http://www.cs.uregina.ca/ Breaking News Copyright 2012, University of Regina Wed, 16 May 2012 05:55:01 CST webmaster@cs.uregina.ca (WebMaster for the Department of Computer Science) 60 http://www.cs.uregina.ca/gifs/logosmall.gif http://www.cs.uregina.ca/ http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000283.html Dr. David Gerhard, a faculty member in our department will be a speaker at a forthcoming TED event in Regina. TED ( Technology, Entertainment and Design ) conferences are formed to disseminate ideas worth spreading. According to the Regina organizers, "TEDxRegina is an independently organized TED event. The organizers, speakers, ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:12:48 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000283.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000284.html This item will be of interest to all of you who have signed up for the CS499 and CS900 seminars in the spring/summer session. The first meeting for the CS499/CS900 seminars will be held on Thursday, May 10th at 12:30 PM in CL317 . Everyone enrolled in CS499 and CS900 ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 09 May 2012 13:24:21 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000284.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000282.html The initial meeting of the Saskatchewan iOS (SKiOS) interest group will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at O'Hanlon's Pub, 1947 Scarth St., Regina. All those interested in creating and selling apps for iOS, which is the operating system on the iPhone and ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:25:27 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000282.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000281.html The Departrment of Computer Science is pleased to announce that Connie Renwick has been appointed to a term position as a secretary in the Department of Computer Science. Connie received a Baccalaureate of Administration in 1993 from the University of Ottawa. Her recent employers include the Pixel Factory, the Globe ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:09:50 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000281.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000279.html After a year preparation, our new CS104 (Nursing Informatics) course is being offered for first time in Winter 2012 with total around 310 students enrolled. The students are from the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) program offered jointly by the University of Regina and the Saskatchewan Institute ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:30:44 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000279.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000280.html Ken Konkel, a local software developer who works for iQmetrix, will be a guest speaker in Dr. Samira Sadaoui's CS 372 class on Friday, March 30, 2012, 12:30-1:30 pm in CL 435. He is expected to talk about some development practices commonly used in the local software industry. This visit ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:35:39 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000280.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000278.html Brett Park, who has a background in the local software development industry and is currently a Ph.D. student in our department under the supervision of Dr. David Gerhard, will be presenting information on "Cool CS Toys" to CS 110-001 students on Friday, March 30, 10:30-11:20 am, CL112. CS 110 is ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:33:07 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000278.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000277.html Donna Lindskog, a long-time member and volunteer with the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), will be a guest speaker in CS 280 on March 27 at 10:00 am in RIC 209. Ms. Lindskog will speak on Professionalism in Information Technology. CS 280 is our class on "Risk and Reward in ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:03:50 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000277.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000276.html Recently published journal papers by member of the Department of Computer Science: B. S. McIntosh, J. C. Ascough, M. Twery, J. Chew, A. Elmahdi, D. Haase, J. Harou, D. H. Hepting, S. Cuddy, A. J. Jakeman, S. Chen, AQ. Kassahun, S. Lautenbach, K. Matthews, W. Merritt, N. W. T. Quinn, ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:41:06 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000276.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000274.html Hello: The Department of Computer Science is surveying people regarding the service provided by our website. Please take our general survey concerning the Department of Computer Science website. It is at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6J6DRTN Also, if you are a potential student, or you recently joined the department as an undergraduate or graduate ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:08:44 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000274.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000275.html Six graduate students from the Department of Computer Science will be participating as speakers at the Seventh Annual University of Regina Graduate and Undergraduate Research Conference on March 16th and 17th, 2012 at the University of Regina. The general public is invited to attend. The conference is entitled Putting Theory ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:36:01 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000275.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000272.html Recent searches conducted using the Microsoft Academic Website show that the Department of Computer Science researchers are among the most cited at the University of Regina. You can view the results at: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Organization/18342/university-of-regina?query=org%3a%28university%20of%20regina%29 Dr. Yiyu Yao, a faculty member in the department, was identified as the most cited researcher at ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:38:48 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000272.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000273.html Ken Konkel, a local software developer who works for iQmetrix, was a guest speaker in Dr. Samira Sadaoui's CS 115 on Friday, March 2, 2012. In his CS 115 lecture, Mr. Konkel told the students about things he wishes he had done differently in his university education, including seeking out ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:14:26 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000273.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000255.html Our own Dr. David Gerhard and PhD candidate, Brett Park, are featured on CTV Regina debunking the veracity of a popular YouTube video. To see the pair s appearance on CTV Tuesday, January 31 visit: http://regina.ctv.ca/morning/ Click on the video called Making a synthesizer using Regular Paper Coffee cups . ... schick1w@uregina.ca (Wendy Schick) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:49:48 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000255.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000269.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce the recent publication of seven journal papers by members of the department. ------------------------- Nouman Azam and JingTao Yao, Comparison of Term Frequency and Document Frequency Based Feature Selection Metrics in Text Categorization, Expert Systems with Applications , 39(5), 4760-4768, 2012. The ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:22:56 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000269.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000256.html Launched in Fall 2011, CS 207 (Building Interactive Gadgets) had a very successful semester. The course was well received and easily filled to its capacity of 48 within weeks of registration opening. Due to this popularity the Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce that we will be offering ... schick1w@uregina.ca (Wendy Schick) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:13 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000256.