Institute news and updates
In collaboration with Mary D. Slavin, Director of Education at the Health & Disability Research Institute, the Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at the Hariri Institute for Computing developed a functional measure for spinal cord injuries (SCI) using computerized adaptive testing (CAT) platforms. In prior years, the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center (NERSCIC) has worked to implement the CAT […]
Vijaya Kolachalama, a faculty member within the Section of Computational Biomedicine in the Boston University School of Medicine, leverages machine learning, image processing, and statistical modeling to understand pathophysiological mechanisms relevant to forecasting the likely course of various diseases. Funded through the Hariri Institute Research Incubation Award program in January of 2017, Kolachalama’s project, Machine Learning-Driven Quantification of Pathological Fibrosis […]
Nisheeth Vishnoi, professor in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, focuses his research on both foundational problems in algorithms, complexity and optimization, and on how computation can be used to gain insight into processes in nature and society. Recipient of the Best Paper Award (FOCS 2005), IBM Research […]
Regina Barzilay, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, describe a number of tasks where NLP-based models can make a difference in clinical practice and introduces new functionalities such as interpretable neural models that provide rationales underlying predictions and semi-supervised methods for information extraction.
Over 260 people attended BU Data Science (BUDS) Day 2018, including 100 students and over 100 of the University’s faculty and staff; all in all, BUDS Day attendees represented 40 different departments. The third annual edition of BUDS Day was the largest yet, and left participants excited and energized about new directions that data science can play in […]
The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to bring to the attention of BU faculty the Spring 2018 Call for the following three programs: Research Incubation Awards Program; Junior Faculty Fellows Program; Graduate Student Fellows Program for Continuing PhD Students. The deadline for proposals and nominations for all programs is Friday, April 13, 2018, 5pm.
*Due to the weather forecast, this event has been postponed from its original date of March 13, 2018; it will now take place on Thursday, March 22, 2018. Join the Hariri Institute for Computing and Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy for a discussion about the current Digital Health Initiative (DHI) research proposal call. The […]
The BU Cyber Alliance is pleased to host Alexandra Wood (Harvard) for a seminar, titled “Bridging Privacy Definitions: Differential Privacy and Privacy Concepts from Law and Policy.”
The Institute is pleased to host a Data Science Initiative (DSI) Distinguished Lecture, to be given by Nisheeth Vishnoi on Tuesday, February 13th.
The Boston Women’s Workforce Council released its 2017 report this morning, which uses real employer wage information to assess the pay gap in Boston. The 2017 report leverages the wage data of 114 companies and 166,700 employees, representing 16 percent of the Greater Boston workforce and nearly $15 billion in total compensation.