The Queen’s School of Computing Human Media Lab is in the news for its invention of the WhammyPhone, the world’s first virtual musical instrument for flexible phones.
2+2 Agreement Signed with UAE University
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Queen’s University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Canadian University Dubai. Under this agreement, CUD undergraduate students complete two years in their home university, then are considered for admission to the Bachelor of Computing program in the Queen’s School of Computing. The President of the CUD, Dr. Karim Chelli, was on campus for a signing ceremony with Queen’s Provost Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon on Wednesday morning, then spent the afternoon touring QSC labs.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed towards this collaboration and the visit by CUD representatives, and in particular Professor Hossam Hassanein who worked on this project from its inception.
For more details, see the Queen’s Gazette story here
Ahmed Hassan Receives Special Recognition Award for Influential Research
The Queen’s School of Computing is happy to announce that Queen’s School of Computing Professor, Dr. Ahmed Hassan has received a Special Recognition Award for Influential Research.
This prestigious award was presented to Dr. Hassan at the 32nd International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, IEEE’s largest software maintenance conference. The award is in recognition of Dr. Hassan’s pioneering research in the area of mining software repositories.
Congratulations Ahmed and best wishes!
QSC Undergraduates Shine Again!
Nine Queen’s School of Computing Perk Lab undergraduate papers were accepted to the SPIE Conference on Medical Imaging: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, to be held in Orlando, Florida, February 11 – 16, 2017.
This is one of the larges international conferences in the field of Medical Imaging. The 10-page paper will be published in the SPIE procedings.
Our undergraduate first-authors are:
1st year: Hillary Lia
2nd year: Aniqah Mair, Vinith Suriyakumar, Anna Ilina, Christina Yan
3rd year: Vinyas Harish, Zac Baum, Rachael House, Grace Underwood
In addition to their own first-authored paper, Zac Baum co-authored 3 further papers and
Vinyas Harish co-authored 2 further papers. Eden Bibic, co-author, was a grade-11 high school student on Queen’s University Internships in Computing (QUIC). Rene Xu, co-author, contributed her work through a CISC-500 undergraduate thesis. All but one of the undergrads are in the Biomedical Computing Program.
The full tally is:
1. H Lia, Z Keri, MS Holden, V Harish, CH Mitchell, T Ungi, G Fichtinger. Training with Perk Tutor improves ultrasound-guided in-plane needle insertion skill;
2. AT Mair, T Vaughan, T Ungi, A Lasso, CJ Engel, G Fichtinger. Evaluation of an interactive ultrasound-based breast tumor contouring workflow;
3. VM Suriyakumar, R Xu, C Pinter, G Fichtinger. Open-source software for collision
detection in external beam radiation therapy;
4. A Ilina, A Lasso, MA Jolley, B Wohler, A Nguyen, A Scanlan, Z Baum, F McGowan, G
Fichtinger. Patient-specific pediatric silicone heart valve models based on ultrasound;
5. Z Baum, T Ungi, A Lasso, G Fichtinger. Usability of a real-time tracked augmented reality display system in musculoskeletal injections;
6. R House, A Lasso, V Harish, G Fichtinger. Evaluation of the Intel RealSense SR300 camera for image-guided interventions and application in vertebral level localization;
7. G Underwood, T Ungi, Z Baum, A Lasso, G Kronreif, G Fichtinger. Skull registration for
prone patient position using tracked ultrasound;
8. V Harish, E Bibic, A Lasso, M S Holden, T Vaughan, Z Baum, T Ungi, G Fichtinger.
Monitoring electromagnetic tracking error using redundant sensors;
9. C Yan, T Ungi, G Gauvin, D Jabs, A Lasso, CJ Engel, J Rudan, G Fichtinger. Study into thedisplacement of tumor localization needle during navigated breast cancer surgery.
Congratulations to our brilliant undergraduates, to their supervisor Dr. Gabor Fichtinger, and to the entire Perk Lab. We are proud of you!
Randy Ellis Awarded August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship at Technical University of Munich
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce the Professor Randy Ellis, the Queen’s Research Chair in Computer Assisted Surgery, has been awarded the August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for 2016-2017. He is also appointed as an Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study at TUM.
This award recognizes the excellence and impact of Professor Ellis’s work in computer-assisted surgery, biomechanics, and anatomical studies. It is also the establishment of a strategic partnership between his research team and TUM.
Named after Professor August-Wilhelm Scheer, a pioneer in computer science, this Visiting Professorship is awarded to scientists with an outstanding international reputation who wish to engage in an intensive collaboration with TUM researchers. Within the framework of TUM’s strategy, the August-Wilhelm Scheer Program has a main objective to facilitate new and innovative approaches in cutting-edge research fields and supports complementary research-orientated teaching. The Fellows of the IAS-TUM include both senior-level and early career-level scientists, from within the TUM and around the world, from academia as well as from industry. Together, the IAS Fellows form an elite community for future intellectual and scientific exchange.
Parvin Mousavi Elected to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Congratulations to Dr. Parvin Mousavi on her recent election to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Dr. Mousavi was honored for her pioneering contributions in precise management of complex human disease and personalized computer-assisted diagnosis and therapy. Dr. Mousavi’s research enables earlier detection and more effective intervention.
Qingling Duan Receives MRI ORF Infrastructure Award
The Queen’s School of Computing is delighted in congratulating Dr. Qingling Duan on her MRI ORF infrastructure award for her John R. Evans Leaders Fund Project “Integrative Systems Biology Investigation of Chronic Respiratory Diseases”.
Well done!
Gabor Fichtinger and the Perk Lab in the News For Infrastructure ORF Grant
Congratulations to Professor Gabor Fichtinger and his Perk Lab team for being in the news today on the occasion of the award of an Infrastructure ORF grant for the project “Real-time Navigated iKnife System for Breast Cancer Surgery”.
The Perk Lab is also on the KCWS news.
Roel Vertegaal Talks to Mirror (UK) About Reflex
The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that Professor Vertegaal (Director, Human Media Lab) is in the news today:
Daily Mirror (UK) – Play Angry Birds on your wrist thanks to a bizarre wearable touchpad
Dr. Karol Miller of University of Western Australia Visits Perk Lab
The Queen’s School of Computing Perk lab, and its Director Dr. Gabor Fichtinger are in the news today on the occasion of the visit by Dr. Karol Miller of the University of Western Australia. Details here.