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, […]
Four New Faculty Affiliates Welcomed to the Hariri Institute
The Hariri Institute is pleased to welcome an exceptional group of new faculty affiliates to our community: Questrom School of Business Assistant Professor Vassilis Digalakis, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Adjunct Assistant Professor Nathanael Fillmore, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Assistant Professor Kinan Dak Albab, and College of Engineering Visiting Research Associate Professor […]
Konstantinos Spiliopoulos on the Future of Scientific AI
By Brendan Galvin, CISE Staff High above the ground, a sudden jolt of turbulence can unsettle even the calmest airline passenger. But for scientists, that moment of instability represents something far more significant: a deeply complex and still-unsolved problem in physics. Despite having equations that describe airflow, the chaotic nature of turbulence makes it nearly […]
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 […]
From Research to Policy Impact: BU’s Allison Portnoy Models RSV Prevention From Newborns to the Elderly
With NIH support, Portnoy is building the first dynamic model to guide country-specific RSV prevention strategies across all ages By Maureen L. Stanton With flu season upon us, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases are already rising. A leading cause of hospitalization in infants and older adults, RSV sends tens of thousands of people to the […]
Interpreting Genomic Data Through Computation
Junior Faculty Spotlight: Pawel Przytycki, PhD (CDS) By Maeve Smillie As a 2025 Junior Faculty Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computing, Pawel Przytycki, PhD, applies computational thinking to some of biology’s most complex questions. An Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and core member of the Bioinformatics Program, Przytycki develops […]
Advancing Alzheimer’s Research through Multimodal Data and Digital Innovation
By Hariri Institute Staff For Dr. Huitong Ding, the path to understanding Alzheimer’s disease runs through the data that captures everyday life—how people speak, sleep, move, and think. As a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and investigator at the Framingham Heart Study, […]
Jinglong Zhao’s Innovation Pipeline: Fusing Business with Engineering
by Mia Knežević, CISE Staff How does your DoorDash order get to your doorstep so quickly? Jinglong Zhao, Assistant Professor of Operations and Technology Management at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business — and faculty affiliate of both the Center for Information & Systems Engineering (CISE) and the Hariri Institute — has some answers. Zhao’s […]
Advancing Sustainability Through AI-driven Research and ENERGIZE Graduate Training
Junior Faculty Fellow Spotlight: James Chapman, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering By Alex Grzybowski High-entropy alloys (HEAs) have major applications to the world of materials science. These alloys contain roughly equal amounts of five or more different elements with different crystal structures, which allows the materials to have increased strength, hardness, wear resistance, thermal stability, and […]
Tianyu Wang (ECE) Advances Energy Efficiency in AI Data Centers
By Mia Knežević, CISE Staff Writer Artificial intelligence already consumes a massive amount of energy — and the demand is only expected to grow. According to Energy Digital, data centers powering large-scale AI systems accounted for an estimated 1–1.5% of global electricity use in 2022. That number is projected to double by 2026. Tianyu Wang, […]