{"id":14862,"date":"2023-06-16T08:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?p=14862"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:12:01","slug":"cognitive-sciences-2023-university-medal-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/2023\/cognitive-sciences-2023-university-medal-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Science&#8217;s 2023 University Medal Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Cognitive Science&#8217;s 2023 University Medal Recipients\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>It is with great pride and joy that the Department of Cognitive Science congratulates our two University Medal winners (for Cognitive Science) in the June 2023 Convocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to both Iain Burge and Kyle Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their own words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iain Burge:<\/span> <span id=\"modal-data-loc\">Bachelor of Cognitive Science Honours<br>\n<small>With High Distinction<br>\n<\/small><\/span><\/strong>Cognitive Science Concentration in Cognition and Computation: Minor in Mathematics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Iain-Burge-450-240x240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Iain-Burge-450-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Iain-Burge-450-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Iain-Burge-450-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Iain-Burge-450-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Iain-Burge-450-360x360.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Iain-Burge-450.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey leading up to graduation has been a transformative and remarkable experience for me. At times challenging,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have learned so much and grown as a person. I\u2019ve had the privilege of learning from some influential faculty members; Professor Michel Barbeau and Professor Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro who advised me, Professor Yuly Billig who introduced me to quantum computing, Professor Brandon Fodden who introduced me to mathematics, and Doctor Mark MacLeod who introduced me to academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come September, I hope to start my PhD in Paris where I will continue my research in quantum explainable AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kyle Grant<\/span>: <span id=\"modal-data-loc\">Bachelor of Cognitive Science Honours<br>\n<small>With High Distinction<br>\n<\/small><\/span><\/strong>Cognitive Science Concentration in Cognition and Psychology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Kyle-Grant-450-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Kyle-Grant-450-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Kyle-Grant-450-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Kyle-Grant-450-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Kyle-Grant-450-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Kyle-Grant-450-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/Kyle-Grant-450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I graduated high school unsure of my future direction. The Cognitive Science program at Carleton stood out because it exposed me to several interesting and challenging fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started with a concentration in computer science, and I easily switched to a concentration in psychology. This flexibility provided a fulfilling experience and eased any anxiety I had about my future. After graduation I will continue to apply my knowledge of human behaviour and cognition as a User Experience Researcher with Coinbase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to Dr. Kasia Muldner, my thesis supervisor, Dr. Nadiya Slobodenyuk, who taught many excellent courses and supervised my FASS summer research project, and Dr. Roxana-Maria Barbu, who supervised my independent studies and allowed me to pursue my interests in industry work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, the entire Department of Cognitive Science (Faculty and Staff) wishes the best to both of these amazingly talented students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We live in unique times and both of these graduates have the opportunity to utilize recent and forthcoming technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great pride and joy that the Department of Cognitive Science congratulates our two University Medal winners (for Cognitive Science) in the June 2023 Convocation. Congratulations to both Iain Burge and Kyle Grant. In their own words: Iain Burge: Bachelor of Cognitive Science Honours With High Distinction Cognitive Science Concentration in Cognition and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14862"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16537,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions\/16537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}