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    Institute Support of Levantine Ceramics Project Recognized

    February 11, 2014
    The Institute’s support of the Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP: http://www.levantineceramics.org/) by Professor of Archeology and Hariri Institute Fellow Andrea Berlin was recognized in a CSA Newsletter article. LCP is a collaboration between archeologists which makes evidence of ceramic wares, shapes, and laboratory analyses readily available for researchers through an on-line repository. The LCP project also organized a series […]
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    From MOOCs to SPOCs

    February 10, 2014
    UC Berkeley EECS Professor and Director of Berkeley's MOOCLab, Armando Fox, discusses the positive and productive use of MOOCs as an aid to traditional classroom teaching. The tools built into MOOCs, such as auto-grading with multiple capacities (soon to be more!), allows professors to spend more time interacting with students. Since MOOCs have an exponentially […]
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    Data Analysis by Institute Fellows Featured in Boston Globe

    February 9, 2014
    Research by Institute Fellows Giorgos Zervas and John Byers, and their student Davide Proserpio was the subject of a Boston Globe Sunday article in their "Ideas" section. Craigslist sunk the classified business and Amazon has put bookstores into bankruptcy. Now a trio of researchers at Boston University wants to know- is Airbnb going to make Marriott and […]
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    New York Times Reports on Zervas and Byers’ Work on “Sharing Economy”

    February 9, 2014
    A new study by Institute Fellows Giorgos Zervas and John Byers, and their student Davide Proserpio demonstrates for the first time that the "sharing economy" is negatively impacting traditional business models. The study evaluated the impact of "apartment sharing"  through Airbnb on the traditional lodging industry, showing that for every 1 percent increase in the size of […]
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    Nominations Open for 2014-2015 Junior Faculty Fellows

    February 8, 2014
    The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering is now accepting nominations for the 2014/2015 class of Junior Faculty Fellows (see the 2011/2012 cohort, the 2012/2013 cohort, and the 2013/2014 cohort). The Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellows program was established both to recognize outstanding junior faculty at Boston University working in […]
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    [Armando Fox] Using MOOCs to Reinvigorate Software Engineering Education

    February 6, 2014
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 Professor Armando Fox University of California at Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department Faculty Advisor, MOOCLab Abstract The spectacular failure of the Affordable Care Act website ("Obamacare") has focused public attention on software engineering.  Yet experienced practitioners mostly sighed and shrugged, because the historical record shows that only […]
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    [Sarah Cohen] Data+Narrative: Data Storytelling and Unlocking News Through Computing

    February 6, 2014
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 Sarah Cohen Reporter, New York Times Abstract: Data mining and journalism go hand in hand, and data-savvy journalists are those who will succeed in the coming decade. From Edward Snowden's data dump to the local police's record on solving crimes, reporters and editors can't count on government to provide independent analysis […]
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    [Louis Fiore] We Have a Big Data Problem

    February 6, 2014
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 Louis Fiore Executive Director, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center and Million Veteran Program Abstract: The Million Veteran Program (MVP) is an effort supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enroll one million Veterans who are active users of the VA healthcare system into a genetic epidemiology cohort. Participants […]
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    Massachusetts Open Cloud Highlights Rising Demand for Big Data Services

    January 10, 2014
    Enterprises and governments are increasingly drawn to open cloud storage systems as they seek to streamline costs and facilitate better interoperability between IT components. The Massachusetts government recently teamed up with Boston-area research universities to create an open cloud solution, and its move underscores broad organizational interest in deriving more value from big data, often through combinations […]
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    Institute Sponsors Reddit Co-Founder’s Campus Visit

    December 11, 2013
    On Monday December 9th, the Hariri Institute sponsored a visit by Alexis Ohanian (co-founder of Reddit) on how to be an entrepreneur. Alexis presentation was followed by a discussion that also included CS Alumna Rebecca Norlander. For more information on Alexis' pitch, check this BU Today article.