Author: Hariri Institute

Big Data: Business Intelligence and Your Privacy

Presented by the Boston University Alumni Association Featured Speaker: Dr. Azer Bestavros, Warren Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University When: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Event Start Time: 6:00 pm Event End Time: 9:00 pm Where: Convene, 810 Seventh Ave, New York, NY Schedule: 6:00 pm […]

Noise on the Map: Using NoiseScore to Address Community Noise Issues

 The Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at the Hariri Institute for Computing works with researchers across Boston University to develop and incorporate computational tools that advance data-driven research. This summer, the SAIL team deployed NoiseScore 2.0, a mobile application that allows community residents to document and visualize their ever-changing environmental soundscape. This project […]

Hariri Institute Announces 2019 Junior Faculty Fellows

The Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University is pleased to announce its ninth cohort of Junior Faculty Fellows:  Joshua Campbell: Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics, MED James Feigenbaum: Assistant Professor, Economics, CAS Wen Li: Assistant Professor, Astronomy, CAS Sanaz Mobasseri: Assistant Professor, Management & Organizations, QST Allyson Sgro: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, ENG Gianluca Stringhini: Assistant Professor, Electrical […]

Remembering Tony Janetos

It is with both somber hearts and fond memories that we remember Tony Janetos and his time with the Hariri Institute of Computing. Tony was an active participant in several capacities at the Institute and will be remembered for his energy, insights, and dedication to the issues related to climate change. Tony served as a […]

PhD Defense: Flight Controller Synthesis via Deep Reinforcement Learning

Wil Koch, PhD Candidate, Boston University, Computer Science, CAS When: Friday, August 9, 2019 Event Start Time: 2:00 pm Event End Time: 3:30 pm (Refreshments to follow) Where: Hariri Institute for Computing, 111 Cummington Mall, Seminar Room, MCS 180 Abstract: Traditional control methods are inadequate in many deployment settings involving autonomous control of Cyber-Physical Systems […]

Hariri’s Research Project Received AI servers from IBM

Earlier this Summer, IBM donated new enterprise AI servers to the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC), a sponsored research project at the Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University. The servers were installed at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC). Michael Daitzman, Director for the Red Hat Collaboratory at the Hariri Institute said, “The […]

Ran Canetti was interviewed by WCVB Channel 5

Professor Ran Canetti, Computer Science, CAS and the Director of the Center for Reliable Information System and Cyber Security (RISCS) was interviewed by Nicole Estephan of WCVB Channel 5’s Chronicle magazine and shared his opinion about the Facebook listening issue on July 22, 2019. When people find out that the ads that appear are normally things […]

Spring 2019 Research Incubation Award Recipients

About the Research Incubation Awards (RIA) The Institute supports a portfolio of ambitious research projects and activities that align with its mission to catalyze new directions and collaborations in interdisciplinary research that applies the computational 3and data-driven approaches. By supporting projects in fields from social sciences, humanities, law, business, and medicine – to engineering, computer science, […]

Hariri Institute Researchers Mentioned in this BU Today Article on Data Science and Media

Recently an article in BU Today highlighted the work of 3 Hariri Institute Faculty Fellows. Maggie Mulvihill (Assoc. Professor or the Practice of Computational Journalism, COM), Lei Guo (Asst. Professor of Emerging Media Studies, COM), and Jacob Groshek (Assoc. Professor of Emerging Studies, COM). The article titled “What You Read and Watch is Changing Media […]

City of Boston Approves New BU Data Sciences Building

It was announced today that Boston University was approved by the city to build a 17-floor Data Sciences building on Commonwealth Ave (at the corner of Commonwealth Ave and Granby St). KPMB Architects has designed the building to resemble a vertical campus where the Department of Computer Science and the Hariri Institute for Computing will […]