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Student Life

Data Days for Good Gets Students to Address Real-World Challenges

March 18, 2025

Science & Technology

Does China’s DeepSeek Represent a New—and Much Cheaper—Frontier in AI Technology?

January 30, 2025

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Science & Technology

BU to Help Massachusetts Expand Access to Artificial Intelligence Computing

December 19, 2024

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Science & Technology

Tired of Remembering All Those Passwords? Help May Be in Sight

November 19, 2024

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Science & Technology

Women Have Been Shut Out of Computer and Data Science. BU Is Opening the Door

November 15, 2024

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Science & Technology

Cloud Computing Platform CloudWeaver Wins at Spring 2024 Spark! Demo Day

May 8, 2024

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BU SPARK

Learn More about BU Spark! BU’s Innovation and Experiential Learning Lab

April 12, 2024

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Data Sciences

Destination Data

August 11, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence

It’s Time to Push Pause on Artificial Intelligence, Says BU Philosopher

July 18, 2023

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Commencement 2023

Inaugural Class of BU Computing & Data Sciences Majors Prepare to Graduate

May 16, 2023

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Listen Now

Today I Learned: Honors Linear Algebra Can Be Fun, Cool, Even Beautiful

May 9, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence

Why ChatGPT Is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty

February 17, 2023

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Campus & Facilities

Photo Gallery: BU’s Newest Building Is a Big Hit

January 24, 2023

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Academics

These Faculty Are Using Data Science to Help Change the World

December 6, 2022

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Center for Computing & Data Sciences

Q&A: What Will BU’s Data Science Classroom Experience, the Curriculum, Look Like?

December 6, 2022

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Campus & Facilities

Iconic or Ugly? Architects of BU’s Data Science Building Explain Their Design

December 6, 2022

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Data Sciences

Positioned to Lead in a 21st-Century Data-Driven World

December 5, 2022

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Student Life

For These BU Students, Data Science Is Their Present and Their Future

December 5, 2022

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Computational Science

Beyond Bitcoin: Why Interest in Blockchain Is Surging at BU

October 25, 2022

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Cybersecurity

Uber Users: What You Need to Know about Last Month’s Data Breach

October 11, 2022

Uber Users: What You Need to Know about Last Month’s Data Breach