Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers
This year’s recipients are rising stars in the study of Latin American literature, molecular and cellular processes, religious history, chemistry, and physics-inspired computing
Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Event showcased some of BU’s star researchers, celebrating how they cross and blur disciplinary boundaries in the pursuit of change
Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?
BU computer scientists will use support from first-of-its-kind federal AI pilot program to scrutinize artificial intelligence for “socially undesirable behavior”
Can the Bias in Algorithms Help Us See Our Own?
New research by Questrom’s Carey Morewedge shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms’ decisions than they do in their own—even when those decisions are the same
We Need Stronger Safeguards from Artificial Intelligence
BU law professor Woodrow Hartzog argues that current AI policies and oversights are far too weak, calling on Congress to move beyond what he calls “half measures”
Inside the Mind of an Internet-Safety Vanguard
“You can never say your job is done,” says BU computer engineer Gianluca Stringhini, whose research focuses on cyber safety and making the internet a safer place for everyone
Turning Trash into Medicines, Machine Oils, Cosmetics, and More
A multidisciplinary team of BU engineers is helping build a next-generation bioreactor to turn food scraps into greener, cleaner manufactured products
Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?
BU’s 2022 NSF CAREER Award Winners Are Innovating Data Systems and Single-Molecule Circuits
Prestigious five-year award from the National Science Foundation will advance research and expand student opportunities
Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories
COVID-19 headlines dominate (again), but articles on AI dementia diagnoses, city trees, student mental health, and an action movie star’s brain disorder also prove big hits