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Building Your Career in Tech? Ask the Experts at Our Next Virtual Career Panel

On Wednesday, April 14, the Department of Computer Science will hold an industry panel titled “Building Your Career in Tech.” Panelists include Jack Polnar, data management specialist at Newton Public Schools, Digisha Singhal, data analyst at BlueCross BlueShield, and Melissa Mednikoff, business intelligence engineer at Amazon. The event will be moderated by Dr. Anatoly Temkin, chair of the Department […]

Dynamic functional brain network analysis using hidden semi-Markov models

On Thursday, April 22 at 2 pm EDT join the Department of Computer Science at BU MET for its next research seminar with Dr. Heather Shappell, assistant professor of biostatistics and data science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Entitled “Dynamic functional brain network analysis using hidden semi-Markov models,” this virtual seminar will be moderated by Dr. Kia […]

CIS Alum Sean Donnelly Named to Forbes List for Educational Cybersecurity Work

Sean Donnelly (MET’18), a BU MET MSCIS Data Analytics graduate, was recently named to Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list of entrepreneurs on the rise. The 29-year-old cybersecurity professional was recognized for the contribution to the education space made by his company, Resolvn, which provides clients with guided training to detect and respond to cyber threats. Read more in Bostonia.  

New Podcast MET Makes Conversation Examines Issues of the Day

Boston University’s Metropolitan College has entered the world of podcasting. The new show, MET Makes Conversation, will be a resource for listeners to get valuable perspectives on matters of the day via substantive discussions by BU MET thought leaders. In the podcast’s first episode, Meaningful Change: Meeting Demands for Police Reform & Racial Accountability, BU MET Criminal […]

Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz

BU MET Professor with Deep Industry Experience Holds 57 Patents Licensed by Apple, Google and Others Dr. Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz Professor of Practice PhD, George Washington University; MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Alfred P. Sloan School of Management); MSEE, Tehran University; BSEE, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran What is your area of expertise? I […]

Shu Zhou

Alumnus Shu Zhou Values Advice from BU MET Faculty on Both Personal and Professional Matters Shu Zhou MS in Computer Science (MET’20) Why did you choose MET for your graduate studies? What set MET apart from other programs you were considering? Metropolitan College has started to grow a lot in recent years. The MS in Computer […]

Synopsys Security Internships – Summer 2021

Job Description and Requirements As an intern at Synopsys, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working alongside industry professionals. You will build and refine skills relevant to your major and future career. The Synopsys intern program emphasizes integrating our interns, allowing you to work hand-in hand with mentors and colleagues on […]

MSCS Candidate Apoorva Tamaskar Successfully Defends Deep Reinforcement Learning Thesis

On Monday, February 1, MS in Computer Science candidate Apoorva Tamaskar (MET ’21) defended his thesis, “Data Stream Query Optimization Using Deep Reinforcement Learning,” supervised by Assistant Professor of Computer Science Kia Teymourian, coordinator of programming languages. As our world has become more connected, Tamaskar posited, we have generated more and more data streams. The […]

Upcoming Computer Science Research Seminar: “The Smart Hospital Living Lab”

On Thursday, March 25 at 4:30 pm EDT join the Department of Computer Science at BU MET for its fourth research seminar with Dr. Vassilis Kostakos, professor of human computer interaction, University of Melbourne. Entitled “The Smart Hospital Living Lab,” this virtual seminar will be moderated by Associate Professor Reza Rawassizadeh. The abstract for “The […]