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Understanding LLMs: How They Function and How They Have Changed
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Ratschka, Staff Research Engineer at Lightning AI Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Prof of CS Monday, 3rd February, 2025 Abstract: This talk will guide the audience through the key stages of developing large language models (LLMs). We’ll start by explaining how these models are built, including the coding of their... More
Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science | BU MET
Location Boston University, Metropolitan College (MET), Computer Science Department Job Description Boston University’s Metropolitan College, Department of Computer Science, is seeking a full-time faculty member at the rank of Associate Professor of the Practice, specializing in data analytics or software development, to join our nationally recognized program starting July or September 1, 2025. More
Part-Time Lecturer – Big Data Analytics (MET CS 777) | BU MET CS
Location Boston University, Metropolitan College (MET), Computer Science Department Job Description Boston University, MET college computer science department is seeking for a part-time lecturer to teach MET CS 777 – Big Data Analytics. The candidate will be responsible for developing and delivering engaging curriculum and hands-on training to prepare students for carriers in the... More
Part-Time Lecturer – Web Mining and Graph Analytics (MET CS 688) | BU MET CS
Location Boston University, Metropolitan College (MET), Computer Science Department Job Description We are seeking a part-time lecturer to teach MET CS 688: Web Mining and Graph Analytics. The ideal candidate will have expertise in web analytics, data mining, unsupervised machine learning, and graph mining algorithms including community detections, link analysis, task scheduling, etc. More
Part-Time Lecturer – Mobile Application Development with Android (MET CS 683) | BU MET CS
Location Boston University, Metropolitan College (MET), Computer Science Department Job Description We are seeking a part-time lecturer to teach MET CS 683: Mobile Application Development with Android. This course discusses the principles, techniques and issues associated with modern mobile application development using Android as the development platform. Required Technical Knowledge/Skills The ideal candidate should be... More
Combining the Power of Biobanks and System Biology Approaches for Better Infectious Disease Prevention and Treatment
Guest Speaker: Dr. Samira Asgari, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Prof of CS Friday, November 15, 2024 Abstract: The clinical outcome of any infectious disease can vary widely, ranging from asymptomatic cases to fatal outcomes, More
Expert-Informed, User-Centric Explanations of Medical Image Classification
Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael Pazzani is the Director of the AI4Health Center and Research Director, Distinguished Principal Scientist, and Senior Supervising Computer Scientist of the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Prof of CS Friday, October 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM EST Abstract: We... More
A Unified Framework to Calculate Every Deep Learning Architecture by Hand
Guest Speaker: Dr. Tom Yeh, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Principal Investigator at the Imagine AI Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Professor of CS and Eugene Pinsky, Associate Professor of the Practice, Computer Science; Coordinator, Software Development Friday, September 13, More
Software Developer / Partner – Alphie Software LLC
Job Description We are two analysts/traders with experience working for the most prestigious hedge funds on the planet (Citadel, Millenium, Coatue etc…) looking for our third partner who can handle most of the technical software on going development. We created Alphie Software LLC. And we are in the process of finishing... More
Master’s Thesis Defense
Zitian Zhen, a MET MSHI degree candidate defends his thesis entitled: "In Silico Prediction of C57BL/6 Mouse T-cell Epitopes: Enhancing Immunogenicity Assessment with PREDBL6" Thesis Committee Members: Dr. Guanglan Zhang (Advisor), Dr. Lou Chitkushev (first reader) and Dr. Derin Keskin (second reader) Monday, May 13th, 2024 10:00am EST 1010 Commonwealth Ave, Room 122 For those... More