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2024 Celebration of Excellence in Research and Teaching

May 28, 2024

Meet the recipients of our annual awards, highlighting excellence and honouring our exceptional faculty and staff.
Announcing the dean of the Faculty of Science

July 1, 2023

Declan Ali appointed dean of of the Faculty of Science, beginning a five-year term on July 1, 2023.
Alumna Frincy Clement advocates for women in AI and STEM

May 12, 2023

Named a 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, Clement leads by example — and by empowering those around her.
New researchers will help shape the evolving landscape of AI

January 31, 2023

The U of A and Amii will soon welcome 20 new faculty members whose work reflects the technology’s transformational impact in health, energy, Indigenous leadership and more.
Researchers aim to turn century-old building into a model of smart energy use

September 21, 2022

Project will create a “living laboratory” using hardware and software to optimize controls with the goal of reducing energy use, emissions and operating costs.
AI researchers improve method for removing gender bias in natural language processing

September 8, 2022

New technique removes biased meanings from text while retaining other important contextual information.
Meet Euijin Choo: Big data analysis an emerging tool to bolster cybersecurity

August 8, 2022

With cyberattacks on the rise, Euijin (Alley) Choo uses big data analysis to uncover threats and provide innovative security solutions.
Awards & Accolades: June 2022

June 30, 2022

Join us in celebrating some of the recent achievements of our Faculty of Science faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Convocation ‘22: Md Solimul Chowdhury, PhD Computing Science

June 6, 2022

The U of A’s “vibrant research culture” sparks passion for pure scientific inquiry.
Convocation ‘22: Emma McDonald, MSc Computing Science

June 6, 2022

From MOOCs to STEM, Emma McDonald sees computer programming as a way to build community.
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Department News

Best Paper Award at EMNLP 2024

November 14, 2024

Mir Tafseer Nayeem and Davood Rafiei won the Best Resource Paper Award at EMNLP 2024.
Israat Haque receives a 2024 UA Alumni Honour Award

September 5, 2024

Israat Haque, Department of Computing Science's 2011 PhD receives a 2024 UA Alumni Honour Award
Frincy Clement receives a 2024 UA Alumni Horizon Award

September 5, 2024

Frincy Clement, Department of Computing Science's 2021 MSc with Specialization in Multimedia receives a 2024 UA Alumni Horizon Award
Omid Ardakanian receives the 2024 ACM SIGEnergy Rising Star Award

June 6, 2024

Professor Ardakanian receives the 2024 ACM SIGEnergy Rising Star Award for contributions to data-enabled optimization and learning-based control of smart grid, buildings, and energy systems.
Osmar Zaiane receives the 2023 CS-Can|Info-Can Lifetime Achievement Award

May 22, 2024

Professor Osmar Zaiane is recognized for his contributions to Canadian computing over his career.
Nadia Ady receives the 2023 Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award

May 22, 2024

Nadia Ady is recognized for her excellence in research and writing in a doctoral dissertation for her thesis titled: "Specific Machine Curiosity"
Emma McDonald selected as the 2024 CRA-E Graduate Fellow

March 19, 2024

PhD student Emma McDonald is recognized for her passion in undergraduate education and mentoring undergraduates in research.
Carrie Demmans Epp receives the 2024 CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award

March 19, 2024

Assistant Professor Carrie Demmans Epp is one of three individuals recognized for accomplishments in mentoring, specifically in providing research opportunities to undergraduate students and guiding these students towards research-focused graduate programs in computing.
Reflections on a 40-year career from an AI pioneer

March 14, 2024

A Q & A with Jonathan Schaeffer, retiring professor in the Department of Computing Science and expert and pioneer of artificial intelligence at the U of A.
AI-powered platform could help law enforcement get ahead of designer drugs

February 29, 2024

Online tool can predict chemical makeup of new psychoactive substances created to skirt drug laws, potentially reducing time and lab work needed to identify them.
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