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Diego Lopez
Former Academic Advisor & Mathematics Tutor Uses BU MET Degree to Pivot to Software Development Diego Lopez Software Developer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory MS in Software Development (MET’20) What compelled you to return to school and pursue a graduate education? What is your long-term objective? Before pursuing my studies at BU, I worked in education... More
2021 International White Hat Conference
The Second Annual White Hat Conference will take place virtually on June 1 & 2, 2021, and will be hosted by Boston University Metropolitan College’s Criminal Justice Graduate Programs and the Center for Cybercrime Investigation and Cybersecurity. The theme of this year’s International White Hat Conference is, “The Future of... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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
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... More