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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

BU’s 5 NSF Grant Winners Are Changing Conversations in Robotics, Computing, Mass Incarceration, Neurology, and More

in Awards, CDS News, Equity, In the News

Read about the big impact being made by BU faculty, including CDS’ own Jessica Simes, who is creating change with invaluable research in a variety of disparities surrounding the criminal justice system.

Tagged: Awards, data science, equity

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

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

Learning to Think after ChatGPT Panel Discussion

in CDS News, Events

Video: What is ChatGPT? What will the future of AI text generation be like? How can a university formulate ethical policies to incorporate the reality of ChatGPT into teaching? Boston University panelists Najoung Kim, Wesley J. Wildman, and moderator Mark Crovella address these questions.

Tagged: ChatGPT, computing, data science, faculty

Leonidas Kontothanassis Joins the CDS Faculty at BU

in Profiles

Learn about Leonidas Kontothanassis — the Inaugural MassMutual Professor of the Practice — bringing real-world experience to the classroom.

Tagged: data science, Leonidas Kontothanassis, MassMutual

The Best of Both Worlds: Giorgos Zervas on the Intersection of Marketing and Data Science

in Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Impact, Machine Learning, Mechanism Design, Profiles

Read more about the connections being made at CDS between marketing through Questrom and data science.

Tagged: data science, marketing

Investigating How Population Changes Affect Voter Turnout

in CDS News

Read about how The Justice Media co-Lab — the first interdisciplinary curricular collaboration between CDS and The College of Communication (COM) — is investigating the effects of population changes on voting results and other important subject matter.

Tagged: COM, data science, journalism, Justice Media co-Lab

BU Announces New Data Source: National Voter File

in CDS News

Read about how Boston University acquiring a three-year subscription to a national voter file for the United States, and what this means for data science and further research implications.

Tagged: civic tech, data science, database, L2

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Boston University appoints Joshua Campbell as new director of the Bioinformatics Program

January 15, 2026

Professor Joshua Campbell has been appointed as the new director of the Boston University Bioinformatics Program. Read more about his background and vision for the program here!

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CCDS Hosts Experts and State Officials for Event on AI Progress

December 15, 2025

At an recent event focused on AI work across the state, AI experts came together at CCDS to discuss the future and of AI and its potential for positive impact.

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CDS Alum Osama Dabbousi Named Rhodes Scholar

December 12, 2025

Read about CDS alum Osama Dabbousi, and his recent achievement in receiving the prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

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