Margrit Betke awarded NSF grant
Margrit Betke was awarded NSF grant on on crowdsourcing annotations of cell images
Team that includes CS researchers wins the BU Social Entrepreneurship Award
A cross-disciplinary team, including researchers from the BU School of Public Health (SPH), Department of Computer Science, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have won the BU Social Entrepreneurship Award at the BU Tech, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll (TDRR) event yesterday.
Professor Leo Reyzin awarded a $500k grant by NSF
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $500K to fund Professor Reyzin’s research efforts. The three-year project, titled “Noisy Secrets as Alternatives to Passwords and PKI,” will explore innovative approaches to authentication.
Sharon Goldberg’s paper covered by multiple news outlets
“Loopholes for Circumventing the Constitution: Warrantless Bulk Surveillance on Americans By Collecting Network Traffic Abroad” has been referenced in multiple news articles.
CS 591 E1/ IR 500 D1: Cyber Conflict and Internet Freedom
Computer Science and International Relations are offering a new course in cyber conflict and privacy this Fall.
Congratulations to the Class of 2014!
Congratulations to Aaron Stevens!
Dean Sapiro has approved the promotion of Aaron Stevens to Senior Lecturer.
Charles River Workshop on Private Analysis of Social Networks
The Charles River Workshop on Private Analysis of Social Networks will take place on Monday, May 19, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the Hariri Institute, 111 Cummington St, MCS 180, Boston University. There will be talks and a discussion session covering different aspects of the challenge of performing and releasing analyses of graph data while protecting personal information.
State invests $3 million in the BU-led Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC) project
Led by Boston University, the MOC is a collaborative effort and has been funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under a Mass Tech Collaborative Matching Grant Award, with matching grants from key industry participants.
Congratulations to Evimaria Terzi!
President Brown has approved the promotion of Evimaria Terzi to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure!