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  • AIR Studies How Machines Learn and Think

    September 24, 2018
    Researchers from Boston University’s Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative (AIR), housed at the Hariri Institute, attempt to understand how computers make decisions once they have been programmed to learn. Kate Saenko, an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science department at BU, takes a look into how computers programmed with artificial intelligence gather information and go about […]
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    HIC Junior Faculty Fellow Emily Ryan Featured in BU Today

    September 24, 2018
    HIC Junior Faculty Fellow Emily Ryan's research on preserving lithium battery life by breaking up dendrite growth was featured in BU Today September 24, 2018. Professor Ryan and her team at the Computational Energy Laboratory at the BU College of Engineering use computational models to find the best plan for suppressing dendrite growth and improving […]
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    Institute Directors and DHI Affiliate to Speak at the Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy Nexus Series Event on October 17, 2018

    September 18, 2018
    The Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy, which partners with the Hariri Institute for Computing to form the Digital Health Initiative (DHI), will host the next event in their Nexus Series on October 17, 2018, titled: A Tale of Two (or More) Datasets: Multiparty Computing for Health Care Research and Beyond. The seminar will feature […]
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    Red Hat Collaboratory and BU Spark! Land BU on the US News Most Innovative Universities List

    September 17, 2018
    In an acknowledgement of Boston University's continued rise as a top institution for innovation, it has been placed for the first time on the 2019 edition of US News & World Report's Most Innovative Colleges list. The recognition comes after US News conducted a survey in which college presidents, provosts, and admissions deans were asked to nominate institutions […]
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    Institute Faculty Fellow Jacob Groshek Featured in Boston Herald

    September 17, 2018
    BU communications professor and Hariri Institute Faculty Fellow Jacob Groshek was featured in a <em>Boston Herald</em> story about President Donald J. Trump's claims that Google's search algorithm was displaying overwhelmingly liberal sources.
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    MPC Enables Evidence-Based Policymaking

    September 17, 2018
    The U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking issued its bipartisan report in September 2017 and unanimously found that technological developments are changing the way data analysis can be performed, particularly in terms of privacy protections and security.  Insights gained from these developments make it possible to improve informed government decision-making and statistic generation. In particular, secure multi-party […]

  • “‘Does This Vehicle Belong to You?’ Processing the Language of Policing for Improving Police-Community Relations” Dan Jurafsky (Stanford)

    September 14, 2018
    Dan Jurafsky, Stanford University Monday, October 22, 2018, 10:30am Networking reception, 10:30-11:00am; Seminar 11:00-12:00pm Kilachand Center, 610 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215   "Does This Vehicle Belong to You?" Processing the Language of Policing for Improving Police-Community Relations Abstract: Police body-worn cameras have the potential to play an important role in understanding and improving police-community relations. […]
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    Institute Announces 2018 Junior Faculty Fellows

    September 12, 2018
    The Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University is pleased to announce its eighth cohort of Junior Faculty Fellows. They are: Jennifer Balakrishnan, Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor of Mathematics, CAS Mahesh Karra, Assistant Professor, Global Development Policy, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Vijaya B. Kolachalama, Assistant Professor, Medicine (MED) Wenchao Li, Assistant […]

  • AI Expert & BU CS Professor Kate Saenko Initiates BU AI4All Program

    August 31, 2018
    When AI4All cofounder Olga Russakovsky inquired about collaborating on a BU partnership, Kate Saenko, Associate Professor of Computer Science and core faculty member of the AI Research (AIR) initiative housed at the Hariri Institute, saw this as a great opportunity for groups who are currently underrepresented in a male dominated field to learn about AI and computer […]
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    Charalampos (Babis) Tsourakakis, Junior Faculty Fellow, Gives 9/12 Wed@Hariri/Meet Our Fellows Talk

    August 29, 2018
    Join us as we kick off our Fall Wednesday@Hariri/Meet Our Fellows series with Hariri JFF Charalampos (Babis) Tsourakakis.