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

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, In the News, Interviews

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.

Tagged: AI, AIDA, Artificial Intelligence, data science courses, John Byers

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