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Thursday, January 4, 2024

85 Carleton Researchers Named Among World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists

An impressive 85 Carleton University researchers, past and present, have secured a coveted spot on the 2022 Stanford-Elsevier list of the world’s most-cited scholars. This exceptional achievement places them in the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists, showcasing the unparalleled impact of Carleton’s groundbreaking... More

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Renovated TA Center Opens at SCS 

The School of Computer Science opened its newly renovated Teaching Assistant (TA) laboratory during their Open House on Tuesday September 19, 2023. The university has invested in upgrading the undergraduate Computer Science labs and resources. The changes include a renovated TA center and BCS laboratories as well as further investment in the SCS... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Computer scientist scores Oscar wins for animation

Dr. Theodore Kim and his team won an Oscar this year at the Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony for Fizt2, an animation simulator for modeling the physical characteristics of soft material like fabric as it... More

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Dr. Yuhong Guo has been renewed as Canada Research Chair in machine learning

Adegboyega Ojo is the new Canada Research Chair in Governance and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Carleton University. Carleton’s Yuhong Guo and Hongyu Sun have also been renewed as Canada Research Chairs in machine learning and developmental neuroscience,... More

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Carleton students place second in regional cybersecurity challenge

A team of 5 SCS students placed second in the 2022 CyberSci Regionals (https://cybersecuritychallenge.ca/). The event took place at Carleton University on November 5, 2022, with teams participating from Algonquin College, University of Ottawa, La Cité, Queen's, and Carleton's own SCS and TIM. Congratulations to the team!Team SHA SHA... More

Monday, September 12, 2022

Experiment Built by a Carleton Computer Science Student Set to be Part of Blue Origin Rocket

Carleton student Shreya Voore was on a 10-member team of high school students that won a challenge during a Shad Canada program in the summer of 2020. They develop a research experiment that will be conducted in microgravity aboard New Shepard, one of Blue Origin’s reusable rockets. Full Story: Canada’s first ever spaceflight experiment... More

Monday, July 11, 2022

New Frontiers Funding for Research Using AI to Provide Better Supports for Students with Disabilities

School of Computer Science professor, Majid Komeili, is working to explore whether artificial intelligence (AI) can support the work of disability service professionals in assessing student support needs to benefit both the service providers and the students with disabilities. Their research will develop a machine learning prototype that will be... More

Monday, June 20, 2022

Carleton convocation a triple treat this year with multiple grad years celebrating

Elisa Kazan said it was slightly surreal to take time off from her job in Vancouver and fly back to her hometown of Ottawa to receive the computer science degree she earned from Carleton University two years... More

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

We Shouldn’t Try to Make Conscious Software—Until We Should

Read Carleton Universities Dr. Jim Davies story: "We Shouldn’t Try to Make Conscious Software—Until We Should", at Scientific... More

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Student-Designed Digital Platform Aims to Inspire Girls to Enter STEM

What do a graduate computer science student and an undergraduate economics student have in common? The desire to close the gender gap in... More

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Carleton Team places first in regional cyber security challenge

Congratulations to Adam Nimour, Anoushka Singhal, Robert Babaev and Elias Hawa members of team 'null root' who came first in the Ottawa region cyber security challenge! Team 'null root' will compete in the CyberSci National Finals on June 24-25, 2022.  And the top (qualifying) students from there will go on to represent Canada at... More

Friday, October 22, 2021

Computer Security and the Internet textbook released by professor Paul Van Oorschot

Carleton University's School of Computer Science is delighted to announce the release of the textbook Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin (Springer International, October 2021).  The author is the School's professor Paul Van Oorschot, an internationally renowned scholar in computer security and... More

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