School of Computing Shines at CASCON
Congratulations to Queen’s School of Computing members Shady Khalifa, Tianbin Jiang and Patrick Martin on winning the Best Student Paper Award at Cascon 2013 in Toronto this morning.
Their paper titled ‘MapReduce “Garbage” Collection’ was chosen from among 24 accepted papers selected from 70 submissions to the conference.
Nick Graham Talks Game Systems
Queen’s School of Computing Professor Nick Graham (Director, EQUIS lab.) is quoted today in a Toronto Star article entitled “PlayStation and Xbox Aren’t Just Fighting Each Other“
Jonah Eisen Featured in Queen’s Journal
Queen’s School of Computing undergraduate student Jonah Eisen (Second Year, Software Design (SODE)) has written a beautiful editorial in the Queen’s Journal entitled Knowing the code. Well done Jonah!
Paper Tab Named as a Finalist for Innovation of the Year by Stuff
The Human Media Lab’s Paper Tab has been chosen as an Innovation of the Year finalist for Stuff’s Gadget Awards. There’s still time to vote! Read all about it, and cast your vote here.
2013 Fall Previews at Queen’s
Two Fall Preview events were held this year, on October 26 and November 9, in the Biosciences complex at Queen’s. Once again, many thousands of visitors were hosted over the two weekends.
The School of Computing was represented by a fantastic group of volunteers who donated their time and efforts generously and enthusiastically, by putting together the most impressive display of demos among all participating departments, thereby contributing significantly to the School’s undergraduate recruiting campaign. Thanks, and well done, to all our volunteers.
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Photos by Dave Dove
David Skillicorn in the News
David commented in the Globe and Mail on how fearful customers make it tougher for companies to collect data.
Drop-In Open House November 14, 2013
We invite you to attend Queen’s School of Computing’s Drop-In Open House
Thursday, November 14 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm.
Join us for hands-on demos, lab tours and food. This will be a terrific opportunity for everyone to see first-hand the exciting and ground-breaking research that is happening right here at Queen’s School of Computing every day.
For students considering graduate work, this would be an ideal time to meet professors!
Please contact Debby Robertson for details and to RSVP (debby@cs.queensu.ca)
Fourth-Year Student, Amin Nikdel, Develops NPulse
Fourth year School of Computing student, Amin Nikdel, is in the news today. See the article about his new classroom app on CBC’s “Ontario Morning”, in the Queen’s News Centre and in the Kingston Whig Standard.
Greg Lessard Earns Distinguished Service Award
The School of Computing’s own Greg Lessard was one of four recipients of the Queen’s Distinguished Service Awards, presented recently at the annual dinner of the University Council. See the full article from the Queen’s News Centre here.