News

Jul 29, 2025
Securing the Next-Generation of AI-Driven Cellular Networks
ECE Assistant Professor Francesco Restuccia, in collaboration with Saint Louis University, was awarded a $900,000 NSF grant for “Securing xApps in Open RANs with Reliable and Principled AI Red-Teaming.”

Jul 28, 2025
Polese Elected For AI-And-RAN Working Group
ECE Assistant Research Professor Michael Polese was elected as Chair of the WG2 AI-and-RAN Working Group.

Jul 24, 2025
Breakthroughs In Next-Generation Wireless Communication
ECE Professor and Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet, in collaboration with Princeton University (lead), Florida International University, and New York University, was awarded a $1.2M NSF grant for “Resilient Multi-User Mobile sub-THz Networks using Near-Field Wavefronts.”

Jul 22, 2025
Patent for a Robot That Drives and Flies
ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani received a patent for a “Multi-modal mobility unmanned vehicle.”

Jul 22, 2025
Patent for a Robot That Walks and Flies
ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani received a patent for “Synchronized multi-modal robot.”

Jul 21, 2025
Strengthening AI For Critical Edge Applications
ECE Professor Stratis Ioannidis, ECE/Khoury Distinguished Professor Jennifer Dy, and ECE Professor Yanzhi Wang, in collaboration with Kaushik Chowdhury from the University of Texas at Austin, were awarded a $1,100,000 NSF grant for “Robust Machine Learning at the Edge.”
Jul 17, 2025
Fall 2025 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.

Jul 15, 2025
Sharing Radio Waves For Better Connections
Assistant Research Professor Michael Polese, William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia, and WIoT Research Scientist Paolo Testolina were awarded a $759,422 NSF grant for “Sharing Spectrum, Services, and Infrastructure in Spectrum Era 4.”