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Nov 08, 2023
Alumnus Heads CDC’s Inaugural Platforms Division
Alumnus Jorge Calzada, MS in information systems, was appointed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to head machine learning and artificial intelligence and direct the CDC’s inaugural platforms division, which is responsible for creating new platforms and standards for health data. The goal is to improve processes for tracking health trends and threats, as well as to assist disease forecasting centers.
Nov 03, 2023
Advancing Robotics and Space Exploration Through Co-op, Labs, and Clubs
Garrit Strenge, E’24, computer engineering and computer science, has had three co-ops at Busck Space Propulsion, Morse Corp., and Amazon Robotics. He is also conducted research in the Movement Neuroscience Lab, and is active in clubs such as Students for the Exploration of Space.
Oct 25, 2023
Students Nominated for Prestigious Marshall and Rhodes Scholarships
Benjamin Lanava, E’24, environmental engineering, and Siddharth Simon, E’24, computer engineering/computer science, were nominated by Northeastern for the Marshall Scholarship and Lanava also for the Rhodes Scholarship. Both prestigious awards support study in the UK for those distinguished by their academic accomplishments, records of leadership, and drive to serve.
Oct 20, 2023
A Climate Dialogue To Remember: South Asia and the 2023 Monsoons
A Dialogue of Civilizations course led by CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly traveled to India during the summer of 2023 to study climate science and engineering, adaptation and policy, data science and artificial intelligence, and cultural immersion.
Sep 28, 2023
Ganguly Leads New AI for Climate and Sustainability Focus Area
Auroop Ganguly, COE distinguished professor of CEE and director of the Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory (SDS Lab), is leading a new AI for Climate and Sustainability (AI4CaS) focus area to develop sophisticated new solutions around climate risk, resilience, and sustainability.
Sep 25, 2023
$2M NSF Award for Designing New Chips for AI-Enabled Spectrum Perception
ECE Assistant Professor Francesco Restuccia, in collaboration with Arjuna Madanayake from Florida International University, Vishal Saxena from the University of Delaware, and Jia Di from the University of Arkansas, was awarded a $2M NSF grant for “FuSe: Deep Learning and Signal Processing Using Silicon Photonics and Digital CMOS Circuits for Ultra-Wideband Spectrum Perception.”
Sep 15, 2023
Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Aug 24, 2023
Dahiya Speaks at AI for Good Global Summit
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya was selected as a speaker for the AI for Good Global Summit: Accelerating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which was held in Geneva, Switzerland July 6-7, 2023.