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May 20, 2024

Preparing Autonomous Vehicles for the Mainstream Market

ECE/Khoury Assistant Professor Michael Everett explains why current autonomous vehicle technology isn’t ready for the mainstream market. The autonomy kits used on these vehicles aren’t precise enough to meet safety standards, he says.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Apr 22, 2024

The New Role of AI in Physical Therapy

ECE Affiliated Faculty Eugene Tunik and Bouvé/ECE Assistant Professor Mathew Yarossi are investigating the potential of AI systems in physical therapy. Though the attentiveness of a human physical therapist remains essential, AI systems could play a critical role. 

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Apr 14, 2024

2024 U.S. National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Research Fellowship

Connor Mclaughlin, PhD’27, computer engineering, was selected as one of the recipients of the U.S. Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Research Fellowship to work in the area of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Apr 04, 2024

Northeastern Research Study Shows the Potential of AI for Stem Cell Manufacturing

MIE Assistant Professor Wei Xie, the primary investigator for a Northeastern research study on bio-drug automation and manufacturing, explains the part that AI can play in successful cell cultivation. Two papers recently published by Xie and her co-authors propose models for predicting mechanisms in both singular cells and clusters of cells.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 19, 2024

Ghoreishi Receives U.S. Army Grant for Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research

CEE/Khoury Assistant Professor Fatemeh Ghoreishi received a $60,000 grant from the U.S. Army for “BRITE: Bayesian Inference and Preference Learning for Unknown and Time-Sensitive Environments,” to further research on AI systems in unpredictable environments.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mona Minkara

Mar 12, 2024

NSF CAREER Award To Improve Immune Response With AI

BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was awarded a $827,000 NSF CAREER Award for “Decoding the Code of Glycan-Collectin Interactions: Computational Engineering of Surfactant Proteins for Tailored Glycan Recognition.” The focus will be to better understand and improve the immune system response to pathogens.

Bioengineering

Mar 06, 2024

Northeastern Empowered Leading Saudi Arabian Data Scientist

Interdisciplinary Engineering alumna Kholoud Khateeb, PhD’15, is helping transform health care in Saudi Arabia as a female data scientist, and she says she owes her success to Northeastern.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Feb 26, 2024

Northeastern Joins New Global AI Alliance as a Founding Member

Northeastern joined the AI-RAN Alliance and is the only U.S. university and research institute to serve as a founding member. The alliance will examine and study emerging technology and develop new AI-based mobile networking systems that could shorten development times, increase data speeds, and enable new mobile experiences for consumers.

Electrical & Computer Engineering