Congratulations to Keith Brown on being appointed Head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) at the College of Engineering, effective July 1, 2026. Read more: spr.ly/63324B8fPQq

Ph.D. Student Spotlight: Hariri Institute for Computing Graduate Student Fellows Tianle Chen Rosalie Gendron Ilker Isik Emily Kim Yulu Qin Learn more about their work: spr.ly/63321B8FrYd

Welcome 2026 Hariri Institute for Computing Junior Faculty Fellows! Meredith Brooks Wei-Lun (Harry) Chao Jacob Nudel Paul Stillman Boqing Gong Learn more about their work: spr.ly/63322B8FuIo

In their FRP, BU Professors Daniel Segrè and Ilija Dukovski are creating a digital twin of cancer metabolism in 3D, enabling subsequent extensions of systematic studies of tumor growth dynamics, spatial heterogeneity and possible personalized therapeutic strategies. spr.ly/63322B8qkwk

BU Professors Stacy Andersen and Katherine Gifford aim to develop digital biomarkers that detect Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders by combining expertise in aging, neuropsychology, linguistics, biostatistics, engineering, data science, AI/ML, and computational methods. spr.ly/63324B8qOk6

@bostonu.bsky.social Professors Mark Howe and Venkatesh Saligrama are building a Neuro-AI community around multi-scale striatal learning by integrating neuromodulator recordings, voltage imaging, machine learning, and reinforcement-learning theory in their FRP. spr.ly/63325B8lKmJ

FY27 Focused Research Programs Spotlight: "AI for Characterizing and Designing Biomolecular Interactions" Learn more about this FRP: spr.ly/63323B8Y3sz

A significant step forward for AI-enabled and convergent health research. DataHub, launched by @bostonu.bsky.social Center for Health Data Science, helps researchers leverage health data—strengthening collaboration & accelerating discovery. spr.ly/63329B8Yr8h

Please join us in congratulating the award recipients of our FY27 Focused Research Program Awards and FY26 Junior Faculty and Graduate Student Fellows Programs! Learn more about the programs and recipients: spr.ly/63323B8ZEJN

In an era where automation and vibe coding reshape how we build software, the Data Science Mentoring Circles program (DSMC) reinforces the vital role of the human element in data science. Thank you to the DSMC mentors who participated in this event! Read the insights here: spr.ly/63324BBA9bY

233 registrants. 30 multidisciplinary teams. Real biomedical challenges. Our MedAI hackathon brought together students and faculty from across Boston University to tackle lung cancer, Alzheimer’s, and kidney injury using real research data. Read the event recap here: spr.ly/63320BBIFSk

New research from @bostonu.bsky.social finds wash trading in major NFT exchanges: ~38% of trades and 60% of value show manipulation patterns. The study highlights need for stronger tools to detect suspicious activity and protect market integrity. Read more: www.bu.edu/hic/2026/05/...

Congratulations to Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow Dillon Brout for receiving the 2026 New Horizons in Physics Prize — one of the most coveted honors for early-career scientists and part of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation awards, widely known as the “Oscars of Science.” spr.ly/63323BBEUaS

Catch up on upcoming events, faculty highlights, and new opportunities from across the Hariri Institute in our April newsletter: spr.ly/63323B6Ar7b

Partnering with @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social, our infectious disease experts provided the content inputs needed to train PandemIQ Llama LLM. By training the LLM on pandemic-specific text, we've created a domain-adapted foundation model specifically designed for high-stakes health intelligence.

Are you looking to publish your research? Join researchers from around the globe for the #FreeWebinar IEEE Authorship and #OpenAccess Symposium: Tips and Best Practices to Get Published from IEEE Editors! 📅 12 May 2026 ⏰ 9:30 a.m. ET 🔗 https://loom.ly/WdeZt6o#FreeWebinar#OpenAccess#IEEEXplore #AcademicSky #Research

BU SAIL won a $400K Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to advance an open-source initiative making generative AI more reproducible, secure, and accessible across higher education. Building on a successful pilot, the project now moves toward a scalable, community-driven platform. spr.ly/63325B6NJOT

Huge congrats to our Director, @ypaschalidis.bsky.social, on his induction into the @aimbe-official.bsky.social College of Fellows! 🎓 From federated learning to global disease surveillance, Yannis is bridging the gap between technical innovation and human health. spr.ly/63324B62rzY

Join us Thursday, April 16, as Ming Chen presents a Center for Computational Science Seminar on how integrating physical principles into AI models can improve accuracy, data efficiency, and transferability in AI-for-science frameworks: spr.ly/63320B6Lja0

Join us on April 15 for Marshall Van Alstyne’s CyberAlliance talk, "Using Markets to Curb Misinformation," exploring how market design and financial accountability mechanisms like Truth Warrants may reduce false claims without censorship or centralized moderation. spr.ly/63323B6IOST

This Tuesday! Join us for a CISE/Hariri Institute Distinguished Seminar with Francesco Bullo, Distinguished Professor and Mosher endowed chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. spr.ly/63329B6LZUv

Is there life beyond PCA? Find out at the ECE/Hariri Institute Seminar with Bruno Sinopoli — presenting linear methods for dimensionality reduction that rival autoencoders, kernel PCA, and UMAP. Details: spr.ly/63321B6xRyS

Today is Boston University's Giving Day! Give a gift to the Hariri Institute today to empower BU's AI, computing, and data science researchers: spr.ly/63324B6aPB4

Congrats to Manos Athanassoulis — named a 2025 IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor. Fewer than 0.5% of IEEE CS members receive this recognition in a given year. spr.ly/63323B6gLFc

Welcome to our newest faculty affiliates at the Hariri Institute: Vassilis Digalakis Nathanael Fillmore Kinan Dak Albab Nese Lortlar Ünlü Read more about them here: spr.ly/63322B6ndB4

Can the United States' constitutional democracy survive another 250 years in the age of AI?Catherine Powell, a Eunice Hunton Carter Distinguished Research Scholar & Professor of Law—will connect algorithmic discrimination, surveillance, and constitutional democracy. spr.ly/63324B6njHC

Bill Freeman, a Thomas and Gerd Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT EECS, recently completed a 40-year-long project — a project he'll review at our Distinguished Speaker Seminar on Tuesday, March 24! Learn more: spr.ly/63321B6RCOZ

🔐 Join us Wednesday, March 18 for a CyberAlliance Seminar with Morgan Weiland, Professor of Communication Law at Boston University College of Communication, as she presents "Courtroom as Laboratory: How the Reno Litigation Produced Legal Facts and Knowledge about the Internet."

