Ph.D. Defence – Fatemeh Safari

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

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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Meet Our Experts: Exploring the Science Behind Diamond Recovery with Lucy

As supervisor of SRC’s Diamond Services group, Lucy's specialized knowledge and expertise has helped expand the laboratory’s capabilities into diamond breakage and assessments. From academia to industry, learn how Lucy applied her love of science to become an industry-leading diamond expert.

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Dear Future CIS3750 Students

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

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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Dear Students Considering CIS4020 – Data Science

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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How SRC Designed Proprietary Solvent Extraction Cells for REE Processing

Rare earth elements are used in many technologies, but they require purification and processing to separate them for use in these products. Solvent extraction is a strategic separation step that makes REEs more valuable. Learn more about how SRC designed and fabricated its own solvent extraction cells in-house for its Rare Earth Processing Facility.

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Ph.D. Seminar – Jamey Fraser

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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