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Innovations in Education, CDS Faculty Deploys AI Tutor

in Artificial Intelligence

CDS Associate Professor of the Practice Kevin Gold discusses the process of creating the “Socratic AI Tutor.”

Tagged: AI, Amanda Atlas, Artificial Intelligence, DS110, Kevin Gold, Maureen McCarthy

ProPublica: Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse, Even With Their Families

in Ethics, In the News, Justice Media Co-Lab

Read about the recent court case surrounding unpaid wages and the ongoing fight for justice.

Tagged: Brooke Williams, BU Spark!, Justice Media co-Lab

In BU’s Online Master’s Program, Students Learn How Data Science Makes AI Happen

in Artificial Intelligence, Interviews, Q&A

In this Q&A, Azer Bestavros, Boston University associate provost, discusses the Online Master’s in Data Science program, its curriculum, career-enhancing benefits, and more.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Azer Bestavros, data science, Maureen McCarthy, Michael S. Goldberg, Online Master's in Data Science

Futurity: AI Can Diagnose 10 Types of Dementia

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

Learn about the recent developments being made on dementia diagnosis at the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences with Professor Vijaya Kolachalama’s research on a clinically scalable AI tool.

Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, CDS, Vijaya Kolachalama

MesComputing: Report Ranks This US City As World’s Top AI Hub

in Artificial Intelligence, In the News

BU has helped Boston become a center for artificial intelligence research and development, read about what stats went into this report and what this means for the future.

Tagged: AI, CDS, data science, Research

The Brink: Predicting the Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease with AI

in Health, Impact, In the News, Research

Read about the impactful research being done on using artificial intelligence to calculate the probability of Alzheimer’s.

Tagged: AI, CDS, Hariri Institute, Research, yannis Paschalidis

The Boston Globe: BU survey says people want social networks, not government, to remove fake news

in Ethics, Impact, In the News, Research

Recent legal verdicts have had big implications on the data of social media. Read about the discussions around them and the recommendations Assistant Professor Chris Chao Su has for the future of social networks.

Tagged: CDS, Chris Chao Su, COM

Inside Higher Ed: The Uncertain Future of Private Research Universities

in Impact, In the News, Research

Dr. Brown writes that the growing share of research costs covered by institutions risks making the private research university business model unsustainable. Read more about his thoughts in this article.

Tagged: Boston University, CDS, Robert Brown

Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?

in Artificial Intelligence

BU CDS Chair of Academic Affairs and Computer Science Professor Mark Crovella will use first-of-its-kind federal AI pilot program to scrutinize artificial intelligence for “socially undesirable behavior”. Read more.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Mark Crovella, misinformation, NSF

Boston 25 News: AI in Schools

in CDS News, Generative AI/ChatGPT, In the News, Interviews, Research

Artificially generated photos and videos are putting students at risk, read this article from Boston 25 News with an interview from CDS Professor Wesley Wildman on the implications of these growing issues.

Tagged: AI, Boston University, CDS, data science, Generative AI, Wesley Wildman

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2026 Faculty, Staff, & Student Awards

June 11, 2026

The 2025-2026 academic year has come to a close, so we're celebrating community achievement! Students, faculty, and staff were recognized this year for their work and impact.

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CDS Assistant Professor Siddharth Mishra-Sharma Leads BU in Joining NSF Institute for Artificial Intelligence

June 4, 2026

Boston University is joining a national effort to pioneer the forefront of artificial intelligence. Read here about how CDS is now apart of the NSF's AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI).

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CDS and Bioinformatics Faculty and Students Recognized for Innovation

May 28, 2026

BU's Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering has announced its awardees for this year's fellowships and research programs!

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