CS499-CS900 Seminar Series June 25 to June 28 (Expired)

The Department of Computer Science is trying a new format for our CS499-CS900 seminar series for the Spring/Summer term in 2012.  Instead of having the seminars on a regular basis over the May-August period, we will concentrate the seminar presentations in four consecutive days from June 25 to June 28.  We plan on having about three seminars a day.  More details will be announced as these dates approach.

Breaking News

• The 2013 AI/GI/CRV Conference will be held at the University of Regina on May 28-31, 2013

Recent News

• Co-op info session for Fall 2013
• Keynote Lecture - MIT/Harvard experience with On-line teaching - Monday May 6, 8:00am Delta Regina
• Graduate Student Qian Yu was awarded a Chinese Government Award
• Tyson Brochu, Alumnus, Receives Alain Fournier Ph.D. Thesis Award
• Long Service Awards to Computer Science Personnel
• Co-op Report Writing Session - April 16th, 2013
• Teaching Assistants needed for the Spring/Summer semester
• CS 476 Project Presentations and Software Demonstration - Dr. Samira Sadaoui
• Seminar: Robert Holte, "Multimapping Abstractions and Hierarchical Heuristic Search," Monday, April 1, 10:30 am, ED 209
• Guest speaker in Dr. Samira Sadaoui's CS 372
• Summer employment opportunity - 2013 Summer Camp Science Instructors Needed
• U of R Career Development Services - March Sessions
• Computer Science Open House brings youth and parents to campus on February 22, 2013
• Article in Theoretical Computer Science co-authored by Dr. Zilles
• Apply for Sessional positions for 2013 spring/summer CS courses
• Dr. Hamilton named one of the initial Fellows of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association
• FGSR Scholarship and Award application deadline for 2013 Spring/Summer Awards - Feb. 28, 2013
• Department to host Open House in CL 135-136, Feb. 22, 9:00-4:00,
• Guest speaker in Dr. Samira Sadaoui's CS 476
• UofR will host Graduate Student Symposium associated with AI-2013
• Computer Science Student Society meeting - CL408, Jan. 22, 4:30 pm
• Top Ten News Stories 2012
• Article co-authored by Dr. Zilles accepted at Artificial Intelligence journal
• Teaching Development Days for Teaching Assistants
• Information for NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards
• Mouhoub, Alanazi, and Mohammed receive a Distinguished Paper Award at the 2012 International Conference on e-Commerce in Hong Kong
• Kazi Mamun benefiting from Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship at University of Regina
• CS 476 Software Development Project will be taught for the first time in Winter 2013
• Ashley Yeaman is new Program Coordinator
• Project Demo Day for CS 207 (Building Interactive Gadgets), CL 112, Dec. 6, 1:00 pm
• Technovation Challenge "Hack Day" in Regina for High School girls - Dec. 6
• CS Co-op Placements for Winter 2012 are Almost Complete
• Winter 2013 TAs needed
• Co-op Report Writing Session - December 5th, 2012
• CS 476 - Software Development Project - new course in Winter 2013
• CS 104 (Health Informatics) Lab Assistant and Marker needed
• Seminar: Dominik Slezak, " Two Case Studies of Rough Set Approaches to Data Mining ...," Oct. 26, 2:30 pm, RIC 208
• Dr. Zilles and co-authors win Best Baper award at KI'2012
• CSSS Meet the Profs Bowling Night, October 12, 7:00-9:00 pm, Golden Mile Bowling Alley
• Seminar: Carson Leung, "Tree-Based Frequent Pattern Mining from Uncertain Data," Sept. 24, 2:30 pm, CL418
• Dr. Y.Y. Yao appointed to NSERC Computer Science Evaluation Group for a three-year term
• CS Researchers win Best Paper award at INTENSIVE 2012 Conference
• CS499/CS900 Seminars: First Meeting, CL345, Wednesday, September 5th, 3:30 pm
• Dr. J.T. Yao will serve as a program chair for CCECE 2013 Conference in Regina
• Co-op Report Writing Session
• Seminar: Mahyar Fotoohi, Mechatronics in Modern Engineering Labs, Aug. 9, 10:00 am, ED 621
• Fall 2012 TAs needed
