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BU Alums Strive As Successful Data Scientists
BU Today published an article titled “10 Alums Working in Data Science Share Their Career Path Stories” that features prosperous alums who have successfully made their mark in the field of computing and data sciences. With “data scientist” being named one of the best jobs in America, based on indicators such as salary, job satisfaction and […]
Red Hat Awarded NSF Grant for Developing the Open Cloud Testbed
In a recent announcement by Red Hat Inc., a team of collaborative researchers from Boston University, Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Red Hat Inc. has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems for the development of a national cloud testbed called the Open Cloud […]
Piotr Nojszewski Reveals Details About Working on RESULT App
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office collaborated with students from BU Spark! and the BU School of Law to develop an app that helps law enforcement recognize labor trafficking. RESULT (Recognize and Evaluate Signs to Uncover Labor Trafficking) is a web-based app that asks a series of questions aimed to identify forced labor and get help for […]
An Official Beginning for the BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences Building
On Thursday, December 10th a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the site of the new state-of-the-art BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences building. The ceremony took place under a tent at the building’s location at the corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Granby St. About 150 BU faculty, administration, and staff attended the event which […]
Kate Saenko and Her Team Looks to Create a Robot for Recycling
Kate Saenko is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Boston University. She is also the founder and co-director of the Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR) initiative at the Hariri Institute for Computing. Her research interests include Artificial Intelligence with a specific focus on dataset bias, adaptive machine learning, learning for image and language understanding, and deep learning. […]
Professor Yiling Chen on How Algorithms Can Improve Decision-Making
How can we make algorithms that are fair, transparent, and better than what they are today? This is the question Gordan McKay Professor Yiling Chen from Harvard University answered in her talk on algorithm-in-the-loop decision-making last week. Professor Chen spoke as a part of the Cyber Alliance Speaker Series. She is interested in analyzing and designing social […]
Wen Li Gives Talk about Electron Dynamics within Earth’s Radiation Belt
Yesterday, Wen Li, BU Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellow, gave a talk on her research titled “Quantitative Assessment of Earth’s Radiation Belt Electron Dynamics Using Physics-Based and Machine-Learning Approaches.” This talk is part of the Wed@Hariri Talk Series where Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellows share their research with the Hariri Institute and Boston University communities. […]
Kristopher Grahame Gives Cyber Alliance Talk About Malign Foreign Influence Operations
Last week Kristopher Grahame, FBI agent and member of the U.S. Department of Justice in Boston, delivered a talk titled “Disinformation in the Age of Social Media: A Foreign Influence Briefing” to a full house at the Hillel River Room. This talk was put on by BU Information Security and co-sponsored by the Hariri Institute for Computing and […]
Cyber Security Researchers Weigh in on How to Protect Ourselves
In celebration of Cyber Awareness Month, BU Research published an article through their page on Medium covering cybersecurity and what we can do to protect ourselves. Over 80% of Americans have smartphones with mobile apps on them and this article outlines how hackers can get into your phone through your apps. The article quoted responses […]
Hariri Graduate Student Fellows Share Their Research
Last Friday, the Hariri Institute for Computing Graduate Student Fellows cohort shared their research in a “lightning talk” format at the Institute. Each fellow had 3 minutes to talk about their projects and take questions from the audience of faculty, staff and affiliated members of the BU community. Each student was also asked, “If your […]