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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

CS-Can|Info-Can Newsletter for the students

  All undergraduate and graduate students in your department are entitled to membership in CS-Can|Info-Can. Students can join by going to https://cscan-infocan.ca/individual-departmental-members/ and providing their contact information. Students can access the  Fall, 2021 CS-Can|Info-Can SPAC (Student and Post-Doc Advisory Committee)... More

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Prof. Frank Fiala 1935 – 2021

Professor Frantisek Fiala (Frank), age 86, died unexpectedly but peacefully in his sleep on Aug. 24, 2021 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Fiala was one of the founders of the School of Computer Science, Director and Professor at Carleton... More

Friday, August 20, 2021

Carleton Takes Second at National CyberSCI Cyber Security Challenge

In January 2021, Carleton swept the podium in the regional competition before the winning team, Team Rocket, went on to place second in the online national competition in July 2021. It was the first time that any of Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions had achieved the feat during the regional... More

Friday, June 11, 2021

Carleton University App Makes Learning Anatomy Fun with Gaming Challenge

Skyler Bruggink a  fourth year computer science student created a popular cross-platform anatomy app for third-year biology students learning the parts of living... More

Thursday, April 29, 2021

BlackBerry QNX and Carleton University Join Forces in $21 Million USD Partnership to Train Next Generation of Software Engineers

BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) and Carleton University today announced a $21-million USD, five year strategic partnership agreement that will provide software engineers and researchers access to BlackBerry® QNX® technology for use in a wide range of industries, including automotive, robotics, transportation, Internet of things (IoT),... More

Friday, April 23, 2021

Carleton Students Launch Mobile App Fostering Volunteer Opportunities

A group of Carleton students has developed an app that is now available for download in the IOS and Android app stores called iContribute, which connects students with volunteer... More

Friday, April 16, 2021

Carleton and IBM Partner in AI, Machine Learning and Data Science for a Future-Ready Workforce

Carleton University and IBM Canada today announce a five-year multimillion-dollar collaboration agreement to enhance Carleton’s Institute for Data Science and equip students for essential jobs in emerging digital careers such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and data... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Data Day 7.1 Explores AI and Everything Smart

Carleton University’s Faculty of Science and Institute for Data Science (CUIDS) hosted the seventh annual Data Day to celebrate the latest developments in data science and analytics... More

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

CCSS 2021 Election Results

The CCSS election period has come to a close, and the results are in! The 2021-2022 CCSS Board of Directors will be as follows:   President: Sarah Ali Vice-President: Erica Li Director of Finance: Victor Li Director of Academics: Matthew MacRae-Bovell Director of Social: Veronica Yung Director of Community: Zara Ali  ... More

Monday, March 8, 2021

Celebrating Carleton Leaders on International Women’s Day

This year, the theme for International Women’s Day is #ChooseToChallenge. Carleton University is celebrating by sharing the stories of 17 leaders – students, staff and faculty members – who continue to challenge the status quo and push for better—a better community, a better Canada and a better... More

Monday, March 8, 2021

Shaping the Future Through Giving: A Spotlight on David Hornsby

“Carleton is a special place. It’s an incredible university that really focuses on building community and creating opportunities for our students to learn in non-traditional ways.” As a Professor of International Affairs and Associate Vice-President of Teaching and Learning, David Hornsby believes in the power of the educational experience... More

Monday, March 1, 2021

Congratulations to Sonia Chiasson and Prosenjit Bose for their 2021 Research Achievement Awards

Congratulations to Sonia Chiasson and Prosenjit Bose for their 2021 Research Achievement... More

Monday, March 1, 2021

NSERC Alliance Grants Support Research Strengths at Carleton University

Prof. Lianying Zhao in the School of Computer Science and his partner, Ericsson Canada Inc., received funding to investigate 5G-ready security and the probability of attacks. Entering the era of the 5G, telecom networks demonstrate certain new characteristics which may complicate the security of IT... More

Friday, February 5, 2021

Carleton Computer Science teams sweep Ottawa-region Cybersecurity Challenge

The annual Ottawa-region Cybersecurity Challenge was held online on Jan 23, 2021.  Carleton university teams competed against other post-secondary institutions in the Ottawa region. This year Carleton university swept the top 3 spots. 2 teams from the School of Computer Science claimed first and third place and Carleton's BIT student team winning... More

Friday, January 22, 2021

Yuhong Guo Named to CIFAR AI Chairs Program

Carleton University’s School of Computer Science Prof. Yuhong Guo has been named to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chairs... More

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Technolgap Ottawa’s Community for Womxn-in-Tech Call for Volunteers!

