Hosted by the Hariri Institute for Computing, the inaugural BU Data Science (BUDS) Day drew a crowd of over 200 participants from more than 60 different disciplines, departments, and offices around the University. Faculty, staff, and students gathered to discuss how data science is transforming research and creating new channels for interdisciplinary collaboration. The day-long symposium featured 12 BU […]
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Hariri Institute for Computing, Room 180 Refreshments to follow Where’s the Money in Cyber-Crime? Manuel Egele Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Abstract: Popular media constantly reminds us how cyber-criminals are out to hack our computers, invade our privacy, […]
The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting Hariri Graduate Fellow nominations for prospective PhD students. A new program at the Institute, a key goal of the Hariri Graduate Fellows Program is to help recruit the best and brightest candidates to Boston University. Fellowships are awarded to prospective PhD students […]
The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting Hariri Graduate Fellow nominations for prospective PhD students. A new program at the Institute, a key goal of the Hariri Graduate Fellows Program is to help recruit the best and brightest candidates to Boston University. Fellowships are awarded to prospective PhD students […]
Under the direction of Sharon Goldberg, Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Computer Science, Alison Kendler (CAS ’16) and Isaac Cohen (CAS’16) received Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards for 2016. Kendler is recognized as a Finalist in the Women, PhD-granting Institution category and Cohen received Honorable Mention in the Men, PhD-granting category. Cohen previously worked with […]
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Hariri Institute for Computing, Room 180 Refreshments to follow Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems Through the Lens of Convex Optimization Lorenzo Orecchia Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department With an introduction by Mark Crovella, Chair of the Computer Science Department […]
Cara Stepp, Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of biomedical engineering and speech, language and hearing sciences, and Douglas Holmes, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science & engineering, have won the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in recognition of their outstanding research and teaching capabilities. As a […]
Login security at Netflix.com, vulnerabilities on the Starbucks site, the effect of Uber on the NYC taxi business, and the accuracy of Zillow home value estimates – these are just a sample of the topics students in the E-Commerce and Network Security classes (Computer Science, College of Arts & Sciences) explored during the semester. Students […]
On November 19th, the Hariri Institute for Computing hosted the first-annual Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC) Workshop. The MOC is a new public cloud, designed and implemented in Massachusetts as the first “Open Cloud eXchange” (OCX), a new marketplace for innovation in providing cloud services. The workshop drew more than 100 participants representing the Core Partners […]
BU Data Science (BUDS) Day 2016 Friday, January 22, 2016, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Reception to follow Photonics 9th Floor The Data Science Initiative at the Hariri Institute for Computing is proud to announce the inaugural BU Data Science (BUDS) Day to take place on Friday, January 22nd 2016. Featuring talks from researchers across […]