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Our own Wendy Powley has a feature interview in Trendy Techie. As the article says, “What better way to begin the series than with a woman who directly affects the way young people learn technology?”

Read it here!

Congratulations to Dave Dove for his part in the Queen’s News Centre’s investigation into innovative teaching techniques used on Campus.

Continue reading “Queen’s Computing instructor Dave Dove interviewed”

David spoke to the media about the fact that cyber attacks could become the new normal, on CBC’s The National and in the Toronto Star.

An interview with David is featured today in the Toronto Star in an article entitled “Internet-connected Home Appliances Called Security Threat“. He also talked about
smart appliances in the home on CBC’s Ontario Morning show and on CBC’s As it Happens and in the St. John’s Telegram.

The Queen’s News Centre has a feature article on the School’s unique Computing and Creative Arts (COCA ) program. The article highlights the program’s singularity in North America and talks about some of the creative projects upon which our students have worked. Read all about it here.

Queen’s School of Computing fourth year student Lucas Marcelli is featured in an Ottawa Citizen article entitled “Code for Kids Introducing Kids to Computer Science“. A new article in the Globe and Mail features more on this practical and innovative program that gives kids a head start in computing.

Congratulations to Professor Ahmed Hassan (Director, Software Analysis and Intelligence Lab) whose group has received a new grant through the OCE VIP program to work with inBay Technologies in Ottawa.

The funding comes from five different organizations at the private, provincial, and federal levels: inBay, OCE, NSERC (Engage), Connect Canada (internship), and NRC IRAP.

Queen’s School of Computing 4th year student Michael Wong has written an editorial entitled It’s time we gave due attention to eSports, which appeared in the Waterloo Region Record.

David was interviewed by The Wire Report (a Canadian online news service) and quoted in an article entitled “The Canadian Effort Behind the Olympic Network Build“.

The School’s own Jacob Andreou (third year Biomedical Computing) recently had the opportunity to represent both Canada and Queen’s University at Facebook’s Global Hackathon Finals in Menlo Park, California. The competition hosted teams from the top ivy league schools from all over the US, as well as teams from Brazil, England, Mexico, and Canada. Jacob and Khalid Karim (Software Engineering, University of British Columbia) comprised the First Place team. This opportunity came through the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference regional qualifier, a technology conference that is rapidly gaining momentum in the Canadian technology community. We are proud to share this accomplishment!