Technolgap is Ottawa's community for post-secondary womxn-in-tech, currently with 200+ community members around Ottawa in various programs such as computer science and engineering. 🚀   Through our slack workspace, Technolgap members share job postings and opportunities, give each other advice about resumes and courses, organize... More

Friday, December 4, 2020

Industry and academia: An engaging partnership

In a field as deep and complex as supply chain management, it is crucial to foster collaboration between industry and academia. There is a natural symbiosis between the two: Researchers in the academic world are constantly looking for impactful and practical problems to solve while industry searches for new innovations to incorporate into their... More

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Carleton Science Launches New Initiatives to Advance Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The ACE EDI series is just one of the ways that the faculty is fostering discussions of these issues. Another is the upcoming annual Herzberg Lecture on Nov. 18. In that Zoom webinar, Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College, will be talking about increasing diversity in computer science at all... More

Monday, November 30, 2020

Using AI and Big Data to Identify a Potential COVID-19 Peptide Treatment

Using artificial intelligence and Canada’s most powerful supercomputer, Ashkan Golshani and Frank Dehne analyzed millions of possible protein... More

Friday, November 20, 2020

Discovery Challenges – now accepting proposals!

Are you a Carleton student looking for bite-sized, resumé-boosting experience? Then apply for a Discovery Challenge!   Hosted by the Discovery Centre, Discovery Challenges are short-term, virtual mini-projects (maximum 6-8 hours of work) that count toward your co-curricular record. Challenges are proposed by Carleton staff, faculty,... More

Friday, November 20, 2020

Make your voice heard! cuHacking Community Survey and Organizer Applications

As we're getting closer to cuHacking 2021, we wanted to take some time to get your opinions on online events, hackathons, and online hackathons in general. Below is a survey that shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes to fill out. By filling out the survey, you can gain a chance to win a $25 gift... More

Friday, November 13, 2020

CUSA COVID-19 Response for Computer Science Students

Sent to all BCS students on behalf of CUSA Foot Patrol Hi Computer Science students!   Do you or someone you know need assistance due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic? The Carleton University Students' Association has implemented a COVID-19 response framework consisting of several new services to better support you - it's members.  ... More

Monday, November 2, 2020

United Way Campaign 2020

The campaign runs from Oct. 27 to Nov. 27. The heart of this year’s campaign will be through your generous donations. Every amount helps! You may have traditionally supported the campaign by participating in the various events but since we won’t be able to host many this year, we ask you to consider making... More

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

New mental health and well-being initiative for parent-students

Health and Counselling Services (HCS) is delighted to announce a new mental health and well-being initiative to offer reserved weekly counselling sessions for students who are also parents or caregivers until the end of this current term.   https://carleton.ca/health/parent-students/   Parent-students often juggle between studying,... More

Monday, September 28, 2020

CU-WISE Virtual First year panel

My name is Anoushka and I am contacting you from CU-WISE’s Virtual Team this year. I hope you are doing well and had a great start to the semester. It’s a new school year, and first year students will especially be facing new ground with a virtual school year. To help first year Engineering, Computer... More

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Carleton Faculty Receive CFI Funding to Support Research Benefiting All Canadians

Carleton University researchers Mohammad Reza Kholghy, Roslyn Dakin and the teams of Banu Örmeci, Ravi Prakash and Jesse Vermaire, as well as Kumiko Murasugi, Erik Anonby and David Mould, have received approximately $1 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for their work on... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Carleton Students Create Browser Extension to Help Remote Workers

Third-year computer science students Kashyap Achar and Tobias Schlagenhaufer first met at an Ontario-wide coding competition and have been looking for the perfect problem to solve ever... More

Friday, July 10, 2020

Grad Stories 2020: Carleton Post-doc Educates Children about Cybersecurity

Carleton postdoctoral researcher Sana Maqsood has spent years studying how to keep students safe, most recently by leading a Carleton collaboration with MediaSmarts that upgraded a popular educational video... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

The School of Computer Science is proud to welcome three new faculty members!

The School of Computer Science is proud to welcome three new faculty members. Dr. Alina Shaikhet, appointed as an Instructor, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carleton University. She is an expert in algorithms, computational geometry and visualization. In the upcoming academic year, she will be teaching computational thinking, discrete... More

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Grad Stories 2020: Lifelong Learning: York Prof Returns to the Classroom at Carleton

Although York University Prof. Sandra Gabriele has practiced and taught design for almost 40 years, she still loves to be a... More

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Computer Science alum launch RideBuddie app to serve long-distance ride share market

As COVID-19 dominated headlines and monopolized public consciousness, a significant shift in Canada’s transportation network went mostly... More

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Congratulations class of 2020!

Congratulations, you made it!  It’s time to celebrate all the hard work that led to this joyful occasion.... More

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

SCS Introduces Laptop Requirement

The School of Computer Science has introduced a laptop requirement for all first year Computer Science students and everyone enrolled in a 1st year COMP course. This will be in effect once students are physically back on campus.  The School is asking that all students plan ahead, and prepare for this requirement by reviewing the recommended... More

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Carleton Researcher Develops COVID-19 App

Wei Shi, an associate professor in Carleton’s School of Information Technology, has developed an app that informs users if they could have been exposed to known COVID-19 cases – without ever collecting their personal... More

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

TA Award Winners and Nominees for 2019-20

Congratulations to all TA Award Winners and Nominees for 2019-20 academic year!   Manuel Lebron Flores - School of Computer Science TA Excellence Award Winner (Undergraduate) Francois-Xavier Chaplain Corriveau - School of Computer Science TA Excellence Award Winner (Graduate) Kevin Hua - EDC’s Outstanding TA Awards Winner Nominees: Joyce... More


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