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000266.html Two researchers from the Department of Computer Science reached the semifinals of an international competition to identify the most promising ideas for musical instruments. Brett Park, a Ph.D. student in our department, and Dr. David Gerhard, one of our faculty members, were ranked as one of 20 semifinalist teams in ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:04:23 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000266.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000267.html The website of the Department of Computer Science received an upgrade over the weekend of Feb. 17-21, 2012. The most obvious change is the new "Today in Computer History" box on the main page. The Graduate Program area of the website has been extensively updated. Current graduate students are asked ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:13:27 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000267.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000268.html Dr. Yiyu Yao, a faculty member in our department, is serving as the conference general chair of the 2012 International Conference on Brain Informatics to be held December 4-7 in Macou, China. As general chair, Dr. Yao will oversee all aspects of the conference. According to the conference description, "Brain ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:42:58 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000268.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000270.html The Department of Computer Science advises its graduate students that FGSR funding applications for the Spring/Summer 2012 semester are due next week. Applications must be submitted to our CS office by 4:30 pm on Friday, March 2. If you are eligible you should apply! Also apply even if you have ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:33:20 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000270.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000263.html Dr. Lisa Fan, the Co-op Academic Coordinator for the Department of Computer Science, has announced that an information session will be held for Co-op students to explain how to write a Co-op report. The session will be held on April 5 from 2:30 to 3:30 at CL305. The session is ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:01:17 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000263.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000265.html Two researchers from the Department of Computer Science are competing in an international competition to identify the most promising ideas for musical instruments. Brett Park, a Ph.D. student in our department, and Dr. David Gerhard, one of our faculty members, are currently in Atlanta, Georgia competing at the Margaret Guthman ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:15:30 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000265.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000254.html Graduate and undergraduate students have two upcoming opportunities to exhibit their research. First,the Seventh Annual University of Regina Graduate and Undergraduate Research Conference will take place on March 16th and 17th, 2012 at the University of Regina. For more details, please see http://www.urgsa.ca/conference . Secondly, the Saskatchewan 3.0 Summit, to ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:54:05 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000254.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000257.html Dr. Cory Butz is named a general co-chair of the 2012 Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Graphics Interface (GI), and Computer and Robot Vision (CRV). yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:22:49 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000257.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000258.html SaskTel International Career Information Session WANTED: Computer Science Students The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce an information session hosted by SaskTel International for our existing and potential Co-op students. SaskTel International Career Information Session Date: Thursday, February 16th, 2012 Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Location: EA ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:02:59 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000258.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000259.html iQmetrix Open House iQmetrix is a software company providing retail management solutions to wireless dealers throughout Canada and the United States. As a growing company, they are currently interested in hiring Computer Science students for a number of positions. They are welcoming a diversity of disciplines and skills. They are ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:18:22 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000259.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000233.html Information Network Analysis: Applications and Challenges Osmar R. Za ane, Professor at the University of Alberta November 14, 2011, 3:30 pm, CL 410 Abstract: Conventional data is typically considered as a collection of independent observations identically distributed in the space of possible attribute values. In reality data are packed-full with ... hunter3a@uregina.ca (Amy Hunter) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:28:25 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000233.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000253.html This Friday, January 27th, 2012, the Computer Science Students Society (CSSS) will be holding an event for both students and faculty. Come out for some free bowling and a good time, from 7:00-9:00 pm at the Golden Mile Bowling Alley. hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:28:22 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000253.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000252.html Enrollment in CS courses has increased this term. CS 110, CS 115, CS 210, and various upper year courses are currently full. For example, two sections of CS 110 at 130 students are both full. "Clearly, we've had an increase over last year, although we'll have to wait for the ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:19:35 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000252.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000251.html CS Co-op Students All Placed for the Next Term The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce that all CS co-op students have been placed for the Winter 2012 term. Employers interested in hiring Arts, Business, or Engineering students for the Winter term should contact the Co-op office. hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:03:19 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000251.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000250.html Putting Computing into Science Professional Development Day for Grade 6-12 Science Teachers The Putting Computing into Science Professional Development (PD) Day for Grade 6-12 Science Teachers was a huge success. It was presented by the Department of Computer Science on Dec. 7th. Many middle years science teachers and high school ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:15:11 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000250.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000230.html CS 409 Interactive Entertainment Software (the course about writing computer games) has the following prerequisites shown in the University calendar: "CS 405 and any two of CS 320, 330, 335, 340 or 350". The "and" should be shown as an " or ". As well, our two recent graphics courses ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:48:53 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000230.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000240.html Four faculty members from the Department of Computer Science were recently identified as being among the twenty most cited researchers in Science and Engineering at the University of Regina. The ranking was based on Science Citation Index (SCI) data. SCI is a well-known source of bibliographic and citation information. Rankings ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:06:17 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000240.