As governments across the country are beginning to embrace cloud computing, Boston University’s Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC) project is recognized for its potential. Azer Bestavros, Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing at BU, says “just as a shopping mall provides a shared infrastructure and amenities for a variety of retailers, the MOC creates a marketplace where developers […]
The Hariri Institute’s Cloud Computing Initiative is an official co-sponsors of the 2015 IEEE Conference on Cloud Engineering. Last year, the Institute hosted the 2014 conference which was held at BU. The IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E) conference series seeks to provide a high-quality and comprehensive forum, where researchers and practitioners can exchange information on […]
Launched in the summer of 2014 by University Provost Jean Morrison, Boston University’s Data Science Initiative (DSI) seeks both to leverage BU’s existing strengths and further expand its capacity to compete and lead in the Big Data revolution. Data is the currency of discovery and innovation in almost every scientific and professional endeavor. At BU, […]
December 1, 2014 from StateTech A project team of academia and industry experts is making headway on a multimillion-dollar cloud computing initiative announced by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in April. If all goes as planned, the three-year project, known as the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC), will pave the way for cloud consumers to customize infrastructure and […]
October 15, 2014 from StateTech A new cloud-based smart city system being developed in Boston could be a model for other state and local governments. The project is called SCOPE, and it stands for Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform & Eco-system. Boston University’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is spearheading the […]
September 29, 2014 from Smart Grid Today NSF chips in $1 million to program led by BU Boston University’s (BU) Rafik B Hariri Institute for Computing, Computational Science & Engineering received over $1 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its industry partners last week to develop a “smart-city” cloud platform designed […]
Hosted by the Industry-Academia Partnership, the MIT Cloud Workshop on September 29, 2014 highlighted “Open Innovation” initiatives such as IBM’s OpenPower Ecosystem and the Institute-affiliated Massachusetts Open Cloud to an audience of industry experts, academics, and students. Orran Krieger, Research Professor of Computer Science and Faculty Fellow of the Hariri Institute for Computing, presented a talk […]
The Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC), a one-of-a-kind marketplace model for customizable public cloud offerings now being built a team of researchers from BU and several other universities, may soon claim another first: a modular cybersecurity system built from smaller, separate functional components, each asserting its own security individually. As a result, the security of the system as […]
Boston University’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering today announced it has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a “smart-city” cloud platform designed to streamline and strengthen multiple municipal functions. Called SCOPE (A Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform & Ecosystem), the project will pursue research that aims to improve support for […]
Boston University Receives National Science Foundation Funding to Develop “Smart City” Cloud Platform in News Releases September 23rd, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2014 CONTACT: Kira Jastive, 617-358-1240 or kjastive@bu.edu (Boston) – Boston University’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering today announced it has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop […]