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    Call for FRP Proposals and Fellowship Nominations

    January 29, 2025
    Learn about Hariri Institute’s funding opportunities designed to advance high-impact multidisciplinary research and recognize outstanding early-career faculty and doctoral students. Seeking to evolve your research? Submit your proposal for a Focused Research Program. Pre-proposals due by February 14, 2025. Proposals due by March 25, 2025. The Hariri Institute for Computing’s Focused Research Programs (FRPs) support […]
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    Call for Hariri Graduate Fellows Program Nominations – Deadline: February 1, 2016

    January 20, 2016
    The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting Hariri Graduate Fellow nominations for prospective PhD students. A new program at the Institute, a key goal of the Hariri Graduate Fellows Program is to help recruit the best and brightest candidates to Boston University. Fellowships are awarded to prospective PhD students […]
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    Call for Hariri Graduate Fellows Program Nominations – February 1, 2016

    January 20, 2016
    The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting Hariri Graduate Fellow nominations for prospective PhD students. A new program at the Institute, a key goal of the Hariri Graduate Fellows Program is to help recruit the best and brightest candidates to Boston University. Fellowships are awarded to prospective PhD students […]
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    Call for Nominations: Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellows Program (for incoming PhD students)

    December 8, 2016
    The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting Hariri Graduate Fellow nominations for prospective PhD students. Nominations may be submitted by the graduate admissions committee chair/director of any BU department or division, and the nomination deadline is Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

  • Calling a Timeout: Improving College Coaches’ Mental Health and Wellbeing

    June 6, 2023
    How do coaches view and overcome adversity? Research being conducted by Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow Olivia Wyatt explores these issues and their impact on the mental health of college coaches. BY BRENDAN GALVIN An undergraduate at Tufts University in 2013, Oliva Wyatt began her studies in baseball analytics. However, a social psychology professor quickly changed […]

  • Can a statistical model find connections between imaging and genomic measures in brain cancer?

    October 18, 2022
    BY GINA MANTICA The time-intensive and costly process of getting a biopsy isn’t ideal for treating fatal brain cancers. Low-grade glioma, a type of slow-growing brain tumor, requires early detection and treatment to extend a person’s life. Researchers from Boston University, University of Michigan, Ohio State University, and University of Nottingham developed a tool that […]
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    Can an AI Model Learn the Changing Appearance of an Ear as a Baby Grows?

    November 12, 2023
    By Maureen Stanton Before vaccines, millions of children died or endured life-long disabilities from diseases such as polio, diphtheria, measles, and meningitis. Unfortunately, there are still 20.5 million children who are missing lifesaving vaccines globally, 2.1 million more than in 2019, according to the World Health Organization.  Childhood immunizations are carefully timed to be given […]
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    Can Data Save Journalism?

    October 18, 2013
    Smart news organizations will move from a “tracking” mentality that simply lists what audiences are doing to focus on what any such insight could mean for both journalism and the business of journalism. Newsrooms need to embrace the kind of number-crunching more common to marketers. [Read More]

  • Can machine learning slow cognitive decline?

    July 7, 2022
    Boston University researchers developed a model that detects cognitive impairment accurately and efficiently from voice recordings. BY GINA MANTICA Alzheimer’s Disease diagnoses are timely and expensive, requiring hour-long in-person neuropsychological exams with trained clinicians that then transcribe, review, and analyze individuals’ responses. But researchers at Boston University developed a tool that could automate analyses and […]
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    Can Rapid Response Data Science Teams Help Prevent Future Pandemics?

    June 11, 2020
    Eric Kolaczyk, The Director of Hariri Institute of Computing, shares his opinion with BU Today, in an article titled “POV: COVID-19 Shows Us We Need Rapid Response Data Science Teams.” In it, he describes how the COVID-19 pandemic is not only an indication of the need for development but also a rapid response from data scientists. In the […]