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News Itemsadmin2020-05-12T13:51:42-04:00
  • Nick Cercone
admin2020-06-05T23:56:13-04:00

Call for Nominations and Applications for the Nick Cercone Graduate Scholarship

admin2020-06-05T23:56:13-04:00June 4th, 2020|

The Scholarship will be awarded biennially (i.e. every other year) to a student enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Computer [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:08-04:00

Introducing NSERC Alliance grants: Canada’s Research Partnerships Program

admin2020-05-09T06:44:08-04:00May 9th, 2020|

Alliance grants encourage researchers to collaborate with private, public or not-for-profit partner organizations with funding of $20,000 to $1 million [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:08-04:00

Launch of a rapid research response to contribute to global efforts to contain the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

admin2020-05-09T06:44:08-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The Government of Canada would like to inform the research community of a pending launch of a rapid research response [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:07-04:00

UBC CS Professor and his team win INFORMS Franz Edelman Achievement Award

admin2020-05-09T06:44:07-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The 2018 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences for outstanding examples of operations [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:07-04:00

Computer scientists awarded three of six E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships for 2018.

admin2020-05-09T06:44:07-04:00May 9th, 2020|

Up to six E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships are awarded annually to enhance the career development of outstanding and highly promising [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:07-04:00

University of Waterloo program aims to reverse women’s flight from computer science

admin2020-05-09T06:44:07-04:00May 9th, 2020|

When Joanne Atlee was an undergraduate student in computer science, more than a third of her class was made up [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:06-04:00

UBC researcher Mark Schmidt and co-authors receive Lagrange Prize

admin2020-05-09T06:44:06-04:00May 9th, 2020|

UBC Computer Science Assistant Professor Mark Schmidt, together with co-authors Nicolas Le Roux and Francis Bach, received the prestigious Lagrange [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:06-04:00

CS-Can/Info-Can releases results of survey of computer science’s use of NSERC programs

admin2020-05-09T06:44:06-04:00May 9th, 2020|

Most of the survey questions required participants to rank the listed programs on a scale 0 to 5 whereN/A – [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:06-04:00

NSERC solicits feedback on proposed Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy

admin2020-05-09T06:44:06-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The three federal research funding agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00

Supporting a new generation of research partnerships

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00May 9th, 2020|

NSERC is pleased to announce an update to its On-line System that will simplify how information is collected from the [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00

Government of Canada launches national consultation on $275-million Tri-Council Research Fund

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00May 9th, 2020|

On Thursday, June 26, the Government of Canada announced a new Tri-Council funding program. A public consultation is now underway [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00

Liquid animations so realistic you can almost taste them

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00May 9th, 2020|

Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science have developed a method of animating high-viscosity liquids. Achieving [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00

Dalhousie doctoral student Ehsan Sherkat wins inaugural Nick Cercone scholarship

admin2020-05-09T06:44:05-04:00May 9th, 2020|

In a Canada-wide career, Nick Cercone made significant contributions to several fields in computer science. He was an inspiring mentor [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:04-04:00

Update on NSERC’s New Research Partnerships Program

admin2020-05-09T06:44:04-04:00May 9th, 2020|

During the autumn of 2018, NSERC undertook a series of briefing sessions with our community to solicit and discuss feedback [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:04-04:00

CANARIE Awards up to $3.2M in Funding to 9 Research Teams to Develop Research Data Management Software Tools

admin2020-05-09T06:44:04-04:00May 9th, 2020|

CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced nine successful recipients of its [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:04-04:00

Canada Tri-Council releases report on how to strengthen science

admin2020-05-09T06:44:04-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The Government of Canada has released its summary report on a recent Tri-Council initiative to strengthen science in Canada. The [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:03-04:00

Announcing the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients

admin2020-05-09T06:44:03-04:00May 9th, 2020|

We are delighted to announce Selim G. Akl (Queen’s University), Pierre L’Ecuyer, (Université de Montréal), Tamer Özsu, (University of Waterloo) [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:03-04:00

New draft charter and grants will help increase diversity and inclusion at Canadian academic institutions

admin2020-05-09T06:44:03-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The Government of Canada announced the creation of a new $10M fund to foster equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:03-04:00

University of Toronto researcher Toniann Pitassi named ACM Fellow

admin2020-05-09T06:44:03-04:00May 9th, 2020|

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 56 members ACM Fellows for significant contributions in areas including computer architecture, [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:02-04:00

Announcing the 2018 Outstanding Young Researcher Award recipients

admin2020-05-09T06:44:02-04:00May 9th, 2020|

We are delighted to announce Andrea Bunt (University of Manitoba), Chanchal Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Daniel Vogel (University of Waterloo) [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:02-04:00

Julie Nutini (UBC) inaugural awardee of 2018 Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award

admin2020-05-09T06:44:02-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes excellence in research and writing by a computer science doctoral student completing [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00

VP of CS-Can / Info-Can Kate Larson appointed University Research Chair

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00May 9th, 2020|

Professor Kate Larson has been appointed a University Research Chair in recognition of her outstanding research contributions to the field [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00

Dr. Max Birk receives 2018 Buxton Award from CHCCS for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Sasakatchewan.

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The Bill Buxton Dissertation Award is given annually for the best doctoral dissertation completed at a Canadian university in the [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00

Dr. Olivier Mercier receives 2018 Fournier Award from CHCCS for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Montreal

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The “Alain Fournier Memorial Fund” rewards an exceptional computer graphics Ph.D. dissertation defended in a Canadian University over the previous [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00

Canadian researcher Yoshua Bengio co-recipient of A.M. Turing Award

admin2020-05-09T06:44:01-04:00May 9th, 2020|

McGill graduate Bengio shares the prize with Geoffrey Hinton, an emeritus distinguished professor of computer science at the University of [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:00-04:00

CS-Can/Info-Can releases results of survey of computer science’s use of NSERC programs

admin2020-05-09T06:44:00-04:00May 9th, 2020|

Analysis of Survey Results on NSERC Programs usefulness for Computer Science faculty. Survey period: April 22 – May 21, 2018 [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:00-04:00

Announcing the 2018 CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award Recipients

admin2020-05-09T06:44:00-04:00May 9th, 2020|

Graphics Interface (GI) 2018, the 44th annual conference, will be held at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from May [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:44:00-04:00

Federal Government launches program to improve diversity and inclusion in academic research

admin2020-05-09T06:44:00-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The Government of Canada launched a pilot program to increase equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and help drive deeper cultural [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:43:59-04:00

Government of Canada invests in IT to improve accessibility

admin2020-05-09T06:43:59-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The Government of Canada announced that it will invest over $2.7 million in AccessNow, an online platform that crowdsources information [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:43:59-04:00

Sponsorship opportunity at CAN-CWIC 2019

admin2020-05-09T06:43:59-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The ACM Celebration of Women in Computing (CAN-CWIC) 2019 event will be taking place at the International Center in Mississauga [...]

admin2020-05-09T06:43:59-04:00

Ensuring a responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence

admin2020-05-09T06:43:59-04:00May 9th, 2020|

The economic potential of artificial intelligence (AI) has been like a siren song for many governments, and Canada is no [...]

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