Upcoming Featured Events
The Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering hosts a wide range of events that bring together researchers from across academia, government, industry, and diverse organizations to advance discoveries and innovations in computing and computationally supported research.
View the current schedule below. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to hear about the latest events, news, and updates.
Spring 2024 Featured Events
January
Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series
Talk title: “Ethics & Data Science”
Speaker: Dr. Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Brown University
Time: 12 – 1 pm ET
Location (Hybrid): Hiebert Lounge (L 1407), 72 East Concord St, Instructional Building, Boston, MA, 02215
Register Here.
WED, January 24, 2024
AIR Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series
Talk title: “Time: The next frontier in Machine Learning”
Speaker: Mihaela Van Der Schaar, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Medicine at the University of Cambridge
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Register Here.
WED, January 24, 2024
Cyber Alliance Seminar Series
Talk title: “Bridging Academia and Civil Society: A Collaborative Approach to Public Interest Technology”
Speaker: Carolina Rossini, Lecturer
Time: 3:30 pm – 5 pm ET
Location: BU Law School Faculty Lounge (15th floor, Law Tower), 765 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA
Register Here.
FRI, January 26, 2024
CISE Graduate Student Workshop (CGSW 10.0)
Time: 9 am – 8 pm ET
Location (In-Person): 665 Commonwealth Ave., CDS 17th floor
Register Here.
FRI, January 26, 2024
MLxMED Seminar Series
Title: Expert load matters: operating networks at high accuracy and low manual effort
Speaker: Ender Konukoglu, PhD, Associate Professor, ETH Zurich
Time: 2 – 3pm ET
Location (Virtual) Zoom
Register Here.
WED, January 31, 2024
MLxMED Seminar Series @ BU
Title: Real World Evidence in the Age of LLMs
Speaker: Tristan Naumann, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Health Futures
Time: 2 – 3 pm ET
Location (Hybrid): Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1750 (17th floor), Boston, MA 02215… To access the higher levels, please use the elevators by Saxby’s.
Register Here.
February
Hariri Institute Distinguished Seminar: Co-Sponsored by BU Wheelock Deaf Center
Talk title: Using Sign Language Recognition for Useful, and Usable, Interfaces for the Deaf Community
Speaker: Thad Starner, Professor of Computing
Time: 11 am – 12 pm ET
Location (In-Person): Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering (KCILSE), 610 Commonwealth Ave, Room 101 (1st floor), Boston, MA 02215
Register Here.
TUES, February 6, 2024
Funding Info Session: Health Data Science Focused Research Program Workshop
Time: 12 pm – 1:30 pm ET
Location (In-Person): Hiebert Lounge, MED Campus, 72 E Concord St, 14th floor
Register Here.
THURS, February 15, 2024
Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series
Speaker: Dr. Tamara Broderick, MIT
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm ET
Location (Hybrid): Crosstown Center (801 Mass Ave), 2nd Floor, Room 2128
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WED, February 21, 2024
Center for Computational Science (CCS) Seminar, followed by a Quantum Convergence Afternoon Tea Social
Talk title: Classical and quantum thermodynamic theory described by a system–baths model: The minimum work and exothermic principles
Speaker: Yoshitaka Tanimura, Professor, Kyoto University
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET
Location: Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, Room 1101
Register Here.
FRI, February 23, 2024
Distinguished Hariri Institute/CISE Seminar
Speaker: : Kavita Ramanan, Professor, Division of Applied Mathematics Brown University
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM
Location: 665 Commonwealth Avenue, CDS 1750
Faculty Host: Yannis Paschalidis
Student Host: Mehdi Kermanshah
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WED, February 28, 2024
AIR Distinguished Speaker Series
Speaker: Ravi Ramamoorthi, Ronald L. Graham Professor of Computer Science, University of California San Diego
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual, Zoom Webinar
Register Here.
February 28 – 29, 2024
2024 MOC Alliance Workshop
Location (In-Person): George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
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March
AIR Distinguished Speaker Series
Talk title: How do we build models that learn and generalize?
