Institute news and updates
Boston University researchers, including Hariri Institute Founding Director, Azer Bestavros, hosted a free, hands-on cybersecurity workshop at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in Holyoke, MA on December 12, 2015. The Hacking with Holyoke Codes workshop was attended by over 20 young people who learned about secret codes and cryptography. Both kids and their parents participated […]
Sharon Goldberg, a Hariri Institute Faculty Fellow and associate professor of computer science, has serious concerns about the FBI’s request to unlock Apple’s iPhone. Goldberg, a network security expert, sat down with BU Research to discuss the ongoing standoff between Apple and the FBI, as well as its potential to introduce substantial security risks for […]
The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to bring to the attention of BU faculty the Spring 2016 Call for the following three programs: Hariri Institute Research Awards Program Hariri Junior Faculty Fellows Program Hariri Graduate Fellows Program for Continuing PhD Students Deadline for proposals and nominations for all programs: Monday, April 4, 2016, 5pm. […]
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Hariri Institute for Computing, Room 180 An Optical Turing Machine for Network Processing (with background on a digital optical Internet router) Joe Touch Director, Postel Center at University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute Research Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Systems, University of […]
Budget proposals for the next fiscal year are expected to invest more heavily in research, including studies in the area of cybersecurity, fields in which BU and the Hariri Institute are leading research institutions. Hariri Founding Director, Azer Bestavros, and Hariri Faculty Fellow Sharon Goldberg both expressed their excitement over the proposed increase for cybersecurity […]
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Hariri Institute for Computing, Room 180 Refreshments to follow Big Names or Big Ideas: Do Peer Review Committees Select the Best Science Proposals? Leila Agha Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law Department, Questrom School of Business With an introduction given by […]
In early February, Orran Krieger, MOC PI, gave a Keynote Address, “A marketplace driven direction for SDI: Towards an “Open Cloud Exchange” at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Workshop on Software-defined Infrastructure and Software-defined Exchanges. The workshop, part of NSF’s “Looking Beyond the Internet” workshop series, explored research opportunities in wireless, network and cloud technology. […]
Douglas Densmore, former Junior Faculty Fellow and current associate professor at Boston University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was granted $10 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund his own “Expeditions in Computing” project. Densmore will lead the Living Computing Project along with the Lincoln Laboratory, a comprehensive effort to quantify synthetic biology using […]
Hosted by the Hariri Institute for Computing, the inaugural BU Data Science (BUDS) Day drew a crowd of over 200 participants from more than 60 different disciplines, departments, and offices around the University. Faculty, staff, and students gathered to discuss how data science is transforming research and creating new channels for interdisciplinary collaboration. The day-long symposium featured 12 BU […]
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Hariri Institute for Computing, Room 180 Refreshments to follow Where’s the Money in Cyber-Crime? Manuel Egele Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Abstract: Popular media constantly reminds us how cyber-criminals are out to hack our computers, invade our privacy, […]