The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that BitDrones, a research project by the Queen’s School of Computing Human Media Lab (Roel Vertegaal, Director) was on CBC’s Disrupting Design (14 minute mark) on Sunday, March 6, 2016.
Professor, Dr. Hossam Hassanein (Director, Telecommunications Research Laboratory) is in the news!
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that Dr. Hossam Hassanein (Director, Telecommunications Research Laboratory) is in the news today on the occasion of his award of a Strategic Partnership Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for his iDriveSense project – a system that integrates sensors already available in vehicles and drivers’ smartphones to provide information about the vehicle’s location and dynamics, with the goal of improving road safety.
Congratulations Hossam!
World’s First Wireless Flexible Smartphone!
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that Professor Roel Vertegaal and his researchers at Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab have developed the World’s first wireless flexible smartphone on CBCNews.ca, CKWS TV, Wireless Week, The Queen’s Journal and the Printed Electronics World.
As well, please check out new bendable smartphone introduced by Queen’s University, on the Australia Network News, in Mobile Syrup, Christian Post, on CBC’s The Exchange (36 minute mark), the Cantech Letter and a number of other international trade publications.
Revolutionary smartphone allows users to feel the buzz by bending their apps, in Tech Story and on Station 14
Professor David Skillicorn in the news!
Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that Professor David Skillicorn was in the media over the last few days; Dr. Skillicorn:
- Published an op-ed on February 21st entitled “Apple Inc. isn’t a defender of your privacy” in the Ottawa Citizen;
- Was interviewed on February 19th regarding the debate between privacy and public security, on CBC Radio.
Women in Computing 2016
Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announces that recent graduate Dr. Lili Wang, along with alumnae Dr. Michelle Crane and Dr. Amber Simpson, are featured as Women in Computing 2016 “to highlight and value their achievements, knowledge and skills. These women show the amazing work being done by women in computing across the country and help empower aspiring and current women in this field.”
Roel Vertegaal in the news
Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that Professor Roel Vertegaal (Director, Human Media Lab) is in the news today on the occasion of the unveiling of the flexible smartphone. This is the latest innovation by Dr. Vertegaal and his HML team, following the invention of the PaperTab (a fold-up roll-up tablet computer) and more recently the BitDrones.
Please also view The Daily Mail (UK), Gizmodo, TechRadar, The Kingston Whig-Standard, and numerous other trade publications and international outlets. The phone was also scheduled to be profiled on Fox Business today between 9 AM and 12 PM.
ReFlex, the world’s first bendable smartphone introduced, in Fortune, Mashable, The Mirror (UK), the India Times, Wired (Germany), mobilesyrup.com as well as numerous other international trade media outlets.
Flexible smartphone could be the next big thing, on Yahoo! Tech, The Independent (UK), Gizmag, PC Magazine, The Heritage and numerous other international and trade publications.
Congratulations to Dr. Gabor Fichtinger!
Congratulations to Dr. Gabor Fichtinger, of the Queen’s School of Computing, for his successful application “Share Software Platform for Ultrasound-Guided Medical Interventions” under the ERA-Can+ Twinning Programme. Each twinning project consists of European and Canadian partners. Gabor will be partnering with SINTEF of Norway to create the new, free, open-source platform.
Well done!
Queen’s School of Computing Alumna Alice Wismath is in the News!
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that alumna Alice Wismath is in the news today, as physicist Stephen Hawking plays a game of quantum chess inspired by her 2010 summer project and her 2011 CISC-499 project (in which several features were added, such as quantum entanglement used in the version played by Hawking).
For a video of Hawking playing Quantum Chess and an article that mentions Alice’s work, see http://www.iflscience.com/physics/paul-rudd-challenges-stephen-hawking-game-quantum-chess
Another video to view is http://gizmodo.com/soon-we-can-all-join-paul-rudd-in-mastering-quantum-che-1756183601
The Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
The Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing was held in Ottawa this past weekend. The conference, originally the Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing, began at Queen’s in 2010, and went national this year. Wendy Powley of the Queen’s School of Computing reported the following:
“Close to 80 undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Computing attended the Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing (CAN-CWiC) 2016 conference in Ottawa this past weekend. This conference represents an amalgamation of three past ACM-W Regional Celebration events; the Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing (started by the Queen’s School of Computing in 2010, held by different universities each of the following 4 years), the Atlantic Celebration of Women in Computing (held in 2012 organized by Dr. Laurie Ricker, a School of Computing grad) and the Pacific Northwest Celebration of Women in Computing (held in 2014 by UBC).
CAN-CWiC was attended by more than 500 delegates from nine Canadian provinces. In addition to the 80 QSC students that traveled together from Kingston the CAN-CWiC buses, there were numerous QSC alumni present representing the various companies and universities where they now work. The Queen’s presence was clearly visible (and audible!!).
Dr. Amber Simpson, a QSC graduate (now at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC) gave an interesting talk on Medical Computing. Alumnus Dr. Kelly Lyons (now a professor at U of T) inspired attendees young and not-as-young as a panelist on the concluding panel entitled “A Day in the Life of Women in Computing”. Wendy Powley, the conference founder, was a key organizer along with the Conference Chair, Dr. Catherine Mavriplis from the University of Ottawa. Debby Robertson was on hand to speak with potential graduate students at the career fair. Suchita Ganesan presented her research work in the Graduate Forum and tied for second prize. Congratulations, Suchita!
A great blog by Caleigh Minshall provides a student’s insight into the conference activities.
A huge thank you to all of our enthusiastic participants and to the QSC for sponsoring the conference in order to make it possible for so many of us to attend!”
~Wendy Powley
Congratulations to School of Computing Professor Gabor Fichtinger, who has become as IEEE Fellow!
Congratulations to School of Computing Professor Gabor Fichtinger, who has become an IEEE Fellow as of January 1st, 2016. The citation from the Board of Directors of the IEEE reads: “For contributions to medical robotics and computer assisted intervention.”
In his letter, Dr. Howard E. Michel, IEEE President and CEO, wrote:
“The IEEE Fellow is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE, and is bestowed upon a very limited number of Senior Members who have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology bringing significant value to our society. The number of IEEE Fellows elevated in a year is no more than one-tenth of one percent of the total IEEE voting membership.
I am delighted to share the good news with you and to congratulate you on having this distinguished individual on your staff.”