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The Brink reports on this fascinating research, initiated with incubation funding from Hariri Institute. Theology scholars and a global network of researchers are using big data to map religion’s history in China and explain its rapid growth. Over the past four decades, Christianity has grown faster in China than anywhere else in the world. Daryl […]
The Boston University (BU) Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering: Red Hat Collaboratory is excited to announce the 2023 recipients of the Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Award! The Red Hat Collaboratory is an innovative partnership between Boston University and Red Hat aimed at advancing research in the areas of […]
Hariri Faculty Affiliate Carol Neidle received a grant through the NSF Convergence Accelerator program: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/convergence-accelerator (2022 Cohort, Phase I, Track H: Enhancing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities). This is a collaboration with Principal Investigators Dimitris Metaxas of Rutgers University and Matt Huenerfauth of Rochester Institute of Technology. As part of NSF’s commitment to accelerating use-inspired solutions for persons with disabilities, these researchers were […]
The Brink published its most-read science and research stories of 2022, featuring work or commentary from the Hariri Institute community. Read excerpts with the links to the full stories below. Story: What Will Bruce Willis’ Aphasia Diagnosis Mean for the Veteran Actor? For answers, The Brink turns to experts in aphasia, including Swathi Kiran, a […]
BY GINA MANTICA The time-intensive and costly process of getting a biopsy isn’t ideal for treating fatal brain cancers. Low-grade glioma, a type of slow-growing brain tumor, requires early detection and treatment to extend a person’s life. Researchers from Boston University, University of Michigan, Ohio State University, and University of Nottingham developed a tool that […]
BY TRISHA BALAN & GINA MANTICA Our digital lives are often removed from the physical world, but with the growing problem of climate change, the physical is beginning to adversely affect the digital. Data centers, the key facilities that house computer systems, are becoming less efficient with changes in global temperatures. Over the summer, the […]
BY GINA MANTICA Orran Krieger’s career has focused on solving challenging computing problems that impact society. Nearly ten years after he first had the idea for creating a truly “open” production cloud, Krieger’s vision has transformed into reality: a community of researchers, engineers, and information technology (IT) professionals are all working together to accelerate the […]
By Maya Bhat, CISE Prof. Lei Tian (ECE, BME) and his team, led by PhD students, Yujia Xue (PhD, ECE, 2022) and Qianwan Yang (PhD student, ECE) published their paper “Deep-learning-augmented Computational Miniature Mesoscope” that describes advances to their Computational Miniature Mesoscope (CM2) project. This paper, published in the prestigious journal Optica, presents the CM2 V2, a […]
BY GINA MANTICA Sleep can affect a person’s mood, memory, attention, and mental health. But what happens to the brain when someone falls asleep or wakes up is not well understood. Scientists at Boston University (BU) are working to determine how the brain controls these arousal state transitions, and hope that their research can inform […]
A new program could strengthen the security and privacy of WhatsApp, Signal, and other end-to-end encrypted messaging apps and help them better moderate online abuse Cryptographers love an enigma, a problem to solve—and this one has it all. Indestructible codes, secret notes, encryption, and decryption. Here’s the puzzle: someone wants to send a secure message […]