If you’re an undergraduate student at the University of Guelph interested in research, you might want to check out this opportunity. Dr. Jarrett Phillips and I are looking for a student to work with us this summer to explore eDNA and data science! Job Title: Mining Association Rules for Environmental DNA (eDNA) Spatiotemporal Sampling JobContinue...

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Ph.D. candidate, Fatemeh Safari will defend her Ph.D. dissertation on Monday, August 22nd, at 1 pm. Fatemeh has spent several years developing and evaluating new routing protocols for use with Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). The defence will take place virtually. The title and abstract for the defence are provided below. Title: A Novel Quality-of-Service-AwareContinue...

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Join us on August 30th at 12 p.m. for the Defence of Ph.D Candidate, James Fraser. James will present his work exploring novice programmer profiles as determined through interaction with an immediate feedback tool that he created to support students learning to code. The defence will take place via Zoom. The title and abstract forContinue...

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I’m looking forward to meeting you in CIS3750 – Systems Analysis and Design in Applications this fall. Since this is a required course for the Computer Science and Software Engineering majors, your enrolment in the course this fall will really depend on your schedule and the prerequisites required to take the course. Regardless, like CIS4020Continue...

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Hot off the press, Technology Networks has just released a free eBook celebrating the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM). The eBook includes 17 interviews with STEMM scientists from around the world (all at varying stages of their careers), and I was fortunate to be one of those scientists. You canContinue...

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Thank you for your interest in taking CIS4020 – Data Science. I’ve had a lot of students reach out already to ask for more information on the course. Please review the following FAQs in the event that your questions are answered here. If not, feel free to contact me. What is your approach to teaching?ThisContinue...

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Ph.D. Candidate, Jamey Fraser, will present his 2nd Ph.D. seminar on Wednesday, June 7 at 2 pm (via Zoom). Jamey has been investigating and identifying potential student profiles that could be used to support computer science training for novice programmers. Specifically, after developing an Immediate Feedback System (IFS), Jamey has used programming actions and otherContinue...

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Join us on Monday, June 5, 2023, at 10 am for the 2nd Ph.D. seminar by Fatemeh Safari. Fatemeh has been investigating methods to improve the quality of service within mobile ad hoc networks. Her work is part of the Bridging the Digital Divide research program to support communication in regions with poor to noContinue...

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As part of her PhD research, Fatemeh Safari (PhD candidate in the Computational Sciences PhD program) has been investigating and developing new routing algorithms for mobile ad hoc networks. Her most recent work “A Novel Cross-layer Adaptive Fuzzy-based Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol for MANETs” has been accepted for publication in IEEEAccess, andContinue...

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As mentioned in my previous post, I had the honour and privilege of presenting a talk on community-engaged teaching and research in Computer Science at the 2SLGBTQIA+ in STEM Conference last weekend. There were 5 other invited speakers, as well as student talks and poster presentations spanning so many areas within STEM. It was aContinue...

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