Erin Murdock
Erin has been overseeing finances and personnel administration in CDS since 2022. As Assistant Director of Finance & Personnel, Erin oversees and supports all financial and student worker processes related to the programmatic and administrative operations of the unit. This includes the annual budgeting process, student hiring and payroll, ongoing financial administrative transactions, and budget […]
Colleen Kenney
Colleen Kenney joined BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences in 2022 as the Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor. In this role, Colleen supports undergraduate students majoring or minoring in Data Science. Broadly, her support comes in the form of helping students explore their academic interests, developing course plans that align with academic requirements, referring students to […]
Chris DeVits
Chris has been with CDS since July 2021. Previously, he was the Department Manager for CAS Computer Science. Chris earned his BA in Politics from Saint Anselm College in 2007. He earned his Masters of Education in 2009 and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in 2016, both from Boston University’s School of Education. He […]
Tanima Chatterjee
Tanima Chatterjee is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS). As a Clinical Assistant Professor, Tanima’s primary responsibilities revolve around teaching basic competencies and practical skills that are necessary for students to tackle more advanced subjects and pursue applications that require practical knowledge. Tanima […]
Azer Bestavros
Azer Bestavros is the inaugural Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences appointed in 2019 to oversee the development and launch of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) a university-wide tenure-home and degree-granting academic unit focused on broadening BU’s footprint in computational and data-driven research as well as introduce new educational pathways for […]
Mayank Varia
Mayank Varia is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University. He also serves as the Director of Admissions for the PhD program in CDS and leads the Hub for Civic Tech research, which is focusing on advancing computing and data science technologies in the public interest. His research […]
Kevin Gold
Kevin Gold is Associate Professor of the Practice and Preceptor for Instruction in the Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences. Before landing at Boston University he was an algorithm design engineer at Epson, a software engineer at Google, a research scientist at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and a professor at Wellesley, RIT, and Northeastern. His interests […]
Langdon White
Langdon White is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University. Langdon comes to CDS after nearly a decade at Red Hat, Inc. where he was most recently a Technical Marketing Manager. While at Red Hat, he worked on re-architecting Fedora (a Linux Distribution) for more flexibility in […]
Mark Crovella
Mark Crovella is Professor of Computing and Data Sciences, and Professor of Computer Science. He is Chair of Academic Affairs for the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, with overall responsibility for the academic experience of CDS students, including oversight of its degree programs and course offerings. From 2013-2018, Mark was Chair of the Department […]
Wesley Wildman
Wesley Wildman is a Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics in the School of Theology at Boston University. His primary research and teaching interests are in philosophical theology, philosophy of religion, philosophical ethics, religion and science, the scientific study of religion, computational humanities, computational social sciences, and the ethics of emerging technologies. Dr. Wildman teaches […]