New Mobile Ad Hoc Papers

May 25, 2023 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

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...

2023 2SLGBTQIA+ In STEM Conference: A Recap

May 11, 2023 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

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...

2SLGBTQIA+ in STEM Conference: Building Bridges With Community-Engaged Computer Science

May 9, 2023 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

Last Friday I had the honour and privilege of presenting some of the work that our lab does at the 2SLGBTQIA+ in STEM conference in Windsor. The conference was a celebration of science conducted by folks from the Queer communities. It was inspiring and nerdy and so full of Queer joy that it was atContinue...

Analogue memristor for next-generation brain-mimicking (neuromorphic) computing

May 5, 2023 Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

This research into an analogue memristor comes from The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) according to a September 20, 2022 news item on Nanowerk, Note: A link has been removed, Neuromorphic computing system technology mimicking the human brain has emerged and overcome the limitation of excessive power consumption regarding the existing von Neumann...

A fish baying at the moon?

May 4, 2023 Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

It seems to be GLUBS time again (GLUBS being the Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds). In fact it’s an altogether acoustical time for the ocean. First, a mystery fish, That sounds a bit like a trumpet to me. (I last wrote about GLUBS in a March 4, 2022 posting where it was included under...

Need to improve oversight on chimeric human-animal research

May 3, 2023 Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

It seems chimeras are of more interest these days. In all likelihood that has something to do with the fellow who received a transplant of a pig’s heart in January 2022 (he died in March 2022). For those who aren’t familiar with the term, a chimera is an entity with two different DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)...

Support Our Science and the mass student walkout of May 1, 2023

May 2, 2023 Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

It’s hard to tell how many students and staff participated in yesterday’s (May 1, 2023) Canada-wide walkout. The University of British Columbia (UBC) counted 300 in their walkout (from a May 1, 2023 article by Amir Ali for The Daily Hive). The total number is not available but there is a Nationwide Walkout page on...

Canada, AI regulation, and the second reading of the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (Bill C-27)

May 1, 2023 Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

Bill C-27 (Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022) is what I believe is called an omnibus bill as it includes three different pieces of proposed legislation (the Consumer Privacy Protection Act [CPPA], the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act [AIDA], and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act [PIDPTA]). You can read the Innovation, Science and...

2023 2SLGBTQ+ STEM Conference

April 27, 2023 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

Next week I’ll be heading to Windsor for the 2023 2SLGBTQ+ STEM Conference to give a talk on community-engaged teaching and research in computer science. The talk will focus on the lessons I’ve learned since first stumbling into the world of community-engaged work, and how it can be used foster transferable skills, promote knowledge exchange,Continue...

The 2023 Canadian federal budget: science & technology of the military and cybersecurity and some closing comments (2 of 2)

April 21, 2023April 24, 2023 Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

So far in part 1, the budget continues its focus on life sciences especially biomanufacturing, climate (clean energy, clean (?) manufacturing, mining, space, the forest economy, agriculture, and water. The budget also mentioned funding for the research councils (it’s been a while since I’ve seen them in a budget document). Now, it’s time to focus...

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