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How BU’s Cryptographers Made Equity Unhackable

in CDS News, Interviews, Privacy, Research

Learn about how BU researchers, led by professor Mayank Varia, were able to use cryptography to create a privacy-preserving platform to analyze wage-equity without revealing individuals’ payrolls and other data.

Tagged: BWWC, CDS, cryptography, Massachusetts, Mayank Varia, Neha Gondal, Research, Shriya Jonnalagadda

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

in CDS News, Equity, Ethics, Events, Impact, In the News, Research, Statistics

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.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, CDS, data science, Law, Massachusetts, Mayank Varia, Wage Equity

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CDS Welcomes 2026 Convocation Speaker Aristotle Balogh

May 12, 2026

This year's convocation speaker has been announced! Read all about industry leader Ari Balogh here.

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Through the Lens of CDS: A 2025-2026 Photo Essay

May 11, 2026

Walk through the 2025 - 2026 school year in photos shot by CDS Student Event Photographer Isabella Boncser!

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CDS’s Xuezhou Zhang Secures NIH Funding for AI-Driven Drug Repurposing Collaboration

May 6, 2026

Read about CDS Assistant Professor Xuezhou “Jack” Zhang's award-winning research on AI-driven drug repurposing and more.

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