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Researchers in artificial intelligence have developed an innovative way to identify a range of anti-social behaviour online. The new technique, led by Alex Parmentier, a master’s student at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, detects anti-social behaviour by examining the reaction to a post among members of an online forum rather than examining features of the original post itself.

Research ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýÌýhas been named both aÌýÌýbyÌýWho’s Who Legal 2020.

Cheriton School of Computer Science ProfessorsÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýÌýhave been named Canada CIFAR AI Chairs. They are among theÌýÌýwho form the third cohort of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs announced today.

Researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science have pioneered a new method that could be used to develop more naturalÌýautomated virtual assistants to help people suffering from mental illness.Ìý

Called SMERTI (pronounced smarty), the new method enables virtual assistants to use natural language and emotional cues that change depending on the relationship and situations in which they are used. The result allows for the development of virtual assistants that better connect with people they are used to help.

, Graham Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, andÌýKerstin Dautenhahn, Canada 150 Chair in Intelligent Robotics in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have received aÌýcatalyst grant from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Network for Aging ResearchÌýto d

±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýÌýhas been appointed aÌýUniversity Research ChairÌýin recognition of her outstanding research contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s designation of University Research Chair recognizes exceptional achievement of faculty and their pre-eminence in a field of knowledge.

PhD candidateÌýÌýis one of 10 recipients nationally to receive aÌý.

Cheriton School of Computer Science ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌý, his former PhD studentÌý, now an Assistant Professor at McMaster University, along with colleaguesÌýChristopher Liaw, Abbas Mehrabian and Yaniv Plan, have received aÌý, theÌý.

ProfessorsÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýÌýjoined the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science earlier this year. Previously, both were full professors in the Department of Computer Science at Western University, where they were faculty members for 14 years.

Their research interests are in the area of computer vision. In particular, Olga’s interests are in visual correspondence and image segmentation, and Yuri’sÌýalso include 3D reconstruction andÌýbiomedical image analysis.

Computer science doctoral studentÌý, Ìýand Schaekermann’s cosupervisors, ProfessorsÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý, have received a best paper award at CSCW 18, theÌý.