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Hariri Institute

CDS and Bioinformatics Faculty and Students Recognized for Innovation

in Awards, Bioinformatics, CDS News, Health, Impact, In the News, Research

BU’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering has announced its awardees for this year’s fellowships and research programs!

Tagged: AI, Bioinformatics Program, Boqing Gong, Daniel Segre, Hariri Institute, Research, yannis Paschalidis

BU HIC: New AI Model PodGPT Blends Research and Podcasts for Smarter Health Answers

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, Generative AI/ChatGPT, Health, Human Factors in Computing, Impact, In the News, Research

Discover how the Kolachalama Lab is using PodGPT—an AI model trained on real conversations—to transform the way we communicate health and science.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, CDS, ChatGPT, data science, Hariri Institute, LLM, Vijaya Kolachalama

CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki Named Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow

in Awards

CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki has been named a 2025 Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow for his groundbreaking research in computational genomics. His work bridges data science and biology to advance understanding of gene regulation and disease.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, Hariri Institute, Pawel Przytycki

The Brink: Predicting the Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease with AI

in Health, Impact, In the News, Research

Read about the impactful research being done on using artificial intelligence to calculate the probability of Alzheimer’s.

Tagged: AI, CDS, Hariri Institute, Research, yannis Paschalidis

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Advancing Responsible AI: Naomi Saphra Joins CDS as Assistant Professor

July 13, 2026

We're excited to welcome Assistant Professor Naomi Saphra to CDS, bringing her passion deep learning and real-world impact. Read her Q&A here!

The BU team that helped build two new tools to make it easier for towns to go green (from left): Jonathan Buonocore, Emily Ryan, Cutler Cleveland, Patricia Fabian, and Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy, who is the Clean Energy and Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) Initiative program manager. Photo by Alison Gold

Duan Family Faculty Fellow Emily Ryan Helps Launch Clean Energy Tools for Massachusetts

July 13, 2026

Read about the local sustainability impact being made by Faculty Fellow Emily Ryan and her team!

Photo of CDS 2026 graduates receiving awards

2026 Faculty, Staff, & Student Awards

June 11, 2026

The 2025-2026 academic year has come to a close, so we're celebrating community achievement! Students, faculty, and staff were recognized this year for their work and impact.

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