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    Graduate Student Fellow Sarah Zheng Presents at Cornell Health Symposium

    October 25, 2016
    Sarah Zheng is a PhD candidate in the Operations and Technology Management department at BU’s Questrom School of Business. She received a bachelors in economics from Peking University, China and a masters in economics from BU. Sarah’s research focuses on the intersection of operations management and data analytics to create and design more efficient systems […]
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    Institute Steering Committee Member Dino Christenson Gives Insight into 2016 Presidential Election

    October 25, 2016
    Institute Steering Committee Member and former Junior Faculty Fellow, Dino Christenson, spoke with BU Today about the current presidential election, specifically about what sets this race apart from previous elections. Christenson, who studies American electoral behavior, presidential campaigns, campaign media coverage, noted two crucial differences between this election and all others: the efficacy of the […]
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    Institute Announces 2016-2017 Steering Committee Members

    October 6, 2016
    The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to recognize the Institute’s 2016-2017 Steering Committee members. As a cornerstone of one of Boston University’s strategic areas of research, the Hariri Institute for Computing and its Steering Committee (SC) play a critical role in strengthening the broad BU computing and data-driven community of scholars. The Institute is excited to […]
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    Graduate Student Fellow Jonathan Hersh’s Work Profiled by the Brookings Institution

    October 4, 2016
    Jonathan Hersh, a member of the Institute's first-ever Graduate Student Fellows cohort, has drawn national attention for his dissertation and recent work with the World Bank. The dissertation, titled "Poverty in HD: What Does High Resolution Satellite Imagery Reveal about Economic Welfare?", uses data from Sri Lanka to "investigate the ability of features derived from high spatial […]
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    Institute Director to Speak at Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Event in Washington, D.C.

    October 4, 2016
    Azer Bestavros, Hariri Institute Founding Director and Professor of Computer Science, will be a panelist at "The Cities of Tomorrow: How Research and Innovation Can Help Address the U.S. Infrastructure Crises" event, to be held in Washington, D.C. on October 27th. Hosted by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the event will discuss research and innovation that […]
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    Institute Announces Fall Call for Research Award Proposals

    September 29, 2016
    The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to bring to the attention of BU faculty the Fall 2016 Call for Hariri Institute Research Award proposals. The deadline for proposals is Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 5pm. The Hariri Institute is committed to catalyzing interdisciplinary research that utilizes computing, computational and data-driven approaches by engaging a community of researchers across schools […]
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    Dan Li, Institute Junior Faculty Fellow, To Give Oct 26, 2016 Meet Our Fellows Talk

    September 28, 2016
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM on Wednesday, October 26, 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 […]
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    Institute Congratulates 2016 Graduate Student Fellows

    September 20, 2016
    The Hariri Institute for Computing congratulates the first cohort of Graduate Student Fellows: The Institute welcomes both Graduate Student Fellows and the professors they will be working closely with on new and ongoing research. The Graduate Student Fellows Program, a new program at the Institute, recognizes outstanding PhD students with the potential to become ambassadors […]

  • 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 […]
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    Institute Announces 2016 Junior Faculty Fellows

    September 14, 2016
    The Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University is pleased to announce its 2016 cohort of Junior Faculty Fellows. They are: Jacob Bor, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health (SPH) Jacob Groshek, Assistant Professor, Division of Emerging Media Studies (COM) Lei Guo, Assistant Professor, Division of Emerging Media Studies (COM) Adam Guren, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics (CAS) […]