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Joshua Peterson

CDS Assistant Professor Joshua Peterson Merges AI and Behavioral Science

in Artificial Intelligence, Research

AI models like GPT-4o often assume humans are more rational than we are. CDS Assistant Professor Joshua Peterson’s research reveals why this bias matters for machine intelligence.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Behavioral Science, Joshua Peterson, Large Language Models, LLM, machine learning

New Spring 2025 CDS Courses Announced

in Announcement, CDS News

CDS announces new spring 2024 courses.

Tagged: AI, Aldo Pacchiano, Alishah Chator, artificial intellegence, Joshua Peterson, machine learning, mathematical and computational social sciences, privacy

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

Joshua Peterson Joins BU as Assistant Professor in CDS

in CDS News, Profiles

Read about Joshua Peterson, assistant professor with BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Tagged: faculty, Joshua Peterson

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Photo of Pawel Przytycki, Assistant Professor in Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and core faculty member in the Bioinformatics Program

CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki Named Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow

June 5, 2025

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.

Photo of Assistant Professor Brian Cleary, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University

Spatial Biology Redefined: How Cleary’s Team Is Rethinking Cellular Communication

June 5, 2025

BU’s Brian Cleary develops Perturb-FISH, a method that reveals how genetic changes ripple through intact tissues by preserving spatial cell context.

BU Today: BU Data Platform Will Help Massachusetts Track, and Work to Close, Wage Gaps

June 4, 2025

CDS researchers selected to extend across the state an encrypted data program already in use to track the gender and racial wage gaps in Boston.

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