,Human-Robot Interaction, and Collaborative/Assistive Devices Location: Zoom Link Abstract: In this talk, Mojtaba Sharifi will go over the research projects he has done in the field of Medical Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), and Collaborative/Assistive Robotics during the past ten years. His presentation is organized in three sections, which cover his research achievements chronologically from his MSc to […]
Join the Galante Program on Thursday, January 21st at Career Paths Are Rarely Linear, Follow your Passion! Chris Willis '82, former Partner at Impala Asset Management, will cover his extensive background in engineering and finance. Chris has experience working on Wall Street in equity analysis and eventually transitioned to the investing side of business. He […]