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  • Joerg Werner

    Assistant Professor; ME, MSE
    Professor Joerg Werner’s research is focused on the fabrication of functional materials and structures with features sizes from the nano- to the micrometer scale, and its impact on material properties and performance. He discovers and develops bottom-up fabrication paradigms with a high degree of spatial control utilizing both physical and chemical phenomena. Areas of current […]

  • Richard West

    Computer Science, CAS
    Richard West is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Boston University's College of Arts & Sciences. West joined the BU Department of Computer Science in 2000 after completing his PhD at Georgia Tech. Rich is a tinkerer of systems, notably, but not limited to, those in embedded and real-time computing. He likes to […]

  • Claire White

    Program Director, Child Life & Family-Centered Care
    Dr. Claire White is the program director of the Child Life & Family-Centered Care Program, the first academic program in the United States and the first to be endorsed by the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP). She has taught a variety of courses, and teaches and supervises both undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. White […]

  • Langdon White

    Clinical Assistant Professor for the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences BU Spark! Technical Director
    Langdon White is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and BU Spark! Technical Director at Boston University. Langdon comes to CDS after nearly a decade at Red Hat, Inc. where he was most recently a Technical Marketing Manager. While at Red Hat, he worked on re-architecting Fedora (a Linux […]

  • Laura White

    Professor, Biostatistics (SPH)
    Laura White is a Professor of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at Boston University. She develops statistical tools to better understand the transmission dynamics and epidemiology of infectious diseases and substance use disorders. She has developed methods to estimate transmission parameters. Her work involves the development of novel methodologies for the detection of disease outbreaks, […]

  • Emily Whiting

    Associate Professor, Computer Science,   Director, BU Shape Lab, Co-Director, Computer Graphics Lab Director of Ph.D. Admissions
    Emily Whiting is an Associate Professor of Computer Science, Director of Ph.D. Admissions, Director of the BU Shape Lab, and Co-Director of Computer Graphics Lab at Boston University. Her research investigates how advancements in rapid prototyping technology are closing the gap between what we can simulate with computers and what we can build. Although it is […]

  • Jerry Whitmore, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Higher Education Administration, Wheelock
    Dr. Jerry Whitmore, Jr., is an assistant professor in higher education administration at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His scholarly work focuses on the scholarship of higher education, educational history, leadership, and sociology. He is the lead researcher of the FAIR Student Loans project, which works on fostering accessibility and inclusive […]

  • Derry Wijaya, PhD

    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science, CAS
    Derry Wijaya is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science. She conducts research in natural language processing and knowledge bases, with a focus on machine learning and deep learning applications on these research areas. Her studies include machine translation, which demonstrates how to leverage well-annotated languages to improve the translation of less-annotated ones. […]

  • Wesley Wildman

    Professor, Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics, School of Theology Chair, Faculty Affairs for Computing & Data Sciences
    Wesley Wildman is Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics at the BU School of Theology and Chair of Faculty Affairs for Computing & Data Sciences and Chair of Faculty Affairs for Computing & Data Sciences. Wildman’s primary research and teaching interests are in philosophical theology, philosophy of religion, philosophical ethics, religion and science, the scientific study of […]

  • Brooke Williams

    Associate Professor of the Practice of Computational Journalism
    Brooke Williams is an investigative reporter who specializes in data journalism. Her work has contributed to a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, a George Polk Award and a Gerald Loeb Award, among many others. As a contributor to The New York Times, she co-authored and built the database behind a series of front-page investigations into […]

  • Ian Sue Wing

    Professor, Earth and Environment (CAS)
    Ian Sue Wing, PhD, is a Professor of Earth and Environment at the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. He conducts research and teaching on the economic analysis of energy and environmental policy, with an emphasis on climate change and computational general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of economies’ adjustment to policy shocks.  Research Representing Endogenous Technological […]

  • Paul Withers

    Professor, Astronomy Department Chair, Associate Director, Center for Space Physics
    Dr. Paul Withers is a Professor, Astronomy Department Chair, and Associate Director of the Center for Space Physics at Boston University.  Professor Withers' research focus is planetary science. His research interests focus on the ionospheres of planets. The properties of an ionosphere are determined by chemistry, energetics, dynamics, coupling to the lower atmosphere below, and coupling to […]

  • Joyce Y. Wong, PhD

    Professor (BME, MSE), Inaugural Term Distinguished Professor of Engineering
    Joyce Y. Wong is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, and Inaugural Term Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University's College of Engineering. She holds a PhD and S.B. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT. Her research focuses on developing biomaterials to diagnose and treat maternal and child health conditions, […]

  • Wilson Wong, PhD

    Professor, BME, College of Engineering
    Wilson Wong is a professor of biomedical engineering. The overarching goal of his lab for the past decade has been to develop ways to control mammalian cell functions through engineering, biological network design, molecular biology, and chemical biology for medical applications, such as CAR T cell therapy. The lab's work can be broadly characterized into […]

  • Curtis Woodcock

    Director of the Center for Remote Sensing, Earth & Environment, CAS
    Professor, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing, Earth & Environment, College of Arts and Sciences Curtis Woodcock's primary research interests involve remote sensing for monitoring environmental change.  In particular: land cover and land-use change; ecosystem health and condition; time series analysis; and terrestrial carbon dynamics.

  • Si Wu

    Graduate Student Fellow (2020) Political Science, CAS
    Ph.D. student, Political Science Si is a Ph.D. student in political science, and a Graduate Student Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University. Her research interests include Chinese and American politics, gender, race and class, media, and quantitative methodology. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Imperial College London, U.K., and […]

  • Olivia Wyatt

    Graduate Student Fellow (2022) Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development, Wheelock
    PhD Student, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Olivia is a Counseling Psychology Ph.D. student specializing in Sport & Performance Psychology. Her research focuses on risk and protective factors for youth bias-based harassment across multiple social contexts. She is interested in evaluating programs targeted at reducing this harassment […]

  • Hongwei Xi

    Associate Professor (ME, SE) Associate Division Head, Division of Systems Engineering
    Hongwei Xi received his Ph.D. degree in the field of Pure and Applied Logic from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, 1998. He joined the Computer Science Department at Boston University in October 2001, and is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science. Dr. Xi’s research primarily focuses on applying advanced type theory to modern […]

  • Lingyi Xu

    Graduate Student Fellow (2022) Computing & Data Sciences, CDS
    PhD Student, Computing & Data Sciences, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Lingyi is a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University. She is broadly interested in applications of machine learning, network models, and cloud computing techniques in biology and social sciences. She is currently working with Professor Vijaya […]

  • Maria Yaitanes

    Event Marketing and Communications Specialist
    Maria Yaitanes joined the Hariri Institute for Computing in January of 2025. Previously, Maria worked as a copywriter for an advertising agency, a co-chair for the Boston Network of the Boston University Alumni Association, and a marketing communications specialist for a leading apparel supplier. She brings a wealth of experience creating effective and strategic marketing […]