Congratulations to Queen’s School of Computing Ph.D. candidate Karolina Zurowska who won the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) last night at the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems in Miami, Florida.
Nick Graham Talks About Exergaming on CTV
Queen’s School of Computing Professor Nick Graham (Director, EQUIS Lab) explained how video games and exercise equipment developed in his lab help kids with cerebral palsy to get moving, on CTV News Channel.
Mohammad Zulkernine Wins Canada-Africa Research Exchange Grant
Congratulations to Queen’s School of Computing Professor, Mohammad Zulkernine, on his successful collaborative research application to the Canada-Africa Research Exchange Grants program. Dr. Zulkernine will be working with Dr. Ejigu of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia to develop “Secure and Trustworthy Reservation and Medical Records System (STRMRS),” along with collaborating hospitals in both nations.
We look forward to welcoming Dr. Zulkernine’s Ethiopian collaborators to the School and wish him safe travels in this research exchange program.
David Skillicorn in the News
David commented on the possible security issues
around a foreign purchase of Blackberry, on News Talk 770 (Calgary radio).
Reception for New Graduate Students
A reception to welcome new graduate students to the School of Computing was held at the Grad Club on September 4. Thanks to Graduate Program Assistant Debby Robertson and PhD candidates Eric Rapos and Karolina Zurowska for organizing the event. Congratulations, too, to Eric for being this year’s Ian McLeod Award recipient! The award is presented annually to the graduate student who has made the greatest contribution to the intellectual and social spirit of the School of Computing.
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Photos by Dave Dove.
Jim Cordy Delivers Keynote Address
Jim Cordy’s keynote address at the 17th International Software Product Line conference in Tokyo, Japan last week outlined his recent work on the analysis of automotive software models at GM with Manar Alalfi, Tom Dean, Matthew Stephan and Andrew Stevenson.
Sharief Oteafy Reflects on the Queen’s Experience
Sharief Oteafy, who recently successfully defended his doctoral thesis, is featured on the Queen’s website’s School of Graduate Studies page. He reflects upon his experiences in coming to Canada from Egypt, his studies, his total immersion in the Queen’s and Kingston communities and his pursuit of competitive fencing. Read all about it here.
David Skillicorn in the News
David was interviewed about how a couple’s baby monitor was hacked by a stranger, on CTV News Channel and CBC Radio (Vancouver).
David Skillicorn in the News
David spoke on the CBC program “All in a Day” about the UK’s government working on banning porn sites. The story was also featured in the Kingston Whig Standard. Read the entire article here.
New Book by Jim Cordy
Congratulations to Jim Cordy on the publication of his new book The Personal Web (Chignell, M.; Cordy, J.; Kealey, R.; Ng, J.; Yesha, Y. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7855, Springer, 2013).