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    SAIL Collaborated with Pacesetters Initiative to Solve Spending Data Problem in Businesses

    April 19, 2019
    The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce recently released a report called “2018 Pacesetters Impact Report” for Pacesetters Initiative. In the report, the Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing is mentioned, who supports Pacesetters with data collecting process. Pacesetters Initiative is a program of Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce […]
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    Memory-Efficient Adaptive Optimization for Humongous-Scale Learning

    April 19, 2019
    AIR SEMINAR SERIES Yoram Singer, Princeton University and Google When: Monday, April 22, 2019 Event Start Time: 11:00 am (reception starts at 10:30am) Event End Time: 12:00 pm Where: Kilachand Center, Colloquium Room 101 Abstract: Adaptive gradient-based optimizers such as AdaGrad and Adam are among the methods of choice in modern machine learning. These methods maintain […]
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    A Conversation on Trump’s New Order with AI Researchers Margrit Betke and Azer Bestavros

    April 10, 2019
    Earlier last month Futurity.org wrote an article entitled “Can the U.S. Win The A.I. Arms Race.” In the article, a mandate signed by President Trump that aims to support artificial intelligence (AI) research is discussed. The mandate is regarded as an excellent opportunity to explore further potential of AI, which generates both concern and hope on its […]
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    Engagement and Control in Social Algorithmic Systems: Empowering Algorithms and Algorithm Disillusionment

    April 2, 2019
    AIR SEMINAR SERIES Karrie Karahalios, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign When: Monday, April 8, 2019 Event Start Time: 11:00 am (reception at 10:30am, talk at 11am) Event End Time: 12:00 pm Where: Kilachand Center, Colloquium Room 101   Abstract: Algorithms play a large role by shaping what we see and don’t […]
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    Election Integrity

    March 26, 2019
    CYBER ALLIANCE SERIES Ron Rivest, MIT When: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Event Start Time: 3:30 pm (including reception before) Event End Time: 5:00 pm (including reception after) Where: BU Law, Faculty Lounge Rm 1503 Abstract: In this Cyber Alliance talk, MIT Prof. Ron Rivest will review the problem of election security, focusing on the problem of […]

  • AIR Series: First-Person Perception by Anticipating the Unseen and Unheard

    March 22, 2019
    AIR SEMINAR SERIES Kristen Grauman, University of Texas at Austin This talk has been canceled and will be rescheduled to a later date. When: Monday, April 1, 2019 Event Start Time: 11:00 am (reception at 10:30am, talk at 11am) Event End Time: 12:00 pm Where: Kilachand Center, Colloquium Room 101 Abstract: Computer vision has seen major […]
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    PLACES: Measuring the Effects of Private Land Conservation with Large-Scale Ownership and Satellite Data

    March 18, 2019
    Wednesday@Hariri: Meet Our Fellows Series Christoph Nolte, BU Faculty When: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Event Start Time: 3:00 pm (refreshments & networking at 2:45 PM) Event End Time: 4:30 pm Where: College of Arts and Sciences, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, Room 132 Abstract: The voluntary, permanent protection of private lands is a key instrument in […]

  • AIR Seminar Series: Oriol Vinyals Speaks to a Standing-Room-Only Audience at Kilachand

    March 13, 2019
    Earlier this week, Oriol Vinyals, Senior Staff Research Scientist from Google DeepMind, gave a talk on the StarCraft gaming program called AlphaStar to a packed room at the Kilachand Center. Vinyals holds a Ph.D. in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley and is a recipient of the 2016 MIT TR35 innovator award. His research […]

  • AIR Seminar Series: Yoram Singer, Princeton University and Google

    March 13, 2019
    AIR SEMINAR SERIES Yoram Singer, Princeton University and Google When: Monday, April 22, 2019 Event Start Time: 11:00 am (reception starts at 10:30am) Event End Time: 12:00 pm Where: Kilachand Center, Colloquium Room 101

  • AlphaStar: Mastering the Real-Time Strategy Game StarCraft II

    March 1, 2019
    AIR SEMINAR SERIES Oriol Vinyals, Google DeepMind   When: Monday, March 11, 2019 Event Start Time: 10:30 am (reception 30mins prior to event start) Event End Time: 12:00 pm Where: Kilachand Center, Colloquium Room 101 Abstract: Games have been used for decades as an important way to test and evaluate the performance of artificial intelligence systems. […]