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  • A Preemptive Strike on Future Pandemics

    February 1, 2024
    A BU-led research team publishes new findings that show how detecting and correctly assigning deaths can help mitigate the impact of pandemics By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute COVID-19 caused catastrophe and chaos across the globe. According to some disease forecasters, the world could face another COVID-like pandemic within 10 years. To improve our response to […]

  • A Real-Time Change Detection Algorithm

    May 14, 2021
    BY GINA MANTICA Robots navigate around a room thanks to cameras and algorithms that help them process images. But, as a robot starts moving around, so does the camera’s field of view. To control a robot’s movements and prevent it from crashing into objects, it needs to excel at change detection – or the process […]

  • A Scalable and Secure Cyberinfrastructure for the Repeatability of Ecological Research

    February 1, 2018
    SPRING 2018 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEES Pl: Michael Dietz, Earth & Environment, CAS Co-Pl: Abraham Matta, Computer Science, CAS The goal of this project is to build a scalable, cloud-based system for submitting, generating, archiving, and disseminating multi-model ecological forecasts. Beyond advancing ecological research and socially-useful forecasts, this system will contribute to the more general development of a […]

  • A Text-Messaging Approach to Improving Self-Management of Chronic Conditions among Boston’s Highest Utilizing Homeless Persons

    June 1, 2017
    SPRING 2017 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEES Pl: D. Keith McInnes, Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH Co-Pls: Thomas Byrne, Social Welfare Policy, SSW This project aims to develop text messaging interventions for homeless patients that will promote greater access to chronic disease self-management and outpatient care. To do so, the team will work with homeless patients […]

  • A White Paper: “Effective Community-University-Industry Collaboration Models for Smart and Connected Communities Research.”

    May 16, 2019
      Uncovering How to Work Together In 2017 the Hariri Institute for Computing along with the BU Initiative on Cities held two workshops titled “Effective Community-University-Industry Collaboration Models for Smart and Connected Communities Research.” Attendees at these events included principal investigators, research directors, city officials, community partners, NSF program managers, and federal agency and industry […]

  • Abraham Matta Wins NSF Grant for Application Software Project

    October 9, 2019
    On September 16th, Abraham Matta, a Hariri Research Fellow, received a grant from the Division of Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation for his proposal titled “CNS Core: Small: Collaborative Research: HEECMA: A Hybrid Elastic Edge-Cloud Application Management Architecture”. This project will examine how application software can be partitioned and deployed over different parts of a […]

  • Accelerating Multi-Party Computation with FPGAs

    September 30, 2019
    FALL 2019 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEES PI: Martin Herbordt, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG Co-PI: Mayank Varia, Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, CAS Track: HIC & Red Hat Collaboratory Datasets can tell a great story and provide critical insights in almost every aspect of society. Unfortunately, guaranteeing privacy can slow this process, and critical insights otherwise […]

  • Adam Guren, Institute Junior Faculty Fellow, To Give Sept 28, 2016 Meet Our Fellows Talk

    September 19, 2016
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM on Wednesday, September 28, 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 […]

  • Adam Smith to Give 5/16 DSI Distinguished Lecture

    May 11, 2017
    The Institute is pleased to host a Data Science Initiative (DSI) Distinguished Lecture, given by Adam Smith and titled “Privacy, Stability and Generalization." Tuesday, May 16, 2017; 12:30-1:30pm, lunch served at 12pm. Hariri Institute for Computing, Seminar Room.

  • Addressing the Gender & Racial Wage Gaps with Data Science

    December 9, 2021
    BY GINA MANTICA The overall gender wage gap hasn’t changed in the Boston area over the past two years, according to a recent report from the Boston Women’s Workforce Council (BWWC). But identifying a problem is often the first step towards finding a solution, and data science provides the quantitative rigor and objectivity that can […]