Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards
13 Fellows and Four Focused Research Programs Awarded
The Hariri Institute of Computing is pleased to announce our 2023 Fellows and 2024 Focused Research Program (FRP) award recipients.
The Institute has awarded six Junior Faculty Fellows and seven Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary doctoral students who are pursuing innovative computationally-driven research with the potential for high impact. Our 2023 cohort of fellows represent a variety of colleges and schools across Boston University. They are applying computational methods and tools to address complex challenges in diverse fields spanning including astronomy, biostatistics, computer science, earth & environment, engineering, emerging media, genetics and genomics, neurology, psychological sciences and more.
Our 2023 Junior Faculty Fellows are: Kayhan Batmanghelich (ENG), Bryan Plummer (CAS), Xiaozhou Ruan (CAS), Chris Chao Su (COM), Preeti Sunderaraman (BUMC), and Adriana Tomic (ENG).
Our 2023 Graduate Student Fellows are: Courtney Aul (CAS), Margaret (Greta) Rauch (CAS), Edward Ruiz (BUMC), Jack Vincent (ENG), Connor Wagaman (CAS), Yixin (Amy) Zhang (SPH), and Zeying Zhu (ENG).
Learn more about our 2023 Hariri Institute Fellows here.
2024 Focused Research Program Awards
The Hariri Institute for Computing’s FRP programs support intensive, faculty-driven efforts in large, multi-disciplinary teams. The FRP mission is to evolve and advance Boston University’s research in computing, computational, and data-driven science and engineering around areas of strategic importance and emerging opportunity.
The Institute awarded four 2024 Focused Research Program awards targeting space travel, bio-inspired robots, climate-related health inequities, and brain health and brain disease.
Our 2024 Focused Research Programs and Research Fellows include:
“First Trip to Mars: How to Pack Light”
FRP Leaders: Marianna Felici (CAS), Paul Withers (CAS)
Thrust Leaders: Josh Semeter (ENG), Prakash Ishwar (ENG), Jennifer Bhatnagar (CAS), Daniel Segrè (CAS), Pankaj Mehta (CAS)
“Optimal Bio-Inspired Design of Holistic Rehabilitation System”
FRP Leaders: Eshed Ohn-Bar (ENG), Alexander Olshevsky (ENG)
Thrust Leaders: Lou Awad (SAR), Terry Ellis (SAR), Andrew Sabelhaus (ENG), Calin Belta (ENG)
“Health Equity in the Wake of Continued Climate Change: Leveraging Big Data to Inform Action,” co-sponsored with the Institute of Global Sustainability (IGS)
FRP Leaders: Greg Wellenius (SPH), Lucy Hutyra (CAS),
Thrust Leaders: Kevin Lane (CAS), Ian Sue Wing (CAS), Ian Smith (CAS), Emma Gause (SPH)
“Novel data science and AI approaches for Brain Health and Brain Disease,” co-sponsored with the School of Public Health and the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
FRP Leader: Swathi Kiran (SAR)
Thrust Leaders: Margrit Betke (CAS), David Boas (ENG), Prakash Ishwar (ENG), Lou Awad (SAR)
Learn more about these FRPs here.
The Hariri Institute for Computing is committed to supporting and empowering our community of scholars to advance our collective knowledge. Learn more about opportunities and the work of the Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Programs.