David Skillicorn (School of Computing) – Hackers get personal information of 75 million Sony PlayStation users, in the Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, CTV National News, CTV News Channel, and on CBC Radio’s Ontario Today, CBC.ca and CTV.ca.
2nd Annual Queen’s Computing Invitational High School Programming Contest
Area high schools entered seven teams of four students in the second annual programming contest hosted by the Queen’s School of Computing held on March 29. The contest consisted of a set of four programming problems which the teams had to try to solve in three hours. The winning team was from Sydenham High School, coached by Mr. Jon Swaine. The four top teams from the contest will compete at the next level of the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario’s programming contest series on April 16. Well done, all!
3rd Annual COCA201 Computer Art Exhibit
COCA201 is an inter-disciplinary course in the School of Computing’s Computing and the Creative Arts program where Queen’s students from visual arts, computer science, engineering, and music collaborate to create interactive art pieces. On April 4th, the students displayed their final course projects in the ILC atrium in the 3rd Annual Exhibit.
CISC470 & CISC499 Poster Presentations
Students in the 2011 graduating class had a chance to present their thesis projects by way of an exhibition of posters held during the last week of the Winter term
CISC-877 Engineering Digital Games Show
On Friday, April 8, there was an end-of-term show for the students of CISC 877 (Engineering Digital Games), where they showed off the games they created during the term, and where guests could join in and play. The students created a suite of highly imaginative games solving interesting technical problems.
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School of Computing Awards – 2011 Edition
Dear all,
On the afternoon of April 13, 2011, a large crowd gathered in the Goodwin Hall Art Gallery on the occasion of the Third Annual Queen’s School of Computing Awards ceremony.
This is one of the most important events in the life of the School. It is an opportunity for us to recognize excellence in various forms of endeavor, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of those of us who distinguished themselves through their exceptional work, and an opportunity to say thank you to those who made a difference in our lives. It is certainly the most enjoyable part of my job.
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Selim Akl
Director
School of Computing
Knowledge in the Cloud Conference May 5, 2011
Maya by Zach Clark
Zach Clark is a 4th year COCA (Computing and the Creative Arts) student in the School of Computing. In association with his studies in the School of Music, he has created an installation in the Project Room of the Union Gallery in Stauffer Library. The installation is open until April 27, 2011. The following description is from the Union Gallery programme.
“Maya is an interactive sound installation, which explores the Hindu concept of Maya, the veil of illusion cast over unitive reality by our senses. A kaleidoscopic invocation of everyday dualistic reality is rendered in total three dimensional surround sound and participants are encouraged to channel their energy and focus on seeing beyond the illusion. Maya’s veil is evoked in a swirling tapestry of sounds both recognizable and obscure. In seeing beyond the illusion, participants are carried through the void and back to where they began, in the only reality given to us, Maya.”
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Third Annual Queen’s School of Computing Awards ceremony
Dear all,
On the afternoon of April 13, 2011, a large crowd gathered in the Goodwin Hall Art Gallery on the occasion of the Third Annual Queen’s School of Computing Awards ceremony.
This is one of the most important events in the life of the School. It is an opportunity for us to recognize excellence in various forms of endeavor, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of those of us who distinguished themselves through their exceptional work, and an opportunity to say thank you to those who made a difference in our lives. It is certainly the most enjoyable part of my job.
Eight awards were presented. As usual, selecting the winners was not an easy task in a School with such an abundance of talent, a School renowned for the loyalty of its members, a School with a wealth of success stories in its past, yet a School poised for even greater achievements in the future. It was indeed a difficult choice because, as you know, here in the School, we all love what we do, and we do what we love.
I would like to say thank you to all those who contributed in making the celebration possible. Thanks to everyone who wrote a nomination letter. Thanks to members of the Award Committee and to COMPSA who handled their delicate task with care and wisdom. Thanks to Lynda Moulton who once again produced, artfully and skillfully, the beautiful award certificates. Thanks to Elodie Lugez and Irene LaFleche for their assistance during the ceremony. Thanks to Dave Dove for “setting the stage” and for capturing the event photographically. And finally thanks to all who attended for helping make the day a memorable one.
Congratulations to this year’s award recipients:
COMPSA Howard Staveley Award for Teaching Excellence: Nick Graham
Runners Up (and former award recipients) Dorothea Blostein and Dave Dove
Excellence in Teaching Assistance Award: Eric Rapos
Ph.D. Research Achievement Award: Hossain Shahriar
Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award: David Sears
Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award: Andrew Dickinson
Award for Distinguished Graduate Supervision: Ahmed Hassan
Runner Up (and former award recipient): Jim Cordy
School of Computing Distinguished Service Award: Laurie Truman
Award for Outstanding Contribution to School Life: Melissa Trezise
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Best wishes,
Selim
COCA Showcase 2011
Roel Vertigaal playing with our interactive installation ‘follow the leader’
Project for coca201, a class by School of Computing, Queens University in Kingston Ontario
Music is by HOOB