BU CS opens search for new faculty members!
Boston University Computer Science invites applications for the following positions: A Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science, beginning July 1, 2025. Strong applicants in the area of data management (including database theory, data mining, data systems, and AI for data analytics) are encouraged to apply, but exceptional candidates in other areas will also be considered. […]
Distinguished CS Colloquium Talk by Prof. Dan Olteanu on Nov 13th
Title: Recent Increments in Incremental View Maintenance Speaker: Prof. Dan Olteanu, University of Zurich When: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 @ 11am Where: CDS 950 Abstract The Incremental View Maintenance (IVM) problem is a longstanding and fundamental problem in databases: Given a query and a sequence of updates, which can be inserts of tuples into and […]
Grad Students can Become a Judge for Upcoming Spark! Hackathons
Spark! is recruiting judges and mentors for 2 upcoming Hackathons on Oct 5th and Oct 19th. As a thank you, you will be fed delicious food and snacks and receive Spark! merch!! Saturday, October 5th Welcome Back Mini Hack Judge and Mentor Sign up Saturday, October 19th PreHack (for High School Students) Mentor Sign Up Mentor Non-Student […]
Distinguished CS Colloquium Talk by Prof. Costis Daskalakis on Sep 27th
Title: How to train AI Agents to be Strategic Speaker: Prof. Costis Daskalakis, MIT When: Friday, September 27, 2024 @ 10am Where: HIL 426 Abstract From playing complex games like Go at super-human level to training AI agents that interact with each other and with humans, many outstanding challenges in AI lie at its interface […]
BUCS celebrated the Class of 2024 at the annual Computer Science Convocation ceremony.
At 9 am sharp on May 17, 2024, the Computer Science faculty and degree candidates began their procession into the BU Track and Tennis Center for the 2024 CAS Computer Science Convocation ceremony. Once everyone was seated, Computer Science Department Chair Abraham Matta took to the podium to welcome the graduates and their loved ones […]
Boston University Summer Term High School Programs seek applications for Computer Science Summer Challenge instructors.
Boston University Summer Term High School Programs is currently seeking instructors to teach one or more sections of the Computer Sciance seminar in the Summer Challenge program. Summer Challenge (http://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/summer-challenge/) is one of our most popular pre-college programs. It is offered each summer to rising high school sophomores, juniors, seniors. For two weeks, admitted students take two […]
The BU Soft Robotics Control Lab seeks applications for undergraduate research assistants
The Soft Robotics Control Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering is recruiting 1-3 undergraduate research assistants for paid internships in summer 2024. We’re looking for students who have interests and experience in software engineering to help improve the code we use for our robots. Coursework or experience in multithreading/multiprocessing is a plus. See more […]
BU Spark seeks applications for the Spark! Post-Bacc Fellowship
BU Spark! Placements: Post-baccalaureate Academic Fellows provide support for four experiential learning courses (two in the fall and two in the spring). In addition to supporting coursework during the academic year, this position continues in the summer with support for a summer internship program and activities related to preparation for the academic year. Fellows will […]
BU CS seeks applications for the BU CS Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship
Computer Science Department Placements Applications are closed. The Department of Computer Science (CS) at Boston University invites applications for full-time Post-Baccalaureate Academic Fellow (PAF) openings in support of CS and experiential learning instruction programs for the 2024-2025 academic year. This innovative PAF program is designed for recent recipients of bachelor’s degrees in CS or DS […]
Distinguished CS Colloquium Talk by Prof. Dan Suciu on Feb 21st
Title: Cardinality Estimation: Achilles’ Heel of Query Optimizers Speaker: Prof. Dan Suciu, University of Washington When: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 @ 11am Where: CDS 1750 Abstract Cardinality estimation is the problem of estimating the size of the output of a query, without actually evaluating the query. The estimator has access to some limited statistics on […]