Science in Society

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Ph.D. Defence – Fatemeh Safari

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
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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Ph.D. Defence – James Fraser

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
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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Dear Future CIS3750 Students

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
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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Pride In Science

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
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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Breathless – another masterpiece from David Quammen!

Staffan Lindgren Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Science in Society
Last week the Wall Street Journal were first to report that the US Department of Energy, Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, had produced a classified report concluding with “low confidence” that the Covid virus most likely originated from a laboratory leak in China. FBI had earlier come to the same conclusion with “moderate confidence”, while...

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University of Toronto St. George Research Exploration Opportunity

STEM Fellowship General Science, Physics and Astronomy, Science in Society
The Research Exploration Opportunity program, coordinated by the University of Toronto St. George STEM Fellowship Branch, provides high school students with the opportunity to experience cutting-edge research in a university laboratory. This one-week program runs during the 2022 March Break and enables students to explore the world of research, be immersed in the process of...

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Calgary Research Exploration Program

STEM Fellowship General Science, Physics and Astronomy, Science in Society
Our program, coordinated by the University of Calgary STEM Fellowship Branch, offers students the unique opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research at a University of Calgary laboratory. This program will take place for five days during spring break (March 27 – March 31, 2023). Please read the Participating Labs Descriptions and Applicant Handbook before starting...

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IYPT 2023 REFERENCES

STEM Fellowship General Science, Physics and Astronomy, Science in Society
Current IYPT Crowdsourced ReferencesCrowdsourced References Created by the Community Become a ContributorWatch Our Short VideosSpecial Thanks to Our ContributorsThe CaYPT Committee Farhan Sadeghvandi from Iran Qinyi Wang from China Alex Shaw Jr from Taiwan Tianyu He from Canada 向长河 from China Aryah Paliwal from Canada Sana from Canada Oliver from Canada Tian Hao Yu from...

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