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!
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A CBC story featuring QSC alumnus, Connor Dickie.
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.
Wendy Powley is in the news!
Wendy Powley is in the news today on the topic of Canada lagging in push to teach kids computer coding, on cbc.ca and on “All in a Day.”
Wendy is also featured on “RCI (Radio Canada International).”
Congratulations to Dr. Hossam Hassanein!
Dr. Hossam Hassanein of the Queen’s School of Computing is the recipient of the 2015 Que
en’s School of Graduate Studies Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision. The award will be presented at the Fall Convocation. Congratulations, Hossam, on a well-deserved recognition.
Wendy Powley (Queen’s School of Computing) has been appointed as Chair of the ACM-W Celebrations of Women in Computing
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that Wendy Powley has been appointed as Chair of the ACM-W Celebrations of Women in Computing.
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM-W is ACM’s wing which supports, celebrates and advocates for Women in Computing.
Some excerpts from the announcement follow.
“Wendy Powley (Queens University) … will be taking over leadership of the Celebrations project. … Wendy has been a real stalwart champion of ACM-W and I am thrilled that she’s agreed to take on greater responsibility to continue the success and growth of ACM-W Celebrations.” Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair
“I am pleased to welcome Wendy Powley (Queens University, Ontario, CA) to the role of ACM-W Celebrations chair. Wendy has been deeply involved with the project, having been a lead organizer of the Ontario Celebration (ONCWiC) for several years. Wendy was instrumental in the effort to combine previous regional Celebrations in Canada to create the All Canada Celebration (CAN-CWiC), which will be held for the first time in January 2016. Wendy also has been a part of the Celebrations committee during the 2014-2015 academic year as communications chair, a role she will now be seeking to fill (any interested readers?).” Jodi Tims, ACM-W Vice Chair
Congratulations Wendy on this recognition of your leadership and best wishes on this important new role!