The Review of Undergraduate Computer Science (RUCS) is a non-archival publication featuring the best of undergraduate computer science research at the University of Toronto.

"With RUCS, we hope to inspire budding computer science researchers by shedding light on some of the best work being done by their peers in the Department of Computer Science," said computer science undergraduate student, Kawin Ethayarajh, RUCS Founder & Editor-in-Chief.

blogTO: U of T Computer Science's Innovation Lab among the top 10 tech accelerators in Toronto

Interested in entrepreneurship? Toronto has become a hotbed for tech activity and no less than four of U of T's startup incubators make blogTO's top 10 list of city-wide accelerators. (Photo by Darren Lum, I-CUBE program coordinator, U of T Mississauga)

An Algorithm for Precision Medicine Matt Might, University of Utah Date: Thursday, November 19 Time:  11:00 AM Location: BA1170 Upcoming talks: DLS

Undergraduate Theory Group Lecture Series

Differential Privacy and Applications in Adaptive Data Analysis Toniann Pitassi, University of Toronto Date: Tuesday November 17 Time:  5:00 PM Location: BA1200 For details visit the Undergraduate Theory Group Lecture Series Facebook page

ECE Distinguished Lecture Series

Silicon Photonics - The Optical Spice Rack
Michal Lipson, Columbia University
Thursday, November 19, 3:00 PM
Sandford Fleming Rm 1105, 10 King's College Road

For details visit ECE Distinguished Lecture Series

Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) Lecture Series

Epigenetic Mechanisms in Memory Formation
Dr. J. David Sweatt, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thursday, November 19, 9:30 AM
103 Main Lecture Room, FitzGerald Building, 150 College Street, U of T

For details visit CPIN

Data in Medicine, Inaugural Seminar - A.I in Speech

Machine Learning in Pathological Speech
Dr. Frank Rudzicz, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Monday, November 23, 6:00 - 8:30 PM
For details Visit: Data in Medicine

Applied Research in Action (ARIA) 2015

This event will feature the R&D internship projects by the 2014 cohort of the Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC) program.

Tuesday, December 1, 4:00 - 7:00 PM
Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL)
Gerstein Science Information Centre
2nd Floor 9 King's College Circle
Toronto, ON

RSVP

See ARIA invitation (PDF)

Mitacs funding for collaborative international research in India, France, & Tunisia
Deadline: November 20

Computing Research Association - Women (CRA-W) 2016 Gradcohort
Deadline: November 30

NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's Program
Deadline: December 1

2016-2017 Autism Scholars Award
Applicants are to submit their application directly to SGS Graduate Awards Office not their graduate unit (or the Dean of Graduate Studies as the COU announcement indicates).
Deadline: December 1

2016-2017 Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award
Applicants must submit their application to their Graduate Unit, not the Dean of Graduate Studies as the COU announcement indicates.
Deadline: December 1

2016-17  Delta Kappa Gamma World Fellowships
Applicants must submit their application to their SGS Graduate Awards Office
Deadline: December 1

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).

Upcoming PhD Departmental Exams

Tom Lee
November 17, 12:30 PM, BA5256
Thesis: "Mid-Level Cues for Bottom-Up Grouping"

PhD Supervisory Committee: Professor Sven Dickinson (Supervisor), Professor Sanja Fidler (Co-Supervisor), Professor Allan Jepson (Member and Chair) and Professor Rich Zemel (Member)

Michail Famelis
November 20, 2:00 PM, BA 3258
Title of Thesis: "Managing Design-Time Uncertainty in Software Models"

PhD Supervisory Committee: Professor Marsha Chechik (Supervisor), Professor Steve Easterbrook (Member and Chair ) and Professor Renée Miller (Member)

Sahil Suneja
December 8, 12:00 PM, BA 5256
Title of Thesis: "Non-intrusive Virtual Systems Monitoring"

PhD Supervisory Committee: Professor Eyal De Lara (Supervisor), Professor Bianca Schroeder (Member & Chair) and Professor Angela Demke-Brown (Member)

All members of the Department are invited to attend.

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

Graduate Students Lunch with the Chair

Enjoy an open dialogue with the Chair, Ravin Balakrishnan and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Peter Marbach, over lunch to discuss graduate student issues and hot topics.

Date: Tuesday, November 17
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: BA3200

The Graduate office would like to hear about topics/issues that you are interested in discussing. You can send your ideas to Ioan Stefanovici, President of CSGSBS or Peter Marbach, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Or if you prefer to be anonymous you can fill out this survey.

Grad Affairs Committee (GAC)

The Grad Affairs Committee meetings this fall term are bi-weekly.

The meetings this fall are Fridays, 1:00-2:00 PM:

November 27, PT266
December 11, PT266

Note: During the Oct. 30 meeting of the Grad Affairs Committee, the committee recommended that each incoming graduate student be assigned a faculty mentor, in addition to a supervisor, in order to assist with the transition to graduate studies. This recommendation will be put forward for broader consideration at an upcoming faculty meeting.

GAC can be raised by emailing Professor Allan Jepson (GAC Chair), or Professor Peter Marbach (Associate Chair, Graduate Studies)

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science
Teaching Assistants - Winter Session 2016

Memorial University of New Foundland, Department of Computer Science
Tenure-track faculty position

University of New Hampshire, Department of Computer Science
Tenure-track faculty positions

Texas A&M University, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Tenured/tenure-track and non-tenure positions

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

Awards: Call for Nominations

CACS/AIC Award for Lifetime Achievement in Computer Science
Deadline: December 1

CACS/AIC Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Award
Deadline: February 1, 2016

Dean's Outstanding Staff Awards Nominations 2016

The Dean's Outstanding Staff Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding performance by administrative and technical staff in support of the Faculty's mission of teaching and research excellence.
Deadline: Monday, February 1, 2016

Provost's Office (PDAD&C)

• November 12: Announcing the Advisory Committee for the Dean of OISE
• November 11: Reminder - Procedure for Cancellation of Classes and/or University Closure Due to Adverse Weather Conditions
• November 4: Appointment of Professor Kelly Hannah-Moffat as Interim Vice-Principal, Academic & Dean, UTM

Faculty of Arts & Science (CPAD)