October 17, 2014 from BU Today BU faculty, with help from business and government partners, will develop cloud computing–based services and products to solve urban problems ranging from traffic congestion to dirty air with a grant from the National Science Foundation(NSF). The effort, called SCOPE (Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform & Ecosystem), will be coordinated by the Hariri […]
Wednesdays@Hariri 3:00 PM-5:00 PM on October 29, 2014 @MCS-180 Data+Narrative: Money and Politics Storytelling with Big Data SPONSORED BY: The Boston University College of Communication and the Hariri Institute for Computing *This program is the third event this year in the COM/Hariri Data+Narrative Lecture Series With the November election just weeks away, data masters from […]
Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM on October 8, 2014 @MCS-180 Privacy and the Third Party Doctrine: “They Never Metadata They Wouldn’t Seize” Wendy Seltzer Policy Counsel World Wide Web Consortium Abstract: We rely on a mix of technology, law, and norms to maintain our privacy, but often misunderstand the limits of each. The challenges are particularly steep online, […]
September 29, 2014 from Smart Grid Today NSF chips in $1 million to program led by BU Boston University’s (BU) Rafik B Hariri Institute for Computing, Computational Science & Engineering received over $1 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its industry partners last week to develop a “smart-city” cloud platform designed […]
Hosted by the Industry-Academia Partnership, the MIT Cloud Workshop on September 29, 2014 highlighted “Open Innovation” initiatives such as IBM’s OpenPower Ecosystem and the Institute-affiliated Massachusetts Open Cloud to an audience of industry experts, academics, and students. Orran Krieger, Research Professor of Computer Science and Faculty Fellow of the Hariri Institute for Computing, presented a talk […]
The Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC), a one-of-a-kind marketplace model for customizable public cloud offerings now being built a team of researchers from BU and several other universities, may soon claim another first: a modular cybersecurity system built from smaller, separate functional components, each asserting its own security individually. As a result, the security of the system as […]
Boston University’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering today announced it has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a “smart-city” cloud platform designed to streamline and strengthen multiple municipal functions. Called SCOPE: A Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform & Eco-system, the project is designed to improve transportation, […]
Azer Bestavros, Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing, has been selected to join the Massachusetts Big Data Advisory Committee that will help improve the ability of academia, government and industry of open data. The small committee was chosen from a diverse group of leaders in technology and big data and aims to address […]
Boston University’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering today announced it has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a “smart-city” cloud platform designed to streamline and strengthen multiple municipal functions. Called SCOPE (A Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform & Ecosystem), the project will pursue research that aims to improve support for […]
Thirty-nine BU students, from math, computer science and entrepreneurship “trekked” to local big data companies to meet with company founders, hear from leading data scientists, connect with other students, and experience incubation lab environment. Organized by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, BU students joined close to 100 other juniors, seniors, and grad students from leading computer science, math and business programs in Massachusetts,. Read the the Boston Business Journal […]