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Research

CDS Assistant Professor Kira Goldner Receives NSF CAREER Award

in CDS News, Equity, Ethics, Impact, Research

Read about CDS Assistant Professor Kira Goldner receipt of the highly competitive prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her groundbreaking research in Multidimensional Utility Maximization.

Tagged: computing, data science, faculty, kira goldner, NSF CAREER Award, women in data science

BU Lab Unveils Perturb-FISH, a Breakthrough in Gene Function Mapping

in Research

Read about a new paper in Cell Press that introduces Perturb-FISH, a cost-effective, less invasive genetic screening method developed at Boston University that could revolutionize genomics, biotech, and precision medicine.

Tagged: Bioinformatics Program, Brian Cleary

Prof. Dolores Acevedo-Garcia Named Faculty Fellow of BU Computing & Data Sciences

in In the News, Research

Read about the appointment of new Faculty Fellow Professor Acevedo-Garcia.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, CDS, data science, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Michael Chang

The Brink: What Is Convergent Research and Why Is BU Embracing It?

in CDS News, Impact, In the News, Research

Read this article about BU announcing a new push for collaborative research, aiming to increase progress on major societal challenges.

Tagged: CDS, data science, Ngozi Okidegbe, Research, social justice

CDS Welcomes Acevedo-Garcia and Chang as Faculty Fellows

in Announcement, Equity, Q&A, Research

CDS welcomes two new Faculty Fellows! Explore their focus areas and insights in a Q&A with Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Michael Chang.

Tagged: AI, Azer Bestavros, CDS, data science, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Faculty Fellows, Michael Chang

The Brink: Born with Muscular Dystrophy, Justin Moy Now Seeks to Defeat It

in Bioinformatics, CDS News, Health, Impact, In the News, Research

Check out the inspired research being done in CDS bioinformatics as part of the Przytycki lab!

Tagged: bioinformatics, CDS, data science, Pawel Przytycki

Elsevier: Will the American research university make it to its 100th birthday?

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

Read this op-ed piece about the future of research by Dr. Robert A. Brown

Tagged: data science, Dr. Robert Brown, NSF, Op-Ed Dr. Robert A. Brown, Research, rob

BU News Service: Deepseek – An Innovation or New Competition?

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, Generative AI/ChatGPT, Impact, In the News, Research

BU CDS Professor Thomas Gardos was interviewed recently regarding new AI frontrunner Deepseek. Read here about Gardos’ insight into the company’s ventures.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, CDS, ChatGPT, Deepseek, Generative AI, Thomas Gardos

BU Today: Does China’s DeepSeek Represent a New—and Much Cheaper—Frontier in AI Technology?

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, Generative AI/ChatGPT, In the News, Research

Read the Q&A with CDS Chair of Academic Affairs and Professor of Computer Science Mark Crovella about the DeepSeek technology and what it means for the AI race.

Tagged: AI, Deepseek, LLM, Mark Crovella

BU Annual Report: Taking a Scalpel to AI

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

A first-of-its-kind program is helping Boston University computer scientist Mark Crovella investigate AI—asking, can we trust it? Should we trust it? Is it safe? Is it perpetrating biases and spreading misinformation?

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, BU Annual Report 2024, Mark Crovella

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