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000241.html In recent years, there has been an increase in the average number of times that research papers written by researchers in the Department of Computer Science have been cited by other researchers. The average number of times that papers were cited in the period 2004-2008 was about twice as high ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:31:20 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000241.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000242.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce that a new lecture-based graduate class will be offered in Winter 2012. The class is: CS 890EH Interactive Hardware for Computing Applications Instructor: Dr. David Gerhard Description: Embedded and mobile hardware design for physical computing; wireless sensor networks, electronic circuit theory; ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:21:17 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000242.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000234.html Managing Constraints and Preferences in Interactive Applications Bandar Mohammed, M.Sc. Student, U of R November 9, 2011, 3:30 pm, CL 410 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; ... hunter3a@uregina.ca (Amy Hunter) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:36:18 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000234.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000235.html The Department of Computer Science at the University of Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, is inviting applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level, beginning January 1, 2012, or thereafter. All applications will be received using the University of Regina electronic application system ( http://www.uregina.ca/hr/careers ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:47:06 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000235.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000237.html Dr. David Gerhard, a faculty member in our department, will share in one of the 2012-2013 University of Regina President's Teaching and Learning Scholar Awards. These awards, which are sponsored by the President's Office and administered through the University of Regina's Centre for Teaching and Learning, support university employees who ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:32:37 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000237.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000248.html Computer Science Seminar Series SPEAKER: Shahid Hussain, M.Sc. Student, U of R DATE: Wednesday November 30, 2011 TIME: 3:30 pm PLACE: CL 410 TITLE: Asset Inspection Manager - AIM Abstract: Preventive maintenance of water, waste water and storm assets is a major task for any city. In order to keep ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:38:15 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000248.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000245.html DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM SPEAKER: Dr. Karen Meagher, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Regina DATE: Monday November 28, 2011 TIME: 3:30 pm PLACE: CL 410 TITLE: My (Mathematical) Problems with Computer Scientists Abstract: The theme of this talk is, as the title suggests, problems and projects ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:09:01 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000245.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000247.html DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Richard Hamilton, Student, University of Regina DATE: Friday November 25, 2011 TIME: 3:30 pm PLACE: CL 410 TITLE: REBIE Expression-Based Image Editor Abstract: An image editor is a program that allows users to manipulate images using a graphical interface. Image editors normally allow ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:19:51 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000247.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000244.html Attention: Co-op Students Dr. Lisa Fan, the departmental Co-op Coordinator, will give a session on how to write a Co-op report on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 from 2:30-3:30 in ED 193. This session is compulsory for all first-time Computer Science Co-op students. All other Computer Science Co-op students are encouraged ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:50:23 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000244.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000246.html SPEAKER : Ryan Marcotte, Honours Student, U of R DATE : Wednesday November 23, 2011 TIME : 3:30 pm PLACE : CL 410 TITLE : Parallelization of Graphics Data Processing Using the GPU Abstract: Advances in graphics processing unit (GPU) technology have introduced programmable vertex and fragment shaders that give ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:13:37 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000246.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000228.html The 2011 Fall School on Uncertainty and Granular Computing, which is jointly sponsored by the University of Regina and Tongji University, will be held in Shanghai, China, November 16-18, 2011. The school provides an opportunity for researchers in Uncertainty and Granular Computing to learn about the latest research results in ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:55:14 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000228.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000232.html For the information of CS graduate students: The FGSR Dean's (PhD) and Centennial Merit (Masters) scholarships deadlines are fast approaching. The department may nominate up to 2 students for each. If you are interested in applying and the meet the eligibility criteria then please submit your applications to the department ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:38:58 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000232.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000236.html i Qmetrix Open House -- Wednesday, November 16, 2011 iQmetrix is a software company providing retail management solutions to wireless dealers throughout Canada and the United States. As a growing company, we are currently hiring for a number of different positions and welcome a diversity of disciplines and skills. We ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:29:28 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000236.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000243.html Computer Science Research Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Luigi Benedicenti, Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Associate VP Academic, University of Regina Date: Monday, November 21, 2011, 3:30 pm Room: CL 130 Title: Statistics, Empirical Software Engineering and You: The Evolving Quandary Abstract: Statistical methods are widely adopted in empirical software engineering ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:37:15 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000243.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000227.html The Co-op Office at the University of Regina has asked the Department of Computer Science to seek additional Computer Science students for work terms in Winter 2012. According to Carlo Palazzo, Computer Science and Engineering Co-op Coordinator, any Computer Science students who may be interested in Co-op in the Winter, ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:20:46 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000227.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000239.html COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Mondelle Simeon, Ph.D. Student, U of R DATE: Friday November 18, 2011 TIME: 3:30 pm PLACE: CL 410 TITLE: GENCCS: A Correlated Group Difference Approach to Contrast Set Mining Abstract: Contrast set mining has developed as a data mining task which aims at discerning differences ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:29:17 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000239.