火矮人Bestavros
计算与数据科学副教务长
火矮人Bestavros is BU’s inaugural 计算与数据科学副教务长 and the William Fairfield Warren杰出教授 of 计算机科学 in the College of Arts & Sciences. 他与教务长和高级学术领袖密切合作，负责制定政策、操作原则和战略问题，指导计算与数据科学学院的初步工作。
Prior to his appointment in 2019 to this leadership role, Azer was the Founding Director of the 哈里里计算澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究所, which was set up in 2010 to nucleate BU’s presence in computing and data sciences. 在他的领导下，该澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究所成为波士顿大学计算澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究十字路口的一个里程碑，吸引了来自38个部门的250多名澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究人员，并为孵化项目获得了超过1亿美元的外部澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究资金。 在加入哈里里澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究所之前，阿泽尔于2000年至2007年担任波士顿大学计算机科学系主任。 他在哈佛大学获得计算机科学博士学位后，自1991年以来一直是波士顿大学的一员。
Specializing in 网络、分布式系统和可信计算 research, Azer has made seminal contributions to studies of web push caching through content distribution networks, self-similar Internet traffic characterization, game-theoretic cloud resource management, and safety certification of networked systems and software. 他目前的项目专注于设计、开发和实际部署可扩展安全多方计算，以支持隐私保护分析。 As of 2019, funded by over $40M from government and industry sponsors, his research had yielded 19 PhD theses, eight patents, two startups, and hundreds of refereed papers with over 20000年引用.
Azer has received numerous honors in recognition of distinguished teaching, research, and service, most notably the ACM Sigmetrics Inaugural Test of Time Award for 1996 work “whose impact is still felt 15 years after its initial publication” and the 2010 United Methodist Scholar/Teacher Award of the Year for “outstanding dedication and contributions to the learning arts and to the institution.” In 2017, he was named a William Fairfield Warren杰出教授, the highest distinction bestowed upon senior faculty members at BU.