Category: Faculty News

Chuanfei Dong Receives 2023 HPC Innovation Excellence Award

By Margo Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate Chuanfei Dong received the 2023 HPC Innovation Excellence Award from Hyperion Research, which recognizes achievements made in High Performance Computing (HPC) technologies for business and scientific applications.  Dong, an assistant professor of astronomy and electrical and computer engineering at Boston University, was recognized for performing […]

Can an AI Model Learn the Changing Appearance of an Ear as a Baby Grows?

Betke and her team explore this question and win an IEEE IJCB award for their work By Maureen Stanton Before vaccines, millions of children died or endured life-long disabilities from diseases such as polio, diphtheria, measles, and meningitis. Unfortunately, there are still 20.5 million children who are missing lifesaving vaccines globally, 2.1 million more than in […]

Marshall Van Alstyne Recognized as One of the World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers

By Hariri Institute Staff Thinkers50 has recognized Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate Marshall Van Alstyne, and his co-author Geoff Parker, as among the world’s most influential living management thinkers in its 2023 ranking. Van Alstyne is the Allen and Kelli Questrom Professor in Information Systems at Boston University and a Digital Fellow at the MIT Initiative on […]

Implications of Generative AI (ChatGPT) in Education

By Chloe Wojtanik, Hariri Institute for Computing Over the past year, ChatGPT has become a topic of hot debate, especially in the classroom due to student’s using the software’s work as their own. Whether you support the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) or not, it’s important to have discussions about both the capabilities as […]

Nia and Mizgerd Receive Kilachand Fund Award To Advance Crystal Rib Cage

Hariri Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor Hadi Nia (BME, MSE), and BU Pulmonary Center Director Joseph Mizgerd received a 2023 Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering award to advance development of the crystal rib cage, an innovation developed in the Nia Lab that allows probing real-time lung function at cellular resolution. The […]

Environmental Ecologist Lucy Hutyra Wins a 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”

By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Lucy Hutyra, CAS Professor of Earth and Environment and Hariri Institute Core Faculty, was named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow—one of the most prestigious awards to individuals pursuing a range of intellectual and creative interests with global perspective.  She is one of 20 fellows to receive the award, commonly known […]

Three Hariri Faculty Affiliates win BU Ignition Awards to transform their ideas into life-changing products and services

By Hariri Institute Staff Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliates Lou Awad, Vijaya Kolachalama, and Hank Fien won BU Technology Development’s 2023 Ignition Awards. These awards, given by BU Technology Development, are designed to accelerate the advancement of promising new science and technology. In addition to a financial grant, award winners receive coaching and support to bring […]

Laura White (SPH) Receives CDC Grant for Infectious Disease Predictive Modeling

Hariri Institute Core Faculty Laura White (SPH professor of biostatistics) with her colleague Kayoko Shioda (SPH assistant professor of global health) are part of a team of researchers working to help detect and prepare the public for future outbreaks through a new innovation center led by Northeastern University (NEU).  The initiative, called “EPISTORM: The Center for Advanced Epidemic […]

Nathan Jones to Lead National Center for Special Education Research

By Hariri Institute Staff Nathan Jones, a Hariri Faculty Affiliate and Associate Professor of Special Education and Educational Policy at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, has been appointed to lead the Institute of Education Sciences’ (IES) National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). Jones’s term as commissioner of NCSER began August […]

Paschalidis and Wildman to Co-chair Newly Established BU AI Task Force

Faculty experts from across the University are charged with developing best practices and assessing potential problems By Joel Brown, The Brink Boston University has created an AI Task Force to assess both the potential and the pitfalls of generative artificial intelligence and define sensible pathways for the use of the transformative technology on campus. […]