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CISS/Spark! Partnership Supports Innovative New Social Science Projects

in Civic Tech, Research, Spark! News

Read about the partnership between the Center for Innovation in Social Science and BU Spark! that is funding research projects with big impact!

Tagged: BU Spark!, CISS, data science

Research & Impact Video: 20 Milestones

in Research

Learn about BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences year of discovery, experiential learning, and innovation.

Tagged: ADSA, Aldo Pacchiano, Allison McDonald, Azer Bestavros, Brian Cleary, BU Spark!, kira goldner, Langdon White, Leonidas Kontothanassis, Mark Crovella, MassMutual, Mayank Varia, Neha Gondal, Ngozi Okidegbe, Pawel Przytycki, PIT-UN Convening 2023, Wesley Wildman, Xuezhou (Jack) Zhang, Ziba Cranmer

Newsweek: What’s Missing From Our Current Conversation About AI and Medicine

in Artificial Intelligence, Research, Views & Voices

Check out this Newsweek article written by CDS’ own Archana Venkataraman about the potential that AI has in the medicine worldwide and what unexpected considerations must also be brought into the conversation.

Tagged: AI, Archana Venkataraman, Medicine

MainStreetPulse: An Early Warning Platform for Monitoring and Supporting Main Street Businesses

in Research

Read about the CDS research project designed to better understand the health of individual small businesses and Main Street business districts in Boston using cryptography, incentives, and publicly available data.

Tagged: kira goldner, Langdon White, Mayank Varia, Ziba Cranmer

Four-Week Machine Learning Symposium, Fall 2024

in Machine Learning

The CDS Machine Learning Symposium brings together leading scholars in machine learning to delve into the cutting-edge developments and foundational technologies shaping the field of machine learning.

Tagged: Aldo Pacchiano, lecture series, machine learning, Xuezhou (Jack) Zhang

Cleary’s ‘Scalable genetic screening for regulatory circuits using compressed Perturb-seq’ paper published in Nature Biotechnology

in Research

Read about CDS Prof. Brian Cleary’s ‘Scalable genetic screening for regulatory circuits using compressed Perturb-seq’ paper published in Nature Biotechnology.

Tagged: Brian Cleary, Nature Biotechnology

The Brink: Kilachand Fund Awards Go to Crystal Rib Cage and Brain Connection Projects

in Research

Read about the winners of 2023 interdisciplinary research fund grants aim to improve study of lung disease and brain development.

Tagged: Brian Cleary, Kilachand Fund Awards, Michael Economo

BU Professors Earn NSF Grant for Data Science Project Fighting Online Misinformation

in Research

BU Professors Earn NSF Grant for Data Science Project Fighting Online Misinformation

Tagged: Marshall Van Alstyne, Mayank Varia, misinformation, Research

Prof. Allison McDonald Explores Privacy and Safety Issues Related to Online Sexual Content

in Research

Read about Prof. Allison McDonald’s research studying the motivations of sexual content creators on OnlyFans, a subscription website many sex workers use.

Tagged: Allison McDonald, Only Fans, Research

Demystifying AI to Mitigate its Negative Consequences

in Artificial Intelligence

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CDS Faculty Fellow Brian DePasquale Wins Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

February 17, 2026

Read about CDS Faculty Fellow Brian DePasquale's research project developing AI models of how human brains perceive odors, securing a 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship.

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Joshua Peterson Leads DARPA-Funded Study on AI Trust

February 2, 2026

CDS Assistant Professor Joshua Peterson leads project developing a scalable “Trust Score” to predict how and when people will rely on AI decision-makers across different domains - read more about it here!

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Boston University Launches Online Master of Science in Enterprise AI

January 27, 2026

The Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences announces the launch of its premiere Enterprise in AI online graduate program. Read about it here.

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