While the percentage of women in the United States that have received undergraduate degrees in computer science has grown exponentially since 2008, as recorded by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, women still only make up 20 percent of those awarded.
The Faculty of Computing and Data Science's new initiative, Data Science for Good, will have programs centered around technology that will help societal issues.
Students traveled across Boston to its Fort Point neighborhood to attend a BU Spark! workshop about interaction design Friday. There they delved into interaction design and explored how to develop user-friendly software.
Students gathered in a cluster to watch as a volunteer attempted to navigate a virtual world while standing in the BUild Lab. Spectators were amused as she fumbled with virtual reality goggles and...
Boston Public Schools students rarely travel more than a mile radius beyond their own neighborhoods, causing them to miss educational opportunities in greater Boston. A team of college students, with...
