Leadership & Staff
The Hariri Institute for Computing is a federation of centers, labs, and initiatives. Our leadership team consists of the Directors or Co-Directors of each federated area, plus the Institute’s Director. Each of these leaders serves on the Institute’s Steering Committee in an ex-officio capacity.
Institute Director
Center & Initiative Directors
Institute Directors are ex-officio members of the Institute’s Steering Committee.
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Margrit Betke
Co-Director, Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR)
Department Director of the MS in AI Program
Professor, Computer Science, CAS -
Kim Borman
Executive Director, Boston Women’s Workforce Council
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Ran Canetti
Professor, Computer Science, CAS,
Co-Director, Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS) -
Naomi Caselli
Associate Professor, Deaf Studies, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Director, AI & Education Initiative -
David Coker
Director, Center for Computational Science (CSS)
Professor, Chemistry, CAS -
Ayse Coskun
Core Faculty, Hariri Institute
Director, CISE
Professor Engineering (ECE) -
Orran Krieger
Director, MOC Alliance
Co-Director, Red Hat Collaboratory
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor, Computer Science -
Kate Saenko
Professor, Computer Science
Founder and Co-Director, Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR)
Director, BU Computer Vision Learning Group -
William Tomlinson
Director, Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL)
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Mayank Varia
Co-Director, Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
Administrative Staff
The Hariri Institute has assembled a team of talented and dedicated professionals to help researchers make connections, identify additional support resources, and lift the burden of administrative support, so that more research is accomplished with far fewer barriers.
The Institute’s administrative staff provide program and project management, grant administration, event planning, communications support, and more.
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Stephen Brown
Executive Director
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Daniela Demaestri
Financial Manager
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Kristen Dionne
Senior Administrative Assistant
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Katherine D’Angelo
Assistant Director, Programs and Events
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Emily Johnson
Associate Director, Research Administration
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Camille Kardoose-Michelini
Grants Manager
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Maureen L. Stanton
Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications
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Maria Yaitanes
Event Marketing and Communications Specialist