Researchers from BU and MIT Work to Overcome Algorithmic Bias
Computer Science Professors Adam Smith and Ran Canetti, alongside their CS PhD student Sarah Scheffler (GRS’21), are working with MIT PhD students Aloni Cohen, Nishanth Dikkala, and Govind Ramnarayan to figure out what, if anything, can be done to understand and minimize bias from decision-making systems that depend on computer programs. Their work was recently accepted for publication at […]
Department Goes Green to Achieve Gold
On Wednesday, November 7th, sustainability@BU officially certified the Boston University Department of Computer Science as a Green Department, earning the level of Gold. BU CS is the seventh department at Boston University to earn Green Department Certification, and the first in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Green Office Certification Program, launched in 2011 […]
CAS Professors Use Web Browsing Data to Predict Election Results
From BU Today — As the predictions for the 2016 presidential election remind us, polling the electorate is an imperfect science. Most polls claimed that Hillary Clinton would be our next president—it seemed a foregone conclusion—and most polls were wrong, although many forecasts for the popular vote were very close—off by less than one percentage point. […]
BU CS Students Reflect on Grace Hopper 2018
By Maisie Guzi On September 26, 2018, six Boston University Computer Science (CS) students arrived at the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) in Houston, TX ready for a week full of inspiring speakers, recruiting events, and female empowerment. The annual celebration, designed to bring together women and female-identifying people in computing from around the world, […]
Professor Ran Canetti wins RSA Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics
We are pleased to announce that Ran Canetti has received the RSA Conference Award! This award, which was also given this year to Rafail Ostrovsky, is in recognition of lifetime achievement in the field of computer security. The category for which Ran was honored isExcellence in the Field of Mathematics. This award reflects the amazing impact that Ran […]
BU Giving Day Results!
On April 11, 2018, Boston University had its annual Giving Day and raised over $3,000,000! The Department of Computer Science raised $2,157 to improve student programming and our Course Assistance program. The CS Department ranked ninth in both the College of Arts and Sciences Departmental Challenge and the CAS Departmental Most Improved Challenge. There was a […]
Professor Margit Betke to speak at Facial Recognition Technology conference
Professor Margrit Betke to speak at international conference regarding the potential effects of facial recognition technology on both individuals and societies. Register below to listen to Professor Betke discuss her research about current facial recognition systems. Face-Off: Facial Recognition Technologies and Humanity in an Era of Big Data
BUCS Student Awarded Honorable Mention for Goldwater Scholarship
Hadyn Kennedy (CAS ’19) was recently awarded Honorable Mention for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Kennedy is currently working with Professor Sharon Goldberg as an undergraduate researcher and engineer at Commonwealth Crypto. Congratulations Hadyn!
Professor Peter Chin attending Naval Academies’ Naval Studies Board Workshop
BU Department of Computer Science Professor, Peter Chin, has been asked to participate in an upcoming Naval Studies Board (NSB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on April 10-11. The workshop will explore the challenge of accelerating delivery of innovative and emerging technologies to U.S. Naval Forces. Congratulations Professor Chin!
2018 ASAR Competition Award Update
Dr. Randa Elanwar, a researcher who recently spent a few months in the Image and Video Computing research group at CS@BU, Prof. Margrit Betke, and their collaborators won the “Layout Analysis of Arabic Historical Manuscripts — Segmentation Challenge” at The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Arabic and derived Script Analysis & Recognition (ASAR), held at […]