BU’s ENERGIZE Program is recruiting its first cohort of graduate trainees!
BU PhD students interested in attacking climate change: Apply to the ENERGIZE by 5PM February 21, 2025! Submit applications through the NSF eTap Portal. The ENERGIZE program is a new BU interdisciplinary graduate program aimed at developing the workforce the U.S. energy sector needs to solve complex sustainability challenges at the industrial level. The program offers […]
Atomic Lab Secures NIH-Funded CEIRR Grant to Study Influenza and Combat Outbreak
The Atomic Lab at Boston University has received a new NIH-funded grant through the Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR) – an international research network created by NIAID to study influenza and combat outbreaks. This project, led by Hariri Institute Faculty Fellow Adriana Tomic in collaboration with Adolfo García-Sastre, is supported by […]
Announcing the 2024 Boston University BU-AIRR Award Recipients
By Maureen Stanton The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 BU AI Research Resource Program (BU-AIRR) awards. This program aims to enable and seed large-scale AI research at Boston University by funding access to the powerful production cloud resources of the New England Research Cloud (NERC). “AI research […]
GSF Spotlight: Fatih Acun on his Innovative Data Center Research
by Gabriella Zaff, CISE Staff As artificial intelligence and supercomputing workloads continue to grow, data centers are consuming more power, putting a significant strain on the power grid. This surge in demand has created a pressing need for innovative solutions to integrate large-scale data centers with power grids. Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow Fatih Acun, […]
Junior Faculty Fellow Spotlight: Charlene Ong, MD, Chobanian and Avedisian SOM
Charlene Ong, assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, is developing data-driven tools to help doctors detect and treat patients with acute brain injuries early. Her work also includes developing industry standards for brain swelling to ensure optimal patient care and outcomes. By Margo Stanton Cerebral edema, or brain […]
Making the Future Happen with Mark Raibert
Hariri Institute and CISE host Distinguished Speaker Marc Raibert, Executive Director of the RAI Institute and founder of Boston Dynamics By Alex Grzybowski When many people think of robots, Terminator or I, Robot comes to mind: dystopian sci-fi thrillers where robots are actively trying to destroy humanity. However, current applications of robots do not support […]
AI-driven Research Reveals Youth-Targeting Strategies of Tobacco Companies
By Maureen Stanton A new study led by Boston University reveals that regulatory loopholes have allowed tobacco companies to target youth using social media. Findings suggest that enforcement of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) health warnings on social media may reduce youth engagement with tobacco marketing. Amid declining cigarette sales and stricter regulations, tobacco companies […]
Congratulations to SeclaBU for an impressive showing at 33rd USENIX!
Boston University Security Lab (SeclaBU) researchers published five papers, receiving a Distinguished Paper Award, at the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium, considered one of the most competitive venues for computer systems research. The 33rd USENIX Security Symposium only accepted 417 papers out of 2,276 submissions (acceptance rate of 18%). SeclaBU USENIX Security Symposium publications included: Distinguished […]
BU Wins $3 Million NSF Training Grant For Convergent Research in Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage
Collaborative award between Hariri Institute’s Center for Computational Science (CCS) and the Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) aims to develop the workforce the U.S. energy sector needs to solve complex sustainability challenges at the industrial level By Maureen L. Stanton The development of sustainable energy is one of the most important grand challenges society faces. […]
BU-led interdisciplinary research team is developing the first anatomy-aware GenAI model for lung abnormalities
By Maureen Stanton In 2021, OpenAI launched a GenAI model called DALL-E that captivated the world with its ability to generate an image instantly with a simple text caption. Now GenAI models are poised to transform virtually every industry, particularly healthcare. AI-powered image generators are typically built on foundational models. Using machine learning algorithms, these […]