Speaker: Andrew Gordon Wilson, Associate Professor, New York University
Time: 11 am – 12 pm ET
Location (In-Person): Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, Room 1101
Register Here.
THURS, March 7, 2024
Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series
Talk title: Data Visualization for Inference: Opportunities & Challenges
Speaker: Jessica Hullman, Northwestern University
Time: 12 – 1 pm ET
Location (Hybrid): Hiebert Lounge, 72E. Concord St, 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02118
Register Here.
THURS, March 7, 2024
Celebrating Women in Research: International Women’s Day Panel
Panelists: Deborah Carr, Sociology (CAS); Ayse Coskun, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ENG); Mary Dunlop, Biomedical Engineering (ENG); Sucharita Gopal, Earth & Environment (CAS); and Rabia Yazicigil, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ENG)
Time: 1 – 2 pm ET
Location (Virtual): Zoom
Register Here.
TUES, March 19, 2024
Visualizing Data Stories for Climate Change and Health using Flourish: A Hands-On Workshop
Time: 1 – 4 pm ET
Location (In-Person): Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1101 (11th floor), Boston, MA 02215. Please use elevators by Saxby’s Café to access the upper floors.
Register Here
FRI, MAR 22
Machine Learning in Medicine (MLxMed) Seminar
Speaker: Osmar R. Zaïane, MS, PhD, Professor, Computing Science, University of Alberta
Talk Title: Automatic Low-quality Fundus Image Enhancement and Diabetic Retinopathy Grading with Explanations
Time: 2 – 3 pm ET
Location: Zoom
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FRI, MAR 22
CISE Seminar
Speaker: Ellen Roche, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Using Soft Robots to Model Cardiac Disease and Augment Cardiac Function
Time: 3 – 4 pm ET
Location: 665 Commonwealth Avenue, CDS 1101
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MON, March 25, 2024
Distinguished Speaker/MSE Seminar
Talk title: Leveraging surrogate models for scientific AI discoveries
Speaker: Raphaël Pestourie, Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech University
Time: 10 am – 11 am ET
Location (In-Person): Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, Room 1101
Register Here.
WED, March 27, 2024
AIR Distinguished Speaker Series
Talk title: Biomedicine in the age of generative AI
Speaker: James Zou, Associate Professor, Stanford University
Time: 1 pm – 2 pm ET
Location (In-Person): Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, Room 1101
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WED, March 27, 2024
Research on Tap
Talk title: Climate Change and Infectious Diseases
Panelists: David Hamer (moderator), Nahid Bhadelia, Yannis Paschalidis, Rebecca Pearl-Martinez, Greg Wellenius, Muhammad Zaman
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm ET
Location (In-Person): Kilachand Center Eichenbaum Colloquium Room (Room 101), 610 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
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April
AIR Distinguished Speaker Series
Talk title: Generative image models for virtual try-on and stylization
Speaker: Svetlana Lazebnik, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois
Time: 11 am – 12 pm ET
Location (HYBRID): In-Person: 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1101, and ZOOM
Register Here.
MON, April 8, 2024
Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases/HIC Seminar
Talk title: Building Resilience: The Transformative Role of AI, Science, and Data in Global Public Health Communication
Speaker: Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Time: 11 am – 12 pm ET
Location (HYBRID): Boston University Trustee Ballroom, 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor, Boston, MA and via Zoom
Register Here.
WED, April 10, 2024
AIR Distinguished Speaker Series
Talk title: Perceiving and Understanding a Dynamic 3D World
Speaker: Deva Ramanan, Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
Time: 11 am – 12 pm ET
Location (IN-PERSON): 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1101
Register Here.
FRI, April 19, 2024
Machine Learning in Medicine (MLxMed) Seminar
Talk Title: LLMs and Evidence Summarization
Speaker: Yifan Peng, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences , Weill Cornell Medical College
Time: 2 – 3 pm ET
Location: Zoom
Register Here
May
June
Watch past event recordings on our YouTube channel here.