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Ensuring a responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence

Many Canadian researchers are coming together in different organizational structures to study issues surrounding AI ethics and governance.

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

Fifteen post-secondary institutions will receive part of $5.3 million worth of grant money from the federal government to make academic research more inclusive.

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

University of Waterloo professor Kate Larson has been appointed a University Research Chair in recognition of her outstanding research contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.

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

The Bill Buxton Dissertation Award is given annually for the best doctoral dissertation completed at a Canadian university in the field of Human-Computer Interaction.

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

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

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

McGill graduate Bengio shares the prize with Geoffrey Hinton, an emeritus distinguished professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, and Yann LeCun, the director of AI research for Facebook for major contributions of lasting importance to computing.

Apply for funding now: Canada-UK Enhanced Industrial Productivity Programme

All Canadian lead applicants and collaborators are invited to submit an expression of interest application by 15th April 2019 at the latest.

Announcing the 2018 Outstanding Young Researcher Award recipients

We are delighted to announce Andrea Bunt (University of Manitoba), Chanchal Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Daniel Vogel (University of Waterloo) as the 2018 recipients of the CS-Can / Info-Can Outstanding Young Researcher Award.

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

The Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes excellence in research and writing by a computer science doctoral student completing their degree at a Canadian institution.

Announcing the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients

We are delighted to announce Selim G. Akl (Queen’s University), Pierre L’Ecuyer, (Université de Montréal), Tamer Özsu, (University of Waterloo) and Jacob Slonim, (Dalhousie University) as the 2018 recipients of the CS-Can / Info-Can Lifetime Achievement Award.

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

The Government of Canada announced the creation of a new $10M fund to foster equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research and unveiled its draft Made-in-Canada Athena SWAN Charte to reflect Canada’s diverse reality and help further Canada’s goals of addressing EDI in its laboratories and classrooms.

Call for nominations for the 2019 IEEE Canadian Foundation Nick Cercone Graduate Scholarship in Computer Science

Recognizes a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at a Canadian university who shows exceptional promise in research that will have real-world applications and who has been active in helping others.

University of Toronto researcher Toniann Pitassi named ACM Fellow

2018 Fellows recognized for accomplishments that underpin the technologies that define the digital age.

Update on NSERC’s New Research Partnerships Program

During the autumn of 2018, NSERC undertook a series of briefing sessions with our community to solicit and discuss feedback on the first draft of the new Research Partnerships program design. We appreciate the rich, constructive feedback from these sessions as well as emails we’ve received from our stakeholders. NSERC has listened and incorporated much […]

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

CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced nine successful recipients of its Research Data Management (RDM) funding call, announced in May 2018. This new funding will enable research teams to develop software components and tools to enable Canadian researchers to adopt best practices in managing data resulting […]

Canada Tri-Council releases report on how to strengthen science

The Government of Canada has released its summary report on a recent Tri-Council initiative to strengthen science in Canada. The report details the findings of the Canadian Research Coordinating Committee’s consultations with students, scholars, and scientists that focused on three priorities: a new tri-agency fund for international, interdisciplinary, fast-breaking, high-risk research; strengthening equity, diversity and […]

Supporting a new generation of research partnerships

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

On Thursday, June 26, the Government of Canada announced a new Tri-Council funding program. A public consultation is now underway lead by the Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC). It will close on Monday, August 27. There are three topics on which consultation is invited: the design of the proposed new fund, support for early career […]

Liquid animations so realistic you can almost taste them

Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science have developed a method of animating high-viscosity liquids. Achieving this milestone stems from the understanding that the pressure and viscosity forces that act on liquids need to be solved together for the computer animation to be physically accurate and visually stunning. Read the full […]

Dalhousie doctoral student Ehsan Sherkat wins inaugural Nick Cercone scholarship

Computer science researchers help answer an age-old medical science question

Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science used computer models that simulate organic structures to define how light interacts with the cellular and subcellular parts of the skin and blood to clarify how veins containing red blood get their bluish appearance.

Motivating gamers with personalized game design

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have identified three basic video game player traits that can help make game design more personalized, and motivate gamers in both entertainment and work applications.

UBC researcher Mark Schmidt and co-authors receive Lagrange Prize

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

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

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

The 2018 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences for outstanding examples of operations research, management science and advanced analytics in practice was won by a 19-member team US Federal Communications Commission team that included UBC Computer Science researcher Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown and two of his doctoral students, Alexandre […]

UBC students top list of Canadian teams at 2018 ACM programming contest

The UBC ACM Programming Team competed in the World Finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in Beijing, China on April 19, 2018.

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

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

Announcing the 2018 CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award Recipients

Graphics Interface (GI) 2018, the 44th annual conference, will be held at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from May 8-11, 2018.

CS-Can/Info-Can Awards Dinner

Call for Nominations – Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Prizes

Introducing NSERC Alliance grants: Canada’s Research Partnerships Program

Alliance grants encourage researchers to collaborate with private, public or not-for-profit partner organizations with funding of $20,000 to $1 million per year. Visit the Alliance website for details.