BU Systems Engineering 2011 Annual Report

Boston University Division of Systems Engineering Annual Report 2010–2011 © 2011 Boston University Design and production: Tess Mattern Photography: Boston University Photo Services; Graduation Photos by John Kim Content: Elizabeth Flagg, Cheryl Stewart, SE staff, and SE faculty Front Cover: Miniature cars move autonomously on the streets of the Robotic Urban Like Environment (RULE is a collaboration between the labs of ME/SE Professor Belta and ECE/SE Professor Cassandras).

Front Cover (bottom): ECE/SE Associate Professor David Starobinski (center) discusses wireless networking research with SE PhD students Wei Si (left) and Emir Kavurmacioglu (right).

Back Cover: Professor Ioannis Paschalidis, Yin Chen (PhD ‘11), and Elizabeth Flagg, Graduate Programs Manager, at the College of Engineering PhD Hooding Ceremony held on May 21, 2011. (Photo credit: John Kim) This report provides a description of the instructional and research activities of the Division of Systems Engineering at Boston University during the 2010-2011 academic year. Instructional activities are reported from the Fall 2010 through Summer 2011 semesters while scholarly activities and budget information are reported from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

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