{"id":4822,"date":"2014-12-05T09:28:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/?page_id=4822"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:43:30","slug":"sail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/centers-initiatives-labs\/sail\/","title":{"rendered":"SAIL: Where Academia Meets Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sail.bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Software\u00a0&amp; Application Innovation Lab<\/a> (SAIL) at the Hariri Institute for Computing is a professional software design and development lab that serves as a collaborative resource for computational and data-driven research efforts across Boston University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 24\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Software &amp; Application Innovation Lab<\/p>\n<p><span>Recognizing that both the quality and impact of research are dependent on the development of high-grade software artifacts, the Institute launched <\/span><span>SAIL <\/span><span>in 2014 to provide researchers with professional software development capacity in support of projects that require cutting-edge solutions. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Supported projects focus on a wide range of topics and technologies, from using natural language processing to analyze large literature corpora, to solving record linkage problems for public health and economics applications, to building mobile applications for medical studies, to building smart-city services and platforms. SAIL is committed to promoting innovation within the research community and will learn new technologies and techniques as determined by the needs of any given project.<\/p>\n<h3>Support Services<\/h3>\n<p>SAIL provides consultations, project and budget planning assistance, prototype and software application development, and other forms of support to research efforts. Learn more below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Clients & Projects<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">SAIL has worked with over 40 clients across 12 schools at Boston University, providing critical software support to numerous research efforts funded by the Hariri Research Awards, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and other agencies. Depending on the nature and scale of these projects, the extent of SAIL\u00a0assignments may vary from weeks to months. Examples of past and ongoing projects include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing DASH for Health, a cross-platform mobile application for nutrition and exercise habits.<\/li>\n<li>Creating a secure and user-friendly data analytics service to advance salary equity among Boston companies.<\/li>\n<li>Applying machine learning techniques to enable the study of cultural differences in British and Danish literature.<\/li>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Request SAIL Support<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">If you would like to explore how SAIL can help you achieve your research objectives or would like to discuss what resources are available, please fill out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/resources\/forms\/sail-request-form\/\">request form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are seeking other forms of support (including seed funding) for a research effort that requires computational science expertise or software engineering resources, you may also want to review the Hariri Research Award program.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/resources\/forms\/sail-request-form\/\"><button class=\"align-left\">Request SAIL Support<\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>For more information about SAIL, including inquiries for joining the team:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sail.bu.edu\" class=\"button\">Visit Website<\/a>\n<h3>People<\/h3>\n<p>SAIL consists of a small team of professional software architects and developers who are assigned to work directly with faculty members (and their research teams) on specific software and application development projects. Additionally, these professional software engineers supervise a team of BU student interns through the <a href=\"https:\/\/sail.bu.edu\/#join\">SAIL Internship Program<\/a>. Professional SAIL staff act as the clearing house for software developed by students, thus allowing the research community to leverage the untapped software development capacity of undergraduate and graduate students at BU, while ensuring project continuity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">View Our Team<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/collin-bolles\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2022\/06\/collinbolles.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Collin Bolles<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Software Engineer, SAIL<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/zoe-chitty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2026\/06\/ZoeChitty-e1780929646455-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Zoe Chitty<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Software Engineer, SAIL<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/asad-malik\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2026\/06\/AsadMalik-424x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Asad Malik<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Software Engineer, SAIL<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/arezoo-sadeghi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"145\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2024-04-07-at-7.50.11-AM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Arezoo Sadeghi<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Senior Software Engineer, SAIL<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/wenhan-wang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2026\/06\/WenhanWang-e1780929232641-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Wenhan Wang<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Software Engineer, SAIL<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Software\u00a0&amp; Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at the Hariri Institute for Computing is a professional software design and development lab that serves as a collaborative resource for computational and data-driven research efforts across Boston University. 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