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Just this week TechTalks magazine produced a story about artificial intelligence and it’s growing influence on the world of drone flight. A company called Neuroflight has created a system which helps drones maintain stability and balance in changing environmental conditions. Previous technology relied upon mathematical control equations to respond to changes in conditions. Machine learning, […]
On May 29th it was announced that Professor Stan Sclaroff, Computer Science, CAS was named as the permanent Dean of Arts & Sciences. Professor Sclaroff had been the interim dean of the college since last August 2018. Stan joined the BU College of Arts & Sciences as a Professor in the Computer Science Department in […]
Uncovering How to Work Together In 2017 the Hariri Institute for Computing along with the BU Initiative on Cities held two workshops titled “Effective Community-University-Industry Collaboration Models for Smart and Connected Communities Research.” Attendees at these events included principal investigators, research directors, city officials, community partners, NSF program managers, and federal agency and industry […]
On April 30, 2019, Professor Leonid Levin, BU Department of Computer Science, CAS was elected as a new member by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Professor Levin is 1 of 100 new members joining a group of 2,347 members, representing 25 countries. The NAS is a society of “distinguished scholars charged with providing independent, objective […]
Earlier last month, BU Today posted an article entitled “Emily Whiting Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship”. The article introduced Emily Whiting, a computer scientist chosen by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship, and her promising research area, building software tools for design novices to create their design work. Emily Whiting, an […]
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce recently released a report called “2018 Pacesetters Impact Report” for Pacesetters Initiative. In the report, the Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing is mentioned, who supports Pacesetters with data collecting process. Pacesetters Initiative is a program of Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce […]
Earlier last month Futurity.org wrote an article entitled “Can the U.S. Win The A.I. Arms Race.” In the article, a mandate signed by President Trump that aims to support artificial intelligence (AI) research is discussed. The mandate is regarded as an excellent opportunity to explore further potential of AI, which generates both concern and hope on its […]
Earlier this week, Oriol Vinyals, Senior Staff Research Scientist from Google DeepMind, gave a talk on the StarCraft gaming program called AlphaStar to a packed room at the Kilachand Center. Vinyals holds a Ph.D. in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley and is a recipient of the 2016 MIT TR35 innovator award. His research […]
The mid-morning coffee “rush hour” at Pavement Cafe was in full swing. Students were either studying at their tables, laptops and books fully spread out, or standing in a long line waiting to order their favorite drink. This is where I had a chance to sit down with Dino Christenson in late January. Dino is […]
Earlier this week VentureBeat.com wrote an article entitled “Boston University Researchers Develop Framework to Improve AI Fairness.” In the article, a research paper called, “From Soft Classifiers to Hard Decisions: How Fair Can We Be?” is highlighted for the explanation of how we are trusting AI algorithms to make critical decisions sometimes unfairly. This is especially […]