In BU’s Online Master’s Program, Students Learn How Data Science Makes AI Happen
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.
MesComputing: Report Ranks This US City As World’s Top AI Hub
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.
The Brink: Predicting the Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease with AI
Read about the impactful research being done on using artificial intelligence to calculate the probability of Alzheimer’s.
Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?
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.
Boston 25 News: AI in Schools
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.
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.
Newsweek: What’s Missing From Our Current Conversation About AI and Medicine
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.
Comments on AI Accountability: Harnessing BU’s Interdisciplinary Community
Faculty members of CDS came together to publish a contribution to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration regarding AI governance. Read about the process and their comments on AI accountability.
PITCASES: Navigating the Generative AI Education Policy Landscape
Read about how Professor Wildman and Professor Crovella of CDS have been helping to set the standard for AI’s role in education.
POV: AI as Plastic: Useful, Cheap, Fragile
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.