Graduate Student Fellow Masha Lazou is developing computational methods for drug discovery
Masha Lazou is a third-year PhD student, advised by Diane Joseph-McCarthy, Professor (ENG), and Sandor Vajda, Professor (ENG), and a 2024 Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow. Lazou’s research is in developing computational methods to enhance the understanding of protein structure ensembles. Lazou received her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University in 2022. The […]
Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow Spotlight: Xinyi Hu, CDS PhD Student
Hu’s research focus using multimodal data integration to predict neurodegenerative diseases by John Eaton Xinyi (Selena) Hu is an incoming Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow and a second year PhD student in the Center for Computing & Data Science studying algorithmic and statistical modeling, as well as machine learning. Since starting the doctoral program, Hu has […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ryan Senne, Computational Neuroscience PhD Student
How does the brain implement adaptive decision-making strategies? By Hariri Institute Staff Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow Ryan Senne studies how the brain implements adaptive decision-making strategies, focusing on internal systems like neurotransmitters and astrocytes, and developing state-of-the-art machine learning models to describe datasets. His research interest is at the intersection of machine learning, statistical […]
Graduate Student Fellow Spotlight: Taylor Beauvais, Sociology, CAS
by Margo Stanton Taylor Beauvais is a third-year PhD candidate in Computational Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences studying Sociology and a 2024 Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow. His research area is on the impact of artificial intelligence in economics, social, and governmental systems. Beauvais is advised by Joan Donovan (COM), Jonathan Mijs (Sociology), and Neha […]
Mitigating Climate Change through Microbiome Engineering
New Research by Michael Silverstein, Bioinformatics PhD Candidate and Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow By Margo Stanton The past decade has been the hottest in human history since record-keeping began 140 years ago. Burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and increased livestock farming are all major contributors to increasing the greenhouse effect, and thus global warming. To help […]
Mark Crovella Awarded Project from First-of-its-kind NSF Backed Program to Study Large Language Models
By Andrew Thurston, The Brink Faculty of Computer & Data Sciences Professor Mark Crovella’s new project studying potential biases of AI was one of 35 projects announced as a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Project. This new NSF-backed program grants Crovella access to advanced supercomputing resources and data in order to investigate if […]
RESULT App Identifies Trafficking and Connects Victims to Resources
By Alex Grzybowski With an estimated 27.6 million victims of forced labor worldwide, human trafficking is a huge and growing problem. It’s also difficult to trace. Human trafficking can happen anywhere to anyone. Victims can be U.S. Citizens or foreign nationals, young or old, any gender, and occur in both legal and illegal industries. The […]
Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards
14 Fellows and 5 Focused Research Programs Awarded The Hariri Institute of Computing is pleased to announce our 2024 Fellows and 2025 Focused Research Program (FRP) award recipients. The Institute has awarded 8 Junior Faculty Fellows and 6 Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary 1st and 2nd year PhD students who are pursuing innovative computationally-driven […]
Renato Mancuso Looks to Find Ways to Make Cyber-Physical Systems Safer
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Renato Mancuso and members of his team at the Cyber Physical Systems Lab are researching new ways to improve cyber-physical systems, such as self-driving cars or planes. Specifically, Mancuso is looking to decrease the amount of time it takes for a self-driving car to sense an object in the road, […]
How has Christianity Shaped China Over the Last 400 Years?
Graduate Student Spotlight: Greta Rauch By Alex Grzybowski, Hariri Institute for Computing How can we use the technology of the future to understand the interconnectivity of the past? Humans have interacted with each other since the beginning of civilization, and subsequent upgrades in technology have allowed increased connection between many different groups of people. While […]