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Aug 06, 2021
Northeastern Receives Rare Designation by FCC as Spectrum Innovation Zone
Northeastern University has been given the rare designation by the FCC as a Spectrum Innovation Zone, which will allow for opportunities to build the next generation of wireless technology. It is the fourth such hub in the U.S. and the first to enable experimentation for wireless communications and sensing technologies above 100 gigahertz, including a frequency band that is crucial for the development of 6G technologies.
Aug 05, 2021
Developing Ultra-Low Power Circuits to Prevent Denial of Sleep IoT Attacks
ECE Assistant Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava received a $356K NSF grant for “Energy and Activity Analysis-based On-chip Methods for Mitigating Denial-of-Sleep Attacks in Ultra-low Power IoT Devices.”
Aug 05, 2021
Cutting-Edge Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator
BioE/ECE Affiliated Faculty Eugene Tunik, ECE Professor Deniz Erdogmus, ECE Research Professor Dana Brooks, and COS Professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli were awarded a $400K NSF MRI grant for the “Acquisition of a controllable pulse transcranial magnetic stimulator with robotic positioning and integrated EEG / EMG for engineering and neuroscience research and education.”
Aug 03, 2021
2021 Acorn Innovation Awards
ECE Research Assistant Professor Yousof Naderi, Professor Kaushik Chowdhury, Assistant Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava, and ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston received Acorn Innovation Fund Awards which help in the commercialization of scientific breakthroughs in Massachusetts.
Aug 02, 2021
Treating Neurodiseases with Implantable Ultrasound Stimulation
ECE Chair and Professor Srinivas Tadigadapa, in collaboration with Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli from Penn State University, was awarded a $250K NSF grant to create “An implantable intracranial ultrasound stimulation for treating neurodiseases.”
Jul 30, 2021
Northeastern Part of New NSF Artificial Intelligence Research Institute
Northeastern is part of a team led by the Ohio State University that was awarded $20 million over five years for the NSF AI Institute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intelligence (AI-EDGE). Professor Kaushik Chowdhury, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), is the Northeastern lead, with co-PIs ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia and ECE Associate Professor Stratis Ioannidis responsible for $1.8 million of the award.
Jul 28, 2021
Advancing Remote Robotic Technology
MIE Assistant Professor Peter Whitney has been working to design lightweight nimble robotic arms that could be capable of remote surgery or other situations where safety might be a factor. […]
Jul 26, 2021
DiMarzio Selected as SPIE Senior Member
ECE Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio was selected by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) as a 2021 Senior Member.