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000229.html Series: Faculty of Science Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Mark Wilkinson Date: Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 Time: 11:00 am Place: Lab Building, Room 239 Title: Semantic Automated Discovery and Integration (SADI): 'cause you can't always GET what you want! Abstract: The complexity and inter-related nature of biological data poses a difficult ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:32:08 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000229.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000231.html Dr. Cory Butz of our department is presenting his research on November 9, 2011 at the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The topic of his presentation is "Obtaining Semantics in Bayesian Network Inference". For more details, please see: http://ilp.mit.edu/event.jsp?id=1992 hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:56:41 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000231.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000225.html The Department of Computer Science and the Regina Catholic School Division (RCSD) are working jointly to develop materials for a web-delivered CS 20 course. The innovative materials feature the early use of Build Your Own Blocks software development platform to help the grade 11 students make a fast start to ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:48:17 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000225.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000226.html Co-operators Life Insurance Company IT: A BETTER CAREER Scholarship Two scholarships, valued at $2000.00, are available for students who are entering their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of study pursuing a Bachelor of Science with a major in Computer Science. For more information see: http://www.uregina.ca/awards/scholarships/forms/CoopLifeInsureApp.pdf hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:50:05 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000226.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000213.html Evaluation of Interestingness Measures: 10 Years Later Dr. Howard J. Hamilton, Department of Computer Science, University of Regina September 12, 2011, 3:30 pm, CL 410 Abstract: Each year, the Steering Committee for the Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD) reviews the papers presented at the conference 10 ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:16:22 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000213.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000220.html Dr. Ross Mitchell BSc 86 (High Honours), MSc 89 was the recipient of the 2011 University of Regina Alumni Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement. Dr. Mitchell s work is at the forefront of medical imaging informatics. His work helps physicians and surgeons improve disease diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. The award ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:47:18 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000220.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000218.html University classes have started and many Computer Science classes are bigger than in recent years. The registration numbers as of September 1 show that CS 100 is at its maximum enrollment of 286--completely full! The planned section of CS 110 was also full with 209 students, so another smaller section ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:57:32 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000218.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000219.html A new course in Nursing Informatics is being designed by the Department of Computer Science in consultation with the Faculty of Nursing. Dr. Lisa Fan, a faculty member in our department, is leading the effort. The new course will be offered for the first time in Winter 2012. It is ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:02:43 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000219.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000221.html David Gerhard, Associate Professor of Computer Science is the first speaker at the Science Pub Series 2011 presented every third Thursday of the month in the Arizona Room at the Bushwakker Brewpub. Dr. Gerhard will speak on "The DIY Robo-Revolution" on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 7:00 pm. For more ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:56:33 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000221.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000224.html China Venture Investment Corporation (CVIC) Presentation Speaker: Dr. Jing Xinhai Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Time: 1:30 PM Place: CL 126 Title: Thirty Years in China's IT Development Dr. Jing is the founder and CEO of one of China's most successful information technology firms. He holds an honorary degree from ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:12:52 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000224.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000214.html A new course is available this term: CS 207 Building Interactive Gadgets. This course, which is taught by Dr. David Gerhard, has turned out to be very popular, with almost every seat taken (46 out of 48 seats on September 8). If you want to register for this course, you ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:30:27 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000214.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000222.html FACULTY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR Friday, Sept. 30, 2:30 pm, RIC 119 Dr. Eric Grimson, BSc'75 (High Hons) Chancellor, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award Topic: COMPUTER VISION FOR SURGERY AND DISEASE ANALYSIS Over the past few decades, computer vision techniques have played an increasing role in the ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:09:41 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000222.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000223.html FACULTY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR Friday, Sept. 30, 1:30 pm, RIC 119 Dr. Ross Mitchell, BSc'86 (High Hons), MSc'89 Division Chair, Health Science & Research, Mayo Clinic 2011 Distinguished Professional Achievement Award Topic: MEDICAL IMAGING INFORMATICS Great advances have been made in medical imaging technology over the last two decades. However, ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:11:33 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000223.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000217.html We are pleased to announce that Dr. Regina Barzilay of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will give a seminar on Monday, September 26th from 3:30 pm-4:30 pm in CL128. Note that this is a different room than most of our seminars. Please mark your calendars today so as to ... yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:42:38 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000217.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000216.html Visual Tools for Understanding Multi-dimensional Parameter Spaces Dr. Torsten M ller, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University September 19, 2011, 3:30 pm, CL 410 Abstract: Simulations are an integral part of computational science. Simulations are characterized by a particular set of inputs and a multitudes of outputs. Understanding the ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:52:07 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000216.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000211.html The Seminar Committee and Undergraduate Coordinator will meet with all students participating in the Graduate Seminar series (CS 900), Honours Seminar series (CS 499), the Honours Oral Exam (CS 498), on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 3:30 pm in CL 410. hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:58:25 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000211.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000206.