CS alumnus Paul Salvini has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer at the Accelerator Centre and Associate Vice-President, Research Commercialization at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
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Masters students Filip Krynicki, William Saunders, and Valerie Sugarman from the Human-Computer Interaction Lab in the Cheriton School of Computer Science placed second at the International Student Design Competition held at the for Human Factors in Computing in Toronto. The theme of this year's design competition was "Designing for the Qualities of the Quantified Self", and was posed as the following challenge:
 and the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ announce a research partnership focused on the continued development of machine learning and natural language processing techniques to improve brand customer service via social media globally.
UK firm Ìý(QS) has ranked the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science 10th, in their 2014 North American University Rankings. Computer Science also ranks 24th in the world – second among Canadian universities in this subject. This is the fourth consecutive year that Computer Science has risen in the international classification.Ìý
The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science will host the fourth annual Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing this weekend.
The conference brings together female professionals from across the province, students and faculty who are interested in, or working in, computing. The conference, on November 8 and 9 helps generate excitement about the field while providing attendees with opportunities for networking, sharing and mentoring.