David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science researcher Ian Goldberg has been named a tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Privacy Enhancing Technologies.
Researchers at the University of ݮƵ have developed a strategy that could reduce the level of frustration users experience when giving gesture commands to smart devices and smart environments.
In a study that outlines the new strategy, the researchers found that when developing smart devices to recognize gesture input, the adage, “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again,” can be applied to boost users’ perceptions of system reliability.
C&O Professor has been appointed a Fellow of the CIFAR program in Quantum Information Science. The fellowship is for a five-year term, beginning on July 1, 2019.
The (CIFAR) is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions. CIFAR’s community of fellows includes 19 Nobel laureates and more than 400 researchers from 22 countries.
She has been called the most dangerous lawyer in America for her research and advocacy on technology-assisted review (TAR).
Researchers at the University of ݮƵ have found that the most effective way to prevent disease outbreaks is for the majority of the population in a particular region to be vaccinated at the same time.
Their study, which builds on an existing mathematical model of epidemics, affirms that the timing of vaccination is critical in controlling outbreaks.
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The Risk Management, Economic Sustainability and Actuarial Science (READI) Project has helped launch a government initiative launched in April that regulates the implementation of co-operative education in Indonesia.
This initiative is part of the work that READI, housed in ݮƵ’s Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, has been undertaking in Indonesia.
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The University of ݮƵ has joined other leading universities around the world to support the ’s Global University Program.
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science is pleased to announce Chao Qi (George) Li as the winner of the Samuel Eckler Medal in Actuarial Science.
Samuel Jaques will be awarded the Governor General's Gold Medal (Master) at the June 14th convocation ceremony for his outstanding academic performance.