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    Zervas’ “Fake It Till You Make It” Catches Attention of Wall Street Journal

    September 26, 2013
    The Wall Street Journal has repeatedly spotlighted the research of Georgios Zervas, Boston University Questrom School of Business assistant professor of marketing, on the consequences of fake online reviews. Both the Journal’s Corporate Intelligence blog and its “Morning Risk Report,” which provides insights and news on governance, risk, and compliance, featured recent posts on the writing […]
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    [Andrei Lapets] Accessible Formal Methods

    April 16, 2013
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet our Fellows 3:00 PM Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 Towards Accessible Domain-Specific Integration and Deployment of Formal Tools and Techniques Andrei Lapets Postdoctoral Fellow The Hariri Instititute Abstract: Researchers in the programming languages and formal verification communities have produced a variety of formal analysis and verification tools and techniques. While there exist […]
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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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    [Ayse Coskun] Sustainable Computing

    February 12, 2013
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet our Fellows 3:30 PM Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Towards Sustainable Computing: Innovative Design and Management Strategies across the Computing Stack Ayse Kivilcim Coskun Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow Abstract: Energy efficiency is a central issue in all computing domains. In data centers, operational and […]
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    [Ben Lubin] Combinatorial Markets

    April 24, 2013
    Wednesdays @Hariri /Meet our Fellows 3:00 PM   Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 Designing and Pricing Combinatorial Markets Dr. Benjamin Lubin Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Questrom Junior Fellow of the Hariri Institute Abstract: Combinatorial Auctions have found application in many areas, from supply chain management to the high-value government bandwidth auctions that have been widely publicized.  However, […]
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    [BU Team] SC’12 Cluster Competition

    March 6, 2013
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:30 PM Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Experiences at the Supercomputing 2012 Student Cluster Competition Supercomputing Student Cluster Competition BU Cluster Challenge Team Abstract: Every year the ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference holds a "Student Cluster Competition" in which students build and operate a high-performance computing cluster right at the conference and show. The 2012 BU […]
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    [Cara Stepp] Cracking the Code of the Most Common Voice Disorder: Mysterious Loss of Voice with No Known Cause

    February 25, 2015
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM on March 18,2015 @ Rm 180 Cracking the Code of the Most Common Voice Disorder: Mysterious Loss of Voice with No Known Cause Cara Stepp Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences/Biomedical Engineering Boston University Abstract: An estimated 9% of adults in the U.S. are affected by […]
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    [Clark Freifeld] HealthMap and MedWatcher: Big Data and Crowdsourcing for Better Public Health

    September 26, 2014
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM on October 1, 2014 @MCS-180 HealthMap and MedWatcher: Big Data and Crowdsourcing for Better Public Health Clark Freifeld Research Software Developer Boston Children's Hospital Abstract: Traditional public health monitoring and reporting systems are vital to protecting population health, but suffer from delays, under-reporting, and bureaucratic friction. Meanwhile, massive adoption of the Internet and […]
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    [Dino Christenson] Uncovering the Network Strategies of Interest Groups

    April 25, 2014
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet Our Fellows 3:00 PM on April 23, 2014 @MCS-180 Uncovering the Network Strategies of Interest Groups Dino Christenson Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor and Director of Advanced Programs, Department of Political Science Boston University Abstract: Interest groups use a variety of techniques to influence the political process, among which coalition strategies […]
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    [Douglas Densmore] Fluigi: Synthetic Biology Based Microfluidic Control Synthesis

    March 26, 2014
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet Our Fellows 3:00 PM on April 2, 2014 @MCS-180 Fluigi: Synthetic Biology Based Microfluidic Control Synthesis Douglas Densmore Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Boston University Abstract: One goal of synthetic biology is to design and build genetic circuits in living cells for a range of […]