Monday, December 7, 2015 10:00 am – Noon Hariri Institute for Computing Seminar Room 180 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA How can we craft 3D landscapes that allow users to move through space and time? Join us for this exciting interdisciplinary workshop to learn how to craft 3-D landscapes that users can change to reflect different points of […]
Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Photonics Center Colloquium Room, 9th floor 8 St Mary’s Street, Boston, MA Agenda 8:00 Breakfast 8:30 Welcome, Gloria Waters, Boston University MOC Vision, Orran Krieger, Boston University Experiences Turning Vision into Reality, Piyanai Saowarattitada, Boston University 9:00 Micro-talks I: Year One Development Our First Production Environment, […]
In pursuit of its mission to catalyze collaborative, interdisciplinary research, the Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to announce its Research Award program for the 2015-2016 academic year. Objectives To catalyze new directions and new collaborations in interdisciplinary research applying computational and data-driven approaches, with special attention given to proposals focused on data science. Eligibility and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2015 CONTACT: Kira Jastive, 617-358-1240, kjastive@bu.edu (Boston) – The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering at Boston University (BU) today announced the core industry partnerships for the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC). Led by BU, the MOC is a collaborative effort that also involves Harvard University, the […]
The Hariri Institute for Computing is proud to co-sponsor the Winter 2015 Storytelling with Data – an intensive, data narrative skills building workshop taught by industry and academic experts. It will be held on January 6-10, 2015 at Boston University. See below for registration links. This hands-on training is designed for professionals and students seeking […]
As featured in recent worldwide news, Sharon Goldberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Hariri Institute Fellow, discovered a potential vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol (NTP), the software that synchronizes clocks on computers. In a paper released on October 21st, Goldberg and her team reported a security problem that affects the clock function of tens of […]
Azer Bestavros, Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing, was featured in a Boston Globe article on communicating science. In a program founded by Alan Alda, Boston University scientists took acting classes to learn how to pitch their work. “The exercises seem silly and trivial, but they make you vulnerable and open […]
Please join us on Friday, November 6, 2015 at 11 am for a Data Science Initiative Distinguished Lecture with John Lafferty, Professor, Department of Statistics and Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago. The lecture will take place at Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing, 111 Cummington Mall, Room 180. A reception will follow the lecture. Statistical Learning […]
Please join us on Monday, October 26, 2015 at 3pm for a Data Science Initiative, Digital Learning Initiative, and Hariri Institute for Computing Joint Seminar with Giora Alexandron, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT. The lecture will take place at Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing, 111 Cummington Mall, Room 180. A reception will follow the lecture. Monday, […]
On Friday, November 6, 2015, the Hariri Institute for Computing hosted a Data Science Initiative Distinguished Lecture by John Lafferty (University of Chicago) on “Statistical Learning in High Dimensions”. Professor Lafferty presented an overview of various aspects of his work in statistical machine learning, with a focus on computational and statistical aspects of nonparametric methods, […]