In honour of International Day of Women & Girls in Science on Saturday, February 11, we sat down with UBC Computer Scientist, Dr. Rachel Pottinger, to discuss…
Ada Lovelace, born in 1815, is considered the first-ever computer programmer. She is so celebrated for her contributions, an international day of honour was…
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, as declared by the United Nations General Assembly. According to the UN, over the past decades the…
Consider this sentence: “Although Aubrey was stronger, they lost to Alex in an arm wrestle.” Now, how would you feel if you were Aubrey? Using your common sense…
Congratulations go out to three UBC undergraduate students, Daphne Liu, Beriwan Ravandi, and Jobina Tamminga for each receiving a 2019 BC Tech Scholarship at…
Congratulations to Computer Science undergraduate student Tiffany Wu, who is the winner of the UBC Pride art installation contest. The contest challenged…
UBC Computer Science Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair Margo Seltzer is the recipient of the USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award ("The Flame"). The award…
Congratulations to Ph.D student Julie Nutini for receiving the 2 018 Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award, awarded by CS-Can/Info-Can. The…
Computer Science Professor Cristina Conati has been awarded $40K from the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research ( CIFAR) AI and Society Initiative to…
UBC Computer Science instructor Elisa Baniassad is the recipient of a 2018-2019 UBC Killam Teaching Prize, UBC’s most prestigious teaching award. This award is…
