Department of Computer Science

@DCS UPDATE | December 11, 2015 |

Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

NEWS

Professor Geoffrey Hinton honoured with 2016 IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal

Geoff Hinton The IEEE Board of Directors has selected Professor Geoffrey Hinton to receive the 2016 IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal, which is given for groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields. The award comes with the following citation: "For pioneering and sustained contributions to machine learning, including developments in deep neural networks."

The IEEE Medals are the highest awards that are presented by IEEE. IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, is dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

Read more about Professor Hinton's groundbreaking work in U of T Magazine.

CDDx wins Startup of the Year Award at the Venture Capital Investment Competition

cddx team Collaborative Disease Diagnostics, or CDDx, is a startup co-founded by an interdisciplinary team of life science and computer science undergraduates.

The students met during the Faculty of Arts & Science Entrepreneurship Program (ASEP), led by the Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL). The team won Startup of the Year Award at the Venture Capital Investment Competition held at the Rotman School of Management at U of T. Left to right: Yannie Lai (Biology & Physiology), Fatema Chowdhury (Global Health and Cell & Molecular Biology), Victoira Bukta (CompSci, Focus in AI & Systems), and Vincent Lee (Physics & CompSci). Photos courtesy of CDDx.

Read more at U of T Computer Science News

More like me: Teaching machines to learn like humans

Professor Ruslan Salakhutdinov was part of a paper featured in the journal, Science. In this new research–with Professor Brenden Lake, lead author, New York University and Professor Joshua Tenenbaum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology–the scientists were able to teach computers to replicate the human ability to learn new concepts with limited data and in a shorter amount of time. The researcher’s model allowed the computer to recognize and generate various visual concepts that were similar to those created by humans.

Read more at Art and Science News.

EVENTS

Applied Research in Action (ARIA) photos

ARIA took place on December 1, the showcase highlighted the R&D internship projects by the 2014 cohort of the Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC) program. See event photos on Flickr.

Professional Grant Development Workshop

Professional Grant Development Workshop, hosted by the Grant Training Center
Location: Ryerson University
Date: January 21-22, 2016
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Register

GRADUATE STUDIES

Fellowships & Awards

2016-2017 Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship
Departmental submission deadline is Monday, December 14. Please direct all questions and submissions to the Grad office.

Mackenzie King Open & Travelling Scholarship
Deadline: January 15, 2016

2016-17 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) competition
Application now available online. Departmental deadline: March 9, 2016 (for OGS Visa competition) and March 23, 2016 (for OGS Domestic competition).

If you have questions about these awards, please visit the Graduate Office (BA4242).

Grad Admissions

Admissions for the September 2016 MSc, MScAC and PhD programs is now open.

Deadline for MSc/PhD: December 18, 2015
Deadline for MScAC: February 12, 2016
Apply on-line

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Fellowships & Awards

BMO Capital Markets Lime Connect Equity through Education Scholarship
Deadline: December 13

TD Bank Group
Deadline: December 13th

Quantum Info and Quantum Control - Scholarships for Summer Research
For more info visit Announcements board
Deadline: December 15

These items and others like them are regularly posted on the Announcements board and the Jobs & Professional Experience board on our CS Community bulletin boards.

TA Evaluations open - We want your feedback!

All CS course students can now submit TA evaluations online. All submissions are anonymous and TAs won't see the evaluations until the course is done and your marks are in.

Important things for when you evaluate:

You can evaluate more than one TA for a course! So if your Lab TA isn't the same as your tutorial TA, or the TA that marked you is a different TA, you'll be able to submit evaluations for every TA that helped you. Similarly, if only one or two TAs had an impact on your experience in the course, feel free to only evaluate those TAs.
There is a way to fill out a form for a Help Centre TA, so if you've had a notable experience in the Help Centre, we would like to hear from you!

EXAMS 101 site - great tips and stress busters!

Check out Exams 101 site. Some of the topics covered:

What to expect in the exam halls
Some strategies on how to avoid unnecessary stress before & during the exam period
Some information on what your options are if you are ill during the exam period
Tips on what to do after exams when your marks come in.

If you check it out and have feedback on the site, please feel free to send your comments to the undergraduate office so we can pass them on!

Videographers for the Winter 2016 Semester

Join the WebOption Lecturecasting Team in the Faculty of Arts & Science. We are looking for reliable students to video record lectures for Arts & Science's new WebOption Lecturecasting Project. No Camera experience? Don't worry, we'll provide the training.

Submit your resume to: Lena Paulo Kushnirlena, Manager, Teaching Technology Support Information and Instructional Technology.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Job opportunities

University of California, San Diego, Department of Computer Science
Faculty positions

University of British Columbia, Department of Computer Science
Tenure-track faculty positions

Brock University, Department of Computer Science
Tenure-track faculty position

University of Western Ontario
Limited-Term Appointments in Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, & Physics

Prairie View A&M University, Center of Excellence in Research and Education for Big Military Data Intelligence (CREDIT Center)
Postdoc and Research Scientist positions

For other industry opportunities, see the Job Board at compsciutorontoconnect.ca

2015-2016 Excellence Through Innovation Award Program: Call for Nominations

It is the time of year to recognize the outstanding achievements of U of T staff by nominating our colleagues for a 2015 - 2016 Excellence Through Innovation Award.
In the past, a wide variety of projects and initiatives have been honored.

Complete details of the program, including the full nomination criteria and nomination forms, are available on the Awards & Recognition section of the Human Resources & Equity. Employee nominations are assessed either as a team initiative or as an individual. Deadline: Nomination forms for team or individual awards must be submitted to the nominator's Division Head and our HR Office by end of day February 1, 2016.

PDAD&C and CPAD Memos

Provost's Office (PDAD&C)

December 9: Winning Team picked in Landscape of Landmark Quality Competition
December 9: Announcing the Advisory Committee for the Vice-Principal (Academic) and Dean, UTSC (PDAD&C #20)

Faculty of Arts & Science (CPAD)

December 10: Chair Search for the Department of English - Committee Membership and Request for Nominations and Comments. Nomination Form

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