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Aug 04, 2026
New Agentic AI Framework Promises Faster Development of Next Generation Wireless Networks
Researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems developed GENESIS, an agentic AI framework led by College of Engineering Professor Tommaso Melodia that autonomously writes, tests, and debugs code to dramatically accelerate the development of next-generation telecommunications systems like 6G.
Jul 30, 2026
New AI Design Framework Uses Light to Pack More Data Into Ultrathin Materials
MIE/ECE Professor Yongmin Liu was awarded a $448K NSF grant for “Pushing the Multiplexing Limit in Metasurfaces via Physics-Informed and Data-Driven Approaches.”
Jul 30, 2026
Patent for a Rapid Breath Test Technology to Instantly Detect Airborne Viruses
ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun was awarded a patent for “Devices and methods for detection of viruses from exhaled breath.”
Jul 30, 2026
Launching Satellites to Bring High Speed Internet to Remote Areas
ECE Professor & Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet is leading a first-of-its-kind satellite mission called TeraLink to test space-based sub-terahertz wireless technologies, aiming to pave the way for high-speed 6G connectivity in remote areas and disaster zones.
Jul 30, 2026
Advancing High Sensitivity Hybrid Magnonic Sensors
ECE Assistant Professor Xufeng Zhang, in collaboration with Wei Zhang from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was awarded a $655K NSF grant for “Hybrid Active Magnonic Magnetometry with Enhanced Resolution (HAMMER).”
Jul 30, 2026
Powering the Next Generation of Light Sources
ECE Assistant Professor Sunil Mittal and Professor Srinivas Tadigadapa were awarded a $550K NSF grant for “On-Chip Functionalized Glass Bubble Resonators for Generating Classical and Quantum Light.”
Jul 28, 2026
The Growing Clash Between Modern Digital Infrastructure and Local Resources
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centers is triggering an intense public and political backlash across the United States, as communities confront the massive noise, land use, and escalating energy and water resource demands highlighted by ECE Professors Josep Jornet and David Kaeli.
Jul 28, 2026
Liu Appointed Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
MIE/ECE Professor Yongmin Liu was appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, a journal dedicated to the publication of manuscripts reporting novel experimental or theoretical results within the broad field of science and technology of quantum electronics of either a device, subsystem, or system-oriented nature.