News and Outreach
2012
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Sierra Wireless
November 28, 2012Today’s opening of the Sierra Wireless Mobile Communications Laboratory at Simon Fraser University... read more
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2012 FAS Awards of Excellence
November 15, 2012The Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) held its third annual Awards of Excellence reception on... read more
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Maryam Sahdeghi wins Innovation Challenge Award
October 17, 2012Maryam Sadeghi, who received her PhD in Computing Science from SFU this year, has been awarded a... read more
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SFU Engineering Grad Student Wins Best Student Paper at NASA Conference
October 09, 2012Victor Gusev Lesau’s work on making hardware more like software has earned him a best paper award... read more
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Collaboration aids Surrey’s environmental goals
October 01, 2012Contact: Erik Kjeang, 778.782.8791; ekjeang@sfu.ca (best reached via email) Syed Ahmed,... read more
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S. Cenk Sahinalp named Distinguished Alumni of the Year
August 29, 2012S. Cenk Sahinalp, renowned SFU Computing Science professor and director of the Computational... read more
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PhD student credits supervisor in his many accomplishments
August 13, 2012Engineering PhD student Hadi Hadizadeh is on a winning streak. Hadizadeh’s recent Best Paper... read more
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SFU student wins bronze
August 10, 2012Not many people knew who Jasmin Glaesser was two weeks ago. And when the Coquitlam native comes... read more
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Award-winning professor uses robotics to help those with neuromuscular disorders
August 10, 2012Carlo Menon, assistant professor in the SFU School of Engineering, has been awarded two major... read more
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Molecular study of cancer cells leads to award
July 16, 2012A paper co-authored by an SFU Computing Science PhD student and recent SFU grad won the outstanding... read more
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News release: SFU helps high-school students hit NASA landing pad
July 05, 2012With 10 Surrey high-school students under his wing, Bhupinder (Sumit) Rathore, a Simon Fraser... read more
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Dual Degree program earns "outstanding" praise
July 03, 2012Contact: Qianping Gu, 778.782.6705; qgu@cs.sfu.ca Carol Thorbes, PAMR, 778.782.3035;... read more
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Simba Technologies' SFU Scholarship in Computing Science Awarded
June 28, 2012Simba Technologies has awarded Simon Fraser University Computing Science student Holly Becker... read more
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Two major competitions in 2012 for Team Guardian
June 24, 2012Team Guardian, students in SFU’s Mechatronics Systems Engineering program, competed at two... read more
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SFU students place first and second in Nokia’s App Competition
June 18, 2012SFU students won both the first and second prizes in Nokia’s Vancouver Ready.Set () {Code}... read more
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Mathematics of Brain Imaging Workshop
June 02, 2012Mathematics of brain imaging has been a focus theme of the past year for Mitacs (Mathematics of... read more
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Pavol Hell named 2012 SIAM Fellow
May 10, 2012Pavol Hell, professor of computing science, has been named to the Society for Industrial and... read more
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Best Paper Award for Computing Science's Brian Funt
May 09, 2012If you’ve ever been stranded in a clothing store, struggling to decide whether the sweater you’ve... read more
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2012 SFU Burnaby Open House
May 01, 2012Making life simpler, better and faster is the theory behind what Simon Fraser University’s Applied... read more
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Computing Science wins a three-year award to study next generation of networks
April 23, 2012Computing Science associate professors Funda Ergun and Petra Berenbrink will be two of the... read more
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Standout student Eleanor Li wins Co-op Student of the Year
April 23, 2012Congratulations to Engineering Sciences student Eleanor Li on being named SFU Co-op Student of the... read more
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SFU start-up HiretheWorld named to prominent BC innovation list
March 30, 2012A growing B.C. start-up launched by two Simon Fraser University graduates has been recognized as... read more
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Dual Degree Program student wins first prize in Mandarin speech contest
March 17, 2012Andrew Fuller, a student in the Simon Fraser University-Zhejiang University's Dual Degree Program... read more
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2012 Distinguished Lecture Series
March 10, 2012Meet world-renowned researchers at lectures hosted by SFU Computing Science. These lectures are... read more
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Major award recognizes Alexandra Fedorova’s leadership in computer energy research
February 24, 2012A Sloan Research Fellowship for assistant computing science professor Alexandra Fedorova gives her... read more
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Girls Get IT
February 17, 2012The Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) hosted an exciting day-long event for girls aged 9-11 called... read more
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Teaching Excellence in Engineering Science
February 16, 2012A great Professor” “SUPER clear explanations” “Tells funny stories” “Super approachable and... read more
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Ken Spencer, BCIC and SFU partner to create more high-tech companies
January 12, 2012Surrey, B.C. – Simon Fraser University is launching entrepreneurship@SFU, a new high-tech... read more