Appointment of Dr. Adam Smith as Professor of Computer Science through BU Data Science Initiative
Univ
ersity Provost and Chief Academic Officer Jean Morrison recently announced that Boston University’s first professorship through the Data Science Initiative has been awarded to Dr. Adam Smith, Professor of Computer Science in the College of Arts & Sciences. Among the nation’s preeminent scholars in information theory, coding theory, and cryptography, Dr. Smith arrives from Pennsylvania State University and holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and an affiliated appointment as Professor of Mathematics & Statistics in the College of Arts & Sciences.