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Oct 24, 2019
COE Students Nominated for Knight-Hennessy and Schwarzman Scholarships
Congratulations to Anas Abou Allaban, Sofia Catalina, Simisola Familusi, & Elizabeth Wig who were nominated for Knight-Hennessey Scholarships and Thomas Cerier & Michael Tormey who were nominated for Schwarzman Scholarships. […]
Oct 24, 2019
ACM TOMM Nicolas D. Georganas Best Paper Award 2019 awarded to Shuhui Jiang, Yue Wu, and Professor Yun “Raymond” Fu
Electrical PhD students Shuhui Jiang, Yue Wu, and Professor Yun “Raymond” Fu’s paper, “Deep Bi-directional Cross-triplet Embedding for Online Clothing Shopping,” was awarded the ACM TOMM Nicolas D. Georganas Best Paper Award 2019.
Oct 23, 2019
Upstage Lung Cancer Funds Biomarker Sensor Project Supporting Early Lung Cancer Detection
Boston-based organization Upstage Lung Cancer (ULC), the advocacy non-profit exclusively utilizing performing arts to raise awareness and funding in the fight against lung cancer, has awarded a $30k grant award to ECE Professor Nian Sun’s cutting edge Advanced Materials and Microsystems Laboratory (AMML), substantially funding a new research project exploring the use of a hand-held gas screening sensor system for breath biomarkers in the early detection screening of lung cancer.
Oct 21, 2019
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.
Oct 21, 2019
To Build a Better Drone, Look to the Bat
ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani is designing drones to mimic the complex movements and energy efficiency of bats.
Oct 16, 2019
Data Privacy in the Palm of Your Hand. Literally.
ECE Associate Professor Kaushik Chowdhury discusses data privacy when it comes to wireless devices in the Litmus podcast.
Sep 20, 2019
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.
Sep 20, 2019
Improving the Capabilities of Humanoid Robots in Nuclear Facilities
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir, in collaboration with Holly Yanco from University of Massachusetts Lowell, was awarded a $400K NSF grant for the “Cooperative Control of Humanoid Robots for Remote Operations in Nuclear Environments”