The Differential Privacy Meets Multi-Party Computation (DPMPC) Workshop brought together over 60 attendees from 13 different universities and sparked groundbreaking discussion about differential privacy and multi-party computing. Organized by Ran Canetti, professor of computer science & director of the Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security, and Shafi Goldwasser, RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and […]
In a piece published in the national security blog Lawfare, BU cryptography researcher Mayank Varia makes the case for a “crypto-armistice” between the government and the technology community as a way to both repair a fractious relationship and increase the likelihood that a viable long-term solution to the privacy versus security debate can be cooperatively […]
Monday, June 4 – Friday, June 8, 2018 The Data+Narrative Storytelling Workshops at Boston University provide ground-breaking training positions for speakers to engage attendees through powerful data-driven stories. Embarking on it’s fifth successful year training students and professionals from all disciplines, the workshop continues to offer the Digital Badge certification program in Data+Narrative skills. The certification is an […]
The institute is pleased to announce that Junior Faculty Fellow Cara Stepp, Hariri Research Awardees Marié Abe and Joanna Davidson and AI Research Initiative Core Faculty member Kate Saenko are 4 of 24 faculty members on the Charles River Campus promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Ranging from fields such as social and health sciences, information systems, musicology, mathematics, marketing, […]
The Hariri Institute is excited to sponsor student poster sessions and presentations for four courses this semester: Data Mechanics, Computational Fabrication, Mobile App Development, Cyber Physical Systems and Data Science.
Please join us for a Data Science Colloquium featuring Nisheeth Vishnoi, professor in School of Computer and Communication Sciences
at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland).
The Hariri Institute is currently accepting applications for the Communications and Events Specialist position. The full description and application can be accessed here.
RSA Conference, one of the world’s largest professional gatherings for information technology security, announced Tuesday that Boston University computer science professor Ran Canetti is one of five laureates honored this year for substantive contributions to the field. Canetti, who directs the Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security within the Rafik B. Hariri Institute […]
Please join us for a Lunch Seminar featuring Walter Thiel, Director at Max Planck Institute for Coal Research. Thiel will present an overview of developments and address the current status and the perspectives of quantum chemistry.