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  • Allyson Sgro Gives Wed@Hariri Talk About Multicellular Decision Making

    October 31, 2019
    Yesterday, Allyson Sgro, BU Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellow, gave a talk on her research titled “What Happened and What Should I Do Next: Identifying Algorithms Multicellular Decision Making.” This talk is part of the Wed@Hariri Talk Series where Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellows share their research with […]

  • 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. […]

  • Alyssa Pierson Receives MassRobotics Rising Star Award

    June 23, 2023
    By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Hariri Faculty Affiliate Alyssa N. Pierson received the inaugural MassRobotics Rising Star in Robotics Medal for her key contributions to the cooperative, distributed control of multi-agent teams. The Rising Star in Robotics Medal recognizes up and coming woman-identifying persons making strides and advancing the field of robotics. The […]

  • An Official Beginning for the BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences Building

    December 6, 2019
    On Thursday, December 10th a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the site of the new state-of-the-art BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences building. The ceremony took place under a tent at the building’s location at the corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Granby St. About 150 BU faculty, administration, and staff attended the event which […]

  • An Ongoing Streaming Sample Twitter Collection and Analysis Toolkit

    June 1, 2016
    SPRING 2016 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEES  PI: Jacob Groshek (Emerging Media Studies, COM) Collaborators: Manuel Egele (Electrical & Computer Engineering, ENG) This project seeks to develop alternative and robust collection, storage, and analysis capabilities to perform research based on communications sent via Twitter. Twitter is one of the most popular and frequently used online social networks […]

  • Andrew Sabelhaus Receives NSF CAREER Award, Advancing the Safety of Soft Robots for Human and Environmental Interactions

    May 14, 2024
    By Hariri Institute Staff Andrew Sabelhaus, an ENG assistant professor of mechanical engineering and systems engineering (affiliate) has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. As director of the Soft Robotics Control Lab at Boston University, Sabelhaus leads research that advances the safety of soft robots for human […]

  • Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards

    May 15, 2023
    13 Fellows and Four Focused Research Programs Awarded The Hariri Institute of Computing is pleased to announce our 2023 Fellows and 2024 Focused Research Program (FRP) award recipients. The Institute has awarded six Junior Faculty Fellows and seven Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary doctoral students who are pursuing innovative computationally-driven research with […]

  • Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards

    March 4, 2024
    14 Fellows and 5 Focused Research Programs Awarded The Hariri Institute of Computing is pleased to announce our 2024 Fellows and 2025 Focused Research Program (FRP) award recipients. The Institute has awarded 8 Junior Faculty Fellows and 6 Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary 1st and 2nd year PhD students who are pursuing innovative computationally-driven […]

  • Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards

    June 3, 2025
    9 Fellows and 3 Focused Research Programs Awarded The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to announce our 2025 Fellows and 2026 Focused Research Program (FRP) award recipients. The Institute has awarded four Junior Faculty Fellows and five Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary first-year and second-year graduate students who are pursuing innovative […]

  • Announcing the 2024 AI and Education Initiative Awards

    April 16, 2024
    Four Faculty Research Grants and Four Graduate Student Fellows Awarded The AI and Education Initiative is pleased to announce the recipients of its Faculty Research Grants and Doctoral Fellowships. These two funding programs were launched to support evolving research efforts at the intersection of  artificial intelligence (AI) and education at Boston University.  Join us as we celebrate and recognize the […]