Graduate Student Fellows Program (GSF)

Support for Emerging Researchers

The Hariri Institute for Computing’s Graduate Student Fellows (GSF) program recognizes outstanding PhD students pursuing computing and data-driven research at Boston University. Eligible nominees are continuing PhD students in their 1st or 2nd year, with awards granted at the start of their 2nd or 3rd year. Since 2017, the Institute has awarded 60 Graduate Student Fellows.

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Hariri Institute Recognizes Key Individuals at Annual Community Recognition Awards

September 30th, 2025

By Maria Yaitanes On Friday, September 12, Hariri Institute recognized Katherine D’Angelo, Nancy Clinton, Kristen Dionne, Pujan Paudel, and Asad Malik at its annual Community Recognition Awards ceremony. The Community Recognition Awards highlights the people who make the Hariri Institute’s mission of catalyzing cross-disciplinary collaborations among researchers possible. These individuals exemplify the heart of the […]

BU Scientists Advance Efforts to Predict the Behavior of Bacterial Colonies

September 10th, 2025

Using COMETS simulations, researchers showed how metabolism, nutrient use, and physical growth shape colony structure and genetic diversity By Maureen Stanton Microbes — tiny organisms invisible to the naked eye — rarely live in isolation. They form dynamic communities that shape ecosystems in our bodies, soils, oceans, and industries. Despite their microscopic size, these communities […]

AI Breakthrough Offers New Path to Designing Next-Gen Materials

September 4th, 2025

By Maria Yaitanes Every material’s properties—like strength or flexibility—depend entirely on how its atoms are arranged and bonded. Even with the same element, like carbon, small structural changes can lead to vastly different results: a diamond’s tight geometric bonds makes it hard, while graphite’s loose, layered structure makes it soft. Amorphous carbon describes a carbon […]

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Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards

The Institute has awarded four Junior Faculty Fellows and five Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary first-year and second-year graduate students who are pursuing innovative computationally-driven research with the potential for high impact. Our 2025 cohort of fellows represents a variety of colleges and schools across Boston University, advancing high-impact, computationally driven work in fields ranging from biomedical engineering and neuroscience to physics and global health.

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Graduate Student Fellows (GSF)