Institute news and updates
In early January, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Women’s Workforce Council (BWWC) released the 2016 gender wage report and announced a new academic partnership with Boston University, where the BWWC is now hosted within the Hariri Institute for Computing. We caught up with BWWC Executive Director, MaryRose Mazzola, to ask her a few questions about the Council and new partnership with BU.
In collaboration with Boston University’s Cloud Computing Initiative (CCI), the Hariri Institute for Computing will be hosting Chris Wright, Vice President and Chief Technologist of Red Hat, for a Wednesday@Hariri seminar.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017;
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, networking and refreshments at 2:45 PM (with reception to follow the talk);
Hariri Institute for Computing
Han Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University
“Nonparametric Graphical Model: Foundation and Trends”
We introduce two approaches to graphical modeling for continuous and mixed data, using semiparametric techniques that make weak assumptions compared with the default Gaussian graphical model.
How do you develop a state-of-the-art body motion tracker that can help athletes, rehabilitation patients, and even people with disabilities? Bring together a mechanical engineer, computer scientist, and physical therapist/physiologist. That’s exactly what Sheryl Grace, associate professor of mechanical engineering (ENG); Richard West, associate professor of computer science (CAS); and Cara Lewis, associate professor at BU’s College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College (SAR) and director of the SAR Human Adaptation Laboratory, are doing. Funded by a Hariri Research Award, the three are developing an “electronic mirror,” a wearable body motion–tracking device that can help wearers get instant, objective feedback on their movements.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Women’s Workforce Council (BWWC) released the 2016 gender wage report and announced a new academic partnership with Boston University, where the BWWC will now be hosted within the BU Hariri Institute for Computing.
Institute Fellow and Professor of Computer Science Leo Reyzin shared his perspective with The Christian Science Monitor regarding the recent hacking on Netflix and Marvel Twitter accounts by OurMine, a hacking group that benefits from providing commercial services to individuals and corporates on network security.
On December 6th-7th, the Hariri Institute for Computing hosted the second annual Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC) Workshop. Built upon a unique academic, industry, and government partnership, the MOC is comprised of deeply interconnected projects with the same goal: to develop an open, production-quality cloud computing system that enables research and provides leading-edge services for scientific computing. This year’s […]
On December 3rd 2016, The Hariri Institute for Computing hosted BUILDS, Boston University’s (BU) student-run hackerspace, for a local hack day. BUILDS is a unique entity at the University that provides students with all the tools and resources for leading collaborative student tech projects.
The Hariri Institute hosted a student poster session this Wednesday, December 14th from 1-5PM, featuring 35 group projects completed by students enrolled in the “Computational Tools for Data Science” (CS 505) fall course taught by Professor Crovella. Students from CS 505 presented posters describing data-science experiments studies they have conducted.
The Hariri Institute is pleased to host a pair of student poster sessions this Friday, December 9th from 2-5PM, featuring 40 group
projects completed by students enrolled in the fall course sections of
CS 591 “Networks and Markets” and “Data Mechanics” sections, taught by Professors Byers and Lapets, respectively.