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    Stringhini Delivers Wed@Hariri Talk on Weaponized Online Content to a Packed Room

    December 12, 2019
    Yesterday, BU Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellow, Gianluca Stringhini gave a talk in front of a packed room on his research titled “Computational Methods to Measure and Mitigate Weaponized Online Information.” This talk is part of the Wed@Hariri Talk Series where Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellows share their research with the […]
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    Student Poster Session: Data Mechanics and Symmetric Cryptography

    April 21, 2016
    Date: April 26, 2016 from 2:00-5:00pm Location: Hariri Institute for Computing, 111 Cummington Mall, Rm 180 The Hariri Institute is pleased to host the Topics in Data Mechanics and Symmetric Cryptography student poster session, featuring 20 group projects completed by students enrolled in the spring course sections. Students from CS 591 L1 will present posters describing projects in […]
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    Students Assess Network Security of Over 20 Companies

    May 3, 2017
    Do you ever wonder how secure your Venmo app is? Or whether your information is at risk each time you use Uber? Luckily for us, Sharon Goldberg - a Hariri Institute Fellow, CS Associate Professor, and international expert on cybersecurity - does. Through her "Network Security" course, she is ensuring BU students of all levels (undergraduate seniors, masters, and PhD students) are pushing the frontier of applied cryptography, web security, and network protocol security.
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    Students Showcase their Projects at the Spring 2019 Poster Sessions

    May 8, 2019
    Last week, students from Andrei Lapets' Data Mechanics and Emily Whiting's Computational Fabrication classes showcased their Spring Semester projects at the Hariri Institute for Computing during Poster Sessions. Posters sessions are held at the conclusion of each semester as an opportunity for students to share their work with other classmates, faculty and industry communities. This […]
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    Students Showcase Work in Tools for Data Science Poster Session

    May 17, 2017
    Hosted by BU Spark! and the Hariri Institute for Computing, students in Professor Evimaria Terzi's CS506 (ENG 500) "Tools for Data Science" had the opportunity to showcase their classwork in a poster session on Friday, May 5th. With the help of BU Spark! director, Ziba Cranmer, students were paired with local companies and organizations, including the ALCU, Microsoft, and Converse, to tackle small-scale computer and data science problems.
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    Study Finds Widespread Signs of Wash Trading in NFT Markets

    May 12, 2026
    Using machine-learning models and blockchain data, BU researcher Gerry Tsoukalas and collaborators identified suspicious patterns across major exchanges. By Brendan Galvin Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, became a symbol of the digital asset boom, with buyers spending huge sums on blockchain-based art, collectibles, and virtual items. Yet new research suggests that much of that activity may […]

  • Studying climate change in the cloud

    March 3, 2021
    Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory join forces to create a cloud computing platform for global change scientists. BY GINA MANTICA Climate change might be partly to blame for the severe winter weather in Texas. To create effective policies that protect the Earth’s climate, researchers need to bett­er understand how […]

  • Studying the biomechanics of voice disorders

    July 11, 2022
    Boston University researchers develop a new model for speech production that combines neural, physiological, and biomechanical information about vocal folds. BY GINA MANTICA Voice disorders don’t just change how a person sounds when they speak; they can also cause pain and impact a person’s wellbeing. Studying voice disorders in patients provides researchers with a snapshot […]

  • Tailored couples counseling helps Malawian women choose contraceptives

    May 25, 2021
    BY GINA MANTICA Sub-Saharan African countries have a large unmet demand for family planning and reproductive health services compared to Western or Asian countries. But the volume of information given by counselors during family planning sessions can make it challenging for women to make an informed decision about their contraceptive use. Changing the structure of […]
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    Taulbee Survey Highlights Computer Science Growth Spurt in Academe

    May 13, 2014
    The 2013 Taulbee Survey published by the Computing Research Association reported the second consecutive year of record doctoral degree production in Computer Science, continued strengthening of undergraduate Computer Science enrollments, and significant investments in Computer Science footprint on campuses across the US and Canada. [Read the Report]