Someday, You’ll Have Supercomputing in Your Hand
ENG prof advised US government on developing exascale computing Roscoe Giles testified before Congress in 2013 as an advisor to Uncle Sam on developing the next generation of supercomputers. Photo (left) courtesy of Roscoe Giles. Some time ago, Roscoe Giles gave a talk to BU computer scientists where he used his iPad 3—a handheld, aging […]
The Unsecure Internet You Don’t Know About
BU IN DC The Unsecure Internet You Don’t Know About Boston University and the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus co-hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on internet insecurities and how to address them. Get briefed IN MEMORIAM Remembering Elie Wiesel BU reflects on the impact the Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor had on the world and on campus, where he […]
Senate Committee Approves Research Bill
BU IN DC Ken Schulman, Kristina Whiton-O’Brien and Julia Monturo Larson of the School of Social Work participated in the National Association of Social Workers National Conference from June 22 through 25. Timothy Longman of the African Studies Center co-taught a seminar on genocide at the U.S. Holocaust Museum from June 27 through July 1. […]
Cybersecurity Experts Go to Washington
Sharon Goldberg briefs Congressional staffers on internet insecurities Expert panelists at a recent Capitol Hill cybersecurity briefing sponsored by BU and the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus: FTC Office of Technology, Research, and Investigation research director Joseph Calandrino (from left), Center for Democracy & Technology chief technologist Joseph Lorenzo Hall, and Sharon Goldberg, a CAS associate professor […]
Elie Wiesel (Hon. ’74), Spokesman for Peace and Human Rights, Dies at 87
Auschwitz survivor, Nobel laureate, taught at BU since 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74), BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, 1928–2016. AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, a Nobel laureate, and the most powerful witness for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, died Saturday at […]
Making History: Sybil Morial
Sybil Morial’s memoir remembers the New Orleans that she helped to change By Susan Seligson Photograph by Cydney Scott Sybil Haydel Morial’s expression is wistful as she eases her gold BMW through the grand Parisian-style gates of New Orleans’ City Park. “We just wanted to see what was in here.” The 83-year-old widow of the […]
41 Days: Matthew Trevithick in Tehran
SNATCHED OFF A TEHRAN STREET, MATT TREVITHICK WAS ARRESTED, BLINDFOLDED, AND LOCKED IN A SOLITARY CELL IN IRAN’S MOST BRUTAL PRISON The last time we met Matthew Trevithick, he was helping launch a successful national rowing program in war-ravaged Afghanistan in 2013. Since then, the former BU oarsman has ghostwritten a memoir for the first […]
Committee Examines Research-To-Spinoff Pipeline
BU IN DC Anthony Janetos of the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future was appointed chair of the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education. COMMITTEE EXAMINES RESEARCH-TO-SPINOFF PIPELINE On June 16, the House Research and Technology Subcommittee held a hearing to examine Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs. Officials from […]
#Enough
ADVOCACY RESOURCE #Enough In the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, the BU School of Public Health launched a social media campaign to highlight its research on the link between gun violence and public health. See the research RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Factoring in Hospital Readmissions A study coauthored by BU Professor Lewis Kazis found nine characteristics […]
The Other 95%: The Unsecure Internet You Don’t Know About
Boston University Provost Jean Morrison and honorary co-hosts the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus hosted an illuminating panel discussion with leading researchers, policymakers, and government officials on the true breadth of Internet insecurity and what can (or can’t) be done to fix it. Speakers: Sharon Goldberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Boston University Joseph Hall, Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy & Technology […]