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Inaugural robotics competition challenges students to merge art and engineering
November 22, 2017The Applied Science Building atrium was abuzz last Friday evening as students competed in the final... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV big data master’s students win big at inaugural Unearthed Vancouver hackathon
October 20, 2017A team of three ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV big data master’s students won first prize at Unearthed Vancouver, a... read more
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Convocation Fall 2017: Meet the graduands
October 05, 2017Here are just some of the amazing students graduating from the Faculty of Applied Sciences during... read more
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Computing science alumnus helps more women enter tech field
October 03, 2017For Amyn Rajan, diversity is strength. He was taught this at a young age and saw it on a larger... read more
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Research sparks new way to predict movie-goers’ facial expressions
September 19, 2017Researchers in ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s School of Computing Science have been working with Disney Research to... read more
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Pair of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV students share $180,000 in Schulich scholarships
September 14, 2017New students Basil Giannopoulos and Jasmine Rai are ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s recipients of... read more
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Government approves ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s new Professional Master of Science in Computer Science
September 08, 2017More than 50 students have graduated from ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s professional master’s program in big... read more
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Student’s research helps prevent the message from getting lost in (machine) translation
August 17, 2017PhD student Anahita Mansouri Bigvand is developing an advanced word alignment model, a key... read more
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Computing science professor receives 2017 SIGKDD Innovation Award
August 15, 2017Professor Jian Pei is the recipient of the 2017 SIGKDD Innovation Award. This is one of the highest... read more
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GRASS: A new learning algorithm for 3D content creation to be featured at SIGGRAPH 2017
July 27, 20173D modeling has become a common part of our everyday lives. Digital 3D models making up virtual... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV professor travelled to India to study the Bhopal gas disaster
June 13, 2017On December 3, 1984, a gas leak in Bhopal, India claimed the lives of at least 3,000 people in just... read more
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Outstanding graduate student receives Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal
June 06, 2017As one of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's most outstanding graduate students from the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Dr. Colin... read more
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Dual degree program graduand steps outside comfort zone, makes a difference
June 05, 2017Before Sean Bergunder joined ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, the computing science graduand was a timid high school student... read more
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Deep-dive into data propels career
June 05, 2017Uzma Ali is a big-picture thinker. After hitting a mid-career plateau, the master’s in big... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers predicted NHL player’s playoff performance
May 31, 2017¶¡ÏãÔ°AV computing science professor Oliver Schulte and student Zeyu Zhao were pleased to see NHL... read more
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This ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV students' app could revolutionize parking in cities
May 24, 2017¶¡ÏãÔ°AV engineering, software systems and business students have built an app called OpenSpot, which... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV professor receives Distinguished Service Award from the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association
May 19, 2017¶¡ÏãÔ°AV computing science professor Fred Popowich is the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Service... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV celebrates three Canadian computer science awards
May 18, 2017The Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society (CHCCS/SCDHM) is presenting three awards this... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV empowers local girls through the Technovation challenge
April 28, 2017On Saturday, May 6, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV will host the BC regional pitch competition for the... read more
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Stellar student receives inaugural Women in Computing Science (WiCS) Alumni Award
April 18, 2017For computing science student Bria Kindersley, receiving the inaugural Women in Computing Science... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV computing science professor featured among Canada’s top award-winning researchers
March 21, 2017¶¡ÏãÔ°AV computing science professor Leonid Chindelevitch has been recognized as one of the... read more
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Allocadia and ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV announce partnership to send women to technology conferences across North America
March 08, 2017The School of Computing Science has partnered with Allocadia to create the Allocadia Conference... read more
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Computing science alumnus named 2017 Sloan Research Fellow
March 03, 2017When Fereydoun Hormozdiari graduated from ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s School of Computing... read more
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Q & A with Leonid Chindelevitch: Can computer models predict pandemics?
March 01, 2017Humanity and infectious diseases are locked in a deadly arms race. According to the most recent... read more
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FAS Researchers Awarded NSERC Funding for Breakthrough Innovations
February 22, 2017New funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)’s Strategic... read more
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Computing science professors change the game with sports analytics
February 22, 2017Could data science help hockey coaches draft a dream team, or divine the right player to offer a... read more
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A piece of computing science history arrives in the Faculty of Applied Sciences
February 16, 2017A special delivery arrived in the Applied Sciences Building last week. And as everyone stared at... read more
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Computing science alumna named Forty Under 40 award recipient
January 25, 2017¶¡ÏãÔ°AV alumna Maryam Sadeghi, co-founder of MetaOptima Technologies, has been named one of Business in... read more
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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV names new Faculty of Applied Sciences Dean
January 03, 2017Eugene Fiume, an internationally recognized leader in visual modelling and computer graphics, is... read more