Roel Vertegaal is in the news talking about BitDrones, a new drone technology like floating Legos, on RedOrbit, Gizmodo, phys.org, Gizmag, Tech Radar, Discovery.com, The Gadget Show, Station 14, ElectronicProducts.com, Queen’s Journal, Daily Planet (Discovery) and a number of other trade publications.
School of Computing Programs receive CIPS accreditation (updated)
The School of Computing is delighted to announce that both computing programs reviewed by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS):
Computer Science (CSCI)
Software Design (SODE),
have received accreditation for six years from 2014 to 2020.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the review.
Special thanks to David Lamb who coordinated the entire process.
Photo by Dave Dove
Manuela Kunz In The News!
The Queens’ School of Computing is pleased to announce that Manuels appeared on CKWS Television to talk about the research being conducted at the Human Mobility Research Centre.
“Robust Crowsensing for Intelligent Road Services”
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to congratulate Professors Hassanein and Noureldin on their successful application to the NSERC Strategic Projects program “Robust Crowsensing for Intelligent Road Services.” This project will build on and strengthen their collaborative expertise in next generation intelligent transportation systems.
Wendy Powley in the News!
The School of Computing is pleased to announce that Wendy Powley is in the news this morning in celebration of her role as a leader in the women in computing movement.
Queen’s University School of Computing Graduate Supercharges Microsoft Cloud – October 2, 2015
Dr. Mark S. Staveley (CompSci ‘97) has been working with Microsoft and NVIDIA to supercharge Microsoft’s Cloud.On Tuesday September 29th, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced that Microsoft will offer NVIDIA® GPU-enabled professional graphics applications and accelerated computing capabilities to customers worldwide through a new N-Series class of Virtual Machines on its cloud platform, Microsoft Azure.
Dr. Staveley (CompSci ’97) visiting on campus with the Director of the School of Computing, Professor Akl
“This is a really exciting time for the Microsoft Cloud platform” says Mark, “Microsoft Azure will now be able to offer customers solutions in the area of virtualized high-end graphics as well as high-performance GPU accelerated workloads.”
When Mark was at Queen’s, he started in Applied Science, and then after a short detour in J-Section he found his way to the School of Computing. Mark tells us that he has always been thankful for the great professors and exciting projects here at Queen’s. In fact, he was impressed by the faculty so much that he became an Adjunct Lecturer for the School of Computing from 2002-2004 teaching 1st and 2nd year classes.
Dr. Staveley (CompSci ’97) visiting on campus with the Director of the School of Computing, Professor Akl
“I’ve always appreciated the warmth and integrity that is part of the School of Computing at Queen’s” says Mark “The school not only does fantastic research, but they also genuinely care about their students – something which you can see very clearly throughout the school.”
Mark was here visiting on campus as part of a recruiting delegation from Microsoft. Mark tells us how Queen’s reputation in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Math has gotten the attention of Microsoft.
We then asked Mark to tell us why Microsoft is looking to Queen’s for its next generation of engineers and program managers. Mark said that consistency has a lot to do with it. Year after year, Microsoft has continued to find great people from Queen’s who want to come work on state-of-the-art projects.
Mark notes how the School of Computing at Queen’s provides a unique advantage with its interdisciplinary programs – students already have experience with challenging their minds and skills in different areas, examples of which include the Bio-Computing program and the Cognitive Science program with the School of Computing.
We are excited to see how Microsoft has taken notice of the students who are coming out of Queen’s Computing, and we are thrilled to see how Mark is adding a little bit of Queen’s magic to the cloud.
Queen’s School of Computing PhD candidate Amal Khalil wins Silver Medal!
The Queen’s School of Computing is delighted to announced that Queen’s School of Computing PhD candidate Amal Khalil won the Silver Medal in the ACM Student Research Award competition at the ACM/IEEE 18th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS’15) held in Ottawa last week for her work on “Change-driven Incremental Symbolic Execution of Evolving State Machines”.
Amal works under the supervision of Professor Juergen Dingel.
Congratulations Amal!
2015-2016 Queen’s School of Computing Newsletter is Unveiled!
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to unveil the 2015-2016 Queen’s School of Computing Newsletter.
Many thanks to our Editor Doug Martin, and Associate Editors Ben Hall and Lynda Moulton, who did an outstanding job of creating original, magazine-style content for our annual publication. This year, we are highlighting applications and games developed by students and recent alumni. This is a huge growth industry, and one of the many areas where we clearly (but quietly) excel. As usual, there are also regular features that give a glimpse of life in the School over the past academic year. I hope that you will find the Newsletter an informative and enjoyable read.
Previous year editions can be found here.
School Alum Mark Stavely to speak….
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that School alum Mark Staveley speaks at Queen’s October 1, 2015.
Dr. Qingling Duan in the News!
The Queen’s School of Computing is happy to announce Dr. Qingling Duan’s appointment as a Queen’s National Scholar is featured in today’s Gazette.