Elli Ntakou Shares Advice, Previous Experience at CISE Industry Roundtable
Dr. Elli Ntakou, an Advisor at Quanta Technology and Boston University alum, spoke to CISE graduate students about her experience in both academia and industry at the CISE Industry Roundtable on March 19. During the roundtable, Ntakou spoke about her academic research, professional experiences in the optimization field post-grad, as well as recommendations for current […]
Industry Roundtable Speaker Rebecca Swaszek Recommends Honing SciComm Skills
Dr. Rebecca Swaszek was the invited speaker for a CISE Industry Roundtable held on Feb. 19th, 2021. Hosting the event was Swaszek’s advisor, CISE faculty affiliate Christos Cassandras, Head of the BU Division of Systems Engineering and Distinguished Professor (ECE). Swaszek is a Systems Engineer working in the Division of Aviation Systems Engineering at the […]
Kash Balachandran (JP Morgan Chase) leads inspiring, wide-ranging discussion
Align Personal and Professional Goals Advises CISE Industry Roundtable Speaker Dr. Balachandran Kash Balachandran, Vice President at JP Morgan Chase, Central Risk, Cash Equities, was the invited speaker for the Fall 2019 CISE Industry Roundtable at Boston University. With over a decade of experience in Mathematics and its applications, Kash applies modern data science techniques to […]
Yasaman Khazaeni (IBM) Emphasizes Curiosity, Coding at CISE Industry Roundtable
Dr. Yasaman Khazaeni, a Research Staff Member and Manager – AI at IBM Research, spoke to CISE graduate students about her experience in academia and industry at the CISE Industry Roundtable on February 21st. During the session, Khazaeni emphasized the importance of curiosity and coding skills. Khazaeni is a former student of CISE Affiliated Faculty Professor […]
CISE Industry Roundtable Feb. 21, 2019
CISE-affiliate students are invited to attend a roundtable with Yasaman Khazaeni, currently a research staff member and manager at IBM, one of the world’s largest and most influential corporate research labs with over 50 years of research in Artificial Intelligence. At IBM, Yasaman has been working on applications in network systems, robotics, data-driven simulation models and […]
CISE Alumni Brings Industry Experience, Guidance to Students
Tiansheng Zhang was the invited speaker at the Fall 2018 CISE Industry Roundtable. Zhang received his PhD degree from Boston University in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2017. He is currently a senior software engineer at Akamai Technologies, the world’s biggest provider of content delivery network, or CDN, services. Ayse K. Coskun, CISE faculty and ECE Associate […]
CISE Industry Roundtable Welcomes Austin Jones, MIT Lincoln Labs
Austin Jones, a technical staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, spoke to CISE graduate students at the 1st Fall Semester 2018 Industry Roundtable on October 10, 2018. Jones received his PhD in Systems Engineering from Boston University in 2015 under supervision of Professors Calin Belta (ME) and Mac Schwager (formerly at BU in Mechanical Engineering). During […]
CISE Industry Roundtable: Ana Medina Ayala, Robotics Software Engineer, Jibo
CISE students gained career insights and advice from Ana Medina Ayala (Ph.D. in ME, 2015) at the February 7, 2018 CISE Industry Roundtable. Professor Sean Andersson introduced his former student to a group of 16 students. Dr. Medina Ayala is currently a Robotics Software Engineer with Jibo, Inc., a start-up developer of the “First Family Robot” led by renowned leaders in […]
Wei Lai, CISE Industry Roundtable – October 20, 2017
Wei Lai, Senior Portfolio Engineer at Strategic Advisers, Inc. (SAI), spoke to CISE graduate students at the 1st Fall Semester 2017 Industry Roundtable. His PhD faculty advisor, Yannis Paschalidis, introduced him as a “gifted student who did much of his own work independently.” Currently, Dr. Lai manages customized, tax-sensitive portfolios and separately managed accounts (SMAs) […]
Ning Duanmu, Amastan Technologies, Industry roundtable guest
Dr. Duanmu (’05 MFG), Director of Engineering, Amastan Technologies, a venture capital backed technology company focused on the production of materials for applications involving additive manufacturing, LED lighting, high performance coating, and batteries, spoke to twenty BU graduate students on April 19, 2017. Duanmu’s talk was titled “Engineering a Career in Advanced Materials: My Experience in […]