NEWS & EVENTS

April 11, 2024

 

UNIVERSITY NEWS

 

DEVELOPING AI-DRIVEN EDITING CAPABILITIES TO ENHANCE B.C.'S FILMMAKING INDUSTRY

Despite significant progress in AI systems researchers have struggled with modelling the perception of light. A team in the computational photography studio are working to understand and improve aspects in production settings through AI that could more easily adjust lighting without costly reshoots in the film industry.

 

INVESTIGATING THE GREAT RESET OF GLOBAL WORK

Amid sweeping social changes, the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a rapid shift to virtual work and digitization. SFU Beedie School of Business professor Mila Lazarova discusses how this changed the world of work and the broad implications of these changes for organizations and individuals.

 

GEARING UP FOR FIELDWORLD IN TANZANIA

Packed with prototypes of a weed-removal robot and drone-based crop-analyzing software, 11 SFU students will soon embark on a life-changing trip to Africa. Nine undergraduate students and two graduate students, led by mechatronic systems engineering professor Woo Soo Kim, will represent SFU on its inaugural field trip to the Arusha Climate and Environmental Research Centre in Tanzania. They will field test their newly developed innovations on more than 3,700 acres of rich, diverse agricultural land.

 

RESOURCES + OPERATIONAL UPDATES

CONVOCATION PLATFORM PARTY ASSISTANCE NEEDED

Be part of the behind-the-scenes team to assist the platform party members for convocation this June.

 

PODCAST LAUNCH: TALK DIALOGUE TO ME

SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue launched Season One: Weaving, Leading and Embracing Dialogue of their Talk Dialogue to Me podcast. Listen as host Shari Virjee Tañada converses with three SFU faculty—one past, two present—to explore weaving, leading and embracing dialogue.

 

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