• MSI Computer Camp for youth, July 9th - 13th and July 16th - 20th
• Natasha Jaques will receive the S.E Stewart Award in Arts at June 2012 Convocation
• Computer Science students are convocating June 6 and 7
• Department of Computer Science supports the 2012 MSI Computer Camps
• CS499-CS900 Seminar Series June 25 to June 28
• Computer Scientists Participated in Science Rendezvous, May 12, 2012
• Xiaofei Deng is one of the winners of the 2012 Shen Kuo Competition
• CS499/CS900 Seminars: First Meeting, CL 317, Thursday, May 10, 12:30 pm
• Dr. David Gerhard will speak at Regina Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) event, ShuBox Theatre, May 16, time TBA
• Saskatchewan iOS (SKiOS) interest group meeting, Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 6:30-8:00 pm, O'Hanlon's Pub, 1947 Scarth St., Regina
• Connie Renwick appointed as a secretary in the Department of Computer Science
• Progress Report on our New Course, CS 104 - Introduction to Informatics for Health Professionals
• Ken Konkel, Local Software Developer, Visits CS 372, March 30, 2012, 12:30-1:30 pm, CL 435
• Brett Park, "Cool CS Toys," (in CS 110-001 class), Friday, March 30, 10:30-11:20 am, CL112
• Donna Lindskog, "Professionalism in Information Technology," (in CS 280 class), March 27, 10:00am, RIC 209.
• Recent journal publications - March 2012
• Please take our survey(s) concerning the Department of Computer Science website
• Computer Science Graduate Students Are Participating in the University of Regina Graduate and Undergraduate Research Conference
• Department Researchers Lead the University of Regina As the Most Cited, According to Microsoft Academic Website
• Ken Konkel, Local Software Developer Visits CS 115 and CS 372
• Beautiful Kitchen Music Using Arduinos
• Recently published journal publications - January and February 2012
• CS 207 Launch a Success
• Department Researchers Reach Semifinals in International Musical Instruments Competition
• Department Website Upgraded
• Dr. Yiyu Yao is General Chair at the 2012 International Conference on Brain Informatics
• Applications for Graduate Scholarships and Teaching Assistantships for Summer due March 2
• Co-op Academic Coordinator announces Co-op Report writing session
• Department Researchers Compete in International Musical Instruments Competition
• Upcoming opportunities for CS researchers to exhibit their research
• Dr. Cory Butz is named a general co-chair of the 2012 AI/GI/CRV conference
• SaskTel International Career Information Session, Thurs., Feb. 16, EA 106.1
• iQmetrix Open House, 4:30-7:30 pm, Wed., Feb. 15, 2221 Cornwall St., 4th floor
• Research Colloquium: Osmar Zaïane, "Information Network Analysis: Applications and Challenges", Nov. 14, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• CSSS Bowling (free), Friday, January 27, 7:00-9:00 pm
• Many CS courses full for Winter 2012
• CS Co-op students all placed for next term
• "Putting Computing into Science" Professional Development Day for Grade 6-12 Science Teachers, Dec. 7, 2011 was a huge success
• Acceptable prerequisites for CS 409 are different from those shown in the calendar
• CS Profs Rank Among Most Cited at the University
• Citation of Research Papers Written by CS Department Researchers Increases
• New graduate class on Interactive Hardware for Computing Applications in Winter 2012
• Seminar: Bandar Mohammed, "Managing Constraints and Preferences in Interactive Applications", Nov. 9, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• Tenure-track position open for new faculty member
• Dr. David Gerhard receives URegina President's Teaching and Learning Scholar Award
• Seminar: Shahid Hussain, "Asset Inspection Manager -- AIM," Nov. 30, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• Colloquium: Karen Meagher, "My (Mathematical) Problems with Computer Scientists," Nov. 28, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• Seminar: Richard Hamilton, "REBIE Expression-Based Image Editor," Nov. 25, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• Co-op Report Writing Session, Nov. 29, 2:30-3:30, ED 193
