Institute News

AI Breakthrough Offers New Path to Designing Next-Gen Materials
By Maria Yaitanes Every material’s properties—like strength or flexibility—depend entirely on how its atoms are arranged and bonded. Even with Read more

8 Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliates Promoted with Tenure
Recognized for Innovation, Creativity, Leadership, and Commitment to Student Success BU announced 25 faculty promotions with tenure, 8 of whom Read more

New AI Model PodGPT Blends Research and Podcasts for Smarter Health Answers
Kolachalama Lab Launches PodGPT to Revolutionize Health and Science By Maeve Smillie In an age where medical misinformation runs rampant Read more

NIH Awards $3.1M Grant to Kayhan Batmanghelich for Pulmonary Biomarker Research
AI-driven approach integrates Multi-Modal Data and Biomechanics for Better Diagnosis and Tracking of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) By Maureen Read more

Predicting the Future of Protein Science
Boston University Professors Dima Kozakov and Sandor Vajda Win Top Honors at Global CASP16 Competition in Category of Multiprotein Complexes Read more

Mayank Varia and Collaborators Win Best Paper at ACM CS&Law 2025
By Maureen L. Stanton Legal-Tech Framework enables confidential reporting of private misconduct settlements At the intersection of technology and justice, Read more

Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards
9 Fellows and 3 Focused Research Programs Awarded The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to announce our 2025 Fellows Read more

New Research Tackles Future of Encryption in the Age of Quantum Computing
BU-led Team Pioneers Physics-inspired Scheme for Computation on Encrypted Data at Scale By Maureen L. Stanton Today’s encryption faces mounting Read more

BU-led Team Takes Second Place at IEEE HOST 2025 Hardware Hacking Competition
Expose Critical Cloud Hardware Vulnerability in Widely Used Technique By Maureen L. Stanton A team from Boston University, in collaboration Read more

Brian DePasquale receives 2025 Scialog NCE award for neurobiology and changing ecosystems research
By Maureen L. Stanton Brian DePasquale, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and Hariri Institute faculty fellow at Boston University, is Read more