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Four New Faculty Members Join the CDS Community

in CDS News, Faculty Positions, Machine Learning

BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences welcomes new faculty. Read about Aldo Pacchiano, Joshua Peterson, Lisa Wobbes, and Xuezhou (Jack) Zhang.

Tagged: Aldo Pacchiano, Joshua Peterson, Lisa Wobbes, Xuezhou (Jack) Zhang

BU Named as World Building of the Year Finalist

in CDS News, In the News

Read about the Duan Family Center of Computing and Data Sciences’ nomination for World Building of the Year.

Tagged: Awards, Azer Bestavros, center for computing & data sciences

CDS Welcomes Four New Team Members

in Profiles

Read about our CDS’s new academic advisors and BU Spark’s new data science manager and postdoctoral fellow.

Tagged: Advising, center for computing & data sciences, CHASS, data science, Spark

Lisa Wobbes Joins CDS as a Clinical Assistant Professor

in CDS News

Read about Lisa Wobbes, clinical assistant professor with BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Tagged: data science, faculty, Lisa Wobbes

Distinguished Lecturer, Laure Zanna

in Climate, Distinguished Lecture Series, Machine Learning, Sustainability

Climate Modeling with AI: Hype or Reality? Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | 11:00 AM | CDS 1750 As part of its Distinguished Speaker Series for 2023, the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences is proud to welcome Professor Laure Zanna to Boston University on Tuesday, July 18. Professor Zanna will deliver a lecture entitled, “Climate Modeling […]

Tagged: Distinguished Speaker Series

CNN: WAF Awards 2023: World’s best new buildings unveiled

in CDS News, In the News

CCDS has been announced as a finalist in this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards! Check out this CNN article on the awards!

Tagged: Boston University, center for computing & data sciences

NBC Boston: How Boston higher ed is responding to the advancing technology

in Artificial Intelligence, In the News

How are Boston schools and colleges preparing to use AI? Azer Bestavros, associate provost of BU Computing & Data Sciences weighs in.

Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, Azer Bestavros

BU Students Participate in Data Days for Good MassMutual Mentorship Program

in CDS News

Learn about the summer 2023 Boston University and MassMutual mentorship event, Data Days for Good.

Tagged: computer science, Data Days for Good, data science, MassMutual, Mentorship

POV: AI as Plastic: Useful, Cheap, Fragile

in CDS News, Views & Voices

In this BU CDS Views & Voices POV, Kevin Gold, Associate Professor of the Practice, shares his thoughts on AI and its connection to plastics: useful, cheap and fragile.

Tagged: AI, news, Point of View

CDS Reading & Listening Guide Summer 2023

in CDS News

BU Faculty of Computing & Data Science share their most inspiring books and podcasts.

Tagged: Allison McDonald, Azer Bestavros, data science, Generative AI, Kevin Gold, Pawel Przytycki, Roscoe Giles

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CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki has been recognized by the LAMA2 Association with an award for his team's research.

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How BU’s Cryptographers Made Equity Unhackable

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Learn about how BU researchers, led by professor Mayank Varia, were able to use cryptography to create a privacy-preserving platform to analyze wage-equity without revealing individuals' payrolls and other data.

CDS Affiliate John Byers Selected to Lead AIDA and Advise the Provost on AI Strategy for BU

November 14, 2025

CDS Affiliated Faculty and former Founding Faculty member John Byers has been appointed Executive Director of BU AIDA, read about it and CDS Associate Provost Azer Bestavros' words of support for this appointment.

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