Junior Fellow Zervas in The Economist
Research on the benefits of AirBnB compared to hotels by Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow, Giorgos Zervas, alongside John Byers (Hariri Faculty Fellow) and Davide Proserpio was published in The Economist.
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Junior Fellow Goldberg Weighs In on Warrantless Bulk Surveillance
In an upcoming interdisciplinary entitled “Loopholes for Circumventing the Constitution: Warrantless Bulk Surveillance on Americans by Collecting Network Traffic Abroad”, Institute Junior Fellow and Computer Science Professor, Sharon Goldberg, and her collaborator Axel Arnbak (a lawyer by training) reveal interdependent legal and technical loopholes that intelligence agencies of the U.S. government could use to circumvent 4th Amendment and […]
Levin Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Computer Science Professor and Institute Fellow Leonid Levin has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) elected 204 new members to the 2014 class. They include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, and civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders. One of […]
DELL: MGHPCC, Commonwealth, and Industry Launch MOC
Although initially intended for research collaboration, the ultimate goal is for MOC to develop into an independent non-profit, which the Commonwealth hopes will serve as a way to help strengthen its competitive position by: Strengthening opportunities for data science education and training Increasing regional talent retention and industry recruiting success Expanding access to open and […]
The Charles River Workshop on Private Analysis of Social Networks
The Charles River Workshop on Private Analysis of Social Networks will take place on Monday, May 19, 2014 from 9 am to 5 pm, at the Hariri Institute, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston University. There will be talks and a discussion session covering different aspects of the challenge of performing and releasing analyses of graph data while protecting personal information. The workshop […]
Charles River Workshop on Private Analysis of Social Network
May 6th, 2014 The Charles River Workshop on Private Analysis of Social Networks will take place on Monday, May 19, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the Hariri Institute at Boston University. There will be talks and a discussion session covering different aspects of the challenge of performing and releasing analyses of graph data […]
NPR Reports on MOC
Governor Patrick Launches Open Cloud Computing Project In Holyoke By Paul Tuthill of WAMC Northeast Public Radio on April 25, 2014
Northeastern: On MOC & Big Data
Northeastern University is a key partner in the Massachusetts Open Cloud Project, a university-industry collaboration designed to create a new public cloud computing infrastructure to spur big data innovation. Last month, at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts—which counts Northeastern as a partner institution—Gov. Deval Patrick announced a $3 million investment […]
[Nachiketa Sahoo] # Personalized Recommendation When User Preferences are Changing
Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet Our Fellows 3:00 PM on May 7, 2014 @MCS-180 # Personalized Recommendation When User Preferences are Changing Nachiketa Sahoo Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems Boston University Abstract: Most of the works in the recommender systems literature have been developed under the assumption that user preference has a […]
BU Today: Pioneering a Cloud Computing “Mall”
Massachusetts awards $3 million to BU-led project By Rich Barlow, Published in BU Today on April 28, 2014 With the governor of Massachusetts pledging $3 million in state support, BU leaders Friday announced plans for development of a pathbreaking computing cloud that could spur economic growth and technology innovation. Azer Bestavros, director of BU’s Rafik B. Hariri […]