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Dec 18, 2012

Sznaier Joins the less than 1% of CSS Members with this Distinction

ECE Professor Mario Sznaier was presented with the 2012 IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Member Award for his scientific contributions to multi objective robust control, dynamic vision & imaging, and identification and for his outstanding service.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Nov 19, 2012

Green High Performance Computing Center opens its doors

We heat up when we’re working hard. Com­puters do, too. And as big data con­tinues to get bigger, we’re asking these machines to work even harder, which means they require more energy than ever. The Mass­a­chu­setts Green High Per­for­mance Com­puting Center, a new nine-​​acre, $165 mil­lion high-​​tech center in Holyoke, Mass., addresses those chal­lenges in novel ways. […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Nov 07, 2012

A new wave for antennas

From solar panels to high-​​resolution imaging, a host of advanced tech­nolo­gies relies on the manip­u­la­tion of light waves. Engi­neers have tra­di­tion­ally bent light beams toward a desired focal point using glass lenses, according to Hos­sein Mos­al­laei, a pro­fessor of elec­trical and com­puter engi­neering at North­eastern Uni­ver­sity. But lenses are bulky and curved, lim­iting their ability to […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sep 27, 2012

Improving Power Systems

ECE professors Ali Abur and Hanoch Lev-Ari were awarded a $400K NSF grant to use synchronized measurements to determine where faults are in power systems. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sep 24, 2012

Have Wi-​​Fi, will travel

In an emer­gency, first respon­ders need to be able to com­mu­ni­cate. But with infra­struc­ture dam­aged by a dis­aster, the cel­lular and wire­less net­works they depend on may be dam­aged or destroyed, crip­pling the use of high-​​tech tools that help find vic­tims or estab­lish a sense of order. Enter Dan Lan­ders and Glen Chi­ac­chieri, both of whom […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sep 17, 2012

Data mining in the social-​​media ecosystem

Ray­mond Fu, a newly appointed assis­tant pro­fessor of elec­trical and com­puter engi­neering, wants to build a better social-​​media ecosystem, one in which Face­book makes expert friend rec­om­men­da­tions and consumer-​​product suggestions. “My goal is to bring the cur­rent social-​​networking system to the next level,” said Fu, a machine-​​learning expert who will hold joint appoint­ments in both […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 29, 2012

Mi Receives NSF Grant

ECE Assistant Professor Ningfang Mi was awarded a $272K NSF grant to develop techniques to handle software and hardware failures of large scale computing systems. Large-scale computing environments such as data centers and cloud computing are becoming the core computing infrastructure, making the availability of such services extremely critical. However, these environments are increasingly vulnerable […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 28, 2012

Cybersecurity Training

Professors & Associate Deans David Kaeli (ECE) & Agnes Chan (CCS) and Assistant Professor Will Robertson (ECE & CCS) were awarded a $4.5M NSF grant to train the next generation in cybersecurity. Source: News @ Northeastern

Electrical & Computer Engineering