Ksenia Bravaya, a BU chemistry professor and Hariri Research Fellow, was recently named as a 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship. She is one of 126 early-career researchers chosen within the United States and has been awarded a two-year, $75,000 fellowship to help advance her research. Bravaya’s research focuses on the movement and transfer of electrons. She […]
Cyber Alliance Series Speaker: Leslie John, Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School When: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 3:30pm – 5:00pm Where: Hariri Institute for Computing Seminar Room MCS 157, 111 Cummington Mall EVENT REGISTRATION Abstract: Why do people post salacious photos or incendiary comments on social media, when the damage to […]
Data processing systems play a key role in democratizing data science. They provide users with the necessary abstractions to construct complex data pipelines, scale-out computations to large clusters, and extract meaningful insights from data via simple programming models.
Thank you for attending the 5th Annual BU Data Science (BUDS) Day. We are proud to have brought together such an amazing group of data science researchers from BU and beyond, and we’re grateful that you chose to spend your time with us. Below are some of our favorite photos and videos from the day. […]
Eric Kolaczyk, Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing was honored last night as a recipient of the Mosteller Statistician of the Year Award. The event included dinner and a talk given by Kolaczyk and was held in the Hillel House Castle Room at BU. He is the 30th recipient in the award’s history and […]
Dr. Elaine Nsoesie, a BU Data Science Faculty Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computing was mentioned in an article by EurekAlert, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)’s news release platform since 1996. The article talked about Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH)’s study on the strong correlation between prominent public personalities […]
Today, medical AI can perform with expert-level accuracy and deliver cost-effective healthcare at scale. Nevertheless, across real and hypothetical choices, and a host of medical domains spanning prevention to diagnosis to treatment, we find that people resist replacing humans with AI healthcare providers.
Making AI faster, easier, and safer Speaker: Rania Khalaf, Director of AI Platforms and Runtimes at IBM Research When: Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 11:30am (Lunch and refreshments: 11:30am, Talk: 12:00pm – 1:00pm) Where: Hariri Institute for Computing 111 Cummington Mall Seminar Room – Room 157 EVENT REGISTRATION Abstract: Artificial intelligence is being infused into […]
On Moving ‘Practice’ to the Center of Statistics (Mosteller Award Talk) Speaker: Eric Kolaczyk, Director, Hariri Institute for Computing When: Monday, February 10, 2020 at 6:00pm (Social: 6:00pm, Dinner: 6:30pm, Presentation: 7:15pm) Where: The Hillel House Castle Room (top floor), 213 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215 EVENT REGISTRATION Please join us in congratulating Eric Kolaczyk, Director […]
Recently, BU Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Questrom, and Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellow, Sanaz Mobasseri gave a talk on her research titled “Is Susceptibility to Emotional Contagion Gendered? Sometimes.” This talk is part of the Wed@Hariri Talk Series where Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellows share their research with the Hariri Institute and Boston University communities. […]