NSERC Discovery Grants 2012 per bin funding amounts for CS, in k$/year: 14 17 22 28 34 42 52 62 78 2011 per bin funding amounts for CS, in k$/year: XX...
Tenure and Promotion Information Due to concerns about ensuring accuracy of information about this highly sensitive issue, only information that`s gathered from official...
This page is no longer active. Please see page on my.cs for the new version. This page collects a concise pointers to essential information/resources that one must...
Faculty Information Wiki Welcome to the Faculty Information Wiki. The goal is to put information for faculty here that you have trouble finding anywhere else. The...
Advice courtesy of Alla Sheffer, who was part of the NSERC committee reviewing all the CS proposals in the 2013/2014 renewal year. Short summary: Do not assume that...
Teaching Tips (including Best Practices) Table of Contents Multiple Choice Exams Multiple choice questions (choose one answer from among 4 5 choices for each...
Online Learning and MOOCs Working meeting: Thurs Nov. 29, 3:30pm 5:00pm What do we want to achieve? I`d be interested in hearing about: (a) status quo on Coursera...
Current documents related to the Professor of Teaching rank Guidelines for Promotion to Professor of Teaching Timeline Notes: Candidates should strongly...
Current DACRRI Sample Description for use in Budget Preparation `The UBC Department of Computer Science charges for the direct costs of technical support to research...
Internal Grant Review for Fall 2012 NSERC Discovery Grant Applications Applicant Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Robert Bridson Pai Conati Michael Friedlander...
Active Learning tools for developing screencasts, done as a screencast by Robert Bridson: http://books.google.ca/books/about/What s the Use of Lectures.html...
Canada Excellence Research Chair UBC CS working group: Andy, Bill, Kevin, Alla, Anne, Michiel (chair) http://www.cerc.gc.ca/hp pa eng.shtml application...
NEWS postings TEACHING More on the future of universities, online teaching: Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail, http://tinyurl.com/8xb8jl9 Larry Summers, NYT, www...
See the document below for an indication of some of the unseen complexity that goes into processing visitor requests and financial requisitions. MichielVanDePanne...
Funding Info Every faculty member gets $500 per year in professional development funds. This money can be used up to 3 years later, or borrowed for up to 5 years...
NOTES last of the CERC info meetings vehicle to make investments in important areas branding Canada, i.e., via external reviewers new cochair, Shirley ??, US univ...
Developing Screen Casts Adobe Captivate Paul Carter has used this. However, to take full advantage of interactive elements, it produces Flash movies,...
US Folks Here`s an attempt at a list of folks who might know or care about US/Canada issues, especially about finances and taxes. Either because they`re a US citizen...
Teaching Dicussion What is your reaction to new online classes? See http://www.ai class.com/ Also see the twitter feed if you`re interested in following this saga...
Canadian Immigration and Visa Info Caveat: this is just a place to gather the info that individuals have accumulated. Things change, so if you get to a point where...
Mailing Lists A take on which mailing list is for what. Faculty faculty@cs the folks on the faculty conf mailing list, sessional faculty members (including...
Sabbatical Tips sabbaticalhomes.come is a great place to advertise your house and find a new one You can elect to pay for UBC`s extended health care when...
Doctors and Dentists Some recommendations on doctors, dentists, and other medical specialists.. Doctors Heather Jenkins, Clinic, near Dunbar and King Edward...
KelloggBooth 05 Mar 2009 A number of faculty members have expressed interest in the mechanics of accepting an intern from another country (in particular from one of...
Importing cars from the US The Canadian site that can help is: http://www.riv.ca/english/ I can`t vouch for this site: http://www.pcb.ca/vimp.asp, but it has phone...
General Tips DocumentEditingTips The question of how to manage travel came up the other day. I recommend Fabyo Brenner at North South Travel for making travel...
Tips on applying for landed immigrant status The final authority is CIC Canada. Their webpage can be found at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.html...
Cell Phone info Fido does not work inside the CS building! Rogers does, and they have a store in the campus village marketplace. I don`t know about Telus or Mobility...
Home Repair Tips Leave your home repair tips here. Home Inspections Pierre Lacombe (the `deal killer`) is fantastic and thorough. Inspections run about $...
I`ve been very happy with Adria Import Car Service, 604 872 8512, at 794 E.Broadway (at Fraser). This is a small, family run shop (Anton Roza seems to be less active...
Banking information All banks seem to charge about $5 15/month to maintain a checking account, but this is not true for credit unions (at least Van City)....
House Buying Tips Finding a house Local listings from MLS (the Multiple Listing Service) can be found at http://www.realtylink.org/ http://www.housingmaps...
Advising Tips GradTravelAwards Procedures for starting out with a student Students are told by Joyce that they need to find a supervisor by March 15....
From: Alan Mackworth To: `faculty internal@cs.ubc.ca` Subject: Brown Bag Experiment Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:20:29 0700 Hi all, At the last Faculty Brown...