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McGill’s Computer Science Camp inspires next generation of coders

webfull — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:33:26 +0000

After a hiatus of about a decade, the McGill Computer Science Summer Camp once again welcomed students from Montreal high schools and CEGEPs to the downtown campus this summer. The camp was a group effort organized by students, staff and faculty across the computer science community. Students participated in four packed days of talks, hands-on activities and coding sessions, to learn about computer science.

Published: 9 September 2024

McGill’s Computer Science Camp inspires next generation of coders

webfull — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:11:19 +0000

After a hiatus of about a decade, the McGill Computer Science Summer Camp once again welcomed students from Montreal high schools and CEGEPs to the downtown campus this summer.

The four packed days of talks, hands-on activities and coding sessions were all intended to strengthen students’ interests in coding and coding competitions, and to contribute to the development of computer science talent in Quebec.

Published: 12 August 2024

AI and Sustainability: Balancing Innovation with Planetary and Social Well-being

webfull — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:01:48 +0000

Date: October 10th, 2024 | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: The McGill Faculty Club | Free Event

Published: 17 July 2024

Gregory Dudek receives the 2024 CS-Can Lifetime Achievement Award

webfull — Wed, 29 May 2024 19:42:32 +0000

Professor Gregory Dudek of the School of Computer Science has received the 2024 CS-Can Lifetime Achievement Award.

Awarded annually by Computer Science Canada/Informatique Canada (CS-Can/Info-Can), this award recognizes current or former faculty who have made exceptional contributions to the field of computer science in Canada.

Published: 29 May 2024

Sustainable Data Science Training Program awarded $1.65 M from NSERC CREATE

webfull — Thu, 16 May 2024 15:05:26 +0000

Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced more than $26 million in funding for 16 new training initiatives through its Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program.

Published: 16 May 2024

A push for more women in computer science

webfull — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:26:28 +0000

When Jade Raymond, BSc’98, studied at McGill’s School of Computer Science, she was one of few women in the program and “I think the only woman I knew in my year who went and got a job as a programmer in computer science after graduating.”

Raymond became a trailblazer in the video game industry, helping create the huge hit Assassin’s Creed, and building studios from the ground up for Ubisoft and Electronic Arts.

Published: 18 March 2024

Fighting disinformation in Quebec

webfull — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:50:10 +0000

Until now, most disinformation research, datasets, and tools to protect users like bot detectors, have only included English-language social media. This lack of linguistic diversity leaves Francophone internet users in Quebec and beyond more vulnerable to disinformation as the phenomenon becomes increasingly pervasive in online spaces.

Published: 15 December 2023

Seeing inside the heart at an unprecedented scale

webfull — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:18:50 +0000

A team of researchers in Canada and India has developed a novel method to image the whole mouse heart wall at a spatial resolution that is three orders of magnitude finer than that seen till now, revealing entirely new, previously unknown cardiac fiber systems within it.

Published: 4 October 2023

Matt Dobbs, Galen Halverson, Joelle Pineau, and Simon Caron-Huot honoured by the Royal Society of Canada

webfull — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:28:29 +0000

Congratulations to McGill Science's new Royal Society of Canada inductees, the Fellows Matt Dobbs, Galen Halverson, Joelle Pineau, and College Member Simon Caron-Huot! The four professors join 15 other scholars in McGill's 2023 cohort.

Published: 6 September 2023

Claude Crépeau awarded 2023 Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize

webfull — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:10:39 +0000

Claude Crépeau, Professor in the School of Computer Science at McGill, has been named a co-recipient of the 2023 Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing. This award recognizes papers in the area of distributed computing that have made a significant and lasting impact in the field.

Published: 20 June 2023