Dear all, I am delighted to announce that Queen’s School of Computing undergraduate student Laura Bartha (4th year, Biomedical Computing) has been selected by the Computing Research Association as a finalist of a 2011 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, for … Continue reading →

Dear all, Our own Wendy Powley spoke earlier this afternoon with Nora Young on Spark, the CBC Radio Show on technology and culture. The topic: “Computer Science: Where Are All The Ladies?” If you missed the interview you can listen … Continue reading →

Headline: National Computer Science Education Week: December 5-11 Subhead: Universities across the country promote fastest growing career field The idea that computer science involves nerdy men, sitting alone behind monochrome terminals doing boring work is very far from the truth. … Continue reading →

Get a head start next year by taking a Queen’s credit course this summer term on campus or wherever you are! A full list of summer term credit courses is now posted on the Continuing and Distance Studies website at … Continue reading →

A universally frustrating experience for undergraduates is the struggle to determine the prerequisites they need to graduate in their chosen fields. But help is close at hand. Robert Tennent, chair of undergraduate studies at Queen’s University’s school of computing, has … Continue reading →

The polar bear population will be studied by using traditional knowledge of Inuit hunters and state-of-the-art genetic DNA analysis. This unique approach has been developed by Dr. de Groot, Queen’s scientists Peter Boag (biology) and Roel Vertegaal (computing), Inuit hunters … Continue reading →

Recently, NCE GRAND with NCE NeuroDevNet offered collaborative research funding between their two networks through the Opportunities Initiative program. Nick Graham, Dr. Darcy Fehlings of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, et al, were successful in their application “CP Fit ‘n’ … Continue reading →

Postdoctoral Fellows-Unionization Vote Nov 16, 2010 – Nov 18, 2010 VOTE DETAILS CONFIRMED The vote to determine whether or not postdoctoral fellows at Queen’s University will be unionized will be held on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. The Ontario Labour Relations … Continue reading →

Dear all, The venue had changed (Mackintosh-Corry Hall) but the enthusiasm was as high as usual among School of Computing volunteers, as they participated in Part 2 of the 2010 Fall Preview held on Saturday, November 13. On your behalf, … Continue reading →

Natalie Gruska, supervised by Pat Martin in the Database Systems Lab, won the Best Student Paper award at CASCON with her paper entitled “Integrating MapReduce and RDBMs”. Xianrong Zhang’s poster, “Fair Bargaining in One-to-One Web Services Negotiation”, co-authored by Pat … Continue reading →