What Is Software Engineering for AI and Why Does It Matter?

What Is Software Engineering for AI — and Why Does It Matter? Software engineering and artificial intelligence used to operate in separate worlds. Data scientists built models in Jupyter notebooks. Software engineers shipped production applications. These disciplines rarely overlapped. But that separation is disappearing rapidly. Today, as AI systems move from research labs and proof-of-concepts […]

BU Virtual Connects Ep.1 Lifetime Learning

In the inaugural episode of BU Virtual Connects, BU Virtual Associate Provost Wendy Colby speaks with Nelson Baker, Ph.D., interim dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Lifetime Learning, who explores the importance of listening, asking bold “What if?” questions, and driving innovation in higher education through online-at-scale degrees and lifelong learning initiatives.

BU Virtual Connects Ep.2 From BU Alum to Stanford University

This episode features Carissa Little, Associate Dean at Stanford, who reflects on her journey from Boston University to leading online education innovation, emphasizing the importance of building effective online units, harnessing technology, and fostering human connection and collaboration to expand higher education’s impact.

BU Virtual Connects Ep.3 Global Skills & Education

This episode features Kamran Malik, a former EY partner now at Korn Ferry, who challenges Higher Education to rethink its role in preparing a productive workforce amid rapid industry and technology shifts, urging universities to embrace bold, future-focused partnerships with industry.

Charting the Online Learning Future at BU

Online learning for Boston University officially started 20 years ago, when Metropolitan College began offering programs way back in 2002. Growth for BU’s online programming was slow and steady over the next two decades. Now it’s full speed ahead.