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Boston University Appoints Deepti Ghadiyaram as Co-Director of AIR
Ghadiyaram joins Kate Saenko as Co-Director of the Hariri Institute’s Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative The Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University appointed Deepti Ghadiyaram as Co-Director of its Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative (AIR), effective September 2, 2026. The purpose of AIR is to bring AI researchers at BU together through research seminars and other […]
BU & The Universe: Junior Faculty Fellow Dillon Brout and DESC Bring Cosmology and Data Science Together
By Maria Yaitanes The collaboration’s first meeting at BU demonstrates how convergent research can advance the search for answers about dark energy. In July, the 17th floor of the Duan Family Center for Computing and Data Sciences filled with 120 cosmologists, data scientists, and more. Soon, the quiet hum of introductions over coffee expanded into […]
Boston University Welcomes Ian Westmacott as SAIL Director
The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to welcome Dr. Ian Westmacott as Director of the Boston University Software and Application Innovation Lab (SAIL), effective August 3, 2026. He will lead the Institute’s professional software development team, working with faculty and students to develop software, systems, and AI infrastructure tailored to their research needs. Westmacott […]
BU Partners on DOE Genesis Mission award to Advance AI-driven Plasma Physics Research
Chuanfei Dong and Brian Kulis to develop AI tools that accelerate plasma physics research By Maureen L. Stanton Boston University is a collaborating institution on a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Genesis Mission award led by Princeton University and announced by the DOE this July. The Genesis Mission supports the development and demonstration of […]
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. […]
FRP Outcomes: Health Equity in the Wake of Continued Climate Change: Leveraging Big Data to Inform Action
Boston University’s Climate, Biogeoscience, and Health Focused Research Program (FRP) united researchers across disciplines to address one of society’s most pressing challenges: protecting health in a warming climate. Led by Professors Gregory Wellenius (School of Public Health) and Lucy Hutyra (Earth & Environment), and co-sponsored by the Hariri Institute for Computing and the Institute for […]
Redefining Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease through Next-generation Digital Cognitive Biomarkers FRP
AI-enhanced Biophysical Genome-scale Modeling of Cancer
