The National Science Foundation has recommended SAIL and Research Director Andrei Lapets’ and Research Scientist and Co-Director of the Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security (RISCS) Mayank Varia’s proposal for funding. The proposal, “SaTC: TTP: Small: Modular Platform for Web-based Secure Multi-Party Analytics” works to further the development they have made on multi-party computing platforms (MPC). The MPC technology […]
Jacob Groshek, Institute Junior Faculty Fellow and associate professor of emerging media studies (COM), will be hosting Making Social Media Matter, a 3-day workshop that aims to equip attendees with the knowledge and skills to analyze and interpret data from popular social media platforms.
On September 14, 2017, Boston University opened the doors to the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering (CILSE), featuring state-of-the-art labs, floor-to-ceiling windows, and spectacular views of Boston University’s campus, Boston, and the Charles River.
The Codebreakers outreach program, an extension of the Institute’s existing and successful Artemis outreach program, has been renewed for a second year. Led by Cynthia Brossman and supported by RISCS Co-Director Mayank Varia, Institute Fellow Sharon Goldberg and Junior Faculty Fellow Manuel Egele, this 4-week summer program provides 24 high school girls with the opportunity to learn about cryptography and […]
In early January, Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source enterprise software, and the Hariri Institute for Computing announced a groundbreaking partnership aimed at advancing research into emerging and translational technologies, such as cloud computing and big data platforms. During a five-year partnership, Red Hat will invest a total of $5 million in creating the Red Hat Collaboratory at Boston University (Red Hat […]
The Hariri Institute hosted an NSF Visioning Workshop to identify best practices and perceived challenges faced by cities wishing to advance research projects that reach and positively impact communities.
Sharon Goldberg, a computer science professor and Hariri Institute Faculty Fellow, was named to the 2017 list of “N2Women: Rising Stars in Networking and Communications.”
The Institute will host a special colloquium in which Vatche Ishakian will present his work on Serverless Computing. Ishakian will identify key characteristics and use cases as well as describe technical challenges and open problems.
On July 18th, 2017, the BWWC celebrated the progress that the 100% Talent Compact has made over the past year and looked ahead to the upcoming 2017 data collection process, which will take place this September. This data collection process is made possible by researchers at BU’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering, who have designed a secure way for companies to report the data anonymously.
Hosted by BU Spark! and the Hariri Institute for Computing, students in Professor Evimaria Terzi’s CS506 (ENG 500) “Tools for Data Science” had the opportunity to showcase their classwork in a poster session on Friday, May 5th. With the help of BU Spark! director, Ziba Cranmer, students were paired with local companies and organizations, including the ALCU, Microsoft, and Converse, to tackle small-scale computer and data science problems.