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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

Daily Free Press: New CDS Courses Look Toward the Future of Data Science

in CDS News, Impact, In the News

Read about the new course options at CDS helping students make an impact.

Tagged: Aldo Pacchiano, Alishah Chator, CDS courses

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

Co-Lab Unlocks the Power of Data Science in Journalism

in Impact, Justice Media Co-Lab

Discover Boston University’s Justice Media Co-Lab (JMCL), where students collaborate with top publications like MarketWatch, gain hands-on experience, explore interdisciplinary storytelling, and build career pathways in data-driven journalism.

Tagged: Brooke Williams, Justice Media co-Lab, Langdon White, Ziba Cranmer

Boston Business Journal: Healey unveils Massachusetts AI Hub initiative

in Civic Tech, In the News

Governor Maura Healey has presented her plan for tackling the latest in artificial intelligence and staging Massachusetts as a leader of AI, read all about it here.

Tagged: AI, AI Task Force, Artificial Intelligence

The Boston Globe: State looks to spend $100 million on race to smarter AI

in Civic Tech, Impact, In the News

Read about the commitment Massachusetts legislators are making to take on the artificial intelligence frontier.

Tagged: AI, AI Task Force, Artificial Intelligence, Azer Bestavros, Boston University, Dr. Robert Brown

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BU Today: BU Rises in New Rankings of World Universities and Cited as a Digital Leader in Higher Education

June 18, 2025

BU CDS has launched Boston University to the top of global charts for its quality of education in the data sciences and technologies space.

Photo of Pawel Przytycki, Assistant Professor in Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and core faculty member in the Bioinformatics Program

CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki Named Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow

June 5, 2025

CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki has been named a 2025 Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow for his groundbreaking research in computational genomics. His work bridges data science and biology to advance understanding of gene regulation and disease.

Photo of Assistant Professor Brian Cleary, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University

Spatial Biology Redefined: How Cleary’s Team Is Rethinking Cellular Communication

June 5, 2025

BU’s Brian Cleary develops Perturb-FISH, a method that reveals how genetic changes ripple through intact tissues by preserving spatial cell context.

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