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Extrapolating the Research Timeline of HCI: Cyber Meets Physical
Extrapolating the Research Timeline of HCI: Cyber Meets Physical November 17, 2021 Speaker:Dr. Max Mühlhäuser, Professor, University of Darmstadt Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Professor of Computer Science Abstract:We witness the era of digital transformation: ever more areas of our business and everyday lives are pervaded by information and communication technologies. However, the... More
Vulnerability Relationship between Feature Vector Scale and Convolutional Neural Networks with Adversarial Examples
Vulnerability Relationship between Feature Vector Scale and Convolutional Neural Networks with Adversarial Examples October 21, 2021 Guest Speaker: Dr. Sang-Woong Lee, Professor, Gachon University Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Abstract: In the field of image classification, Deep Convolutional Neural Networks can misclassify images by perturbation noise. Images that are... More
Passive Sensing Analytics and Mobile Health
Passive Sensing Analytics and Mobile Health September 23, 2021 Speaker: Dr. Nabil Alshurafa, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Professor of Computer Science Abstract: Researchers seek to understand human behaviors in their natural setting so they can design interventions that help manage symptoms, prevent illness, and improve... More
Dynamic functional brain network analysis using hidden semi-Markov models
Dynamic functional brain network analysis using hidden semi-Markov models Speaker: Dr. Heather Shappell, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Moderated by Kia Teymourian April 22, 2021 Abstract: A great deal of evidence now supports the theory that the brain is a system of interacting regions that produce... More
The Smart Hospital Living Lab
The Smart Hospital Living Lab Speaker: Vasillis Kostakos, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, University of Melbourne Moderated by Professor Reza Rawassizadeh March 25, 2021 Abstract: In this talk I will present a range of projects we have recently begun under the “Smart Hospital Living Lab” in Melbourne. The work is still ongoing, so I... More
Striim, A Next Generation Distributed Streaming Platform
Striim, A Next Generation Distributed Streaming Platform Speaker: Alok Pareek February 25, 2021 Moderated by Professor Kia Teymourian Abstract: Striim is a novel end-to-end distributed streaming ETL and intelligence platform that enables rapid development and deployment of streaming applications. A key area of innovation is to process database events in a continuous streaming manner... More
Application of Machine Learning to Construct Investment Portfolios
Application of Machine Learning to Construct Investment Portfolios Speaker: Dr. Eugene Pinsky, Associate Professor of the Practice Moderated by: Kia Teymourian, Assistant Professor of Computer Science January 28, 2021 Abstract: One of the primary applications of machine learning methods is to uncover patterns from historical relationships and trends in the data. In unsupervised learning, More
Delete: The Forgotten Operator
Delete: The Forgotten Operator Speaker: Dr. Mathos Athanassoulis, Assistant Professor Moderated by: Kia Teymourian, Assistant Professor of Computer Science December 11, 2020 Abstract: When building new data systems, and their underlying storage managers, typically we optimize performance (access time or throughput), however, as data management tasks are increasingly moving to the cloud and refer... More
Computer Science Research Seminar: “Extrapolating the Research Timeline of HCI: Cyber Meets Physical
The Department of Computer Science at BU MET held its latest research seminar with Dr. Max Mühlhäuser, Professor, University of Darmstadt. Entitled, “Extrapolating the Research Timeline of HCI: Cyber Meets Physical,” this virtual seminar was moderated Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Professor of Computer Science. The abstract for "Extrapolating the Research Timeline of HCI:... More
Inspired to Give Back, Steven Akers (MET’94) Names Three MET Offices
Through generous donations to Metropolitan College, alumnus Steven G. Akers (MET’94) has funded the naming of three offices in the BU MET building at 1010 Commonwealth Avenue: The Izabella Temkina Computer Science Chair’s Office The Annie Wilcox Applied Social Sciences Chair’s Office The Mabel A. Akers Administrative Sciences Chair’s Office The Izabella Temkina... More