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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.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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