An autonomous robot cut the ceremonial ribbon at the March 4 grand opening of Boston University’s Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC). / Video by Natalie Williams By Maureen Stanton An autonomous robot cut the ceremonial ribbon at the grand opening of Boston University’s $8.8 million Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation […]
Astronomer Chuanfei Dong and Biomedical Engineer Hadi Nia have been named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows. These prestigious fellowships recognize and reward outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study. Chuanfei Dong is an assistant professor of astronomy (CAS) and electrical and computer engineering (ENG) who has been involved in various projects, studying the complex […]
14 Fellows and 5 Focused Research Programs Awarded The Hariri Institute of Computing is pleased to announce our 2024 Fellows and 2025 Focused Research Program (FRP) award recipients. The Institute has awarded 8 Junior Faculty Fellows and 6 Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary 1st and 2nd year PhD students who are pursuing innovative computationally-driven […]
Blending machine learning with systems human immunology, Professor Adriana Tomic is working toward creating effective, long-memory vaccines for strong immunity against pandemic-potential viruses By Chloe Wojtanik and Maureen Stanton The flu affects about a billion people annually, abruptly forcing people to take sick leave, scramble for childcare coverage, and other disruptions. While the majority will […]
Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliates and Boston University Professors of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) made a major impact at SC23 (also known as SuperComputing, or the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis), the premier conference in high-performance computing (HPC). Affiliate Roscoe Giles served as the Keynote, Plenary, and Invited Speakers Chair. Several papers were […]
Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to welcome four new faculty affiliates: Anand Devaiah, MD, professor of neurosurgery and ophthalmology; Charlene Ong, ND, MPHS, assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery; Patrick McNamara, PhD, associate professor of neurology; and Xin Zhang, PhD, Professor of Engineering. Anand Devaiah, MD, is an otolaryngologist (ENT) at Boston […]
A BU-led research team publishes new findings that show how detecting and correctly assigning deaths can help mitigate the impact of pandemics By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute COVID-19 caused catastrophe and chaos across the globe. According to some disease forecasters, the world could face another COVID-like pandemic within 10 years. To improve our response to […]
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Renato Mancuso and members of his team at the Cyber Physical Systems Lab are researching new ways to improve cyber-physical systems, such as self-driving cars or planes. Specifically, Mancuso is looking to decrease the amount of time it takes for a self-driving car to sense an object in the road, […]
By Chloe Wojtanik, Hariri Institute for Computing Alongside Boston University’s Hariri Institute, the Boston Women’s Workforce Council (BWWC) unveiled their 2023 Gender and Racial Wage Gap Data Results this month. Excitingly, the BWWC found that the gender wage gap in Greater Boston has declined by 30% – from 30¢ to 21¢. This is the first […]
By Ken Rudolph, Hariri Institute The Red Hat Collaboratory at Boston University has announced the recipients of its 2024 Research Incubation Awards. Twelve new and renewed research projects received nearly $2 million in funding to support research in topics ranging from reconfigurable hardware to homomorphic encryption, energy efficiency, and training models for autonomous vehicles. This […]