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Graduate Lecture Previews
Curious about what a graduate classroom experience is really like? Northeastern’s Graduate Lecture Previews offer prospective students the opportunity to engage directly with faculty and explore timely, industry-relevant topics shaping today’s workforce. Whether you're advancing in your current field or building new technical expertise, these sessions provide a firsthand look at our teaching approach, faculty thought leadership, and the practical skills integrated into our graduate programs..
Explore upcoming sessions below:
From APKs to Insight: AI-Driven Android Malware Detection
Maryam Tanha | Assistant Teaching Professor, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
June 17 | 4–5 p.m. PT
With billions of Android apps in use, cybersecurity risks are rising. Explore how AI and machine learning can analyze Android application packages (APKs) to detect malicious behavior beyond traditional security methods.
Building a Resilient Tech Business in a Changing Market
Karen Alonardo | Adjunct Faculty, College of Engineering
July 21 | 6–7 p.m. PT
Learn how to launch, fund, and manage a technology startup or small business in an evolving market. This session explores how shifting market dynamics shape strategic decisions, operational models, and long-term success.
Entity Component System Approach to Modern Game Development
Juancho Buchanan | Professor of the Practice, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
August 4 | 12–1 p.m. PT
Explore how today’s games achieve scalability and performance through modern architectural patterns. This session introduces the Entity Component System (ECS) framework, a data-driven approach used in leading game engines to create flexible, high-performance systems.
From Human Hand to Robot Arm: Understanding Teleoperation
Xian Li | Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Engineering
Sept 1 | 4–5 p.m. PT
Discover how human input is translated into robotic movement through teleoperation systems. This session walks through the full pipeline—from user interaction and interface design to control systems and execution on robotic platforms like the UR12e.
All sessions are free for all attendees and take place virtually via Zoom. Experience the classroom. Meet the faculty. Discover what’s possible in your graduate journey.
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Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.