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    [Emily Ryan] Developing Energy Technologies for the Future: Micron to Device Scale

    March 16, 2015
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 – 4:00 PM on September 23,2015 @ Rm 180 Developing Energy Technologies for the Future: Micron to Device Scale Emily Ryan Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering/Division of Materials Science and Engineering Boston University Abstract: With increasing concerns over global warming and decreasing recoverable fossil fuel reserves, development […]
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    [Evimaria Terzi] On Selection and Ranking

    March 26, 2013
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet our Fellows 3:00 PM Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Entity Selection and Ranking for Data-Mining Applications Evimaria Terzi Assistant Professor of Computer Science Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow Abstract: In many data-mining applications, the input consists of a collection of entities (e.g., reviews about a product, experts that declare certain skills, network […]
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    [Francesco Decarolis] Common Agency and Coordinated Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions

    February 11, 2015
    Wednesdays @Hariri POSTPONED Common Agency and Coordinated Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions Francesco Decarolis Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Boston University Joint work with: Maris Goldmanis (Royal Holloway, University of London) Antonio Penta (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Abstract: As auctions are becoming the main mechanism for selling advertisement space on the […]
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    [Georgios Zervas] Do-Not-Track and the Economics of Third-Party Advertising

    March 26, 2015
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM on April 8, 2015 @ Rm 180 Do-Not-Track and the Economics of Third-Party Advertising Georgios Zervas Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor of Marketing, Questrom School of Business Boston University Abstract: Retailers regularly target users with online ads based on their web browsing activity, benefiting both the retailers, who can […]
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    [Grimes & Clark] Data+Narrative: Money and Politics Storytelling with Big Data

    October 15, 2014
    Wednesdays@Hariri  3:00 PM-5:00 PM on October 29, 2014 @MCS-180 Data+Narrative: Money and Politics Storytelling with Big Data SPONSORED BY:  The Boston University College of Communication and the Hariri Institute for Computing *This program is the third event this year in the COM/Hariri Data+Narrative Lecture Series With the November election just weeks away, data masters from […]
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    [Gustavo Schwenkler] Simulated Likelihood Estimators for Discretely Observed Jump-Diffusions

    March 31, 2015
    Wednesdays @Hariri 3:00 PM on April 15, 2015 @ Rm 180 Simulated Likelihood Estimators for Discretely Observed Jump-Diffusions Gustavo Schwenkler Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor of Finance, Questrom School of Business Boston University With an introduction by Marcel Rindisbacher, Associate Professor of Finance and Chairman, Questrom School of Business Abstract: This paper develops […]
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    [Jason Bohland] From Genes To Neural Systems: The Transcriptome As An Intermediate Phenotype

    March 11, 2014
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet Our Fellows 3:00 PM on March 19, 2014 @MCS-180 From Genes To Neural Systems: The Transcriptome As An Intermediate Phenotype Jason Bohland Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Department of Health Sciences, Sargent College Boston University Abstract: While it is clear that many neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders have strong genetic components, and that many […]
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    [Jason Ritt] Pinky and the Brain

    March 20, 2013
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet our Fellows 3:00 PM Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Pinky and the Brain: Action and Actuation in the Sense of Touch Jason Ritt Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow Abstract: Stimulation neurotechnology encompasses an expanding range of applications, from deep brain stimulation to sensory prosthetics. I will discuss […]
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    [Jonathan Appavoo] Cloud Software Systems

    April 10, 2013
    Wednesdays @Hariri / Meet our Fellows 3:00 PM Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 EbbRT - A Modern Approach to Systems Software for Cloud Applications Jonathan Appavoo Computer Science Abstract: Cloud computing has and continues to transform the kind of computational platforms that an individual can access. Slowly but surely it will be possible to economically access […]
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    [Kirill Korolev] Why is Cancer So Rare?

    September 2, 2015
    3:00 PM on September 30, 2015 @ Room 180 Why is Cancer So Rare? Kirill Korolev Junior Faculty Fellow, Hariri Institute for Computing Assistant Professor, Physics Department and Graduate Program in Bioinformatics Boston University With an introduction by Karl Ludwig, Department Chair of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences Abstract: The conventional view is that only a handful […]