BU Today: Pioneering a Cloud Computing “Mall”
Massachusetts awards $3 million to BU-led project By Rich Barlow, Published in BU Today on April 28, 2014 With the governor of Massachusetts pledging $3 million in state... More
Research by Institute Fellows Recognized in The Economist
Research by Institute Fellows Giorgos Zervas and John Byers, and their student Davide Proserpio was mentioned in The Economist. A team at Boston University examined hotel revenues in Texas, More
$3M Awarded to Launch the Massachusetts Open Cloud @ BU
[For Immediate Release - April 25, 2014] GOVERNOR PATRICK ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO LAUNCH MASSACHUSETTS OPEN CLOUD PROJECT, CELEBRATES RELEASE OF 2014 MASS BIG DATA REPORT State’s first... More
Bostonia Features BU Sloan Fellows
Institute Fellow, Sharon Goldberg, was featured as one of the two BU faculty members named as 2013 Sloan Fellow. As a network security researcher, Goldberg... More
Physics Colloquium – Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft Research New England
This event is part of the Physics Department Colloquia Series. Refreshments will be served at 3:00 in the 1st Floor Lounge. Abstract: Everywhere we turn these... More
Azer Bestavros Appointed as Board Member of Cloud Caucus
Institute Director, Azer Bestavros, was appointed as board member of the Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group. The Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition... More
Sabermetrics 101 Q&A with Professor Andy Andres
Professor Andy Andres interviews with Baseball Prospectus about his upcoming MOOC, Sabermetrics 101: Introduction to Baseball Analytics. [Read more]
Call for 2014 Hariri Institute Research Proposals
In pursuit of the Hariri Institute’s mission to catalyze and propel collaborative, interdisciplinary research through the use of computational and data-driven approaches, the Institute supports... More
Sharon Goldberg Selected as 2014 Sloan Fellow
Hariri Institute Fellow and Computer Science Assistant Professor, Sharon Goldberg, has been selected as one of 126 Alfred P. Sloan scholars for 2014. Awarded annually since... More
Institute Fellows Shed Light on Winners and Losers of the Sharing Economy
In an article entitled "Why It's So Hard to Figure Out the Sharing Economy's Winners and Losers", Emily Badgerof the Atlantic Cities web site discusses the... More
Institute Support of Levantine Ceramics Project Recognized
The Institute's support of the Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP: http://www.levantineceramics.org/) by Professor of Archeology and Hariri Institute Fellow Andrea Berlin was recognized in a CSA Newsletter... More
Data Analysis by Institute Fellows Featured in Boston Globe
Research by Institute Fellows Giorgos Zervas and John Byers, and their student Davide Proserpio was the subject of a Boston Globe Sunday article in their "Ideas" section. Craigslist... More
New York Times Reports on Zervas and Byers’ Work on “Sharing Economy”
A new study by Institute Fellows Giorgos Zervas and John Byers, and their student Davide Proserpio demonstrates for the first time that the "sharing economy" is negatively... More
Nominations Open for 2014-2015 Junior Faculty Fellows
The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting nominations for the 2014/2015 class of Junior Faculty Fellows (see... More
Massachusetts Open Cloud Highlights Rising Demand for Big Data Services
Enterprises and governments are increasingly drawn to open cloud storage systems as they seek to streamline costs and facilitate better interoperability between IT components. The Massachusetts government... More
Institute Sponsors Reddit Co-Founder’s Campus Visit
On Monday December 9th, the Hariri Institute sponsored a visit by Alexis Ohanian (co-founder of Reddit) on how to be an entrepreneur. Alexis presentation was... More
Cranston Awarded Digital Art History Grant from Kress Foundation
Professor Jodi Cranston, a Research Fellow of the Institute and a Professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture, was awarded a Digital Art... More
Yelp Reviews: Can You Trust Them?
