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John Byers Joins National Panel on AI Adoption at AASHTO Leadership Conference

On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, AIDA Executive Director John Byers joined transportation and technology leaders at the AASHTO Agency Administration Leadership Conference, held at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza in Boston. Byers served as a panelist on the conference's opening plenary session, which drew approximately 250 transportation officials representing all... More

5/29: Boston Tech Week

The following events are presented by Boston University Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, as a part of #BostonTechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com. Register in the links below: Transforming Brain Health and Disease through AI - More

5/13: AI In-Studio Workshop: Teaching and Learning Health Communication with HeyGen

Date:  Wednesday, May 13th 2026 Time:  12:00 - 2:00 pm Location: Hiebert Lounge, 72 E. Concord Street The AI Development Accelerator and Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning invite members of the BU community to attend a workshop on the BU Medical Campus on Simulating Human Interactions with HeyGen, a generative AI... More

4/30: MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium

Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm On April 30, the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) will host the third annual MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium. This day-long event will feature MIT faculty research presentations, a keynote address by Jon Kleinberg, Tisch University Professor of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University, More

4/24: ECE Seminar: Ed Solovey & Osama AlShaykh

AI is Changing Software Development—Are We Ready? Location: PHO 211 Time: 11 am - 12:30 pm Software Development in the Era of AI: Industry and Academia Perspectives Software development is undergoing a fundamental shift. AI is no longer just a tool—it is becoming part of how software is built, and how it behaves. Professors Osama... More

Good Morning BU Spotlights AIDA & AI at BU Student Certificate

Good Morning BU, BUTV10’s first and only live news show, recently spotlighted AIDA, the AI at BU Student Certificate, and the general use of AI across campus. The two-minute segment featured Afia Asamoah, a BUTV10 campus correspondent; John Byers, AIDA Executive Director; and two student perspectives. Byers emphasized the importance... More