Computer Science Department News

 

2011

Comp Sci Grad Launches Game
Mike Bauer and Science Studio on YouTube

2010

 

RoadLab Project on Discovery Channel

RoadLAB Initiative Wins 2010 Innovation Award

Mike Katchabaw Receives Western Innovation Fund Award

Marc Moreno Maza wins MITACS Mentorship Award of Excellence

Eric Schost Awarded an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement

Jenna Cameron Awarded 2009 Google Canada Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship

Eric Schost Wins Canadian Association for Computer Science Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Prize

John Barron Receives Grant from CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund

2009

 

Western in Joint Digital Media Venture

CANARIE Awards $1.2M Grant for "ANISE" Project

James Miller and Remo Ferrari Invited To Submit Paper

Jeffrey Shantz Receives NSERC Scholarship

Jenna Cameron and Beth Locke are Google Scholarship Finalists

Xin Li and Wei Pan Awarded A MITACS Award

Garrett Kapp Awarded Laurene Paterson Estate Scholarship

Jonathan Leaver Awarded an Edna Jeffery Scholarship

Steven Beauchemin Nominated VP of PMI-SWOC

 

2008

 

Jenna Cameron Recieves Honorable Mention in CRA Awards

CANARIE Awards $1.7M Grant for "Studio Science" Project

Yuri Boykov Presents The Florence Bucke Science Prize Lecture

Steven Beauchemin Part of Auto21 Research Grant

Mike Katchabaw Receives NSERC I2I Funding

 

2007

 

Zachary Kincaid Receives Honorable Mention in CRA Awards

Yuri Boykov recieves NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement

Brad Simmons and Angela McCloskey Win Best Paper Award

Colloquium In Germany Celebrates Helmut Jürgensen's 65th Birthday

Computer Science Students Win Individual Academic Awards

Laura Reid Wins 2007 Faculty of Science Outreach and Recruitment Award

Jeff Taylor Participates in Workshop for Teaching Support Centre

Remo Ferrari Wins Conference Paper Awards

2006

 

Qian Zhao Receives Best Paper Award

Computer Science Gets In The Game

Franziska Biegler Receives Jacob-Jacobi Award for 2005/2006

Shiva Mohan Joins Prestigious IBM Intern Team

Grad Students Receive Teaching Awards

Department Hosted Regional Programming Contest

Veksler and Boykov Appear in Educational DVD

2005

 

Beth Locke Receives Honorable Mention in CRA Awards

Irene Gargantini Honoured as Canadian Pioneer in Computing

Faculty Awarded NSERC Research & Development Grant

Mike Katchabaw interviewed by Canadian Technology News

Mike Bauer and Mark Daley honoured by Student's Council

Mark Perry Speaks at IBM Research Park in India

Veksler and Boykov receive CFI New Opportunities Grant

Grad Student Provides Linux Contribution

Western is #1 in 2005 Globe and Mail Poll (Western News)

Gaming Lab Funded by Microsoft and ATI

Harness The Computer Within (Western News)

Helping Girls Become Computer Scientists (Western News)

Computer Gaming at UWO Interview (mp3)

Lila Kari Interviewed by Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

2004

 

Mike Katchabaw wins Teaching Award

Bin Ma 1 of 7 UWO Research Chairs (Western News)

 

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