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    Identifying And Overcoming Challenges In The Data Processing Landscape

    February 13, 2020
    Data processing systems play a key role in democratizing data science. They provide users with the necessary abstractions to construct complex data pipelines, scale-out computations to large clusters, and extract meaningful insights from data via simple programming models.

  • A Look Back at 2020 BU Data Science (BUDS) Day

    February 12, 2020
    Thank you for attending the 5th Annual BU Data Science (BUDS) Day. We are proud to have brought together such an amazing group of data science researchers from BU and beyond, and we’re grateful that you chose to spend your time with us. Below are some of our favorite photos and videos from the day. […]
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    Comprehending Why Medical AI Is Perceived As A Concern Amongst The Public

    February 6, 2020
    Today, medical AI can perform with expert-level accuracy and deliver cost-effective healthcare at scale. Nevertheless, across real and hypothetical choices, and a host of medical domains spanning prevention to diagnosis to treatment, we find that people resist replacing humans with AI healthcare providers.
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    Understanding how AI can be leveraged to improve business outcomes

    February 6, 2020
    Making AI faster, easier, and safer Speaker: Rania Khalaf, Director of AI Platforms and Runtimes at IBM Research When: Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 11:30am (Lunch and refreshments: 11:30am, Talk: 12:00pm – 1:00pm) Where: Hariri Institute for Computing 111 Cummington Mall Seminar Room - Room 157 Abstract: Artificial intelligence is being infused into applications at […]
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    Sanaz Mobasseri Gives Talk about Gender and Emotional Contagion in the Workplace

    January 31, 2020
    Recently, BU Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Questrom, and Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellow, Sanaz Mobasseri gave a talk on her research titled “Is Susceptibility to Emotional Contagion Gendered? Sometimes.” This talk is part of the Wed@Hariri Talk Series where Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellows share their research with the Hariri Institute and Boston University communities. […]

  • Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR) Spring Seminars 2020

    January 27, 2020
    We're proud to announce our speakers for our Spring 2020 AIR Seminars. These experts in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence will share their research on such topics as, intelligent behavior, visual recognition, and computational vision. Please join us as we learn more from these noted researchers from across the country. Charless Fowlkes – […]
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    Emotional Accommodation: Women and the Give-and-Take of Emotions in the Workplace

    January 21, 2020
    Wed@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Speaker: Sanaz Mobasseri, Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, QST When: Wednesday, January 29, 2019 2:45pm – 4:00pm (Networking and refreshments 2:45pm – 3:00pm, talk 3:00pm – 4:00pm, reception to follow)  Where: Questrom Building, 595 Commonwealth Ave, HAR 410 Boston, MA EVENT REGISTRATION Abstract: Conflict between gendered social expectations and conceptions of […]
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    New Data from Old Sources: A Machine Learning Approach to Census Record Linking

    January 9, 2020
    Wed@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Speaker: James Feigenbaum, Assistant Professor, Economics, College of Arts & Sciences When: Wednesday, January 21, 2019 3:15pm – 5:00pm (Networking and refreshments 3:15pm – 3:40pm in Room 416, talk 3:45pm – 4:30pm in Room 315, reception to follow)  Where: Economics Building, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA EVENT REGISTRATION   […]
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    Red Hat Awarded NSF Grant for Developing the Open Cloud Testbed

    January 8, 2020
    In a recent announcement by Red Hat Inc., a team of collaborative researchers from Boston University, Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Red Hat Inc. has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems for the development of a national cloud testbed called the Open Cloud […]
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    Francisco Alarcon, BU Computational Artist-in-Residence Was Featured in BU Today

    December 12, 2019
    Francisco Alarcon, Boston University's first computational artist-in-residence and a digital artist was featured in a full-length article in BU Today recently. The article covers how he works with students of the College of Engineering and the College of Fine Arts and that he is a unicorn of sorts that can adeptly change "languages" between talking […]