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce a new weekly series of research presentations on Mondays at 3:30 pm in CL 410. The title of the series is: Department of Computer Science Research Colloquium Series The first presentation will be on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 3:30 pm ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:03:32 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000206.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000210.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce the acceptance of journal papers by members of our department: P. Lingras and C.J. Butz, "Conservative and Aggressive Rough SVR Modeling," by Pawan Lingras and Cory J. Butz, Theoretical Computer Science , 2011, doi:10.1016/j.tcs.2011.05.042. Dr. Butz is a faculty member in ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:24:35 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000210.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000207.html Dr. Howard Hamilton has been appointed to a one-year term as Assistant Department Head in the Department of Computer Science. Dr. Hamilton will assist Dr. Xue Dong Yang, the current Department Head, with a variety of administrative duties in the department. hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:06:58 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000207.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000209.html Dear CS graduate students and undergraduate students: The department is now accepting applications for teaching assistants for the Fall 2011 semester. We are in need of markers, lab instructors, and some tutors. If you are interested then please apply ranking your preference for each of the 3 types of position. ... yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:14:11 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000209.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000205.html Mail-handling for the cs.uregina.ca domain has long been performed by mercury.cs.uregina.ca. Over the years, the actual computer under that name has changed from time to time. Recently, some different hardware took over the job. The new mercury has these features: Dell R310 Chassis with redundent power supplies. Dual 2-core Xeon ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:51:54 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000205.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000208.html Computer Science Students Society announces: Come learn more about Pair Programming and Test-Driven Development at a Code Retreat! The event will occur on August 13, 2011 (yes, that's a Saturday) from 9AM - 6PM. Breakfast, lunch and drinks will be provided, thanks to our wonderful sponsor, iQmetrix ( http://www.iqmetrix.com/ )! ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:16:11 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000208.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000204.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce the publication of the following journal papers: L. Cai and B. Yang, Parameterized Complexity of Even/Odd Subgraph Problems, Journal of Discrete Algorithms , Vol. 9, No.3, pp. 231-240, 2011. S. Bereg, M. Jiang, B. Yang and B. Zhu, On the Red/Blue ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:44:52 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000204.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000203.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Boting Yang and Dr. Jingtao Yao from Associate Professor to Professor. Both Dr. Yang and Dr. Yao joined our department in 2002. For more information on their contributions to the research, teaching, and administrative functions of this ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:32:43 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000203.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000199.html Dr. Malek Mouhoub, a faculty member in our department, has been re-appointed as the Treasurer of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC). This association fosters excellence in research and development in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in Canada. It is the oldest national AI association in the world. Dr. ... schick1w@uregina.ca (Wendy Schick) Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:18:22 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000199.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000202.html Dr. Butz gave an invited seminar at the University of Cambridge, UK on June 27th, 2011. yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:20:18 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000202.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000195.html Each year, the Steering Committee for the Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining reviews the papers presented at the conference 10 years ago to recognize one that has been well-received by the knowledge discovery research community. In considering all papers published at PAKDD 2001, the Steering Committee chose ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:22:47 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000195.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000194.html Dr. Cory Butz of our department was interviewed by the Globe and Mail for an article on AI: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/shaping-the-future/ais-long-expensive-road-to-jeopardy/article2024755/page1/ yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Fri, 20 May 2011 15:17:50 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000194.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000198.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce the publication of journal papers by members of our department: Six journal papers by faculty member Dr. Yiyu Yao: Yao, Y.Y. , Two semantic issues in a probabilistic rough set model, Fundamenta Informaticae , Vol. 108, No. 3-4, 249-265, 2011. Yao, ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:22:53 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000198.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000196.html The Department of Comptuer Science is pleased to report that Dr. Kamran Karimi, a Ph.D. graduate of this department, is a co-author of a paper accepted in Nature, one of the world's most prestigious science journals. The title of the paper is "Quantum annealing with manufactured spins." Dr. Karimi contributed ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:45:49 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000196.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000197.html Dr. JingTao Yao, a faculty member in our department, is serving as a Program Committee chair for the 6th International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT'11), which will be held Oct 9-12, 2011 in Banff, Canada. This conference provides an opportunity to explore synergies between rough sets and ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:01:17 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000197.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000200.html The Department of Computer Science welcomes you to a seminar. SPEAKER: Dr. Danny Silver DATE: June 23, 2011 TIME: 10:30 am PLACE: CL 408 TITLE: Machine Lifelong Learning: Inductive Transfer with Context-sensitive Neural Networks ABSTRACT: Context-sensitive Multiple Task Learning, or csMTL, is presented as a method of transfer learning which ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:09:05 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000200.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000201.html The Department of Computer Science would like to invite you to a seminar by Dr. Butz. SPEAKER: Dr. Cory Butz, Professor, Dept of Computer Science DATE: June 22, 2011 Wednesday TIME: 2:00 pm PLACE: CL 408 TITLE: Obtaining Semantics in Bayesian Network Inference ABSTRACT: Variable Elimination (VE), proposed by Zhang ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:26:36 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000201.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000188.