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Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar, and collaborators awarded 024 Focused Research Program Award

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Congratulations to Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar, and their collaborators for their program received a 2024 Focused Research Program Award from the Hariri Institute. The Hariri Institute for Computing’s FRP programs support intensive, faculty-driven efforts in large, multi-disciplinary teams. The FRP mission is to evolve and advance Boston University’s research in computing, computational, and data-driven science and engineering […]

Computer Science PhD student Connor Wagaman named one of the 2023 Hariri Graduate Student Fellows

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Congratulations to Computer Science PhD student Connor Wagaman (co-advised by Adam Smith and Marco Gaboardi) for being selected as Hariri Graduate Student Fellow. The Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellows program recognizes exemplary doctoral students at Boston University who are engaged in innovative research related to computational science. This program is designed to support and promote […]

Seven Computer Science Professors awarded Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Awards!

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This Spring seven Computer Science Professors awarded Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Awards! Computer Science Assistant Professor Vasiliki Kalavri, and Computer Science Associate Professor Jonathan Appavoo,  in collaboration with Red Hat Data Scientist Sanjay Arora were awarded $149,986 in funding for their proposal,  “Towards high performance and energy efficiency in open-source stream processing”  Computer Science […]

Professor Jonathan Appavoo shares how he uses Red Hat OpenShift to elevate learning in the classroom

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Jonathan Appavoo, Associate Professor at Boston University, built an innovative, containerized lecture/lab education environment to teach the basics of computer science using Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS and Red Hat OpenShift Data Science. Jonathan uses this containerized cloud services platform on AWS to provide a scalable, industrial-grade Linux environment for the browser-based student learning […]

Statement of Solidarity with our Iranian Community

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October 14, 2022 Statement of Solidarity with our Iranian Community The Department of Computer Science at Boston University stands in solidarity with our Iranian community and those impacted by the violent crackdowns on peaceful protests at Iranian universities. Universities must be places for free speech, respect, and human dignity. We remain committed to supporting all […]

Boston University CS Professors win SaTC Medium Award

Congratulations to BU CS Assistant Professor John Liagouris and his Co-Principal Investigators Mayank Varia (Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences) and fellow CS Assistant Professor Vasiliki Kalavri for receiving a SaTC Medium award to build the next version of Secrecy (for secure collaborative analytics)! Learn more about their work in this presentation.

BU CS Professor Talks Cybersecurity and Cryptography

The Hariri Institute asked experts from the Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cybersecurity (RISCS) about cryptography and its role in maintaining data privacy now, especially in social and legal contexts. They spoke with researchers Ran Canetti (Professor of Computer Science, BU College of Arts and Sciences), Mayank Varia (Associate Professor, Faculty of Computing and […]

The Theoretical Computer Science Volume Honors BU CS Professor Emeritus

The Theoretical Computer Science published a volume titled “Taming Randomness and Complexity” in honor of Peter Gacs, BU CS Professor Emeritus! Theoretical Computer Science is mathematical and abstract in spirit, but it derives its motivation from practical and everyday computation. Its aim is to understand the nature of computation and, as a consequence of this understanding, provide more […]