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BU Today: Data Days for Good Gets Students to Address Real-World Challenges

in CDS News, Civic Tech, Equity, Events, Impact, In the News, Mentorship

Read all about the forces for change sparked through this year’s Data Days for Good with MassMutual.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, CDS, data science, MassMutual, Ziba Cranmer

3 Questions with MassMutual’s Adam Fox

in Interviews

MassMutual’s Adam Fox discusses what inspired him to enter to the field of data science and offers tools to enter the professions.

Tagged: Adam Fox, AI, data science, Generative AI, MassMutual, Maureen McCarthy, wellness

Data Science and the Power of Mentorship

in Mentorship

Learn about the BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences/MassMutual partnership and the Data Days for Good Mentorship Program.

Tagged: BU Spark!, Data Days for Good, MassMutual

Research & Impact Video: 20 Milestones

in Research

Learn about BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences year of discovery, experiential learning, and innovation.

Tagged: ADSA, Aldo Pacchiano, Allison McDonald, Azer Bestavros, Brian Cleary, BU Spark!, kira goldner, Langdon White, Leonidas Kontothanassis, Mark Crovella, MassMutual, Mayank Varia, Neha Gondal, Ngozi Okidegbe, Pawel Przytycki, PIT-UN Convening 2023, Wesley Wildman, Xuezhou (Jack) Zhang, Ziba Cranmer

Algorithmic Fairness Panel Discussion

in Conference News

Read about the growing data science field and the push to adopt ethical standards and collaborate with multiple disciplines to create new algorithms. 

Tagged: Algorithms, Azer Bestavros, BU College of Communications, fairness, Kevin Fitzpatrick., Manish Raghavan, MassMutual, Merve Hickok, Michelle Johnson, PIT-UN, Sina Fazelpour, Ziba Cranmer

Data Days for Good, Making Real Life Change

in Mentorship, Spark! News

Read about the MassMutual, BU Computing & Data Sciences, and BU Spark Data Days for Good summer 2023 mentorship program.

Tagged: BU Spark!, data science, MassMutual, Mentorship

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

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

MassMutual/BU Partnership

in In the News

MassMutual on Bloomberg Radio, speaking about the partnership with Boston University announced August 24, 2021

Tagged: data science, gift, MassMutual

MassMutual Gifts BU $1M to Bolster New Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

in In the News

MassMutual Gifts BU $1 Million to Bolster New Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences [Businesswire]

Tagged: computing, data sciences, gift, MassMutual

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Headshot of Mayank Varia, BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

How BU’s Cryptographers Made Equity Unhackable

November 15, 2025

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.

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

November 14, 2025

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.

Photo collage of Faculty member headshots from Boston University, including Kira Goldner from the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

The Brink: National Science Foundation Honors 6 BU Researchers with CAREER Awards

November 14, 2025

CDS Assistant Professor Kira Goldner has been awarded by the NSF to advance her work on fairer allocation of social services, using data science to tackle inequalities and more.

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