Category: Faculty News

BU Interdisciplinary Team Wins DOE Grant for Biopreparedness Research

By Chloe Patel, Hariri Institute for Computing Boston University researchers affiliated with the Hariri Institute, College of Engineering, and School of Public Health, have received a subaward from a $12 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant awarded to a coalition of DOE National Laboratories led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). This funding, […]

Why do 90% of people afflicted with Parkinson’s develop speech and voice impairments?

Cara Stepp and colleagues win a $3.5M NIH grant to uncover the causes By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the fastest growing neurological disease, with 10 million people affected worldwide. It is a progressive, degenerative brain condition that affects the nervous system and a person’s control of their body movement. […]

Research in AI for Automotive and Distributed Systems Wins Recognition

By Hariri Institute Staff Papers from two projects based at the Red Hat Collaboratory at Boston University have been recognized for excellence at preeminent research conferences. Both projects were recipients of the Red Hat Collaboratory 2022 and 2023 Research Incubation Awards. Details about these and all other projects at the Red Hat Collaboratory are available […]

Chuanfei Dong Receives DOE Early Career Research Award

Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate Chuanfei Dong is working to untangle the mysteries of plasma, and his efforts were recently recognized with a prestigious award from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Dong, an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the College of Arts & Sciences at Boston University, is among 93 scientists selected by the DOE for […]

Tereasa Brainerd Elected Fellow of the American Astronomical Society

By Hariri Institute Staff Tereasa Brainerd, professor of astronomy at the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the largest professional organization of astronomers in the USA. Inductions into each class of Fellows is limited to at most 0.5% of the membership in any […]

Debbie Cheng Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Debbie M. Cheng, professor of biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health, and faculty affiliate of the Hariri Institute, has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). ASA Fellowship is one of the highest honors in the statistics profession.  The number of new fellows elected per year is limited to […]

Three Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliates Receive NSF CAREER Awards

By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliates Renato Mancuso (CAS, Computer Science), Hadi Nia (ENG, Biomedical Engineering), and Alyssa Pierson (ENG, Mechanical Engineering) have each received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. These NSF grants are among the most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic […]

Alyssa Pierson Receives MassRobotics Rising Star Award

By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Hariri Faculty Affiliate Alyssa N. Pierson received the inaugural MassRobotics Rising Star in Robotics Medal for her key contributions to the cooperative, distributed control of multi-agent teams. The Rising Star in Robotics Medal recognizes up and coming woman-identifying persons making strides and advancing the field of robotics. The […]