Nisheeth Vishnoi, professor in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, focuses his research on both foundational problems in algorithms, complexity and optimization, and on how computation can be used to gain insight into processes in nature and society. Recipient of the Best Paper Award (FOCS 2005), IBM Research […]
Regina Barzilay, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, describe a number of tasks where NLP-based models can make a difference in clinical practice and introduces new functionalities such as interpretable neural models that provide rationales underlying predictions and semi-supervised methods for information extraction.
Thursday, March 15, 4:00 PM – 3:30 PM Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering 610 Commonwealth Avenue Ethics and law are implicated in efforts to make the design and implementation of algorithms accountable. Philosophical questions arise at the start: how do the notions of responsibility, jurisdiction, accountability, bias, abuse, and authority figure in a […]
Over 260 people attended BU Data Science (BUDS) Day 2018, including 100 students and over 100 of the University’s faculty and staff; all in all, BUDS Day attendees represented 40 different departments. The third annual edition of BUDS Day was the largest yet, and left participants excited and energized about new directions that data science can play in […]
The BU Cyber Alliance hosts Sendhil Mullainathan, of Harvard University, for a presentation titled, “Using Machine Learning to Improve Policy Problems; An Econometric Perspective.”
The Hariri Institute for Computing continues its 2017-2018 “Meet Our Fellows” series, featuring Maxwell Palmer from the Department of Political Science.
Tuesday February 20, 2018, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering 610 Commonwealth Avenue Casey Westerman, Archivist for the Institute for Advanced Study, will discuss some of the complex issues raised by the recent case of Kurt Gödel’s “Max Phil” notebooks. These fifteen notebooks, composed by Gödel in Gabelsberger shorthand […]
SPRING 2018 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEES Pl: Gary Benson, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Biology, CAS Collaborators: Paola Sebastiani, School of Public Health, SPH; Uwe Beffer, Biology, CAS The project aims to develop the mathematical tools necessary to assess and correct read mapping accuracy in repeat rich genomic regions. Additionally, the goal is to develop efficient algorithms to […]
SPRING 2018 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEES Pl: Wenchao Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG Co-Pl: Roberto Tron, Mechanical Engineering, ENG By taking advantage of the physical-sensing capabilities of robots, it is possible to craft a cyber-resilient network that can provide strong guarantees on the safety, reliability, security, and performance of the overall system. At the core […]
SPRING 2018 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEES Pl: Evimaria Terzi, Computer Science, CAS Co-Pl: Ziba Cranmer, Spark! The project aims to close the loop between the theory and practice of team-formation by developing the necessary computational concepts and eventual software that will enable the application of the team-recommendation algorithms to a variety of educational scenarios. Doing so will then […]