Institute News

From Industry to Academia: How a Graduate Student Fellow Uses Engineering to Study Speech
BY: NATALIE GOLD Hasini Weerathunge has a strong background in industry—from working in the London Stock Exchange to conducting research Read more

Researchers Enhance Alzheimer’s Disease Classification through Artificial Intelligence
Better detection of the disease may lead to earlier treatment, opportunity to participate in clinical trials For media inquiries, please Read more

Event Recap: Addressing Inequality in Artificial Intelligence
BY: NATALIE GOLD When you open your phone with facial recognition or notice suggested products on your social media accounts, Read more

Machine learning models have to memorize sensitive information
BY: GINA MANTICA You might’ve encountered a machine learning model while typing an email or text that starts to automatically Read more

Studying climate change in the cloud
Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory join forces to create a cloud computing platform for Read more

Event recap: Using data science to create a more sustainable world
BY: NATALIE GOLD Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Recent crises in Texas and Read more

How one Junior Faculty Fellow aims to advance engineering research
BY: NATALIE GOLD Boston native Emma Lejeune has found herself back in the area, starting a new lab for her Read more

Too little data? FRP researchers come together at workshop to address this problem in machine learning
BY: NATALIE GOLD Machine learning is responsible for lots of things used in everyday life, from the autofill in search Read more

Hariri Institute Research Fellow Receives NSF CAREER Award
BY: GINA MANTICA Francesco Orabona, Hariri Institute Research Fellow and Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering, recently received a Read more

Deep Learning Allows for Digital Labeling of Multiple Cellular Structures
BY: GINA MANTICA Stem cells can help repair damaged tissues, but only if they aren’t damaged, themselves. Some techniques to Read more