Cathie Jo Martin, the Director of the Center for the Study of Europe at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southern Denmark on October 25, 2019. She gave her speech about “Neoliberalism, Social Investment, and the Fortunes of Low-skill Youth: Literary Memes from the […]
Wed@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Gianluca Stringhini, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG When: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Networking and refreshments 3:30pm-3:45pm, talk 3:45pm-5:00pm Where: Photonics Building, 8 St. Mary’s Street, Room PHO 339 Abstract: The Web has redefined the way in which malicious activities such as online harassment, disinformation, and radicalization are carried out. To […]
How can we make algorithms that are fair, transparent, and better than what they are today? This is the question Gordan McKay Professor Yiling Chen from Harvard University answered in her talk on algorithm-in-the-loop decision-making last week. Professor Chen spoke as a part of the Cyber Alliance Speaker Series. She is interested in analyzing and designing social […]
AIR Distinguished Speaker Series Maria-Florina Balcan, Assoc. Prof., Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Univ. When: Monday, December 2, 2019 10:30am-11:00am networking and reception, 11:00am-12:00pm talk Where: Kilachand Center, 610 Commonwealth Ave, Colloquium Room 101 ABSTRACT: Over the past decades, machine learning has evolved into a highly successful discipline that has significantly influenced several fields, including vision, information […]
Yesterday, Wen Li, BU Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellow, gave a talk on her research titled “Quantitative Assessment of Earth’s Radiation Belt Electron Dynamics Using Physics-Based and Machine-Learning Approaches.” 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. […]
Center for Computational Science (CCS) Lunch Seminar Sauro Succi, Visiting Professor in Computational Science, Institute for Computing Applications, Harvard University When: Thursday, November 21, 2019 11:45 am – 12:00 pm (lunch) 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (talk) Where: Physics Research Building, Room PRB595, 3 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA Abstract: In this talk we willl present recent […]
Last week Kristopher Grahame, FBI agent and member of the U.S. Department of Justice in Boston, delivered a talk titled “Disinformation in the Age of Social Media: A Foreign Influence Briefing” to a full house at the Hillel River Room. This talk was put on by BU Information Security and co-sponsored by the Hariri Institute for Computing and […]
Two Hariri Institute Fellows spoke at the Data Science Leadership Summit in Santa Fe, NM this past week. The conference covered new data science initiatives being created at institutions to form academic communities for data science. Information was shared amongst data science colleagues including best practices, similar challenges faced and future opportunities to advance the […]
Wed@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Wen Li, Assistant Professor, Astronomy, CAS When: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Networking and refreshments 2:45pm-3:00pm, talk 3:00pm-4:00pm, reception to follow Where: Astronomy Building, CAS Room 502, 725 Commonwealth Avenue Abstract: Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts, which extend from ~1,000 to ~60,000 km above the Earth’s surface, consist of “killer” electrons (several […]
AIR Speaker Series Yuxiong Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University When: Monday, November 18, 2019 12:00pm-1:00pm Where: Hariri Institute for Computing, Seminar Room MCS 157, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA Abstract: Understanding how humans and machines learn from a few examples remains a fundamental challenge. Humans are remarkably capable of grasping new concepts from […]