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The Faculty of Graduate Studies presents a variety of workshops for graduate students and supervisors, including how to be a successful PhD student, how to be a successful PhD supervisors, and more...

Find out details concerning the workshops...

The objective of the Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) is to increase the number of women and students from underrepresented groups entering graduate studies in the fields of computer science and engineering. This highly selective program matches promising undergraduate women and undergraduate men from groups underrepresented, including ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities, in computing with a faculty mentor for a summer research experience at the faculty member's home institution. Students are directly involved in a research project and interact with graduate students and professors on a daily basis. This experience is invaluable for students who are considering graduate school, providing them with a close-up view of what graduate school is really like and also increasing their competitiveness as an applicant for graduate admissions and fellowships.

Information about the Summer 2012 DREU Program

Student and mentor applications for the summer 2012 program will be accepted until February 15, 2012.

Funding for the student consists of $600 per week for research, plus relocation travel assistance when appropriate. A student's funding is intended to cover 10 weeks of research in the summer of 2012, but alternative arrangements are possible. Additional funds may be available to support student conference travel, either during the summer or afterward, and for outreach activities promoting the DREU.

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When: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Where:  Upper Track, Jack Simpson Gymnasium- Kinesiology Complex, University of Calgary

RSVP: JobLink (https://ucalgary-csm.symplicity.com/students/) / Events / Career Fairs

Come and meet your future employer! Career & Job Expo!  Over 4,000 students attended last year’s Career & Job Expo!

Event Details:

• What: Challenge your mind and crush your opponents in this Battleship-style coding contest. Test your programming skills, plan your strategy, and, if you’re lucky, make some big money while you’re at it!
• When: Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 8:30am-5:00pm
• Who: Upper year (2nd - 4th year) Engineering, Software Engineering, and Computer Science students only
• Why: For the challenge, fun, and for the money!
• Where: Schulich School of Engineering, ICT 508/516

Prizes:
Tournament prizes:
• First prize: $2500
• Second prize: $1250
• Third prize: $750

Code quality prizes:
• First prize: $750
• Second prize: $500
• Third prize: $250

TO REGISTER: Please visit the Pason Systems Information & Registration Page...

The CSGS will be holding a welcome back party on Thursday, January the 26th, at 12pm (noon) in ICT 516.  There will be chelo-kabob as the main dish and other snacks/refreshments (there will be vegetarian options as well). This is a great opportunity for new graduate students to meet and mingle with other graduate students, staff and faculty, while returning graduate students get to catch up with each other.

WHAT: CSGS Winter Welcome Back Party
WHERE: ICT 516
WHEN: Thursday, January the 26th, at 12pm (noon)
OPEN TO: Graduate students, staff, faculty and post doctoral fellows

We hope to see everyone there!

Click here to view the poster...

“In June 2011 a new exhibit  intended to promote science and assist recruitment into academic programs across Canada called “Live Science” opened at the National Museum of Civilization (Quebec, Canada), supported by DIMACS research agency and Canada National Film Board. It links fundamental discoveries of Newton, Einstein, Darwin to modern day science and also looks at human side of research. Quote from the official museum website: “The exhibition puts a human face on the men and women whose scientific endeavours have produced the studies and theories that are helping us understand our world—and sometimes even changing our lives! In addition to examining the specific contributions that these “leading lights” have made to scientific history, Live Science also spotlights current science, looking closely at work being done by eight scientific teams identified across Canada expressly for this purpose.”

Marina Gavrilova research ““Biometric: From Science Fiction to Reality” representing both computational geometry and applied aspects of biometric research is featured alongside other seven  projects selected from over 300 applicants across Canada and is the only one in computer science domain.  It is also an only project representing research in Alberta. Web site for the exhibit is  http://www.mcq.org/en/mcq/expositions.php?idEx=w3065 , clicking on 3rd image from the top it brings up full image of display with Marina standing in 4th position from the left, explaining my research through National Film Board produced video in both English and French with another video running highly interactive visual demonstration on University of Calgary,  her Computational Sciences lab, and  scientific methods (such as  Voronoi diagrams, biometric fingerprints, voice  and face recognition). Scientific artifacts and inspiring personal items are hosted in adjacent museum display. The exhibit will be hosted in National Museum of Civilization for one year, then travel to other Science Centres across Canada, with good chance of coming to Calgary in 2013 or 2014.“

4th position from left: Dr. Marina Gavrilova of the Dept. of Computer Science

Article as it appears in Dec. 6th edition of UTODAY:

A virtual human being and a tabletop sized touch screen computer are among the technological wonders awaiting high school students when they come to explore the computer science department to see what an education and career in computer science actually looks like. This is the first time the university is holding a tour on campus for high-school students as part of Computer Science Education Week.

“We’re going to show the students that computer science is more than just programming,” says Carey Williamson, head of the Department of Computer Science. “The traditional view of computer science is that it’s all about math, all about programming, it’s all about geeky stuff. But the labs they will see are very visual, they’ll show what you can do beyond programming.”

Computer Science Education Week is an international event that originated in the United States and was designed to recognize the transformative role of computing and the need to bolster computer science at all educational levels. Over the week, University of Calgary scholars will visit high schools around the city to share their experiences in computer science.

On Friday, about 70 high school students will visit campus and explore three of Canada’s top research labs: The LINDSAY lab, a cutting-edge project between a team of computer scientists and medical researchers and educators, the SurfNet lab which develops software applications for surface computing environments: including multi-touch screens, tabletops, and wall-sized displays, and the Interactions lab where we focus on the question of how we can design and build technology interfaces that respect us as humans.

Computer Science is an educational priority for Alberta, which projects a looming labour shortage in the field. It’s also a field of study that gives students the opportunity to impact the daily lives of millions of people. “We want students to understand the power of computer science and consider it as a career,” says Williamson. “Then we want them to come study at the University of Calgary.”

When the Internet was in its infancy, browsing was like blindly stumbling from one link to another, until search engines like Google came along and allowed us to find whatever popped into our heads.

Now, another evolution in Internet navigation is on its way, one that will that turn massive amounts of information into cool-looking maps and infographics we can browse through in new and improved ways.

According to U of C researcher Marian Dörk, within five years we’ll be able to navigate our e-mail, Twitter and Facebook accounts through map-like interpretations of abstract information. For example, using Dörk’s searching software, which he calls Edgemaps, you could see the connections between philosophers, painters and musicians by looking at a spiderweb-like graphic that outlines their influences on one another.

>> ...Read the rest of the article in Avenue Magazine...

Google has job postings for summer interns and new grads.

(Note their internships are  not eligible for the CPSC Internship program due to their short duration.)

See http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~aycock/google-postings.pdf

Applications from graduate students are now being accepted for TA positions for the Winter 2012 session.  All applicants must apply using the Web-based system.  The application deadline for continuing graduate students is Thursday, December 15th, 1:00 p.m.  The URL is:

https://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/webapps/ta_applications/TA/

Note that your application must be submitted by this deadline in order to accommodate the University's new pay cycle schedule.  If you miss this deadline, your first paycheck may be delayed.  Also note that you can change your initial course selection on the web page at any time up to Wednesday, January 4th, 1 pm.