• Seminar: Ryan Marcotte, "Parallelization of Graphics Data Processing Using the GPU," Nov. 23, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• 2011 Fall School on Uncertainty and Granular Computing
• Grad Students: Deadline is November 21 for Dean's and Centennial Merit Scholarships
• iQmetrix welcomes CS Students to an Open House, fifth floor, 2221 Cornwall St., Wed., November 16, 4:30-7:30 pm
• Colloquium: Luigi Benedicenti, "Statistics, Empirical Software Engineering and You: The Evolving Quandary," Nov. 21, 3:30 pm, CL 130
• Co-op Office expects a shortage of Computer Science students for available jobs in Winter term
• Seminar: Mondelle Simeon, "GENCCS: A Correlated Group Difference Approach to Contrast Set Mining," CL 410, Nov. 18, 3:30 pm
• Science Seminar: Mark Wilkinson, "Semantic Automated Discovery and Integration (SADI): 'cause you can't always GET what you want!", Nov. 14, 11:00 am, LB 239
• Dr. Cory Butz to speak at MIT on November 9, 2011
• CS Department is working with the Regina Catholic School Division on CS 20 materials
• IT: A BETTER CAREER Scholarship: Application deadline extended until Nov. 2, 2011
• Research Colloquium: Howard Hamilton, "Evaluation of Interestingness Measures: 10 Years Later," September 12, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• CS Alumnus Ross Mitchell received the U of R Alumni Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement
• Early registration numbers up for CS majors
• New Nursing Informatics course to be offered by Computer Science in 2012
• Science Pub Series: David Gerhard, "The DIY Robo-Revolution, September 15, 7:00 pm, Bushwakker Brewpub
• Presentation: Dr. Jing Xinhai, "Thirty Years in China's IT Development," Oct. 5, 1:30 PM, CL126
• CS 207: New Course on Building Interactive Gadgets is very popular
• Seminar: Dr. Eric Grimson, MIT, "Computer Vision for Surgery and Disease Analysis", Sept. 30, 2:30 pm, RIC 119
• Seminar: Dr. Ross Mitchell, Mayo Clinic, "Medical Imaging Informatics," Sept. 30, 1:30 pm, RIC 119
• Colloquium: Dr. Regina Barzilay (MIT), "Learning to Behave by Reading," Monday, September 26, 3:30pm, CL128
• Colloquium: Torsten Möller (SFU), "Visual Tools for Understanding Multi-dimensional Parameter Spaces," September 19, 3:30 pm, CL 410
• Introductory meeting for graduate and honours students participating in the seminar series
• Department launches new Research Colloquium series
• Recently accepted journal papers -- August 2011
• Dr. Hamilton appointed Assistant Department Head
• Fall 2011 TAs needed
• Upgrades to Department Mail-Handling Computer (mercury@cs.uregina.ca)
• CS Students invited to learn more about Pair Programming and Test-Driven Development
• Recently published journal publications - July
• Drs. B. Yang and Dr. J.T. Yao Promoted from Associate Professor to Professor
• Dr. Mouhoub re-appointed as Treasurer of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association
• Dr. Butz gave an invited seminar at the University of Cambridge, UK on June 27th, 2011
• Dr. Hilderman and Dr. Hamilton win an award for Most Influential Research Paper
• Dr. Cory Butz of our department was interviewed by the Globe and Mail for an article on AI
• Recently published journal papers--June 2011
• Alumnus Dr. Kamran Karimi has paper accepted in Nature, one of the world's most prestigious science journals
• Dr. JingTao Yao is Program Chair for Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology conference
• Seminar: Danny Silver, "Machine Lifelong Learning," June 23, 10:30 am, CL 408
• Seminar: Cory Butz, "Obtaining Semantics in Bayesian Network Inference," June 22, 2:00 pm, CL 408
• New course offered for first time in Fall 2011 - CS 207
• Please join us Friday April 15th at 10:30 am. to listen to Professor Randy Goebel from the University of Alberta
• Are Bayesian Networks Sensitive to Precision of their Parameters?
