Institute News
Call for FRP Pre-proposals and Fellowship Nominations
The Hariri Institute for Computing invites pre-proposals and nominations for its upcoming funding programs, including our FY27 Focused Research Programs Read more
Boston University’s Sarah Milligan Launches First Comprehensive R Package Bringing Variational Autoencoders to Tabular Data
By Hariri Institute Staff Sarah Milligan, a 2025 Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow and PhD candidate in Biostatistics at the Read more
Junior Faculty Fellow Spotlight: Allison Portnoy, ScD, Boston University School of Public Health
Allison Portnoy, Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, develops innovative quantitative methods to Read more
Hariri Faculty Emily Ryan and Yves Atchadé are named Duan Family Faculty Fellows
Hariri Institute faculty affiliates Yves Atchadé and Emily Ryan have been honored by Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Read more
Michelle Amazeen’s New Book Unpacks Media and Climate Disinformation
A new book authored by Michelle Amazeen, Associate Dean of Research and Associate Professor of Mass Communication, arrives next week, Read more
Advances in Synthetic Data Generation for Public Health Research
By Maeve Smillie Graduate Student Fellow Spotlight: Sarah Milligan (SPH) The Hariri Institute welcomes Sarah Milligan as part of the Read more
John Byers Appointed Executive Director of AIDA
John Byers, Professor of Computer Science (CAS) and Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate, was appointed the Executive Director of Boston University’s Read more
City Trees Have Their Own Microbiomes—and Urban Living Is Changing Them
Urban trees play a vital role in maintaining the health of cities and their residents by cooling neighborhoods, filtering air Read more
EVAL Launches to Bridge the Gap Between AI EdTech Tools and Scientific Evidence
The Evidence-Based AI in Learning (EVAL) Industry Collaborative invites EdTech companies to enter their competition for independent validation. By Maria Read more
Hariri Institute FRP Symposium: Enhancing Models for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Through Clinician-AI Collaboration
By Maria Yaitanes On October 29th, Hariri Institute hosted the "Enhancing Models for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Through Clinician-AI Collaboration" Read more