In early July, Montreal was host to the International Startup Festival - an event that brought together entrepreneurs from around the world, along with potential investors, experts, and a variety of speakers. The School of Computer Science and the School of Engineering are proud to announce that PhD Candidates Jason Ernst (SoCS), and Tom Hummel (SoE) pitched their startup RedTree Robotics at the event, and were awarded $100,000 as a result.
The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following MSc Defence, Determining the Impact of Spatial Networks and Elitism on Coevolutionary Genetic Algorithms, presented by MSc Student Morgan McLaughlin.
The defence will take place July 21, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 1:30 pm.
Determining the Impact of Spatial Networks and Elitism on Coevolutionary Genetic Algorithms
The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following MSc Defence, A Study of Code Inspection Performance and Personality Traits, presented by MSc Student Tom Hall.
The defence will take place July 15, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 2:00 pm.
A Study of Code Inspection Performance and Personality Traits
Last Wednesday the Guelph Mercury announced the 2014 recipients of the 40 Under 40 awards.
The awards honour members of the Guelph community who are under 40 years old and who exhibit "unique quality of character and exceptional contributions to their community."
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2014.
This week 24 undergraduate and 3 graduate students walked across the stage in War Memorial Hall to receive their degrees in B. Comp. or B. Soft Eng. from the School of Computer Science.
Andrew Halligan, who was in the B. Comp. co-op stream, was awarded the Governor General's Silver Medal for achieving an overall average of 96.75%.
Congratulations to Andrew Halligan and Jennifer Winer - winners of the School of Computer Science Capstick awards.
The Dr. Charles Capstick Graduation Prize is awarded to the top two students (by cumulative average at graduation) in the School of Computer Science.
Jennifer has also been awarded the CPES Society of Excellence award, and Andrew has been named the winner of the Governor General's Silver Medal.
Great job Andrew and Jennifer.
The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following seminar, A Surprisingly Simple de Bruijn Sequence Construction, presented by PhD Student Dennis Wong. The seminar will take place June 18, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 1:30 pm.
A Surprisingly Simple de Bruijn Sequence Construction
Last Wednesday the School of Computer Science welcomed prospective students and their families to the University of Guelph for the 2014 Spring Academic Open House.
Prospective students and their families were invited to tour the campus, and to take part in several short talks by students, staff, and faculty. The morning began with a presentation about the various programs in the SoCS by Greg Klotz (Undergraduate Program Counsellor & Industry Liaison Officer), Stefan Kremer (Director of the SoCS), and Laura Gatto (co-op co-ordinator for the SoCS).
The School of Computer Science is happy to announce that Eddie Cheung will be presenting his MSc Thesis Defence on Thursday May 22, at 1:30pm in Reynolds 219.
Equine Gait Data Analysis using Signal Transforms as a Preprocessor to Back Propagation Networks
SoCS undergraduate student Mark Goldberg was one of nine finalists to pitch at the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) competition, held yesterday at the Ontario Centres for Excellence Discovery event in Toronto.