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Taylor Anderson is in the news today for a new co-operative game he has developed called Cascata.

A splendid time was had by all participating in the celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the School of Computing (formerly the Department of Computing and Information Science). Much thanks to the organizers!

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Photos by Dave Dove and Ben Hall

Additional full-resolution photos can be found here, http://socweb.cs.queensu.ca/internal/qscimages/gallery3/.

A video of the event can be viewed here, http://youtu.be/H0ga4WZoSF0.

Congratulations to those School of Computing graduands receiving degrees at the 19 June 2014 Convocation!

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Photos by Dave Dove.

School of Computing alumna, Justin Lee, introduces Vessyl, ” a 13-ounce cup that recognizes any beverage you pour into it, displays its nutritional content, and syncs all your drinking habits to your smartphone.” Read all about it on The Verge.

The Queen’s News Centre features a writeup of the School’s 45th Anniversary celebration. We’ve come a long way and are poised to be on the leading edge of Computing Sciences as the 21st Century moves forward. Read all about it here.

The School’s Ali Zahid, Niv Yahel and Dave Dove are featured in an article in the Queen’s News Centre about Vanhawks, a startup company founded to help produce the innovative  Valour bicycle.  Read the whole story here.

David expressed his views to CKWS Television on Canada’s new anti-spam law which goes into effect on July 1st of this year.

David commented on the fact that the days of the password are numbered in the Guelph Mercury and the Waterloo Record.

David commented on how EBay suffered a security breach and, as a result, personal data was lost, on Global National, in the Toronto Star, the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post.

On May 12, 2014, School Director Selim Akl hosted the Sixth Annual Queen’s School of Computing Awards ceremony. The awards were created to recognize excellence in various forms of endeavour, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of those in the school who distinguished themselves through their exceptional work, and as an opportunity to say thank you to those who made a difference in School life.

This year’s recipients were:

• The Howard Staveley Award for Teaching Excellence: Roger Browse and Brian Butler
• Ph.D. Research Achievement Award: Zhen Ming Jiang
• Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award: Saeed Shafieian
• Distinguished Graduate Supervision Award: Kai Salomaa
• Distinguished Service Award: Irene Lafleche
• Research Award: Khalid Elgazzar
• Award for Outstanding Contribution to School Life: Eril Berkok
• Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance: Doug Martin
• Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award: Simrin Nagpal

Congratulations to the recipients, and many thanks to all those who worked hard to make this day a memorable one: Members of the Awards Committee, nominators, Lynda Moulton for producing the awards, and Eril Berkok, Ben Hall and Dave Dove for helping before, during and after the ceremony.

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Photos by Dave Dove