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce a new class called Building Interactive Gadgets that is being offered for the first time this Fall 2011 semester by Dr. David Gerhard. This class is geared for non-Computer Science and Computer Science majors alike. No previous experience in programming is ... schick1w@uregina.ca (Wendy Schick) Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:53:08 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000188.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000191.html Talk title: The role of semantic symmetry within an emerging theory of visualization Speaker: Professor Randy Goebel, Computing Science, and Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning, University of Alberta Time: Friday, April 15th at 10:30 am Location: ED 193 While there is no theory of visualization, there should be. Such ... yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:27:27 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000191.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000192.html Day: Wednesday April 13th Time: 10:30am-11:30am Room: ED 191 Speaker: Marek J. Druzdzel School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh http://www.pitt.edu/~druzdzel Title: Are Bayesian Networks Sensitive to Precision of their Parameters? Abstract: A popular belief has it that the accuracy of reasoning based on Bayesian networks is not too sensitive ... yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:14:21 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000192.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000189.html Dear Undergraduate Students, The Faculty of Science and the Department of Computer Science are in need of 2 student assistants this Summer: camp coordinator and online curriculum developer. Details on both can be found here: Online Curriculum Developer and Science Camp Coordinator The rates of pay for each position fall ... yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:39:55 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000189.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000190.html Dr. Richard Stallman (Father of the Free Software Movement, the GNU Project, & Founder of the Free Software Foundation) will be talking about Copyright vs. Community , April 2, 2011 at 4:00 pm in the Research & Innovation Centre (RIC) 119. Robert J Sawyer (Award winning Canadian Author of Hominids, ... yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:16:34 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000190.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000180.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce the acceptance of a journal paper by a member of our department: "Fast edge-searching and fast searching on graphs," by Boting Yang, Theoretical Computer Science. Dr. Yang is a faculty member in our department. Theoretical Computer Science is a leading venue ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:21:59 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000180.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000186.html Dr. JingTao Yao is a program committee chair for the 6th International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT'11) which will be Oct 9-12, 2011 in Banff, Canada. More information about this conference can be found at http://rskt.cs.uregina.ca yu209@uregina.ca (Qian Yu) Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:25:09 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000186.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000181.html Journal Editorialships Several faculty members in the Department of Comptuer Science serve on the editorial boards of international journals. Dr. Xuedong Yang, the head of the department, recently assembled the following list: Computational Intelligence (Editorial Board member, H.J. Hamilton) Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications (Associate Editor: B. Yang) International Journal ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:28:59 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000181.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000182.html SPEAKER: Shahin Jabbari University of Alberta DATE: January 26, 2011 TIME: 12:30 p.m. PLACE: CL 408 TITLE: PAC-learning with label noise ABSTRACT: One of the main criticisms of previously studied label noise models in the PAC-learning framework is the inability of such models to represent the noise in real world ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:07:30 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000182.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000178.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to report that Dr. Alan G. Law, a long time member of our department, has been appointed Professor Emeritus. Dr. Law was the head of the department in the late 1980s and early 1990s. hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:58:22 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000178.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000177.html Bing Zhou, a Computer Science PhD student, will receive the first endowed award for doctoral studies The Department of Computer Science congratulates Bing Zhou, a Computer Science Ph.D. student, under the supervision of Dr. Y. Y. Yao on being the first PhD student recipient at the University of Regina to ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:50:25 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000177.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000170.html Dr. Sandra Zilles's research profile was featured in the U of R Update Page in the Regina Leader-Post newspaper. See: http://www.uregina.ca/news/urupdate.php?PHPSESSID=02a4357b07fe44060e5d49fa36c3b341 webmaster@cs.uregina.ca (Jing Zeng) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:02:50 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000170.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000172.html CSEdWeek From December 5 to 11, 2010, Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) seeks to raise public awareness of the critical role computer science education has in preparing students for 21st Century careers and the transformative role computing plays in today's society. Join the University of Regina's Department of Computer Science ... clarkej0@uregina.ca (Alex Clarke) Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:52:15 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000172.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000173.html During this week, which is CS Education Week, the University of Regina is featuring a series of postings about Computer Science on YOURblog (Your Official University of Regina blog). Some titles being featured: Zombie uprising made possible with computer science - current student Mark Laprairie Students create visual clipboard for ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:36:14 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000173.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000176.html Dr. Howard Hamilton, Acting Head of the Department of Computer Science, accepted a plaque at the December 7, 2010 meeting of CIPS Saskatchewan in Regina. The plaque reads: CIPS / ACI The following programs at the Univeristy of Regina have been accredited under the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) Computer ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:17:14 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000176.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000175.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce that the following journal papers are now in press. C.J. Butz, K. Konkel and P. Lingras, "Join Tree Propagation Utilizing Both Arc Reversal and Variable Elimination," International Journal of Approximate Reasoning , 2010, doi:10.1016/j.ijar.2010.11.006. Dr. Cory Butz is a faculty member ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:54:30 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000175.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000126.html The Computer Science Accreditation Council (CSAC) has granted conditional accreditation for three years from 2010 to 2013 to the University of Regina B.Sc. in Computer Science and B.Sc. (Honours) in Computer Science programs. To remove the condition, the Department needs to make a slight change in the curriculum to ensure ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:40:09 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000126.