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November 13, 2002
Simon Fraser University is home to a new lab that boasts a mathematical computational environment and a high tech playroom unrivaled anywhere in Canada. SFU’s Colab opened in June. It is equipped with four 50" interactive plasma computer screens, and a 72" projected screen, all linked with touch sensitive capabilities, high performance computing capabilities, and various multi-media and tracking tools.
Financed largely by a close to half million dollar federal New Opportunities grant tied to Shrum professor Jonathan Borwein’s Canada Research Chair, the CoLab is involved in three major projects. They all seek to optimize collaboration, research and learning in an environment where advanced communication and computational technologies are able to complement each other.
One project examines how the growing importance of visuals in data communication is impacting collaboration and information absorption, especially in a multi-media environment. Another project looks at how on-line publishing tools, high-speed research and community broadband networks and computational mathematics are making research more accessible to varied disciplines and facilitating real-time research. A third project is developing on-line learning objects for mathematics education at the public school level.
Notes Borwein, "the Colab is bringing together researchers and lay people from diverse disciplines to collaborate like never before."
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Contact
Jonathan Borwein, 604.291.3070, jborwein@bb.cecm.sfu.ca
Jen Chang, 604.291.5615, jen@sfu.ca
Carol Thorbes, Media & PR, 604.291.3035, cthorbes@sfu.ca
Financed largely by a close to half million dollar federal New Opportunities grant tied to Shrum professor Jonathan Borwein’s Canada Research Chair, the CoLab is involved in three major projects. They all seek to optimize collaboration, research and learning in an environment where advanced communication and computational technologies are able to complement each other.
One project examines how the growing importance of visuals in data communication is impacting collaboration and information absorption, especially in a multi-media environment. Another project looks at how on-line publishing tools, high-speed research and community broadband networks and computational mathematics are making research more accessible to varied disciplines and facilitating real-time research. A third project is developing on-line learning objects for mathematics education at the public school level.
Notes Borwein, "the Colab is bringing together researchers and lay people from diverse disciplines to collaborate like never before."
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Contact
Jonathan Borwein, 604.291.3070, jborwein@bb.cecm.sfu.ca
Jen Chang, 604.291.5615, jen@sfu.ca
Carol Thorbes, Media & PR, 604.291.3035, cthorbes@sfu.ca