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Data Sciences

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Robotics

Can Robots Revolutionize the Recycling Industry?

November 14, 2019

University News

Azer Bestavros to Lead BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

November 3, 2019

Luigi LaRocca of KPBM Architects gives a presentation about the new Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences at a town hall meeting on the Boston University campus.

Campus & Facilities

Campus Town Hall Addresses Concerns over Construction of New Data Sciences Building

October 23, 2019

Elaine Nsoesie, an SPH assistant professor of global health

Machine Learning

Twitter Data Shows Who Is Hitting the Gym

August 21, 2019

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Data Science

What Is Secure Multiparty Computation?

February 27, 2019

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Computer Science

These Are the Top Cybersecurity Threats to Watch

February 8, 2019

(From left) Adam Smith, Sarah Scheffler, and Ran Canetti. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Data Science

Are Computer-Aided Decisions Actually Fair?

December 14, 2018

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Computer Science

Could Artificial Intelligence Make Life Harder for Hackers?

December 11, 2018

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Computer Science

BU Experts on Why Patch Fixes Won’t Stop Massive Data Breaches

December 10, 2018

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Computer Science

A Better Way to Predict Election Outcomes

November 6, 2018

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Data Sciences

BU Proposes to Build Data Sciences Center, Aiming to Become Leader in Booming Field

October 1, 2018

Medicine

Machine Learning May Predict Heart Disease, Diabetes

September 10, 2018

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Education

It’s Time to Tell Students What They Need to Know

August 30, 2018

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Data Science

Can Scientists Learn to Make “Nature Forecasts” Just as We Forecast the Weather?

January 31, 2018

Tommy Leung and Nathan Perkins (MED’18)

Data Science

Count Love Project Reveals Protest Patterns

November 15, 2017

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Social Sciences

Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017

Biology

Avrum Spira Leads “Stand Up to Cancer” Dream Team

November 1, 2017

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Engineering

Solar Eclipse, Scientific Opportunity

August 17, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Cancer

BU Paves Way for MED Prof’s $10M Plus Partnership with Industry

April 3, 2017

BU researchers Josh Goldford (left) and Daniel Segrè

Data Science

A Missing Piece in the Origin of Life Puzzle

March 9, 2017

A Missing Piece in the Origin of Life Puzzle