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    Azer Bestavros featured in Boston Globe: “Acting Classes Give Scientists Tools to Pitch Their Work”

    November 6, 2015
    Azer Bestavros, Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing, was featured in a Boston Globe article on communicating science. In a program founded by Alan Alda, Boston University scientists took acting classes to learn how to pitch their work. “The exercises seem silly and trivial, but they make you vulnerable and open […]
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    Bahaa Hariri Pledges $15M for New Computing Institute

    February 23, 2011
    The Rafik Hariri Institute for Computational Science and Engineering will not only propel discovery and innovation through the use of state-of-the-art computational approaches, but also will catalyze advances in the science of computing inspired by challenges from a multitude of disciplines. The institute’s affiliated faculty will collaborate on research and educational initiatives targeting four broad application-based “clusters”: […]

  • Balancing electricity demands and costs of high-performance computing

    August 19, 2021
    BY GINA MANTICA Some computational problems are so complex that they require many times more calculations than a typical laptop can handle. High performance computing (HPC) combines a number of computer servers to carry out these large-scale computations that often operate on massive data sets. But data centers for HPC require immense amounts of power […]
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    Barbara Shine-Cunningham, Hariri Institute Steering Committee Member, Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

    February 12, 2016
    Barbara Shine-Cunningham, Hariri Institute Steering Committee Member and professor of biomedical engineering, has been elected to the prestigous American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows, which is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the country. She was elected for her outstanding contributions to auditory neuroscience, […]
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    Bayesian Fairness

    June 6, 2019
    Christos Dimitrakakis, Chalmers University / University of Oslo When: Monday, June 10, 2019 Event Start Time: 11:00 am Event End Time: 12:30 pm (includes lunch following lecture) Where: Hariri Institute for Computing, Seminar Room, MCS 180 Abstract: Bayesian fairness is an overarching concept of fairness that explicitly takes into account the subjective uncertainty of the decision […]

  • BEACON Launches Today, Delivering AI-powered Global Disease Surveillance

    April 24, 2025
    By Maureen L. Stanton Infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging at an unprecedented rate, with profound impacts on global health. In just the first three months of 2025, the U.S. recorded as many measles deaths as it did in the previous 24 years combined. New zoonotic diseases, naturally transmissible between humans and animals, continue to […]

  • Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

    December 14, 2022
    The Brink published its most-read science and research stories of 2022, featuring work or commentary from the Hariri Institute community. Read excerpts with the links to the full stories below. Story: What Will Bruce Willis’ Aphasia Diagnosis Mean for the Veteran Actor? For answers, The Brink  turns to experts in aphasia, including Swathi Kiran, a […]
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    Bestavros Gives Keynote Address at Cloud Control Workshop

    June 7, 2017
    Azer Bestravros, Warren Distinguished Professor and Hariri Institute Director, gives keynote address at the 11th Cloud Control Workshop, taking place June 12-14 in Sweden.
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    Bestavros Presents on MPC at National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium

    December 11, 2017
    Institute Director Azer Bestavros was a featured presenter at the December 2017 Sackler Colloquium on Modeling and Visualizing Science and Technology Developments.
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    Bestavros to Serve on Massachusetts Big Data Advisory Committee

    September 24, 2014
    Azer Bestavros, Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing, has been selected to join the Massachusetts Big Data Advisory Committee that will help improve the ability of academia, government and industry of open data. The small committee was chosen from a diverse group of leaders in technology and big data and aims to address […]