BU postdoctoral associate Bryan Plummer introduces an approach to improving many image-language tasks where neural networks learn a set of models, each of which capture a different concept which is useful in the task.
The Hariri Institute is excited to sponsor student poster sessions and presentations for four courses this semester: Data Mechanics, Computational Fabrication, Mobile App Development, Cyber Physical Systems and Data Science.
Please join us for a Data Science Colloquium featuring Nisheeth Vishnoi, professor in School of Computer and Communication Sciences
at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland).
The Hariri Institute is currently accepting applications for the Communications and Events Specialist position. The full description and application can be accessed here.
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM on Monday, May 14, 2018 BU School of Law (Room 203), 765 Commonwealth Avenue Robot Lawyers: Automating Legal Compliance for Transferring Private Data Stephen Chong Professor, Harvard University Abstract : Legal and regulatory requirements governing the collection, use, and sharing of personal data are complex and often not very well understood by the […]
Please join us for a Cyber Alliance seminar featuring John Byers. Professor John W. Byers joined the BU Department of Computer Science in 1999. His research interests center on data-analytic and algorithmic challenges in two disciplines: the science of computer networking (e.g., transport protocols, network architecture) and the empirical study of Internet platforms (such as Airbnb, Groupon, and Yelp).
Please join us for a Lunch Seminar featuring Walter Thiel, Director at Max Planck Institute for Coal Research. Thiel will present an overview of developments and address the current status and the perspectives of quantum chemistry.
Please join the Hariri Institute for Computing Friday, April 20, 2018 for a DSI Colloquium. The presentation will feature Ashwin Machanavajjhala, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Duke University. Ashwin will describe aspects of his research on enabling provably private data science.
What began as a small, Hariri Institute seed-funded research project to explore new methods for analyzing social media data has grown into a Google-sponsored, award-winning research endeavor. Lei Guo, Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Studies, received a Hariri Research Incubation award in June of 2016 to pursue her proposal, Statistically Principled […]
In collaboration with Mary D. Slavin, Director of Education at the Health & Disability Research Institute, the Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at the Hariri Institute for Computing developed a functional measure for spinal cord injuries (SCI) using computerized adaptive testing (CAT) platforms. In prior years, the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center (NERSCIC) has worked to implement the CAT […]