Calendar
View the calendar below to explore all upcoming events sponsored by the Institute and its affiliate centers and initiatives. Browse events by date, or select an event topic to narrow your search.
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Monday, October 19
- 8:00 AM
2nd Annual New England Network and Systems Day
Hosted by the Hariri Institute for Computing, the New England Network and Systems Day brings together academics and research scientists from local industry, universities and research labs to discuss recent […]
Tuesday, October 20
- 11:00 AM
World Statistics Day with BUSCASA
In 2010, the UN declared October 20th “World Statistics Day” to recognize and bring attention to the importance of statistics. This year’s theme is “Better data, Better lives”, and we […]
Thursday, October 22
- 3:00 PM
Learning with GPU's: A Tech Talk
Boston University Research Computing presents Deep Learning with GPU's, a tech talk by Barton Fiske.
Who is it for: Undergraduate, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Researchers, and Professors.
Why you […]
Friday, October 23
- 3:00 PM
Data Science Initiative, CISE and Hariri Institute Joint Seminar: "Algebraic, Sparse and Low Rank Subspace Clustering"
In the era of data deluge, the development of methods for discovering structure in high-dimensional data is becoming increasingly important. Traditional approaches often assume that the data is sampled from […]
Monday, October 26
- 3:00 PM
Giora Alexandron Gives Data Science Seminar Oct 26, Joint with Digital Learning and Hariri Institute for Computing
"Finding Instructional Resources that Assist Students: A Machine Learning Approach"
Since MOOCs contain both instructional resources and assessment items (questions), and also produce logs of
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Wednesday, November 4
- 3:00 PM
Wed@Hariri: The “Big Data” Challenge in Communication Research
This talk will present an empirical study that investigates and compares two “big data” text analysis methods: dictionary-based analysis and unsupervised topic modeling. By applying two “big
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Friday, November 6
- 11:00 AM
DSI Distinguished Lecture: John Lafferty, Professor, Department of Statistics and Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
“Statistical Learning in High Dimensions”
John Lafferty, Professor, Department of Statistics and Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Reception to follow
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Thursday, November 19
- 8:30 AM
Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC) Annual Workshop
This event is by invitation only. Seating is limited and registration is required. For more information, contact Linda Grosser at lgrosser@bu.edu. The goals of the MOC Annual Workshop are to […]
Monday, November 30
Wednesday, December 2
- 3:00 PM
Wed@Hariri/Meet Our Fellows: Emily Ryan
Modeling the Physics and Performance Issues in Advanced Battery Technologies Abstract:Advanced batteries, such as lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries, have the potential to substantially increase the energy […]
Monday, December 7
- 10:00 AM
Digitized Landscapes and 3D Visualizations Workshop
How can we craft 3D landscapes that allow users to move through space and time? Join us for this interdisciplinary event. We'll be discussing how to craft 3-D landscapes that […]