Institute News
The Heat Divide: Mapping America’s Unequal Burden of Heat
BU Study Maps Climate Change, Demographics, and Disaster Risk, Providing Actionable Insights By Maeve Smillie and Maureen Stanton By mid-century, Read more
Privacy Meets AI: Enabling Data Center Collaboration to Support Grid Stability
FRP Spotlight: Privacy Preserving Energy Analytics for Data Centers By Maureen L. Stanton Next time you ask ChatGPT a complex Read more
Jinglong Zhao’s Innovation Pipeline: Fusing Business with Engineering
by Mia Knežević, CISE Staff How does your DoorDash order get to your doorstep so quickly? Jinglong Zhao, Assistant Professor Read more
Lei Tian Receives 2025 University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award
Lei Tian, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate, and a CISE Faculty Affiliate, was Read more
Eight Hariri Faculty Affiliates Promoted to Full Professor
BY HARIRI INSTITUTE STAFF Recognized as Leaders in Their Fields & Classrooms Eight faculty affiliated with the Rafik B. Hariri Read more
BEACON Launches Today, Delivering AI-powered Global Disease Surveillance
By Maureen L. Stanton Infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging at an unprecedented rate, with profound impacts on global health. Read more
How American Sign Language Helped Reveal Languages’ Hidden Patterns
Discoveries could transform how we learn, recover, and model language By Maureen L. Stanton Are words arbitrary? For centuries, scientists Read more
Yannis Paschalidis and John Byers Appointed Co-Directors Within Boston University’s AIDA Initiative
By Maria Yaitanes Today, Boston University launched the Artificial Intelligence Development Accelerator (AIDA) Initiative. Hariri Institute Director Yannis Paschalidis, Distinguished Read more
Eshed Ohn-Bar Recognized with College of Engineering Early Career Research Excellence Award
By Maureen L. Stanton Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow Eshed Ohn-Bar has received the Boston University College of Engineering (ENG) Read more
Shaking Things Up: How BU Researchers Are Driving Earthquake Understanding Through Artificial Intelligence
By Maria Yaitanes On January 27, the floors of New England houses, offices, and universities shook for about 20 seconds. Read more