Hariri Institute for Computing, Boston University

Initiating data-driven research convergence & accelerating integrated initiatives for social impact in #datascience #ai #ml #cloudcomputing & #cybersecurity

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FY27 Focused Research Programs Spotlight: "AI for Characterizing and Designing Biomolecular Interactions"

Learn more about this FRP: https://t.co/I1ijyTy34P

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A significant step forward for AI-enabled and convergent health research. DataHub, launched by @BU_Tweets Center for Health Data Science, helps researchers leverage health data—strengthening collaboration & accelerating discovery.
https://t.co/s5R9KsP1An

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Please join us in congratulating the award recipients of our FY27 Focused Research Programs and FY26 Junior Faculty and Graduate Student Fellows Programs! Learn more about the programs and recipients: https://t.co/FXwnDhfhgF

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In an era where automation and "vibe coding" are reshaping how we build software, the Data Science Mentoring Circles program (DSMC) is reinforcing 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: https://t.co/rA6XXu3Hss

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233 registrants. 30 multidisciplinary teams. Real biomedical challenges.

Our recent 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: https://t.co/WW9QVx9Z4k

@bumedicine @busph

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New research from @BU_Tweets 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: https://t.co/KT1xru6XHc

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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.” Read more: https://t.co/7vaBooDbzQ

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Catch up on upcoming events, faculty highlights, and new opportunities from across the Hariri Institute in our April newsletter: https://t.co/STPr4HC2nY

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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. https://t.co/zQps9uJHVv

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Huge congrats to our Director, Yannis Paschalidis, on his induction into the @AIMBE College of Fellows! 🎓
From federated learning to global disease surveillance, Yannis is bridging the gap between technical innovation and human health. https://t.co/gHK2oovYF1
#BU #AI #Bioengineering #Innovation
@busph @busystems @ecebostonu @BUexperts

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Join us! On Thursday, April 16, Ming Chen will join us for a Center for Computational Science Seminar to discuss how integrating physical principles at inference time, during model design, and within model architectures can substantially improve the accuracy, data efficiency, and transferability of AI-for-science frameworks https://t.co/3iNWDeDKqM

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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.
4:30–5:45 PM | LAW Faculty Lounge, 15th floor | https://t.co/XCi6ZTqH9q

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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. https://t.co/Tkvbyo6kvp

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Is there life beyond PCA? Find out at the ECE/Hariri Institute Seminar with Bruno Sinopoli (Arizona State University) — presenting linear methods for dimensionality reduction that rival autoencoders, kernel PCA, and UMAP.
📅 April 16, 11 AM–12 PM | CDS 1101
Details: https://t.co/vrsi67XViK

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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: https://t.co/iKD1rqPioQ

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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.
https://t.co/dRClLeZgRj

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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: https://t.co/ENaJy6Md0r

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Can the United States' constitutional democracy survive another 250 years in the age of AI? Fordham's Catherine Powell — Eunice Hunton Carter Distinguished Research Scholar & Professor of Law — will connect algorithmic discrimination, surveillance, and constitutional democracy. BU, 3/25, 4:30 PM. https://t.co/C6Q00YKM3c