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Silevitch to Direct New AI Jumpstart Program
ECE Professor Michael Silevitch will lead a new Massachusetts program, AI Jumpstart, to connect small business owners in the state with academic faculty experts to learn how machine learning can grow their companies. Northeastern received a $2.2 million state grant that will be used primarily for high-speed computer equipment and also to provide for faculty consultants, both of which will be available to selected companies to get the pilot effort up and running. Northeastern kicked in an additional $2 million, raising the program’s total value to more than $4 million.
Luzzi Named 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
David Luzzi, senior vice provost for research and vice president of the Innovation Campus at Burlington, and professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has been named a 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
COE Faculty Awarded Seed Funding in Collaboration with University of Maine
BioE Assistant Professors Jiahe Li and Mingyang Lu, ECE Professor & Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa, ECE Assistant Professors Sarah Ostadabbas and Xue “Shelley” Lin, and ECE Associate Research Scientist Ataur Katebi were among the faculty chosen for five competitive collaborative research projects with the University of Maine in the areas of artificial intelligence, earth and climate sciences, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and marine sciences.
Assuring that Self-Driving Cars are Accessible to Those with Disabilities
ECE Assistant Professor Xue “Shelley” Lin is working with the algorithms in self-driving vehicles to ensure that they will be accessible to those with disabilities.
Northeastern University Launches the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia will be the new director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things which will drive advances in the ways that people stay connected worldwide.
Creating the World’s Most Powerful Emulator of Wireless Systems
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia is working with NSF and DARPA to create the next generation of wireless technology by building a testbed named Colosseum, which will be the world’s most powerful emulator of wireless systems.
Northeastern Opens State-of-the-Art Radio-Silent Drone Facility
Northeastern University is collaborating with Hanscom Air Force Base on a $2.8M grant on a first-of-its-kind radio-silent drone testing facilty at Innovation Campus in Burlington.
Luzzi to Lead Northeastern's Initiatives in Security and Innovation
David E. Luzzi has been appointed vice provost for research innovation and development and vice president for the Northeastern University Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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Northeastern’s David Luzzi awarded prestigious Ellis Island medal
David Luzzi’s maternal grandfather emigrated with his widowed mother and five younger sisters from Ireland to New York in 1914, and at age 14 he worked long days. He attended high school and college classes in the evening. Eventually, he became the treasurer of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. Luzzi’s paternal grandfather, the son of Italian […]