Institute news and updates
Stan Sclaroff named BU’s Dean of Arts & Sciences
On May 29th it was announced that Professor Stan Sclaroff, Computer Science, CAS was named as the permanent Dean of Arts & Sciences. Professor Sclaroff had been the interim dean of the college since last August 2018. Stan joined the BU College of Arts & Sciences as a Professor in the Computer Science Department in […]
A White Paper: “Effective Community-University-Industry Collaboration Models for Smart and Connected Communities Research.”
Uncovering How to Work Together In 2017 the Hariri Institute for Computing along with the BU Initiative on Cities held two workshops titled “Effective Community-University-Industry Collaboration Models for Smart and Connected Communities Research.” Attendees at these events included principal investigators, research directors, city officials, community partners, NSF program managers, and federal agency and industry […]
Leonid Levin Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
On April 30, 2019, Professor Leonid Levin, BU Department of Computer Science, CAS was elected as a new member by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Professor Levin is 1 of 100 new members joining a group of 2,347 members, representing 25 countries. The NAS is a society of “distinguished scholars charged with providing independent, objective […]
Computer Scientist Emily Whiting Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Earlier last month, BU Today posted an article entitled “Emily Whiting Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship”. The article introduced Emily Whiting, a computer scientist chosen by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship, and her promising research area, building software tools for design novices to create their design work. Emily Whiting, an […]
SAIL Collaborated with Pacesetters Initiative to Solve Spending Data Problem in Businesses
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce recently released a report called “2018 Pacesetters Impact Report” for Pacesetters Initiative. In the report, the Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing is mentioned, who supports Pacesetters with data collecting process. Pacesetters Initiative is a program of Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce […]
A Conversation on Trump’s New Order with AI Researchers Margrit Betke and Azer Bestavros
Earlier last month Futurity.org wrote an article entitled “Can the U.S. Win The A.I. Arms Race.” In the article, a mandate signed by President Trump that aims to support artificial intelligence (AI) research is discussed. The mandate is regarded as an excellent opportunity to explore further potential of AI, which generates both concern and hope on its […]
Martin Awarded NEH Fellowship for Book Project Supported by SAIL
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Cathie Jo Martin, Director of the Center for the Study of Europe at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor of Political Science at Boston University a $30,000 fellowship for her work on the influence of literature on British and Danish educational systems […]
RISCS Co-Director, Mayank Varia’s Article “A Roadmap for Exceptional Access Research” Featured in Lawfare Magazine
The debate of encryption systems that provide End-to-End (E2E) protection versus the viability of Exceptional Access (EA) encryption systems is highlighted in this article in Lawfare magazine on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, written by BU Hariri Institute for Computing Faculty Fellow and RISCS Co-Director Mayank Varia. The article focuses on the recurring “crypto war” between […]
BU Research Magazine Highlights a Hariri Institute Research Team’s Work in Machine Learning.
This past September 2018 a Data Science Faculty Fellow, Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow, and a past Hariri Fellow were highlighted in an article in BU Research magazine for their work developing a machine that can measure public sentiment about a given topic or event online. Where did this all start? It began with a talk […]
Red Hat Colloquium: “Software-Configured Compute Environments”, Ulrich Drepper (Red Hat)
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM refreshments & networking at 11:30 AM Hariri Institute for Computing 111 Cummington Mall, Room 180 Ulrich Drepper Engineer, Office of the CTO at Red Hat Software-Configured Compute Environments Abstract: Hardware and software environments are designed as a compromise between many different requirements. This sacrifices performance, among other aspects, while […]