“ACM, the world’s leading computing society, today praised the enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law as an important and historic step for K-12 education in the United States. The new law recognizes that computer science is a fundamental academic subject, along with reading and writing, vital to a “well-rounded” education in the 21st century. The increased emphasis on providing early and ongoing exposure to computer science and connecting it as part of learning in other curriculum areas will bring long-lasting benefits for our work force, economy, and society.”
Congratulations to Dr. Gabor Fichtinger!
The Queen’s School of Computing is delighted to announce that Dr. Gabor Fichtinger is the inaugural recipient of the Principal’s Student Inquiry Teaching Award. This new award recognizes innovative instructional design which enables active student engagement in learning. Gabor is a worthy recipient of this award for instilling in his students a passion for learning and discovery through research.
Gabor will receive the award from the Principal at the Teaching Awards Reception on January 27, 2016. Congratulations Gabor on a well-deserved recognition of your passion for education and scientific investigation!
QSC Student Liam Collins in the news!
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that student Liam Collins was interviewed by Station 14 about his CISC 496 project:
Randy Ellis ~ In the News!
Congratulations to Randy Ellis who is in the news today for his election to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
David Skillicorn in the News!
David Skillicorn expressed the view that major gaps still exist in Canada’s cyber-security strategy when it come to protecting vital infrastructure, on CBCNews.ca. He also was interviewed on CBC Radio One on the same topic.
QSC undergraduates shine at Canadian Undergraduate Conference on Healthcare!
The Queen’s School of Computing is thrilled to announce that the 11th annual Canadian Undergraduate Conference on Healthcare took place November 13-15, 2015 with the brilliant School of Computing students on the big stage.
Vinyas Harish, 3rd year Biomedical Computing undergrad, received the Best Poster Presentation Award for his project “Monitoring Electromagnetic Tracking Error in Computing Navigated Breast Cancer Surgery.” 
Christina Yan, 2nd year Biomedical Computing undergrad, gave an invited podium presentation on “Comparison of portable and conventional ultrasound imaging in spinal curvature measurement”.
Congratulations to our wonderful young researchers!
BitDrones impresses at ACM Conference!
BitDrones, a research project out of the Queen’s School of Computing Human Media Lab (Roel Vertegaal, Director) was runner up for best demo at the prestigious 28th ACM User Interface Software Technology Symposium held in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 8- 11, 2015.
The BitDrones demo figured prominently in the news this week. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to the project.
Fall Preview – Volunteers Zac Baum and Vinyas Harish in the news!
Shown hard at work, Fall Preview volunteers Zac Baum and Vinyas Harish figure prominently on the Queen’s home page.
Roel Vertegaal is in the News!
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