BU Today interviews Institute Junior Fellow and Assistant Professor or Marketing in SMG, George Zervas, about his most recent work on the effect of competition... More
Institute Co-Sponsors “BitCoin Now” Event on Digital Currency
Digital currencies have emerged as the next frontier in finance and technology. Implications for monetary policy, regulation, banking and financial inclusion are significant. Technologies... More
Institute Hosts Charles River Privacy Day
The Charles River Privacy Day will take place on Friday November 15, at the Hariri Institute at Boston University. There will be 4-5 talks covering... More
Institute Announces 2013 Junior Faculty Fellows
The Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University is pleased to announce its third cohort of Junior Faculty Fellows. They are: Taylor Boas, Assistant Professor, Department of... More
Institute Co-Sponsors Extreme Computing Workshop
The SIMAC workshop on "Numerical Algorithm for Extreme Computing Architectures" will be held at Boston University on November 4th and 5th. It will focus on... More
Gift by Paul Maritz Launches Institute Cloud Computing Initiative
A $300,000 gift by Paul Maritz, Chief Executive Officer of Pivotal (an EMC-backed startup), is providing the critical resources needed to launch BU's Cloud Computing Initiative... More
Institute Makes the Case for Computing to Congress
On July 10, 2013, The Council on Competitiveness, in conjunction with the U.S. House of Representatives Science and National Labs Caucus, held a briefing titled Extreme... More
Junior Fellow Doug Densmore Selected for Frontiers in Engineering Program
Every year the National Academy of Engineering brings together an emerging set of engineering leaders in its "Frontiers of Engineering" program. Doug Densmore, assistant professor... More
BU to host 2014 IEEE Conference on Cloud Engineering
Boston University will host the 2014 International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E) from March 11 to March 15, 2014. The IEEE International Conference on Cloud... More
Institute Fellow on “Programming Life” Panel
Institute Junior Fellow, Doug Densmore, participates in a Discover Magazine panel on "Programming Life: The Revolutionary Potential of Synthetic Biology". The panel was held at... More
Institute Focus on Privacy and Big Data in the News
In its coverage of the NSA "spying" news on June 7th, Janet Wu of WCVB TV Channel 5 interviewed Azer Bestavros and Win Treese to... More
Institute Hosts Computational Immunology Workshop
From June 10th to June 14th, the Hariri Institute hosted the Summer School on Quantitative Systems Immunology, a national workshop organized by the Center for... More
Institute Hosts CETLI EdTech Ideas Fest
The EdTech Ideas Fest, organized by the Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation (CETLI), was held at the Hariri Institute on April 22, 2013. The... More
Institute Proposal Makes it to Knight Foundation Finalists Round
A project entitled "Inside the Vault" to enable interactive citizen access to U.S. government data on financial institutions, which was submitted by the Institute to the... More
Plan for New Institute Building
Approval to proceed with the plan for the new building to house the Institute (at 645 Commonwealth Avenue, site of the former Burger King) comes... More
Nominations Open for 2013-2014 Junior Faculty Fellows
The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting nominations for the 2013/2014 class of Junior Faculty Fellows. The Hariri... More
Upcoming Event: Boston Freedom in Online Communications Day (BFOC)
The Internet offers great promise for improving the communication capabilities of citizens, but our increasing dependence on networked communications also makes it easier for organizations... More
BU Team Wins Gold at Genetically Engineered Machines Competition
An undergraduate team from BU took first place in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Americas East competition, leading to a presentation at the World Championship... More
Institute hosts 2nd Charles River Crypto Day
The 2nd Annual Charles River Crypto Day will be held on Friday, November 30th, 2011, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m at Boston University’s Rafik... More
New Supercomputer Center Opens
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) opened in Holyoke on November 16, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour attended by Governor Deval Patrick, More
Hariri Institute Announces 2012 Junior Faculty Fellows
The Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University is pleased to announce its second cohort of Junior Faculty Fellows. They are: Jason Bohland, Assistant Professor, Department... More
Turing 100: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Alan Turing
On Sunday, November 11, and Monday, November 12, the Hariri Institute, the BU Center for Philosophy and the History of Science, and the BU Department... More
Computational Thinking for Archaeologists
I've been an archaeologist for over 30 years, and for all of that time I've resided comfortably on the far sidelines of technological approaches. In... More
Institute Hosts Inaugural MGHPCC Workshop
Often people ask us “what is the definition of high-performance computing (HPC)”. A recentMassachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) workshop showed some examples that illustrate... More
MGHPCC Announces RFP for Research Seed Funds 2012
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) has announced its request for proposals for the 2012 Research Seed Funds in computer and computational science. One... More
Sandia Supports Research on Energy-Efficient Computing
Sandia National Laboratories, part of the US Department of Energy, recently announced a grant to support research by Ayse Coskun, assistant professor in the Department... More
Google Award to Support Research on Mining Online Consumer Feedback
Google recently announced a gift to support research being conducted by John Byers, Associate Professor of Computer Science and a Fellow of the Hariri Institute, More
Institute Hosts 2nd Annual New England Faculty Summit on Cyber Security
The 2nd Annual New England Faculty Summit on Cyber Security, hosted by the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering and the Center... More
Treese on Cyber Security Radio Panel
On Saturday, June 2, 2012, Win Treese, Associate Director of the Hariri Institute, participated in a panel discussion about cyber security challenges on WGBH Radio's... More
Institute Hosts CloudTrust Mini Symposium
On Thursday May 10, 2012, the Hariri Institute in collaboration with the RISCS Center at Boston University will be hosting a half-day CloudTrust Mini Symposium -- a... More
NY Times Mentions Institute as Leader of Broad Trend
In its coverage of the Simon Foundation's choice of UC Berkeley as the home of its computing center, the NY Times singled out the Hariri Institute... More
Institute Inaugural Symposium Featured on BU Today
The symposium which will be held on Saturday, April 21, at the Photonics Center, will stress the importance of computational thinking and the transformative nature of... More
Media Abuzz with New Marketing Research Results by Institute Fellow
Could a Groupon deal ruin your business's reputation online? This is how a Huffington Post article started its discussion of the most recernt findings by Institute Fellow... More
Computing Policy Blog
- Reminder: LiSPI Deadline is this Friday the 23rd!
- AAAS is making the “CASE” for undergrads & grad students to be science advocates!
- Intel Announces Major Effort to Improve Diversity in the Computing Community
- DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications to 2015 LiSPI now accepted till January 23rd
- 2015 Outlook: What do we know, and what are we thinking of, the 114th Congress?
