Computer Science Distinguished Lecture

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone.  No registration is required. Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Speaker:  Dr. Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft Research Title: Six Years of Rowhammer: Breakthroughs and Future Directions Abstract: This talk will present the work done over the past six years as part of Project STEMA […]

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UBC Engineering Open House – On Campus

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC Engineering Open House is a one-day event to showcase our engineering programs to prospective students. This event is very influential in encouraging high school and transfer students to apply to and attend UBC Engineering. There are lab tours, presentations, a program fair and more as part of this annual event. 

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone.  No registration is required. Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Speaker:  Dr. Radhika Nagpal, Princeton University Title:  Taming the Swarm In nature, thousands of individuals can cooperate to achieve complex goals from local interactions -- from cells that form complex organisms, to social […]

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Employer on Campus: Qualcomm

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Our leading-edge AI, high performance, lower power computing, and unrivaled connectivity deliver proven solutions that drive transformation across major industries. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress. Embark on your career journey with Qualcomm, where possibilities are […]

Employer on Campus: Amazon Robotics

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Our team at Amazon Robotics is at the forefront of warehouse automation and fulfillment processes, developing cutting-edge robotic systems and advanced technologies that drive efficiency and innovation within Amazon's fulfillment centers. We believe that UBC students possess the skills and knowledge that align perfectly with our mission to revolutionize the future of e-commerce and logistics. […]

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone.  No registration is required. Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Speaker:  Dr. Kathi Fisler, Brown University Title:  Socially-Responsible Computing Education: Views from a Researcher Abstract: Efforts to teach ethics in university-level CS have been around since the 1970s. In the last few years, […]

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Faculty spotlight: UBC–Germany collaborations

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join distinguished professors Dr. Bianca Eskelson, Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu and Dr. Harry Maier for a panel showcasing research collaborations with Germany.  The researchers will share insight on their experience collaborating with German partners and their success in securing research funding from Germany (including the German Research Foundation – DFG, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and […]

Funding Opportunities for UBC–Germany Collaboration

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join for two in-person sessions highlighting funding opportunities for UBC–Germany collaboration, featuring speakers from German funding agencies & UBC researchers. This first session (1-2:30pm) will provide an overview of the German research landscape and funding opportunities in support of research activities in Germany, presented by representatives from the DFG (the German Research Foundation) and the […]

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Information session: Funding your research & collaboration with Germany

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join representatives from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for an information session providing an overview of the German research landscape and funding opportunities in support of research activities in Germany and/or collaboration with German partners. The information will be most relevant to faculty, postdocs and PhD students from […]

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Proof-oriented Programming for Critical Compute Infrastructure

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Everyone is welcome! Speaker:  Nikhil Swamy, Microsoft Research Location:   Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Title:  Proof-oriented Programming for Critical Compute Infrastructure Abstract: From the early days of computer science, the potential of mathematical proofs of programs to eradicate large classes of software errors has been widely recognized; however, historically, few practical applications […]

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Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Socio-Affective Signals as Facilitators of Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Everyone is welcome! Speaker:  Elisabeth André, University of Augsburg Homepage:  https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet/fai/informatik/prof/hcm/team/andre/ Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Title:  Socio-Affective Signals as Facilitators of Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction Abstract: Social interactions profoundly shape our human life. This presentation explores the potential of imbuing machines with socially-aware interfaces, creating pathways for more natural and […]

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