This Tuesday, 9/29, Fuxin Li, Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at @oregonstate, will present "From Heatmaps to Structural and Counterfactual Explanations" as part of our Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative. This talk will be held in CDS 1101 from 2-3PM.spr.ly/6015BG97ef

Researchers from @BU_Tweets, @SpauldingRehab, @MassGenBrigham, @harvardmed, and @PSburnsurvivors along with @hicsail have developed LIBRE GO!, a smartphone app that allows burn survivors to assess their social recovery, monitor changes over time, and connect with evidence-based resources. Learn more: spr.ly/6014BG9NPn

Could the combination of data science and cosmology uncover one of the universe’s greatest mysteries? Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow Dillon Brout shares insight into dark energy and the need for convergent research in the field: spr.ly/6017BGurnt

Please join us in congratulating Deepti Ghadiyaram on her new role as the co-director of our Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative (AIR)! Deepti has been a core faculty member of AIR since summer of 2024 and will co-direct with Kate Saenko. Read more: spr.ly/6010BGJeSO

Please join us in welcoming Ian Westmacott, PhD as the new Director of the Boston University Software and Application Innovation Lab! Learn about Ian Westmacott here: spr.ly/6015B1ACwH

Congratulations to @BU_Tweets students Anand Sahu and Pridhi Balhara on winning the 2026 Merck in Silico Innovation Cup for AI Agents! spr.ly/6015B1aVZP

Today, NSF released 12 new notices of funding opportunity providing over $1.5 billion for foundational research across the sciences and engineering. brnw.ch/21x4ZF2

Can modern databases scale scientific analyses beyond RAM? During my PhD, I explored whether matrix, spatial, and genomic operations could share a database execution layer without changing the APIs scientists rely on. Today, I’m excited to finally share dbverse, a composable database framework built around that idea. Across benchmarks, dbverse delivers up to 1,000× speedups and scales end-to-end spatial omics analyses to millions of cells on a 16 GB M4 Mac mini. Paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… 1/🧵

What if better AI for drug discovery isn’t about bigger models? New @BU_Tweets research shows that AI designed around the biology of antibodies can outperform much larger models—offering a new approach to antibody discovery. spr.ly/6012B1P2Yn

BU researchers Chuanfei Dong and Brian Kulis are part of a new @ENERGY Genesis Mission award. The Princeton-led collaboration will develop AI tools and a digital twin of FLARE to better understand magnetic reconnection, with applications to space weather and fusion. spr.ly/6014B16trQ

Boston University has been awarded nearly $20M from @NSF to help establish the National Cloud Lab Network—an AI-enabled system of programmable, remotely accessible self-driving laboratories that will transform scientific research and accelerate discovery. spr.ly/6016BESFug #AI #Research #CloudLabs

New @AmJPublicHealth editorial led by @BU_Tweets faculty Dr. Debbie Cheng makes the case that realizing AI's promise for health requires more than technical innovation—it requires public health leadership. spr.ly/6017BEZZgv @buexperts

In a new study published in npj Digital Medicine, Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate Professor Swathi Kiran explores how a “digital twin” of a bilingual stroke survivor can predict their response to targeted speech therapy in each language. Learn more: spr.ly/6013BDLzgv

Join the Center for Computational Science on Friday, June 26 in CDS 1101 from 2 – 3:30 PM for a Visiting Researcher Seminar with Amartya Bose, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. spr.ly/6014BDdTsm

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/6013B8fPQU

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/6012B8FrYe

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/6013B8FuIU

In their FRP, @BU_tweets 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/6013B8qkwZ

FY27 Focused Research Programs Spotlight: "AI for Characterizing and Designing Biomolecular Interactions" Learn more about this FRP: spr.ly/6013B8Y3aS

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. spr.ly/6018B8Yr8C