Author: Seth Villegas

Seth interviews Dr. Azer Bestavros.  Azer is the Inaugural Associate Provost for Computing and Data Sciences (aka CDS) at Boston University and the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor in the Computer Science Department, which he joined in 1991 and chaired from 2000 to 2007. He is also the Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for… Continue reading 11: Shared Computing, Data Analysis, and Boston University’s Computing and Data Sciences Unit with Azer Bestavros

Seth reviews the first set of episodes for the DIGETHIX podcast, talking about his experience and takeaways from this season.  He reviews the cover art for each episode, which were designed by Alex Nielsen and Nicole Smith, to discuss the range of themes that were discussed. The podcast will be on a break for three… Continue reading 10: Season Recap and State of the Podcast

Seth and Bernd Dürrwächter review the Pegasus NSO Spyware scandal. Bernd is principal at AnalyticDimensions.com, a consultancy for big data analytics & data science projects. Bernd has been advising the podcast from the beginning, using insights from his decades of industry experience. The first half of the conversation goes over the details of the Pegasus… Continue reading 9: Pegasus NSO Spyware and the Business of Surveillance