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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

BU Today: This Student-Created CDS Workshop Examines Equality in the Technology Industry

in Equity, Impact, In the News

Check out this BU Today article on the Spark! Exploring DEI in Tech program tackles the many current areas in need of improvement with regards to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

Tagged: civic tech, equity, Spark

Justice Media co-Lab at Boston University

in CDS News, In the News, Justice Media Co-Lab

Check out the University of Vermont’s feature story on the new program making big change: the Justice Media co-Lab from CDS and COM at Boston University.

Tagged: Justice Media co-Lab, Spark

Two Major Awards to BU in Support of CDS Labs

in CDS News

The Boston University Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences is excited to announce that it has been awarded two grants from New America’s Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) Challenge to establish both a CDS Impact Lab on Equity and a Justice Media co-Lab.

Tagged: equity, grants, impact lab, PIT-UN, Spark

BU Spark! To Live in CDS

in CDS News, Spark! News

Read about where Spark! is headed and how its new location in CDS will be creating many more opportunities for the program.

Tagged: Boston University, Spark

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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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