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Nicholas Vincent Wins ACM SIGCHI OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD March 20, 2024
Computing Science professor, Nicholas Vincent earned a 2024 ACM SIGCHI Outstanding... -
For Brian Fraser, teaching computing science is all about “student engagement” March 09, 2023
Computing science senior lecturer Brian Fraser is one of three extraordinary educators recognized... -
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SFU Computing Science researchers receive 2022 ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award. February 24, 2023
Computing science researchers Tianzheng Wang, Jianqiu Zhang, and Kaisong Huang have received a 2022... -
Computing Science Professor Receives Prestigious Amazon Research Award October 19, 2022
By: Deborah Acheampong SFU computing science professor Steve Ko is among the prestigious list of... -
SFU Computer Graphics Researcher Works to Bring Virtual Characters to Life July 27, 2022
By: Andrew Ringer Imagine what the world could be like if robots could replicate any motions that... -
Computing Science Graduate Student Receives Clark Wilson Scholarship July 12, 2022
By: Jasmeen Sidhu SFU computing science PhD candidate Kasra Jamshidi recently received the Clark... -
Computing Science Alumnus Receives 2022 Outstanding Alumni Award July 07, 2022
Christopher Stolte, BSc ’97 Co-founder, Tableau Software and co-founder, Stolte Family... -
SFU Computing Science Students Win Multiple Awards at 2021 ICPC Pacific Northwest Regional Contest July 05, 2022
The SFU School of Computing Science had four student teams compete in the 2021 International... -
Two computing science professors receive computer graphics awards from CHCCS May 16, 2022
By: Andrew Ringer The SFU School of Computing Science continues to show why it’s a top-ranked... -
SFU Computing Science Professor Emeritus Receives Canadian Lifetime Achievement Award in Computing Science May 13, 2022
By Andrew Ringer SFU computing science professor emeritus Stella Atkins recently received the... -
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First CS Undergraduate Research Symposium Hosted on April 11 April 12, 2022
On Monday, April 11, the SFU School of Computing Science hosted the first CS Undergraduate Research... -
Not Just Writing Code: Computing Science Students Win Two Prizes in the 2021 SLC Undergraduate Writing Contest March 28, 2022
By Andrew Ringer In recent years, the School of Computing Science has been making strides to... -
Computing Science University Lecturer Receives Excellence in Teaching Award March 03, 2022
By: Andrew Ringer SFU computing science university lecturer Diana Cukierman has been named one of... -
Computing Science Graduate Student Receives Helmut and Hugo Eppich Family Scholarship February 28, 2022
By: Karen Shen SFU computing science PhD candidate Mugilian Mariappan recently received the Helmut... -
Two SFU computing science undergraduate students receive grant award to develop a quantum computing compiler December 07, 2021
George Watkins and Alex Nguyen, both undergraduate students from the SFU School of Computing... -
Data science researchers win Best Experiments, Analysis & Benchmark Paper Award at VLDB Conference March 21, 2022
Data science researchers in the School of Computing Science recently received the Best Experiments,... -
Human-computer-interaction researcher builds tools to lower the barriers to learning new technologies September 03, 2021
By Andrew Ringer Innovations in computing are continually adding new functionalities, faster... -
Computing science researchers receive over $600,000 from BC Knowledge Development Fund August 13, 2021
Four professors in the SFU School of Computing Science are recipients of over $600,000 from the BC... -
How a new film studio at SFU will help artists and film producers in BC August 11, 2021
SFU computing science professor Yağız Aksoy will be using his computational photography expertise... -
Computing science researchers receive $300,000 from CFI's JELF Fund August 11, 2021
This year, SFU computing science researchers received a total of $300,000 for two research projects... -
SFU computing science professor Martin Ester receives Distinguished SFU Professorship July 28, 2021
SFU computing science professor Martin Ester, a renowned data mining and machine learning... -
Computing Science PhD Student Named Borealis AI 2021 Fellow July 23, 2021
Congratulations to SFU computing science PhD student Nelson Nauata, who was recently awarded a... -
Developing algorithms to better solve counting constraint satisfaction problems July 14, 2021
If you’ve ever completed a sudoku puzzle, then you’ve completed a constraint... -
CS 2019-2020 Academic Year in Review September 30, 2020
The School of Computing Science at SFU is comprised of world-class researchers, talented... -
Computing Science researchers receive $600,000 from CFI’s JELF Fund September 22, 2020
This year, SFU computing science researchers received a total of $600,000 for three research... -
Computer graphics scholar receives Distinguished SFU Professorship July 27, 2020
By Andrew Ringer SFU computing science professor Richard Zhang, a renowned visual computing and... -
Visual computing researchers receive multiple awards at CVPR June 22, 2020
Visual computing researchers from SFU received multiple awards at the annual Conference... -
SFU computing science professor receives Innovate BC Award for agricultural applications technology June 18, 2020
SFU computing science professor Martin Ester and his team have been selected as... -
SFU computing science professor Jian Pei named Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow June 16, 2020
SFU computing science professor Jian Pei has been elected into the Canadian Academy... -
Three Professional Master’s Program groups win Innovation Prize for project presentations May 11, 2020
After presenting their projects to advisors, three teams in the Professional Master’s Program have... -
Featuring Computing Science Professor Parmit Chilana on International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 11, 2020
With a lifelong goal of becoming a professor, it’s fitting that Parmit Chilana is now...