Wednesday, November 30, 2016 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, networking and refreshments at 2:45 PM Hariri Institute for Computing 111 Cummington Mall, Room 180 In collaboration with Boston University’s Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security Group (RISCS), the Hariri Institute for Computing will be hosting Argyro Karanasiou (Senior Lecturer of Law, Bournemouth University) for a Wednesday@Hariri seminar. Emergent Normative and […]
Friday, June 10, 2016 12pm -1 pm Location: PHO 339, 8 St Marys St
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 9:45am–10:45am Location: MCS-180 (Hariri Seminar Room), 111 Cummington Mall
As featured in recent worldwide news, Sharon Goldberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Hariri Institute Fellow, discovered a potential vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol (NTP), the software that synchronizes clocks on computers. In a paper released on October 21st, Goldberg and her team reported a security problem that affects the clock function of tens of […]
Boston University researchers, including Hariri Institute Founding Director, Azer Bestavros, hosted a free, hands-on cybersecurity workshop at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in Holyoke, MA on December 12, 2015. The Hacking with Holyoke Codes workshop was attended by over 20 young people who learned about secret codes and cryptography. Both kids and their parents participated […]
On July 8, Hariri Institute Director Azer Bestavros briefed Department of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) officials on several cybersecurity projects now in progress at BU, including the Modular Approach to Cloud Security (MACS), a $10 million, five-year, National Science Foundation–funded project to help develop information systems with several layers of security measures, and Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC), a computing cloud Hariri is developing […]
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 12:30–1:30pm Location: 121 Baystate Road
Sharon Goldberg, a Hariri Institute Faculty Fellow and associate professor of computer science, has serious concerns about the FBI’s request to unlock Apple’s iPhone. Goldberg, a network security expert, sat down with BU Research to discuss the ongoing standoff between Apple and the FBI, as well as its potential to introduce substantial security risks for Apple and its […]
Budget proposals for the next fiscal year are expected to invest more heavily in research, including studies in the area of cybersecurity, fields in which BU and the Hariri Institute are leading research institutions. Hariri Founding Director, Azer Bestavros, and Hariri Faculty Fellow Sharon Goldberg both expressed their excitement over the proposed increase for cybersecurity […]
Saturday, December 12, 2015 10:00am – 2:00pm Location: Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in Holyoke, MA