BU Computer Science relocated to its new home within the Center for Data Science and Computing at 665 Comm Ave
BU Computer Science joins the Department of Math, the Hariri Institute and the Faculty of the Center for Data Science and Computing at 665 Comm Ave. A video promoting the 2023 Convening of the Public Interest Technology University Network displaying various spaces within the building is available here. The video also features Professor Renato Mancuso, […]
Vasia Kalavri and Manos Athanassoulis recieve SIGMOD 2023 Distinguished Review Award
Congratulations to Vasia Kalavri and Manos Athanassoulis who recieved SIGMOD 2023 Distinguished Review Award. Read more about the awardees here. The ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data is concerned with the principles, techniques and applications of database management systems and data management technology. Our members include software developers, academic and industrial researchers, practitioners, […]
Vasia Kalavri receives 2023 SIGMOD Systems Award
Congratulations to Professor Vasia Kalavri who has received the SIGMOD Systems Award 2023 for her contributions to Apache Flink. Read more about the project and collaborators here. The SIGMOD Systems Award is awarded to an individual or set of individuals to recognize the development of a software or hardware system whose technical contributions have had […]
Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar, and collaborators awarded 024 Focused Research Program Award
Congratulations to Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar, and their collaborators for their program received a 2024 Focused Research Program Award from the Hariri Institute. The Hariri Institute for Computing’s FRP programs support intensive, faculty-driven efforts in large, multi-disciplinary teams. The FRP mission is to evolve and advance Boston University’s research in computing, computational, and data-driven science and engineering […]
Computer Science PhD student Connor Wagaman named one of the 2023 Hariri Graduate Student Fellows
Congratulations to Computer Science PhD student Connor Wagaman (co-advised by Adam Smith and Marco Gaboardi) for being selected as Hariri Graduate Student Fellow. The Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellows program recognizes exemplary doctoral students at Boston University who are engaged in innovative research related to computational science. This program is designed to support and promote […]
Hariri announces Bryan Plummer as Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow.
Congratulations to Bryan Plummer for being selected as Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow. The Institute awarded six Junior Faculty Fellows and seven Graduate Student Fellows, representing early-career faculty and exemplary doctoral students who are pursuing innovative computationally-driven research with the potential for high impact. Our 2023 cohort of fellows represent a variety of colleges and schools across Boston […]
Seven Computer Science Professors awarded Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Awards!
This Spring seven Computer Science Professors awarded Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Awards! Computer Science Assistant Professor Vasiliki Kalavri, and Computer Science Associate Professor Jonathan Appavoo, in collaboration with Red Hat Data Scientist Sanjay Arora were awarded $149,986 in funding for their proposal, “Towards high performance and energy efficiency in open-source stream processing” Computer Science […]
Professor Jonathan Appavoo shares how he uses Red Hat OpenShift to elevate learning in the classroom
Jonathan Appavoo, Associate Professor at Boston University, built an innovative, containerized lecture/lab education environment to teach the basics of computer science using Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS and Red Hat OpenShift Data Science. Jonathan uses this containerized cloud services platform on AWS to provide a scalable, industrial-grade Linux environment for the browser-based student learning […]
Boston University Students Win Two NeurIPS 2022 Competitions
As part of the Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning courses taught by associate professor Iddo Drori, Boston University students participated in NeurIPS 2022 competitions in the Fall of 2022 under professor Drori’s mentorship. The goals of the competitions are learning from human feedback in Minecraft and learning to specialize in massively multiagent open worlds. The […]
Students Join Boston University at Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference
The Annual Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference brings together students and professionals from all backgrounds in computer science to promote and celebrate diversity in computing. For the first time, Boston University had the opportunity to sponsor six students to attend the annual event in Washington, DC. From September 7th to September 10th, the […]