CDS Spring Fling Reflections & Inspirations from Emma Steel
Read about the CDS Student Government’s first annual Spring Fling in April 2024.
CDS Faculty Fellow Ana Fiszbein Receives $1.3M CAREER Grant From NSF
Read about CDS Faculty Fellow Ana Fiszbein and the $1.3 Million CAREER grant she received from the National Science Foundation.
Student Voices: Harnessing Data Science for Urban Policy-making
With the success of the recent Exploring Data & Cities panel event, read student moderator Vijay Fisch’s perspective on the panel’s impact and its important context.
CDS Student Voices & Inspirations: One Word’24
Hear from the students of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences as they share what CDS means to them and how they would sum up CDS in just one word.
Leading the Way: Women in Computing & Data Science
Leading the Way: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) called on a computational biologist, data scientists, researchers, and innovators to share their professional journey, highlight an empowering experience, and describe ways they pay it forward.
Exploring Data & Cities Panel Discussion
The Data & Cities event brings together a panel of the City of Boston and state-level officials working at the nexus of data analysis, data governance, and urban policy.
Behind the Myth of Gig Work Benefits
Social Justice for Data Science Roundup: Veena Dubal, professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law, discusses the unpredictability of today’s gig wage economy and the data surrounding its core problems.
Data Science Majors & Minors Get Their Game On!
CDS hosted its first Game Night on Wednesday, January 24. The event attracted over 80 of CDS’ best and brightest gamers! Taking full advantage of the CDS 17th floor’s multi-projection screens, high ceilings, and city skyline views, data science students immersed themselves in a variety of action-packed games — Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, Mario […]
Welcome New Staff Members
Join us in welcoming three new staff members to the BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences team: Alessandra Augusto, our new Events and Communications Manager, Nicole Bonito, Assistant Director of Graduate Aid and Operations, and Catie Kim, Director of CDS Strategic Initiatives. We are thrilled to have them on board as their expertise and enthusiasm will […]
Q&A with CDS Advising
By Melina Nguyen, COM’25 In this Q&A, we sat down with CDS Advisors Colleen Kenney, assistant director of Undergraduate Academic Advising, Lakyn Bright, and Elizabeth Carter, advisors with Undergraduate Academic Advising, to unwrap some of the most common questions asked by CDS undergraduates. How do you get involved at CDS? With a building comprised of 17 floors bustling with […]