Research Topics and Selected Projects

Networks

• CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: A Cyber-Physical Infrastructure for the “Smart City“, NSF CNS-1239021, 2012-2015. See related BU news story.

• A Coordinated Approach to Cyber-Situation Awareness Based on Traffic Anomaly Detection, DoD W911NF-11-1-0227, 2011-2016.
• The Sensor Network Consortium (2004-2012).
• Statistical Techniques for Detecting Internet Traffic Anomalies, DoD W911NF-09-1-0492, 2009.
• EFRI-ARESCI: Event-Driven Sensing for Enterprise Reconfigurability and Optimization, NSF EFRI-0735974, 2007-2011. See related BU news story.
• Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks for Long-term Deployments, DOE DE-FG52-06NA27490, 2006-2011.
• NeTS-NOSS: SensorNet Architectures for Indoor Location Detection: From Resolution to Robustness, NSF CNS-0435312, 2004-2009.
• ITR: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Diagnosis and Assessment of Faults, Misbehavior and Threats in Distributed Systems and Networks, NSF ECS-0426453 2004-2009.
• SENSORS: A Control and Optimization Science Base for Sensor Networks in Adverse and Stochastic Environments, Sensors and Sensor Networks initiative, NSF DMI-0330171, 2003-2009. See related BU press coverage.
• CAREER: Pricing and Resource Allocation in Multiservice Broadband Communication Networks, NSF ANI-9983221, 2000-2005.
• Quality of Service Provisioning, Scheduling, and Pricing in Communication Networks, supported by a grant from the Nokia Research Center, Boston, 1999-2001.
• Admission Control in High Speed Multimedia Networks, NSF NCR-9706148, 1997-2001.
• Efficient Resource Allocation and Yield Management in Internet Services, supported by the MIT Internet Telephony Consortium, 1997-1998.

Computational Biology, Medical Informatics, and AI in Medicine

• Smartphone based digital biomarkers to measure cognitive function in dementia, Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy, Boston University, 2020-2021.
• Predictive Models of COVID-19 Outcomes, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston University, 2020-2021.
• Optimizing and Learning Strategies for Protein Docking, NIH/NIGMS, 2019-2022.
• SCH: INT: Distributed Analytics for Enhancing Fertility in Families, NSF/NIH Smart and Connected Health, 2019-2022. See related BU news Story.
• QuBBD: From Personalized Predictions to Better Control of Chronic Health Conditions, NSF/NIH Initiative on Quantitative Approaches to Biomedical Big Data (QuBBD), DMS-1664644, 2018-2021. See related BU news story and a story on Health IT Analytics.
• Integrated Diagnostics: Pathology-Radiology Correlation, Philips Healthcare, 2018-2020.
• Robust Predictive Models of Fertility, CISE Seed Grant, Boston University, 2018.
• Optimizing Discharge Decisions to Reduce Surgery Re-Admissions, Digital Health Initiative (DHI), Boston University, 2017-2018.
• Outlier and Anomaly Detection with Applications to CT Radiation Dose Safety, Joint Brigham and BU Program in Radiology and Engineering, 2016-2017.
• Predicting and Preventing Re-Admissions within 30 days after Surgery, Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (BU-CTSI), 2016.
• Manifold optimization algorithms for protein-protein docking, NSF CCF-1527292, 2015-2018.
• Clinical Decision Support System for Patient-Specific Cancer Diagnosis and Management, Joint Brigham and BU Program in Radiology and Engineering, 2014-2015. See related BU news story.
• SHB:Large:Collaborative Research: Algorithmic Approaches to Personalized Health Care, NSF IIS-1237022, 2012-1017. See related BU research story.
• Associating growth conditions with cellular composition in Gram-negative bacteria, ARO MURI W911NF-12-1-0390, 2012-1017. See related BU news story.
• Refinement Methods for Protein Docking based on Exploring Multi-Dimensional Energy Funnels, NIH/NIGMS 1-R01-GM093147-01, 2010-2015. See related news on a research discovery and our participation in CAPRI.
• Final-Stage Optimization Methods for Protein Docking Exploiting Energy Funnels, NIH/NIGMS 1-R21-GM079396-01, 2007-2009.

Data Science

• Detecting Non-Typical Traffic Jams Using Waze Data, Boston Area Research Initiative, Spring 2017.
• Effective Classification and Actionable Obstacle Detection from Roadway Data, City of Boston, 2015–9/30/14. See news on an IEEE/IBM award for this research.

Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains

• Planning, Coordination, and Control of Supply Chains, NSF DMI-0300359, 2003-2006.
• Synergistic and Decentralized Decision Making in Complex Stochastic Systems, Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence – KDI – Initiative, NSF ACI-9873339, 1998-2003.

Control and Optimization

• Neuro-Autonomy: Neuroscience-Inspired Perception, Navigation, and Spatial Awareness, ONR MURI grant, 2019-2024. See related BU Today story and CISE story.
• CPS: Breakthrough: A Dynamic Optimization Framework for Connected Automated Vehicles in Urban Environments, NSF CNS-1645681, 2017-2020.
• AIRFOILS: Real-time Optimization for Animal Inspired Agile Flight, ONR MURI N00014-10-1-0952, 2010-2015. See related BU news story.
• Communicating Networked Control Systems, ARO MURI, 2001-2006.

Energy Systems

• A New Risk Assessment and Management Paradigm (NewRAMP) in Electricity Markets, ARPA-E, Department of Energy, PERFORM Program, DE-AR-0001282, 2020-2023. See related BU news story.
• Sustainable IT and IT for Sustainability, Boston University, 2017-2019.