News
Jun 07, 2016
Grant to Combat Against Side-Channel Attacks
ECE Associate Professor Yunsi Fei was awarded a $1.2M three-year NSF grant to create "Automating Countermeasures and Security Evaluation Against Software Side-channel Attacks". Abstract Source: NSF Side-channel attacks (SCA) have been a realistic threat to various cryptographic implementations that do not feature dedicated protection. While many effective countermeasures have been found and applied manually, they […]
Jun 07, 2016
ECE Welcomes Summer Program Students
The ECE Department is happy to welcome students from all over the country through the NSF-supported REU-D3 program and the ECE-supported ENTER program. Students will also join the department from the ALERT REU program, supported by DHS. These carefully selected students have come from around the country—as far as Hawaii—to take advantage of some of the best opportunities […]
Jun 07, 2016
Valkyrie has Successful Meeting with Public
The Valkyrie robot destined for use on Mars had its first interaction with the public during a presentation in East Village at the beginning of June.
Jun 01, 2016
Influencing Students for Several Decades
Professors Michael Silevitch (ECE) and John Cipolla (MIE) have worked at Northeastern University training thousands of students for over four decades and have setup funds to push these students to reach their highest potentials. Source: Northeastern Magazine These senior engineering professors became friends and research collaborators soon after joining the faculty in 1971. Celebrating careers […]
May 27, 2016
NVIDIA GPU Education Center Status Renewed
The ECE Department is happy to announce our status as a NVIDIA GPU Education Center has been renewed under the direction of Professor Miriam Leeser. According to NVIDIA, the GPU Education Center Program recognizes and supports academic institutions with a track record teaching GPU Computing at both the undergrad and graduate level.
May 26, 2016
Sarada Symonds Wins SWE National Scholarship
Sarada Symonds, who is currently pursing a BS in Computer Engineering & Computer Science, was awarded the very competitive "2016 GE Women's Network scholarship" by the Society of Women Engineers.
May 19, 2016
Inventing Marine Robots
Professors Hanumant Singh (ECE), Mark Patterson (CEE & MES), and Joseph Ayers (MES) are inventing new and improved robots to explore parts of the ocean that humans cannot.