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Oct 04, 2023
Ergun Elected INFORMS Fellow
Ozlem Ergun, COE distinguished professor, MIE, was elected a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) for her applications of O.R. methods to humanitarian and health systems, emergency response, and transportation and logistics problems; and establishing a community of O.R. professionals with interest in public programs.
Oct 03, 2023
There are Ghosts in your Machine. Cybersecurity Researcher can Make Self-driving Cars Hallucinate
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu is researching methods to prevent cyberattacks in self-driving cars caused by optical illusions.
Oct 02, 2023
From Classroom Project to Presented Paper
Electrical and computer engineering students Justin Kawakami, E’23, and Dominik Zajac, E’24, who both took the class EECE 4632 Hardware-Software Codesign for FPGA-Based Systems with Professor Miriam Leeser, turned one of their classroom projects into a paper on “Selective Encryption of Compressed Image Regions on the Edge with Reconfigurable Hardware” that was presented at the […]
Sep 28, 2023
AI and Machine Learning Help Researchers Get Audio from Still Images and Silent Videos
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu has developed a machine learning tool called Side Eye that can extract audio from pictures and even muted videos.
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 28, 2023
Spark Fund Award Research to Address Atherosclerosis
ChE/BioE Associate Professor Eno Ebong is using a Spark Fund award from the Center for Research Innovation at Northeastern to develop a novel therapeutic that targets the glycocalyx to prevent atherosclerosis, a cardiovascular disease that can lead to secondary cardiovascular events such as strokes or heart attacks.
Sep 28, 2023
Detecting Arc Faults in Photovoltaic Systems
ECE Professor Bradley Lehman was awarded a patent for “Arc fault detection based on photovoltaic operating characteristics and extraction of pink noise behavior.”
Sep 28, 2023
Developing a Robotic Aquaculture System
BioE/ECE Affiliated Faculty Joseph Ayers, MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson, CEE Chair Jerome Hajjar, ECE Professor Milica Stojanovic, and CEE/MES Associate Professor Amy Mueller were awarded a patent for “Robotic aquaculture system and methods.”