BU Data Platform Will Help Massachusetts Track, and Work to Close, Wage Gaps
CDS researchers selected to extend across the state an encrypted data program already in use to track the gender and racial wage gaps in Boston.
Born with Muscular Dystrophy, Justin Moy Now Seeks to Defeat It
“My life’s goal is to cure my disease, and that’s really what drives me every day,” says the BU PhD candidate.
Women Have Been Shut Out of Computer and Data Science. BU Is Opening the Door
The University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences has been uniquely successful in recruiting—and retaining—women in the field.
BU Team Wins Major National Science Foundation Grant to Help PhD Students Attack Climate Change
The $3 million, five-year award will encourage multidisciplinary approaches to converting and storing sustainable energy.
BU Celebrates 7,600 Graduates at Buoyant 151st Commencement
Ceremony includes small student walkout over war in Gaza and a farewell to President ad interim Kenneth Freeman.
Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?
Data can discriminate, says BU’s Ngozi Okidegbe, the first dual-appointed professor to the School of Law and the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences.
BU Unveils Dramatic, Fossil Fuel–Free Center for Computing & Data Sciences
Mayor Wu hails collaborative relationship with BU at ribbon cutting, says new building should be a model for other cities across the country.
An Iconic Building Rises: Photo Gallery Traces Construction of BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences
Nearly 40 images of highlights from the three-year project.
No Gas. No Fuels. No Emissions. BU’s Greenest Building Ever
The six key features that make the Center for Computing & Data Sciences so environmentally unique.
Positioned to Lead in a 21st-Century Data-Driven World
Azer Bestavros explains his vision to position BU at the forefront of a computing and data science world.