Spotlight Archive
Tara Adams
Machine Learning Studies Empower to Solve Problems Close to Home Product Manager, Paytronix Systems, Inc. MS in Computer Science (MET, expected 2019); BS in Electrical Engineering (ENG’15) What compelled you to return to school and pursue a graduate education? What is your long-term objective? Right after graduating with my undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, I started working as a technology consultant at my current company, a software-as-a-service platform. That is really what got me to start thinking about furthering my education in computer science, as I learned more about its applications in the real world and how further studies could positively impact my... More
Scott Arena
Network Specialist Scott Arena Brings 38 Years of Industry Experience to the Classroom Master Lecturer, Computer Science MS, Boston University; BS, Merrimack College; AS, Daniel Webster College What is your area of expertise? I spent the last 38 years of my career working in the research and development field of telecommunications and high-order networking at Bell Labs, AT&T, and Verizon Lab, among others, and my expertise is anchored in those areas. Tell us about your work. Can you share any current research or recent publications? I have several patents in networking and security. Regrettably, however, having recently taken early retirement, I am contractually obligated to “not... More
John Day
Networks, Maps, and Happy Accidents—a Q&A with BU MET’s John Day Lecturer, Computer Science MSEE, BSEE, University of Illinois Please describe your specific area of expertise. This is a difficult question to answer. One of the problems of being an “old far— . . . guy,” is that I came through computer science at the tail-end of when one could know everything that was going on in the field— because there wasn’t that much going on! Then, there was only one computer conference a year. So, one got a good foundation and a chance to really work on almost everything. Backing up quickly, I should... More
Dr. Shengzhi Zhang
Fooling the Machines: Dr. Shengzhi Zhang Tackles Security Issues in Deep Neural Networks Associate Professor, Computer Science PhD, Penn State University; BS, Tongji University (Shanghai, China) What is your area of expertise? My research focuses on cyber security, especially security issues that could impact people’s daily life, such as AI security, IoT security, automobile security, and smartphone security. Please tell us about your work. Can you share any current research or recent publications? Currently, I have three ongoing projects. The first is to study the security issues in machine learning, especially deep neural networks (DNN). We craft hard-to-notice “perturbations” into audio/video/image, which can deceive the DNN-based... More
Andrey Blidman
Getting Started at MET—Coordinator Andrey Blidman is Your Guide Program Coordinator, MET Department of Computer Science Can you please briefly summarize what your role at BU MET entails? I have several responsibilities as the computer science program coordinator within the Computer Science department of Boston University’s Metropolitan College. I work with both online and on-campus students who are conditionally admitted or pre-matriculated, helping them set up their BU accounts and register for classes, as well as answering any questions they may have along the way. Every semester, I send out reminder emails to online conditionally admitted students about deadlines for registration, refunds, or... More
Alexis Yang
Graduating to Success: Alexis Yang Puts His Master’s to Work MS in Computer Information Systems (MET’18) Software Developer Engineer at Amazon for the project Amazon GO. What is your background? I studied computer information systems at MET, and officially received my Master of Science on the 25th of September, 2018. Before that, I studied five years at the École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées (EPITA), a computer science college in France. I was previously working at Voatz as an IOS developer, and, as of this past December, I have been working as a software developer engineer at Amazon, for the project Amazon GO. What... More
Joseph Burgoyne
Joseph Burgoyne: Think Like a “Malicious Actor” When Assessing Security Risks Lecturer in Computer Science Senior Director, Cyber Security at GE Healthcare MBA, Southern New Hampshire University; BS, University of Massachusetts Lowell What are your areas of expertise? My areas of expertise include medical device cybersecurity, information security, risk management, data privacy, HIPAA, security architecture, audit and compliance (ECC, C-TPAT, ITAR, PCI), physical security, vulnerability and patch management, eDiscovery, litigation support, mergers and acquisitions, training, project management, and investigations. How does the subject you work in apply in practice? What is its application? The application of security is risk-based. We cannot eliminate risk, so we try to... More
Sambasiva Rao Gangineni
Exploring the Possibilities of Data Analytics with Sambasiva Rao Gangineni (MET’19) Graduate Research Assistant, Boston University Metropolitan College MS, Computer Information Systems, concentration in Data Analytics (MET’19); BTech, R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering (India) What is your background, what program are you enrolled in and why did you choose to enroll in this program? I graduated in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, and currently I am enrolled in the Master of Science in Computer Information Systems with a concentration in Data Analytics. Data analysis erases the boundaries between various disciplines. My case is a good example of this: Even though I... More
Dwi Puspita Sari
Dwi Puspita Sari Harnesses a Dual Concentration, Attentive Faculty, and International Conference Presentations to Meet Personal and Career Goals Back Home in Indonesia MS in Computer Information Systems with a concentration Data Analytics and IT Project Management. BS, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia “I will never regret spending two years studying at BU MET. The professors are super nice and helpful, the facilities are equipped to support my studies, and the campus environment is really nice. I had a wonderful experience studying at Boston University.” What compelled you to return to school and pursue a graduate education? What is your long-term objective? My parents... More
Dr. Eugene Pinsky
Dr. Eugene Pinsky Brings 20 Years of Experience to Courses in Data Science and Python Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science BA, Harvard University; PhD, Columbia University What is your area of expertise? My research area is in performance analysis, data science, and machine learning. Since completing my PhD in computer science at Columbia University, I have been teaching throughout my career within both academia (Boston University, MIT) and industry. For almost twenty years, I worked in data science and machine learning areas developing applications that utilize machine learning to solve real-life practical problems, primarily in computational finance and computational advertising. Data science... More