Center for Computational Science (CCS) Lunch Seminar Sauro Succi, Visiting Professor in Computational Science, Institute for Computing Applications, Harvard University When: Thursday, November 21, 2019 11:45 am – 12:00 pm (lunch) 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (talk) Where: Physics Research Building, Room PRB595, 3 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA Abstract: In this talk we willl present recent […]
Last week Kristopher Grahame, FBI agent and member of the U.S. Department of Justice in Boston, delivered a talk titled “Disinformation in the Age of Social Media: A Foreign Influence Briefing” to a full house at the Hillel River Room. This talk was put on by BU Information Security and co-sponsored by the Hariri Institute for Computing and […]
Wed@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Wen Li, Assistant Professor, Astronomy, CAS When: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Networking and refreshments 2:45pm-3:00pm, talk 3:00pm-4:00pm, reception to follow Where: Astronomy Building, CAS Room 502, 725 Commonwealth Avenue Abstract: Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts, which extend from ~1,000 to ~60,000 km above the Earth’s surface, consist of “killer” electrons (several […]
AIR Speaker Series Yuxiong Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University When: Monday, November 18, 2019 12:00pm-1:00pm Where: Hariri Institute for Computing, Seminar Room MCS 157, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA Abstract: Understanding how humans and machines learn from a few examples remains a fundamental challenge. Humans are remarkably capable of grasping new concepts from […]
Last Friday, the Hariri Institute for Computing Graduate Student Fellows cohort shared their research in a “lightning talk” format at the Institute. Each fellow had 3 minutes to talk about their projects and take questions from the audience of faculty, staff and affiliated members of the BU community. Each student was also asked, “If your […]
Yesterday, Allyson Sgro, BU Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellow, gave a talk on her research titled “What Happened and What Should I Do Next: Identifying Algorithms Multicellular Decision Making.” This talk is part of the Wed@Hariri Talk Series where Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellows share their research with […]
RESULT (Recognize and Evaluate Signs to Uncover Labor Trafficking) Helps Law Enforcers and Victims Recognize Signs of Labor Trafficking by Asking a Series of Questions Last week Thursday, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Catherine Piedad, a woman exploited for labor as a domestic worker five years ago, spoke at the BU School of Law […]
Wed@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Joshua Campbell, Assistant Professor, Computational Biomedicine, MED When: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 2:45pm-4:00pm Where: Hariri Institute for ComputingSeminar Room MCS 157, 111 Cummington Mall Abstract: Single-cell genomic technologies such as single-cell RNA-seq have emerged as powerful techniques to quantify molecular states of individual cells and can be used to elucidate the […]
Wed@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Allyson Sgro, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the College of Engineering When: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2:45pm to 4:00pm Where: Life Science & Engineering Building, 24 Cummington Mall, Room LSE 103 Abstract: Coordinating behaviors across groups of cells is critical for a wide range of biological processes ranging from development […]
On October 11, 2019, the Hariri Institute for Computing hosted the Junior Faculty Fellows Award Luncheon to celebrate and welcome the ninth cohort of Junior Faculty Fellows. The event was held at the Hotel Commonwealth and was attended by the newest JFFs, former fellows and faculty. The event was hosted by Professor Azer Bestavros, Founding […]