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Join us every Friday at Boston University Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences (CDS) for cutting-edge research presentations by CDS PhD students across data science, AI, and beyond.

Fridays • 12–1 PM • Duan Family Center for Computing and Data Science 1646

What We Do

We are a student-run initiative within the PhD department of Boston University Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, dedicated to fostering knowledge sharing and academic growth across our community.

Our Mission?

Create a space where students can explore, present, and discuss the research topics they're passionate about in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Every Friday from 12:00 to 1:00 PM in CDS 1646, CDS researchers present on work that excites them—whether it's their current research, an inspiring paper they've discovered, or a hands-on workshop in their area of expertise. From artificial intelligence to biological sciences, our seminars cover the full breadth of computer and data science.

Meet the Organizers

Freddy Reiber

Freddy Reiber

PhD student in CDS studying how society influences technology and how technology influences society.

Lingyi Xu

Lingyi Xu

PhD student in CDS addressing the challenge of modality missingness in multimodal learning across visual, tabular, and textual data.

Yan (Stella) Si

Yan (Stella) Si

PhD student in CDS working at the intersection of cognitive science and AI.

COMING UP

Social ScienceFriday, March 20, 2026

Public Goods Games with Nonlinearities

by Gavin Rees

Public goods games are a model of many-player social dilemmas; we study these games from the perspective of evolutionary game theory, and particularly the evolution of cooperation and altruism. We introduce non-linearities to the benefit of the public good, finding that non-linearities have impacts on the relationship between resource inequality and evolutionary dynamics.

Location: CDS 1635Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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