• Spring/Summer Undergraduate Positions Available
• The 6th Annual University of Regina Student Research Conference will be presenting the following speakers
• Recently published journal publications--January 2011
• Dr. JingTao Yao is a PC Chair for the 6th International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology, Banff, Oct 2011
• Journal Editors - 2011 List
• Seminar: Shahin Jabbari, "PAC-learning with label noise," Jan. 26, 12:30, CL 408
• Dr. Alan Law appointed as Professor Emeritus
• Bing Zhou, a Computer Science PhD student, will receive the first endowed award for doctoral studies
• Sandra Zilles's research profile featured in U of R Update Page / Regina Leader-Post (Nov 24)
• Participate in CSEdWeek With Us
• CS news featured on University's YOURblog site
• Department received plaque acknowledging CIPS CSAC accreditation
• Recently published journal papers - December 2010
• B.Sc. and B.Sc. (Honours) Programs in Computer Science Conditionally Accredited
• Dr. Sandra Zilles awarded a Canada Research Chair
• Registering for the Mobile Computing Course CS 390 AO
• Recently published journal papers - November 2010
• Ph.D. Defense: Joseph Herbert, "Investigating Machine Learning Decision Problems with Game Theory," Nov. 16, 2010
• Yiyu Yao received "Oversea Friendship Award" for his outstanding contribution to the development of Rough Sets and Soft Computing in China
• Best student paper award presented to Mr. Dun Liu, a visiting graduate student
• Seminar: Dr. Paolo Viappiani, "Optimal Bayesian Recommendation Sets and Myopically Optimal Choice Query Sets," Nov. 22, 2010 at 12:30 pm, CL 417
• CS 390AO, Mobile Computing, Winter 2011, Wednesday 7:00-9:45 pm: new course
• Seminar: Nikolay Kolev,"Visual Analysis of Multidimensional Data," November 19th,12:30pm, CL 417
• Dr. Butz is program co-chair for the 24th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, St. John's, May 2011
• Seminar: Wen Yan, "The CPT Structure of Variable Elimination in Discrete Bayesian Networks", November 15th , 12:30 pm, CL 417
• Students win a first prize at the Student Innovation Competition in New York City
• Seminar: Zane Schlosser, "Digital Sound Synthesis for Composing Electronic Music," November 5th, 12:30 pm CL 417
• U of R CS Alumni and CS390AO featured in Leader-Post and Star Phoenix newspapers on November 3
• Seminar: Dr. David Kirkpatrick, University of British Columbia, "Bounded curvature path planning redux", November 5th, 2:30pm, CL 408
• Seminar: Tim Sample, "CreamCheese: A Spreadsheet Interface for Constraint Solving," Wednesday, November 3, 12:30 pm CL 417
• Recently published journal papers - October 2010
• Seminar: Max Ivanov "Online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy", November 1st, 12:30 pm, CL 417
• Seminar: Eisa Alanazi, "Reasoning about Qualitative and Quantitative Preferences," October 25, 12:30 pm, CL 417
• Seminar: Dr. Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, "Images of Life: Exploring Plant Development with Computational Models and Simulations," October 22, 3:30 p.m, CL 125
• Pizza with first prize winners of Student Innovation Competition, Friday, October 22, 12:30 pm, CW 308
• CS Grad Students in Leader-Post October 1; CTV October 2
• Seminar: Gordon Hunter, "Qualitative Research Methods", Sept. 24, 2:30 pm, ED 191
• Dr. Butz Co-Chair of Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning
• Dr. Jing Tao Yao Publishes Two Books
• Recently Published Journal Papers August 2010
• Dr. Hamilton appointed Acting Department Head for July-December 2010
• Department installs replacement server computers
• Mark Laprairie and Spoorthy Seenappa, two CS Grad Students, Selected for New Interface Competition
• Laboratory for Computational Discovery acquires Super Computers!
• Seminar: Raymond J. Mooney, "Learning Language from its Perceptual Context", Friday, Sept. 17, 12:30 pm, CL 417
• Seminar: Glenn Shafer, "Game-theoretic probability and its applications," Thurs., Sept. 23, 3:30 pm, ED 191

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