2015 COMPUTING SCIENCE NEWS STORIES
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Surrey partners establish new SFU chair for youth addiction-recovery and mental health
December 10, 2015A new Simon Fraser University research chair will support young people struggling with addiction... read more
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Excellence awards recognize faculty, staff and teaching assistants
November 20, 2015Faculty of Applied Sciences staff, students and faculty submitted nominations for the Excellence... read more
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Pacific Blue Cross opens big-data lab at Simon Fraser University
November 09, 2015Link to photos: http://at.sfu.ca/vqPSEj Using big data to improve healthcare delivery,... read more
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Girls explore careers in engineering at SFU
October 26, 2015Cardboard, rubber bands, lollipop sticks, packing tape. It reads like an arts and crafts shopping... read more
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Meet Nadia Ciobanu, Rajan Family Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship Winner
October 13, 2015A top student from Port Moody Secondary School, Nadia Ciobanu is the inaugural recipient of a... read more
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Meet David Woods (B.Sc. in Computing Science, '15)
October 09, 2015David Woods, who graduates this fall with an almost perfect GPA (4.24/4.33), is proof that when it... read more
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Buckle up for the next 50 years of engagement!
September 23, 2015The Faculty of Applied Sciences kicked off SFU's 50th Anniversary year with a Back to the... read more
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Capt. Trevor Greene partners with SFU to walk again
September 17, 2015Former Canadian soldier Trevor Greene, who survived a debilitating brain injury while on duty in... read more
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Co-op work terms wrap-up for SFU's inaugural master's in big data program student group
August 30, 2015SFU’s first group of Big Data Master’s students is completing Co-op work terms in... read more
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Professor Jian Pei selected for 2015 Yahoo Faculty Research and Engagement Program (FREP)
July 29, 2015Simon Fraser University computing science professor Jian Pei is one of only 24 researchers to... read more
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Professor Jian Pei receives Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) 2015 Service Award
July 23, 2015Simon Fraser University computing science professor Jian Pei has received a prestigious award from... read more
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Computing science grad finds way to create compact furniture
July 01, 2015Bikes that collapse into backpack-sized packages, micro-umbrellas that compact to a quarter of... read more
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Greg Mori begins term as new computing science director
June 30, 2015Excellence in teaching, research and recruiting more female students top priorities Greg Mori is... read more
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Four researchers awarded $480,000 from NSERC DAS program
June 26, 2015Four Faculty of Applied Sciences projects have been awarded a competitive Discovery Accelerator... read more
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Computing science student awarded 2015 Governor General’s Silver Medal
June 10, 2015Paul Vicol had his heart set on SFU and computing science even before he began his undergraduate... read more
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Doctoral grad first to earn dual PhD in computing science
June 09, 2015The latest success story from the Dual Degree Program (DDP) in Computing Science, jointly run by... read more
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Graduate student awarded Dean's Convocation Medal for outstanding research
June 09, 2015By SFU Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Fellows As one of SFU's most outstanding graduate... read more
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Molescope to be unveiled at World Dermatology Conference
June 05, 2015Simon Fraser University PhD graduate Maryam Sadeghi will unveil MoleScope™, an innovative hand-held... read more
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Portico competition invites students to work on high-tech business case
May 28, 2015Fifteen Simon Fraser University students participated in a competition held by a high-tech Gastown... read more
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SFU students take top prize at Windows 10 hackathon
May 27, 2015More than 40 burgeoning programmers put their coding skills to work on May 16, when they competed... read more
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SFU chair for Women in Science and Engineering established in partnership with Simba Technologies
May 22, 2015Simon Fraser University engineering science associate professor Lesley Shannon is one of two new... read more
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Innovation Boulevard medical imaging lab receives $3.6 million in federal investment
May 19, 2015A world-class medical imaging lab—designed to further translational brain research and focus... read more
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New student fund honours Lana Cooke
May 12, 2015Lana Cooke worked at Simon Fraser University for 28 years and provided unwavering dedication to... read more
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Creating Connections forum (May 22 & 23) champions diversity in STEM fields
May 11, 2015<h2> Creating Connections forum (May 22 & 23): championing diversity in STEM... read more
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Professor receives Test of Time Paper Award, IEEE INFOCOM
May 07, 2015SFU computing science professor Jiangchuan Liu has been awarded the 2015 IEEE INFOCOM Test of Time... read more
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"SFU Data Crunchers" Win Best Student Team @ Canadian Open Data Experience 2015
April 30, 2015"SFU Data Crunchers" Win Best Student Team at the Canadian Open Data Experience 2015,... read more
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Network Systems Lab Wins Best Paper Award
April 10, 2015The latest work from the Network Systems Lab conducted by Saleh Almowuena, a PhD student under the... read more
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Professor Hamarneh Wins Best Paper Award
April 10, 2015"Auto Localization and Segmentation of Occluded Vessels in Robot-Assisted Partial... read more
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DDP Students Win Mandarin Speech Contest
March 22, 2015Sean Bergunder and Monica Luna-Estrada, two students in the SFU-Zhejiang University Dual Degree... read more
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Professor Rob Cameron awarded Google Faculty Research Award
February 27, 2015The award is in support of Dr. Cameron's Research Proposal entitled "Unicode Level 2 Support... read more
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Professor Harmaneh Awarded NIH Grant
February 20, 2015Dr. Ghassan Hamarneh is a co-PI on a $2M grant funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research... read more
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Professor Jiangchuan Liu awarded Steacie Fellowship
February 17, 2015<h2>Professor Jiangchuan Liu receives Steacie Fellowship</h2>... read more
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Healthy mind and body improves academic success
February 02, 2015Reaching out to first-year students to help them develop and enhance strategies for success in... read more
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Software Systems hosts Code Sprint student event
January 23, 2015Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus welcomed 42 computing science students from across Canada... read more