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000171.html Dr. Sandra Zilles awarded a Canada Research Chair Dr. Sandra Zilles was awarded a five-year, $500,000 Canada Research Chair in Computational Learning Theory on Nov. 24, one of 310 new or renewed CRCs at 53 Canadian universities announced by Industry Canada. There are now 10 Canada Research Chairs at the ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:07:41 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000171.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000164.html Since the Department of Computer Science announced CS 390 AO, the new course on Mobile Computing, many people have expressed interest. On November 4, program coordinator Wendy Preikchat said, "There's been a tremendous amount of interest today." Registration for the course will be opened to current University of Regina students ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:15:54 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000164.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000160.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce two recently accepted or published journal papers by members of the department. "Models of Cooperative Teaching and Learning," by Sandra Zilles, Steffen Lange, Robert Holte, and Martin Zinkevich, accepted (subject to minor revision) for publication in the Journal of Machine Learning ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:09:31 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000160.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000165.html Joseph Herbert successfully defended his thesis on Nov 16. The title of his thesis is "Investigating Machine Learning Decision Problems with Game Theory". hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:12:27 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000165.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000167.html Dr. Yiyu Yao, a member of our department, received the "Overseas Friendship Award" at a joint ceremony for three conferences: the Tenth Chinese Conference on Rough Sets and Soft Computing, the Fourth Chinese Conference on Web Intelligence, and the Fourth Chinese Conference on Granular Computing. On the certificate it says: ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:04:24 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000167.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000168.html Dun Liu was a visiting graduate student in our department when he performed some award-winning research on rough sets. In November 2010, he was awarded the Best Student Paper Award at the Joint the Tenth Chinese Conference on Rough Sets and Soft Computing, the Fourth Chinese Conference on Web Intelligence, ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:11:43 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000168.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000166.html Department of Computer Science SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Dr. Paolo Viappiani DATE: November 22, 2010 TIME: 12:30 pm PLACE: CL 417 TITLE: Optimal Bayesian Recommendation Sets and Myopically Optimal Choice Query Sets ABSTRACT: Bayesian approaches to utility elicitation typically adopt (myopic) expected value of information (EVOI) as a natural criterion for ... hepp111m@uregina.ca (Marilyn Hepp) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:17:39 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000166.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000162.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce a new course on Mobile Computing to be offered starting in January 2011. The class is CS390AO. It will be taught from 7:00-9:45 pm on Wednesday at the main University of Regina campus in room 209 of the Research and Innovation ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:39:50 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000162.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000157.html Department of Computer Science SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Nikolay Kolev DATE November 19, 2010 TIME: 12:30 pm PLACE: CL 417 Title: Visual Analysis of Multidimensional Data ABSTRACT: Modern software applications are ever more powered by multidimensional data sets, which are a meaningful natural way to represent data in business, engineering and ... hepp111m@uregina.ca (Marilyn Hepp) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:18:14 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000157.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000149.html Dr. Cory Butz of the Department of Computer Science is a program co-chair for the 24th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI 2011) to be held May 25th to May 27th, 2011 in Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. More information on this conference can be found at www.canadianai.ca . hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:55:01 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000149.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000156.html Department of Computer Science SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Wen Yan DATE: November 15, 2010 TIME: 12:30 pm PLACE: CL 417 TITLE: The CPT Structure of Variable Elimination in Discrete Bayesian Networks ABSTRACT: The task of variable elimination (VE) is central to reasoning with Bayesian networks. A variable v is eliminated using ... hepp111m@uregina.ca (Marilyn Hepp) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:00:51 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000156.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000147.html Mark Laprairie and Spoorthy Seenappa, two CS graduate students supervised by Dr. Howard Hamilton, won a first prize in the UIST Student Innovation contest in New York City. The competition had three categories: most creative, most useful, and best implementation. They received first prize in the "best implementation" category. They ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:56:42 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000147.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000155.html Department of Computer Science SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Zane Schlosser DATE Friday November 5, 2010 TIME: 12:30 pm PLACE: CL 417 TITLE: Digital Sound Synthesis for Composing Electronic Music ABSTRACT: The intent of this presentation is to introduce different methods musicians commonly use to create and compose electronic music. Explanations will ... hepp111m@uregina.ca (Marilyn Hepp) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:57:36 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000155.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000163.html On Wednesday, November 3, the Leader-Post print edition had a front-page teaser with color picture of U of R CS alumnus Stefan Miller on p. 1. The text said, "The U of R will soon offer a class on how to create apps for smartphones." The story on p. A3 ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:59:50 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000163.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000161.html Department of Computer Science SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Dr. David Kirkpatrick, University of British Columbia DATE: Friday, November 5, 2010 TIME: 2:30 pm PLACE: CL 408 TITLE: Bounded curvature path planning redux ABSTRACT: Understanding the feasibility and optimality of the motion of car-like robots in the presence of obstacles entails, among ... webmaster@cs.uregina.ca (Jing Zeng) Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:36:44 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000161.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000158.html SPEAKER: Timothy Sample DATE: November 3, 2010 TIME: 12:30 pm PLACE: CL 417 TITLE: CreamCheese: A Spreadsheet Interface for Constraint Solving Abstract: Constraint satisfaction problems are common in everyday planning and scheduling, and as such, interfaces into constraint solvers should be accessible to computer users without the difficulty of learning ... hepp111m@uregina.ca (Marilyn Hepp) Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:34:46 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000158.