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Dean Zlateva, BU MET Faculty Explore Intersection of Computer Science and Education in Germany
BU MET’s Department of Computer Science was well-represented at the 15th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (CSECS). Held June 28 to July 1 in Fulda, Germany, the conference gathers participants from across the globe for an opportunity to collaborate with computer science and IS researchers. Research conducted... More
Unlocking the Power of Feedback in Guided Online Learning
At the 6th Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, held in Chicago June 24 and 25, Senior Instructional Designer Ye Liu presented her in-progress research with Dr. Eric Braude, titled “Guided-KNOWLA: The Use of Guided Unscrambling to Enhance Active Online Learning.” Liu and Dr. Braude have been measuring the... More
BU MET Hosts June Meeting of Boston SPIN with an Eye on the Future
On June 17, BU MET played host to a Boston Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) meeting. A forum for the free exchange of software process improvement experiences and ideas that gathers the general software community, Boston SPIN is an independent nonprofit organization that serves as a resource of educational and... More
Commencement 2019 Celebrates “Awesome” Graduates
On the afternoon of May 18, nearly seven hundred graduating students attended the Metropolitan College Convocation ceremony—ending one chapter in their lives and preparing to start on the next one. As spoken by our guest speaker and recipient of the Award in Service to the Community Mary Ann Esposito, the... More
Professor Anatoly Temkin
Chair, Computer Science PhD, Kazan University; MS, Moscow University Dr. Temkin came to MET in 1989 to teach discrete math in the Department of Computer Science. In 2004, Dr. Temkin was honored with Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2013, he was named chair of the department. What is... More
Karen Palmer
Big Picture Thinking: Karen Palmer (MET’19) is One Degree Closer to Dream of Teaching Software Karen Palmer Platform Software Engineer, Pazien 2019 Excellence in Graduate Studies Award Winner for Software Development MS in Software Development (MET’19); BS, Boston University; AS, MassBay Community College What do you find most fascinating about the discipline of software development?... More
Congratulations to This Year’s Winners of the 2019 Excellence in Graduate Studies Award
Each year at commencement, BU’s Metropolitan College honors those graduates who have shown exceptional dedication and academic achievement in their programs. The Department of Computer Science selected three recipients for the award this year: Karen Palmer, MS in Software Development Priti Agrawal, MS in Computer Science Yu Du, MS in... More
Now a Mobile Forensics Specialist, BU MET Cybersecurity Alum Michael-Angelo Zummo Shares Applied Lessons in Guest Lecture
Master of Criminal Justice with concentration in Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity alum Michael-Angelo Zummo (MET'17), who is now an investigative analyst for the Office of Special Narcotics in New York City, was invited in April to be a guest speaker in Dr. Yuting Zhang’s Mobile Forensics and Security (MET CS 694) course. As an... More
Data Science and Machine Learning Models Focus of MassMutual TECH Talk
On April 25, the Computer Science department, in partnership with MassMutual, hosted a TECH Talk that saw attendees learn how MassMutual’s advanced analytics team builds and deploys accurate and reliable models, using a mortality model as an example. Guest speaker Sara Saperstein, who serves as lead data scientist in the risk and product... More
Boston University’s Metropolitan College now offers a Master of Science in Applied Data Analytics
I am pleased to announce that the Metropolitan College Department of Computer Science will be offering a Master of Science in Applied Data Analytics (MSADA). Launching in Fall 2019, this new graduate degree will help meet the fast growing need for professionals in data analytics. Offered in the evening on campus and fully online, More