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David Skillicorn was on the CBC Tuesday, June 23 discussing the security of the Voice over Internet Protocol, to which the federal government plans to switch its landline phones.

The Queen’s School of Computing is sending best wishes to Chloe DesRoche, a Queen’s School of Computing M. Sc. student, as she represents Canada in a rowing competition held in Korea.  Her supervisor Dr. Randy Ellis is delighted that Chloe (BMCO 2014) is representing Canada in an international rowing competition.  She is on the “women’s 4” boat in the FISU championships.

Chloe is an example of someone who has maintained academic excellence while being recognized as an internationally elite athlete, which is a marvelous balance of working and living.  Good luck Chloe!

• http://rowingcanada.org/news-events/news/announcing-canadian-university-team-compete-fisu
• http://gogaelsgo.com/news/2015/6/10/ROW_0610155941.aspx?path=row

The School of Computing welcomes Dr. Qingling Duan  on July 1st, 2015 as a Queen’s National Scholar, jointly appointed in the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences. Dr. Duan’s specialty is Bioinformatics.

Welcome to the School Qing and best wishes.

Dr. Selim G. Akl, Professor and Director of the Queen’s School of Computing, was the Honorary Speaker at the Queen’s University Convocation Ceremony on Thursday morning, June 11, 2015. Dr. Akl addressed the graduands from Anatomy & Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Kinesiology & Health Studies, Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology & Toxicology, and Physiology. Some excerpts from Dr. Akl’s speech follow.

“I am a Computing Scientist and my message to you this morning is that our two disciplines, yours, the science of life, and mine, the science of computation, these two seemingly different occupations, indeed share a strong common thread. This unifying thread is information. Health scientists collect and study information at different conceptual levels, from the molecular and the cellular, to complex organisms such as humans. Computing scientists specialize in algorithmic information processing; we build computational models as abstractions of the world around us. Together, we can accomplish a great deal, both in the creation of knowledge and in the application of this knowledge to the service of humanity.”

“Together, the health scientists and the computing scientists are creating what we believe is the future of health care. A future of which you will be the main architects.”

“Ultimately, we shall be able to model the behavior of a living cell as an algorithm. In this way, a cell with a disease can be viewed as a computer program with an error. Correct the error and you cure the cell. This is a lofty goal in itself, but you can aim for much better. Strive for a day in which health care will mean more than caring for the sick. Build a future in which health care is primarily and effectively about disease prevention. You can do it. I trust you fully.”

Here is a link to a video of Dr. Akl’s speech: https://goo.gl/tVscuu.

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The Queen’s School of Computing welcomes Dr. Louise M. Winn, a Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences and in the School of Environmental Studies, who has been offered a cross-appointment with us.

Congratulations Louise, and welcome to the QSC!

Congratulations to those School of Computing graduands receiving degrees at the 10 June 2015 Convocation!

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School of  Computing cross-appointed (Medicine and Critical Care) professor Dr. David Maslove’s work with big data in the intensive care unit of KGH is featured in the 2015 Spring issue of (e)affect.

Queen’s School of Computing Professor Pat Martin is featured in the Spring 2015  (e)affect. The article features Pat’s work on big data with IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system. IBM’s Watson is a Jeopardy! champ.

Third-year Computing and Creative Arts student Emma Irwin, (on the ladder) and Anjene Balint, Art History Graduate, are working with the SWEP (Queen’s Summer Work Experience Program). They will be working with new acquisitions–cataloguing, examining and storing works for a new online collection.

Our warm congratulations go out to Matthew Holden who will receive Mitacs Globalink funding to support his research on Modelling of Surgical Workflows.  Matthew will be travelling to France this year to work with Professor Jannin and the Université de Rennes.  Bravo, Matthew and bon voyage!