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CAE Virtual Career Fair – September 4th
The 4th National CAE Virtual Career Fair, sponsored by National Cybersecurity Training and Education (NCyTE) Center and the National Science Foundation, is right around the corner! Our career fair brings together students and alumni from over 300 institutions across the Nation designated as Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity with employers offering internships, temporary, part-time, More
The Visualization of Evolving Software Design | May 21, 2020
Speakers: Dr. Eric Braude, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Dr. Michael Huang, Lecturer; Aviral Srivastava, MS in Computer Science graduate student Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator May 21, 2020 Abstract: The visualization of evolving software design is as important as ever, and UML should be an effective means for this;... More
Practical Adversarial Attacks Against Speech Recognition Platforms | May 14, 2020
Faculty Speaker: Dr. Shengzhi Zhang, Associate Professor Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator May 14, 2020 Abstract: The popularity of ASR (automatic speech recognition) systems, like Google Voice, Cortana, Amazon Echo, brings in security concerns, as demonstrated by recent attacks. The impacts of such threats, however, are less clear, since they are... More
TECH Bytes: Practical adversarial attacks against speech recognition platforms
Faculty Speaker: Shengzhi Zhang, Assistant Professor Moderated by Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator Thursday, May 14th 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. EDT Open to the BU Community REGISTER TODAY Abstract: The popularity of ASR (automatic speech recognition) systems, like Google Voice, Cortana, Amazon Echo, brings in security concerns, as demonstrated by recent attacks. The impacts of such threats, More
Building Bots and Apps in Slack | May 7, 2020
Faculty Speaker: Adam Arakelian, Lecturer Moderated by Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator May 7, 2020 Abstract: Heard of slack and used it? Ever built a bot or app in slack? Do you often hear Slack and DevOps together? In this talk we can unleash the power of Slack as Adam Arakelian will... More
TECH Bytes: Building Bots & Apps in Slack
Faculty Speaker: Adam Arakelian, Lecturer Moderated by Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator Thursday, May 7th 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. EDT RSVP to Andrey at metcsapp@bu.edu for zoom access. Heard of slack and used it? Ever built a bot or app in slack? Do you often hear Slack and DevOps together? In this talk we can... More
Join Our Virtual Chess Club
Connect with faculty, students and staff online by joining the Computer Science department's virtual chess club. 1) Sign up for a free account on Chess.com 2) Hover over "Connect" and click on "Clubs" 3) Type in "BU MET Computer Science" and request to join!
Banning Face-Recognition Technology Does Not Protect Your Privacy, Says Dean Zlateva
Metropolitan College Dean Tanya Zlateva, cofounder of BU’s Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS), was quoted in an article by WGBH News on February 25. The article, “Is It Possible to Opt-Out? Facial Recognition Technology Raises Questions About Data and Consent,” notes that security and law enforcement agencies, More
MET Health Informatics Professor Highlights Rising Security Hazards of Medical Data
As an expert on data and knowledge management in the biomedical and healthcare sectors, MET Associate Professor Guanglan Zhang recognizes the threat of data breach faced by medical practices. In addition to her insights into recent data breach trends in the medical field shared in her faculty spotlight, Dr. Zhang reminded... More
MS in Software Development program curriculum updates
Starting Summer 2020, the MS in Software Development (MSSD) curriculum will change to five core courses and three electives. MET CS 673 Software Engineering will become a core course option. MET CS 601 Web Application Development and MET CS 634 Agile Software Development will become elective options. Please view the new... More