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000145.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce two recently accepted journal papers by members of the department. The Computational Complexity of Avoiding Spurious States in State Space Abstraction by Sandra Zilles and Robert C. Holte, Artificial Intelligence , 174(14):1072-1092, 2010. This journal is the top one in the ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:49:18 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000145.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000154.html Department of Computer Science SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKER: Max Ivanov, DATE: November 1 , 2010 TIME: 12:30 pm PLACE: CL 417 TITLE: Online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ABSTRACT: Research shows that Online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is effective. CBT involves helping clients learn how to identify and make changes to problematic thoughts ... hepp111m@uregina.ca (Marilyn Hepp) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:55:31 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000154.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000151.html Seminar: Eisa Alanazi, "Reasoning about Qualitative and Quantitative Preferences," Monday, October 25, 2010, 12:30 pm, CL417. hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:15:06 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000151.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000148.html Seminar: Dr. Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, "Images of Life: Exploring Plant Development with Computational Models and Simulations," Dept. of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Friday, October 22, 2010, 3:30 p.m, CL 125 (Department of Biology Seminar Series). hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:56:36 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000148.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000152.html The Computer Science Students Society and the Department of Computer Science jointly invite all interested people to a brief presentation by Mark Laprairie and Spoorthy Seenappa concerning their prize winning entry in the Student Innovation contest at the ACM User Interface Software and Technologies conference in New York City. Pizza ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:40:04 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000152.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000144.html Mark Laprairie and Spoorthy Seenappa, two CS graduate students under the supervision of Dr. Howard Hamilton, were featured Friday October 1 on the front page of the Regina Leader-Post newspaper and on the CTV Regina news on Saturday October 2. They were selected to participate in the UIST Student Innovation ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:48:43 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000144.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000140.html DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES Topic: Qualitative Research Methods Presenter: Professor M. Gordon Hunter Information Systems, Faculty of Management University of Lethbridge When: Friday, September 24, 2010 @ 2:30 pm Where: E ducation Building Room 191, University of Regina ABSTRACT: This presentation discusses various qualitative research approaches to conducting ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:02 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000140.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000130.html Dr. Butz is a co-chair of the Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning. http://www.irit.fr/~Laurent.Perrussel/ur11/ at the 24th International FLAIRS Conference in Florida in May 2011. http://www.flairs-24.info/ Uncertain reasoning involves using formal systems to represent and reason about uncertainty,which can be caused by lack of information or inconsistent information. hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:02 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000130.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000132.html We are pleased to announce the launch of two new books by our very own Dr. Jing Tao Yao. Novel Developments in Granular Computing: Applications for Advanced Human Reasoning and Soft Computation . JingTao Yao (Ed.), IGI Global, 2010. This book investigates granular computing (GrC), which emerged as one of ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:02 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000132.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000131.html The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce two recently published or accepted journal papers by members of the department. Rough Support Vector Regression by P. Lingras and C.J. Butz, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 206, No. 2, pp. 445-455, 2010. Dr. Butz is a faculty member and ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:02 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000131.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000125.html Dr. Howard Hamilton has been appointed as the Acting Department Head of the Department of Computer Science for the period July 1 to December 31, 2010. Dr. Xue-Dong Yang will be on sabbatical for this period. Dr. Yang will return as the Department Head in January 2011. Our sincerest thank ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:02 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000125.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000136.html Over the summer, the Department of Computer Science installed replacement Venus and Mercury server computers. Venus: The new version of Venus, which is used by faculty, staff, and grad students, is a new Dell R510 server. For the technically minded, it is has Dual Xeon X5570 2.93GHz, Quad core, 64-bit, ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:02 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000136.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000143.html Mark Laprairie and Spoorthy Seenappa, two CS graduate students supervised by Dr. Howard Hamilton, have been selected to participate in the UIST Student Innovation contest in New York City. They will present their invention called the 'Visual Clipboard.' The UIST Student Innovation contest provides a small number of student teams ... hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:02 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000143.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000121.html The Laboratory for Computational Discovery, of which many Computer Science professors are members, recently acquired two new supercomputers. The new distributed-memory cluster is called dextrose, and the shared memory multiprocessor is called entropy. For further details, please see: http://www.lcd.uregina.ca/ hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:01 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000121.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000138.html Department of Computer Science Seminar Learning Language from its Perceptual Context Raymond J. Mooney University of Texas at Austin CL 417 Friday, Sept. 17, 12:30 pm For details, see http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/schedules/seminars.html hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:01 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000138.html http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000139.html PIMS Distinguished Seminar Series in Bayesian Methodologies Title: Game-theoretic probability and its applications Name: Glenn Shafer, Rutgers University Date: Thursday September 23rd Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Room: ED 191 For details, see http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/schedules/seminars.html hamiltoh@uregina.ca (Howard Hamilton) Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:55:01 CST http://www.cs.uregina.ca/News/BreakingNews/item000139.html