Important Dates and Events
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| Monday, September 7, 2026 | Labor Day Holiday, Classes Suspended | | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | Last Day to Add Courses
Last Day for Undergraduate Students to Change Classes to Audit Status |
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UPCOMING DEPARTMENT EVENTS
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Fall 2026 Math/CS Joint Semester Kickoff |
PhD
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 AM
CDS 1750, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
PhD students, join the CS/Math faculty and staff to kickoff the year with games, drinks, appetizers, and socializing with your peers! Register here.
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Master's
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
CDS 1750, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
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Drop-in MS Advising Sessions |
Master's
Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 6th Floor Master's Lounge, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | 6th Floor Master's Lounge, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
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Drop-in Resume Reviews at CDS |
Undergraduate & Graduate
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | CDS 1750, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | CDS 1646, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
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Workshop: Professional Conversations |
Undergraduate
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | CDS Spark! Space - 2nd Floor, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
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Meet your CS Advising Team with Bean, The BU Community Resource Dog! |
Undergraduate
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | CDS 1001, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Pizza and drinks will be provided. This is a great time to hang out with your Undergraduate Advising Team and Bean!
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FEATURED EVENTS AROUND CAMPUS
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Undergraduate & Graduate
Friday, September 4, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | CDS 701, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Adam Godel (BU Math, BU CS '27) will give a talk on the variational quantum eigensolver and quantum hardware experiments he performed using VQE in collaboration with IQM for an upcoming quantum benchmarking paper, where he replicated some (very small-scale) phase diagrams!
Friday, September 11, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | CDS 701, Center for Computing & Data Sciences Boston University, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
The first quantum programming workshop where we will build basic circuits using Qiskit.
Learn more about BU Quantum.
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Undergraduate
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Nickerson Field, 285 Babcock St, Boston, MA 02215
Learn about all of Boston University’s student clubs. Meet and join 450 student organizations!
View all student organizations on Terrier Central.
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Undergraduate
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Marsh Plaza, 735 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Discover all the possibilities BU Study Abroad offers, chat with study abroad alumni, win prizes and swag.
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Seeing What Consumers See: AI, Visual Intelligence, and the Future of Decision-Making |
Undergraduate & Graduate
Thursday, September 24, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Hariri Auditorium, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
The Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society at Questrom is hosting several events this fall open to all BU students. Jehan Hamedi (Questrom '12), founder and CEO of Vizit, will host a conversation with Dean ad interim Marcel Rindisbacher. There will be a reception to follow. Learn more and register here.
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CS UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING
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Drop-in Advising and Appointments |
In Person in CDS 614
- Mondays 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Tuesdays 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Wednesdays 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (ONLY October 21 through November 25)
Virtual (Click here to sign-in during drop-in hours)
- Thursdays 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Fridays 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Questions? Visit the Academic Advising & Appointments page or email csadvise@bu.edu.
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Get the most out of your first semester at BU! |
All new students are encouraged to register for FY101, a one-unit class that serves as a semester-long introduction to BU. Read more about FY101 course and registration.
CS & MA Sections for FY101 FALL26:
- Mondays 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM with Michael Coulombe
- Wednesdays 12:20 PM – 1:10 PM with Libby James
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Thursdays 3:35 PM – 4:25 PM with Stacie Nardizzi
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Resume Reviews, Fall 2026 Career Events, and More! |
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Join the BUCS LinkedIn Group! Connect with us on LinkedIn for the latest on research, achievements, events, and opportunities.
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
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One Week Remains to Apply for Fall 2026 UROP Funding |
Apply by September 11 at noon. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is now accepting applications for two types of stipends:
- Student Research Award: Fully funded by UROP.
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Faculty Matching Grant: Funding shared equally between UROP and the faculty mentor's research funds. For more information, visit the UROP website and reivew the eligibility requirements.
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PAID NLP RESEARCH STUDY @ BU
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Study on Research Ideation with LLM Agents |
BU's tinlab is seeking CS students to participate in a study about incorporating AI tools in research ideation. All levels of experience are welcome. Questions? Email dagali@bu.edu. Apply here.
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INTERESTED IN INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS?
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Participate in Boston's First Anti-drone Swarm Defense Hackathon! |
Action Space is a hands-on physical AI hackathon taking place in Boston on October 24–25, bringing together a small group of robotics and AI builders to tackle multi-agent autonomy and Counter-Drone Swarm Systems. There will be more than $1,000 in prizes!
Over the weekend in October, participants will:
- Train autonomous policies in NVIDIA Isaac Lab
- Work with reinforcement learning and multi-agent autonomy
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Deploy their policies onto physical quadrotors
Action Space is looking for students interested in robotics, ML, RL, computer vision, autonomy, or related fields. The event is free and open to everyone.
Learn more about Action Space and apply to participate.
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Think there’s something we should know about? Email csmedia@bu.edu to update us about upcoming events or CS-related news that you would like to share.
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