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CDS News

Quanta Magazine: To Understand AI, Watch How It Evolves

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, In the News, Interviews, Research

Take a look at the recent feature of incoming CDS Assistant Professor Naomi Saphra, and her work with LLM behavior to optimize and improve how they are trained and utilized.

Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, Naomi Saphra

Brian Cleary Awarded $2.25M NIH Grant to Advance Single-Cell Gene Expression Research

in Bioinformatics, CDS News, Research

Read about the recent accomplishment recognized by the National Institutes of Health of CDS Assistant Professor Brian Cleary for his work in bioinformatics.

Tagged: Algorithmic Lens on Biology Lab, Azer Bestavros, Bioinformatics Program, Brian Cleary, CDS, Maureen McCarthy, NIH

CDS’s DS109: Building Community and Confidence for Students

in CDS News, In the News, Spark! News

Discover how BU’s DS109 course helps first-year data science students build confidence, community, and academic success with advising, mentorship, and life skills.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, CDS, CDS Game Night, Colleen Kenney, DS109, Elizabeth Carter, Lakyn Bright, Maureen McCarthy, Mentorship, Micah Sieber, Molly-Kate MacLeod, undergraduate

Brewing Ideas: Teaching Tea Builds Community

in CDS News, Interviews

Read about Teaching Tea, a BU Computing & Data Sciences series keeping conversation, connection, and community at its heart for faculty.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, CDS, Events, faculty, Kevin Gold, kira goldner, Mark Crovella, Maureen McCarthy, Pawel Przytycki, pedagogy, teaching, Teaching Tea, Wesley Wildman

BU Today: Boston University’s Margrit Betke Remembered as a Brilliant Scholar, Devoted Mentor, Caring Colleague

in CDS News, In the News

Read about the recent passing of professor Margrit Betke and the kind words that the BU community has shared in her memory and legacy.

Tagged: CDS, Margrit Betke

In Memory of BU Professor Margrit Betke

in Announcement

Remembering Professor Margrit Betke, AI pioneer, award-winning researcher, and founding faculty of BU’s Computing & Data Sciences, whose work and mentorship shaped the future of technology for good.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, CDS Leadership, Data Science Faculty Fellow, Data Science Initiative, In Memory, Margrit Betke, SENSORIUM project, Taskforce on Data Science, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)., women in stem

BU Today: BU Makes LinkedIn’s First “Top Colleges” List for Preparing Students for Career Success

in In the News, Job Opportunities

In its first ever ranking of US colleges, LinkedIn has selected BU as one of the top 50 schools for career preparedness in top fields, including technology and internet, advertising, and higher education.

Tagged: Boston University, careers

BUMC: New AI Tool to Predict Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, Health, Impact, In the News, Research

Read about the work being done by BU researchers to build an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict key signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, CDS, Medicine, Vijaya Kolachalama

The Brink: Looking for Jobs on Indeed or LinkedIn? BU Research Finds It’s Best to Apply Early

in In the News

Read about the work done by economist Andrey Fradkin on how online platforms influence our behavior—whether we’re applying for jobs or booking a vacation rental.

Tagged: careers, data analyst

BU HIC: New AI Model PodGPT Blends Research and Podcasts for Smarter Health Answers

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, Generative AI/ChatGPT, Health, Human Factors in Computing, Impact, In the News, Research

Discover how the Kolachalama Lab is using PodGPT—an AI model trained on real conversations—to transform the way we communicate health and science.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, CDS, ChatGPT, data science, Hariri Institute, LLM, Vijaya Kolachalama

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