News

Roel and several other Queen’s researchers have been awarded additional funding for their research in the form of the Discovery Accelerator Supplement, valued at $120,000 over a three-year period. Read more about it in the Queen’s News Centre.

“Twenty years of research into how the human brain processes visual information has earned Nikolaus Troje (Psychology, Biology, School of Computing) the Humboldt Research Award, an honour established by the German government to recognize a lifetime of achievement.”

Read the whole story on the Queen’s News Centre.

Dr. Randy Ellis has received international recognition from his peers for his contributions to computer-assisted surgery where he has fostered excellence throughout his career to the present day. At the 14th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (CAOS) held in Milan June 18-21, 2014, Dr. Ellis was cited for the fundamental effect he has had in advancing this research field.

Congratulations, Randy, on this well-deserved recognition of your commitment to excellence in research!

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.