New Paper on Cryptocurrency and Security from Prof. Goldberg
A new paper from Associate Professor Sharon Goldberg, PhD student Ethan Heilman, and University of Pittsburgh researcher Yuval Marcus discusses eclipse attacks on blockchains, how these attacks are carried out on the Ethereum network, and what steps should be taken to guard against such attacks. The paper, entitled “Low-Resource Eclipse Attacks on Ethereum’s Peer-to-Peer Network,” has received […]
Harsh Patel (CAS’19) and Teammates win Health Track at HackRice
Congratulations to Harsh Patel (CAS ’19) and his team for winning the Health Track at HackRice, a hackathon held at Rice University in Houston, Texas from September 22 – 24th. Harsh and his teammates built a medical device for individuals with dementia and alzheimer’s, using just a Raspberry Pi Kit and less than $50 of materials, and […]
Professor Whiting Awarded Innovation Career Development Professorship
Congratulations to Professor Emily Whiting for being awarded an Innovation Career Development Professorship! This competitive, University-wide award reflects the outstanding and innovative work that Emily is conducting with the Department of Computer Science. See this link for more information from the Office of the Provost on Career Development Professorships. Congrats, Professor Whiting!
Professor Saenko and Research Team Win Most Innovative Solution at CVPR Conference
Professor Kate Saenko and her students Huijuan Xu and Abir Das won the prize for the Most Innovative Solution on the IEEE Large Scale Activity Recognition Challenge, which was held as part of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). The Large Scale Activity Recognition Challenge, as described here, “focuses on recognizing high-level […]
Professor Sharon Goldberg Named Rising Star in Networking and Communication by N2Women
Congratulations to Professor Sharon Goldberg for being recognized on this year’s list of Rising Stars in Networking and Communication by N2Women! This award, now in its 10th year, is given by Networking Networking Women (N2Women), an 850 member organization supported by ACM, IEEE, NSF, and industry. N2Women write that “Sharon is a powerhouse in network […]
CS PhD Student Wenxin Feng Wins ALS Assistive Technology Challenge
BU Computer Science PhD student Wenxin Feng belongs to one of two teams that won the international ALS Assistive Technology Challenge by the ALS Association and Price4Life. The $400,000 award was given last week in a ceremony in Dublin, Ireland. Wenxin’s team was praised for developing “unique and innovative technologies” and having the “promising potential for offering life altering communication solutions […]
Associate Dean Stan Sclaroff named Fellow with IAPR and IEEE
Stanley Sclaroff, who serves as Associate Dean of the Faculty for Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Professor with the Department of Computer Science, has been named a Fellow with both the International Association of Pattern Recognition and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The IAPR is an association of non-profit, scientific, and professional organizations with […]
BU CS Commencement Celebration
Congratulations to our 2016 graduating class. Best of luck to you all!