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    CS Competencies and K12 Education

    June 20, 2013
    Massachusetts lawmakers are debating a proposal that would mandate computer science classes in all Massachusetts public schools. The plan would integrate computer skills into the state’s public school curriculum and standardized tests starting as early as the eighth grade. As part of the coverage of this story, Institute Director, Azer Bestavros, was asked by a […]
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    CS Professor Leo Reyzin wins Best Paper at Eurocrypt 2017

    May 17, 2017
    Computer Science professor Leo Reyzin has won Best Paper at the Eurocrypt 2017 conference for his paper “Scrypt is Maximally Memory-Hard." The paper, which was written by Reyzin and Joël Alwen, Binyi Chen, Krzysztof Pietrzak, and Stefano Tessaro, discusses their work on memory-hard function.
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    Cyber Alliance members discuss intersection of computer science & law at DIMACS workshop

    December 23, 2020
    BY: NATALIE GOLD From November 10-12, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science(DIMACS) at Rutgers University held the Workshop on Co-Development of Computer Science and Law. The event focused on the future of converging computational techniques and legal principles, and the necessity of providing a computer science perspective on the legal and social […]
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    Cyber Security Researchers Weigh in on How to Protect Ourselves

    November 6, 2019
    In celebration of Cyber Awareness Month, BU Research published an article through their page on Medium covering cybersecurity and what we can do to protect ourselves. Over 80% of Americans have smartphones with mobile apps on them and this article outlines how hackers can get into your phone through your apps. The article quoted responses […]
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    Cybersecurity Awareness Month Q&A

    October 7, 2021
    BY GINA MANTICA Many people enter private information, like addresses and passwords, online regularly. But not many people know how to keep that sensitive information safe. Cybersecurity Awareness Month was created to ensure that people in the United States have the resources they need to be safer online. We asked one of our cybersecurity experts […]
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    Daily Free Press: BU Awarded $3M to Build Mass Open Cloud

    April 30, 2014
    Written by Adrian Baker, Published in the Daily Free Press on Apr 29, 2014 Boston University has received $3 million in state funding from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in addition to support from technology companies to develop the Massachusetts Open Cloud, the first cloud computing software of its kind. “The MOC is conceived as a marketplace where […]
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    Dan Li, Institute Junior Faculty Fellow, To Give Oct 26, 2016 Meet Our Fellows Talk

    September 28, 2016
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Refreshments & networking at 2:45 PM Hariri Institute for Computing 111 Cummington Mall, Room 180 This fall, the Hariri Institute for Computing is launching a redesigned "Meet Our Fellows" series that will showcase the Institute's 2016 Junior Faculty Fellows as well as the inaugural cohort of Hariri […]
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    Daniel Sussman, Institute Junior Faculty Fellow, to Give 11/1 Wed@Hariri/Meet Our Fellows Talk

    October 16, 2017
    The Hariri Institute for Computing continues its 2017-2018 “Meet Our Fellows” series, which will showcase Daniel Sussman, an assistant professor in the department of mathematics & statistics.
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    Data Analysis by Institute Fellows Featured in Boston Globe

    February 9, 2014
    Research by Institute Fellows Giorgos Zervas and John Byers, and their student Davide Proserpio was the subject of a Boston Globe Sunday article in their "Ideas" section. Craigslist sunk the classified business and Amazon has put bookstores into bankruptcy. Now a trio of researchers at Boston University wants to know- is Airbnb going to make Marriott and […]
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    Data Mechanics Student Poster Session Solves Urban Challenges

    May 2, 2017
    Hosted by the Hariri Institute, students in Lecturer Andrei Lapets' CS591 Data Mechanics class had the opportunity to share the results of their semester-long work, which focused on real-life faced by Boston residents and organizations. Over 50 students presented posters that answered questions such as how to find the best area to live, what is the correlation between food accessibility and obesity, and what steps to take regarding rising sea levels.