Join us for the MedAI Hack on April 10 & 11 as we tackle real biomedical problems using AI/ML on de-identified clinical datasets—imaging, EHR, genomics, and more. Limited spots and up to $10K in prizes! Register by April 3: spr.ly/63322hCY8m

@bostonu.bsky.social’s Evidence-Based AI in Learning (EVAL) Industry Collaborative today announced Amira Learning as the winner of its inaugural EVAL EdTech Evaluation Challenge. Learn more about the challenge and the importance of independent evaluation in EdTech: spr.ly/63326h4sl0

What's next for AI regulation after Europe's landmark AI Act? Join Professor Céline Castets-Renard on March 5, 4–5 PM at BU's Barrister's Hall for an insightful conversation on the future of AI regulation. spr.ly/63326hNE8K

This Wednesday! Join the Center for Computational Science as they co-sponsor a Greater Boston TheoChem Seminar with Connor Coley, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.

We're pleased to welcome four new faculty affiliates: Nikolaos Daskalakis and Gareth Morgan (@bumedicine.bsky.social), and Koichiro Shiba and Meredith Brooks (@busph.bsky.social)! Learn more about their research: spr.ly/63323h5xOt

🔐 Join us for the next session of the CyberAlliance Series on Wednesday, February 25! Elettra Bietti, Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University, will present. Read more: spr.ly/63324h5vN0

Congratulations to @bostonu.bsky.social Brian DePasquale for being named a 2026 @sloanfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellow! This prestigious award recognizes the most promising early-career researchers in their fields. Read more: spr.ly/63321hb7xt

Congratulations to @bostonu.bsky.social's Allison Portnoy on receiving a 5-year NIH K01 award from NIAID. Her project will provide a country-specific framework to dynamically track RSV risk, transmission, and prevention efficacy across all age groups. spr.ly/63328h3tuu

🔐 Join us for the first session of the CyberAlliance Series on Wednesday, February 11 with Allison McDonald, Assistant Professor of Computing & Data Sciences.

It's the first Terrier Spirit Day at @bostonu.bsky.social, and Hariri Institute is #ProudtoBU! We're thankful to be part of a University that's dedicated to community, excellence, and collaboration—especially convergent research. Read more about Terrier Spirit Days here: spr.ly/63322hJmZ8

Introducing Terrier Spirit Days 🐾 A new monthly tradition to celebrate BU pride and build community across campus. 📅 First Thursday of every month 🎉 First-ever Spirit Day: February 5 Wear BU gear, red, or white, or show your spirit your own way. Everyone’s invited.

🔐 The CyberAlliance is starting the spring semester strong! Attend these events to learn from experts in computer science, law, business, and the social sciences! spr.ly/63322h87ra @bostonu.bsky.social

Call for Hariri Institute FRP Proposals! Elevate your research by applying for a Hariri Institute Focused Research Program. Pre-proposals are due 2/6/2025, eligible for BU Faculty only: spr.ly/63323C08od

Welcome back, Terriers! We have a great event coming up on 1/27. Our Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR) Initiative is hosting a talk with Shrimai Prabhumoye, Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA’s Applied Deep Learning Research Group and an Adjunct Professor at Boston University.

Machine learning meets R: Graduate Student Fellow Sarah Milligan’s new package brings variational autoencoders to tabular data—uncovering insights and creating synthetic datasets for researchers everywhere. Explore the breakthrough: spr.ly/63321C4CeS @busph.bsky.social

Call for Hariri Institute FRP Proposals! Elevate your research by applying for a Hariri Institute Focused Research Program. Pre-proposals are due 2/6/2025, eligible for BU Faculty only: spr.ly/63323C08od

Explore the intersection of AI, data science, and critical care at our event taking place on Wednesday, January 14th! Recommended for clinicians and faculty in engineering, biostatistics, and other related fields — register now: spr.ly/63324CrWRp @bumedicine.bsky.social

Season’s greetings to our extraordinary research community! Your creativity, collaboration, and dedication light the way for new discoveries with impact. Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a bright, inspiring New Year filled with possibilities. spr.ly/6332177CgL

Wishing you a joyful Thanksgiving! This year, we’re especially grateful for our incredible community of faculty and student researchers, valued partners and dedicated staff. Your creativity and collaboration continue to drive our research forward and inspire meaningful impact.

Timely data drives quality research. Sarah Milligan, Hariri GSF & SPH PhD candidate, is combining synthetic data and ML to make data sharing faster and more secure. Learn more: spr.ly/633227cAzE

Networking and a pilot award opportunity await at the Discover Data Hub event! Register now to save your spot: spr.ly/633207cSCs. @busph.bsky.social

What if generative AI could invent designs that actually work in the real world? Minghao Guo reveals how “Hollywood Physics” grounds creativity in practicality at our next AIR Seminar—Nov 18, 2 PM. Details: spr.ly/633237wXMt @csail.mit.edu