Have you ever picked up a closed box and moved it around or lightly shaken it to try and identify what was hidden inside? Well, thanks to AIM-SI hire Peter Yichen Chen and colleagues, this is no longer a skill exclusive to humans. Peter Yichen Chen…
AIM-SI hire Dr. Peter Yichen Chen is a co-organizer for an upcoming SIGGRAPH course titled "Graphics4Science: Computer Graphics for Scientific Impacts." Inspired by AIM-SI itself, this course explores how graphics techniques have revolutionized…
The Dorothy Killam Fellowships support scholars of exceptional quality by granting them time to pursue their research projects that have broad significance in the areas of the humanities, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering, or research…
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize in Computing,” carries a $1 million prize with financial support provided by Google, Inc. The award is named for Alan M. Turing, the British…
CAIDA members Muhammad Abdul-Mageed and Laks V. S. Lakshmanan have recently had a very exciting article published in Nature Communications. You can find the article here. Authors: Xiang Zhang, Tianze Ling, Zhi Jin, Sheng Xu, Zhiqiang Gao, Boyan Sun…
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) awards the PIMS/UBC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Award in recognition of UBC researchers for their leading-edge work in mathematics or its applications in the sciences. This award is…
The Centre de recherches mathématiques and the Statistical Society of Canada annually recognizes a statistical scientist within the first 15 years post doctorate for their excellence and accomplishments in research by awarding them the CRM-SSC Prize…
Every year the council of the Engineering Institute of Canada elects a number of engineers in recognition of their excellence in engineering and their services to the profession and to society and inducts them as Fellows of the Engineering Institute…
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has honoured our own Dr. Michael Friedlander this year as a part of the 2024 Class of SIAM Fellows. SIAM Fellows represent a distinguished group of individuals who are helping to advance the…
Each year, The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) membership nominates individuals whom they consider to have achieved unusual distinction in the field. The committee then selects about 5-10 Fellows each year from the…