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    From Vision to Language and Back Again

    November 13, 2017
    This talk by <strong>Andrei Barbu</strong>, a research scientist at MIT, will discuss a program to <strong>unify research around a number of vision-language problems</strong> into a single mathematical framework culminating in a robotic platform that is able to follow natural language commands, store knowledge, and answer questions.
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    RISCS Hosts 11/9 Charles River Crypto Day

    November 3, 2017
    Sponsored and hosted by the Hariri Institute and the BU Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security (RISCS), the Charles River Crypto Day brings together academics and research scientists from local universities and research labs to discuss recent advances in cryptography.
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    Media Analysis and Understanding

    November 2, 2017
    This talk by <strong>Guorong Li</strong>, an associate professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, will outline recent research in media analysis including <strong>learning label-specific features for multi-label classification</strong>, learning common space for cross-modal retrieval and car tracking in UAV video.
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    Creative AI: Data-driven Approaches for Human-centered Computational Design

    October 25, 2017
    <strong>Craig Yu</strong>, an associate professor at UMass Boston, discusses recent progress in <strong>data-driven computational design</strong>, including automatic interior design, architectural design, zoomorphic furniture design, and the design of reconfigurable objects and dissections puzzles.
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    Physics-Aware Design Tools for Digital Fabrication

    October 20, 2017
    <strong>Mélina Skouras</strong>, a postdoctoral associate at MIT, presents <strong>novel algorithms based on physics-based simulation and inverse modeling</strong> that can be used to alleviate difficulties in digital manufacturing and allow the designer to easily create custom deformable objects.
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    RISCS Director Hosts Cybersecurity Research on Tap

    October 20, 2017
    Ran Canetti, RISCS Director, hosts a Research on Tap event focused on Cybersecurity, or the study of information systems that are accessible to the public and yet resilient to malicious subversion. This event is open to faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.
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    BU Cyber Alliance Hosts 10/23 Brown Bag Lunch Series, Featuring Michael Meurer (LAW)

    October 18, 2017
    For this Cyber Alliance Speaker Series event, Prof. Meurer will discuss social welfare issues concerning investment in databases that can be used to develop AI technologies, and access to those databases.
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    Faculty Fellows Jacob Groshek, Dino Christenson and Neha Gondal Lead Crafting Your Online Scholarly Persona Panel

    October 16, 2017
    Hariri Institute Faculty Fellows Jacob Groshek, Dino Christenson and Neha Gondal lead panel on establishing an online presence as a scholar and researcher to increase the visibility of research and publications.
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    BU Cyber Alliance Presents Wed@Hariri Book Talk: “Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance and the Struggle to Reform the NSA”

    October 16, 2017
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Refreshments & networking at 2:45 PM Hariri Institute for Computing 111 Cummington Mall, Room 180 Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance and the Struggle to Reform the NSA Tim Edgar Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute at Brown University This Wednesday@Hariri event is hosted […]
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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.