NSF Awards Boston University Nearly $20 Million to Advance National Cloud Lab Network
Adapted from a story by Andrew Thurston for The Brink Boston University has been awarded nearly $20 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to help establish the National Cloud Lab Network, a nationwide system of AI-enabled, programmable laboratories that will transform how science and engineering research is conducted. Through the NSF Test Bed: […]
Boston University-led Opinion Piece Highlights the Need for Public Health Leadership to Build Trustworthy AI in Health
To Realize AI’s Promise for Health, Public Health Must Help Shape Its Future By Brendan Galvin From disease surveillance to clinical care, artificial intelligence is transforming health. As AI becomes more deeply embedded in decisions affecting population health, a new editorial argues that realizing AI’s full potential requires public health leadership alongside technical innovation. Dr. […]
Study Finds Widespread Signs of Wash Trading in NFT Markets
Using machine-learning models and blockchain data, BU researcher Gerry Tsoukalas and collaborators identified suspicious patterns across major exchanges. By Brendan Galvin Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, became a symbol of the digital asset boom, with buyers spending huge sums on blockchain-based art, collectibles, and virtual items. Yet new research suggests that much of that activity may […]
Vassilis Digalakis Jr. Converges AI Tools and Operations Research to Tackles AI’s Biggest Flaws
By Brendan Galvin In today’s rapidly changing artificial intelligence landscape, Assistant Professor Vassilis Digalakis Jr. (Questrom (OTM) is building a different kind of future. Digalakis is a Faculty Affiliate of Hariri Institute and the Center for Information & Systems Engineering. His research focuses on trustworthy AI: how to design AI systems that behave reliably, transparently, […]
Boston University’s Ioannis Paschalidis Inducted into 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows
Prestigious Honor Recognizes the Most Accomplished Researchers in Medical and Biological Engineering By Maureen Stanton The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has inducted Ioannis (Yannis) Paschalidis into its 2026 College of Fellows. This peer-elected membership is among the highest professional distinctions in the field, honoring the top two percent of medical and […]
From Pilot to Platform: BU’s SAIL Wins Sloan Grant to Scale AI Access Initiative
Open-source framework to make generative AI more reproducible, secure, and accessible across higher education By Maureen Stanton Boston University’s Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at the Hariri Institute has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand an initiative aimed at addressing a growing challenge in higher education: how […]
What Will the Climate Look Like in 10 Years?
Elizabeth Barnes Explores how Data-driven Models can Improve Forecasts from Days to Decades By Molly Glass, The Brink Predicting climate is incredibly complex because it depends on huge, constantly changing datasets like temperature, wind, and ocean conditions. Since both AI and Earth science deal with massive data and pattern-finding, combining them can help scientists better […]
BU’s EVAL Collaborative Names Amira Learning Winner of Inaugural EVAL EdTech Evaluation Challenge
Advancing Evidence-Based Literacy Reform in Massachusetts As Massachusetts considers landmark literacy legislation requiring schools to adopt evidence-based reading instruction, Boston University’s Evidence-Based AI in Learning (EVAL) Industry Collaborative today announced Amira Learning as the winner of its inaugural EVAL EdTech Evaluation Challenge. The challenge was a national competition that identified AI-powered K–12 educational tools with […]
Boston University Faculty Brian DePasquale Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow
Prestigious award recognizes the most promising early-career researchers in their fields By Maureen Stanton Theoretical neuroscientist Brian DePasquale has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow, a prestigious honor recognizing “outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study,” the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced today (Feb. 17). DePasquale is an […]
Massachusetts Tech Leaders Visit RASTIC
Earlier this month, the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council visited BU’s Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC). The Council, which coordinates efforts to strengthen the state’s STEM-skilled workforce, includes Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye Brady (ENG’90), former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Pat Tutwiler, who recently stepped down from his position, US Congressman Jake […]