Boston University’s Metropolitan College (BU MET) offers comprehensive, fully online programs in information security designed to prepare professionals to protect critical information assets in an increasingly digital world. A leader in the cross-disciplinary field of information security since 2004, BU MET offers curricula grounded in technical expertise, led by faculty with extensive experience in cybersecurity and safeguarding valued information, preparing graduates for exciting careers protecting organizations against evolving acts of cybercrime.

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Building and Deploying AI Systems: What Software Engineers Need to Know

A model that runs in a notebook is not a system. It is a promising start. The distance between a trained model and a reliable, secure, production-grade application is where most AI projects stall, and it is exactly the distance that defines modern engineering work. Building and deploying AI systems demands a blend of disciplined […]
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Computer Science & AI: AI Runs on Infrastructure - Someone Has to Build It.

Most people do not spend much time thinking about the electrical grid. It is only when the lights go out that we remember how much of modern life depends on it. Artificial Intelligence works much the same way. The public sees the chatbots, copilots, and AI agents. What they rarely see are the systems underneath […]
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