/channels/taxonomy/term/12113/all en /channels/channels/news/sustainable-data-science-training-program-awarded-165-m-nserc-create-357359 <p>Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)<a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsDetail-DetailNouvelles_eng.asp?ID=1461"> announced </a>more than $26 million in funding for <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATEResults-ResultatsFONCER_eng.asp?Year=2024">16 new training initiatives</a> through its <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATE-FONCER_eng.asp">Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE)</a> program.</p> Thu, 16 May 2024 14:35:33 +0000 webfull 200086 at /channels /channels/channels/news/millions-gamers-advance-biomedical-research-356750 <p>Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published today in <a name="_Hlk163575315" id="_Hlk163575315"></a><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02175-6"><i>Nature Biotechnology</i></a><i>.</i></p> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:01:01 +0000 webfull 199415 at /channels /channels/channels/event/edugenai-panel-artificial-intelligence-research-356660 <p><strong>Overview: </strong>While beliefs regarding the impact of AI on education – both realized and potential – are readily available, what we actually know and understand about such impacts is still quite limited.  This panel will illustrate som</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:05:38 +0000 webfull 199284 at /channels /channels/channels/event/edugenai-panel-artificial-intelligence-teaching-356659 <p><strong>Panel Overview:</strong> Instructors design and implement the teaching that students experience. This panel will focus on how Generative AI is forcing us to rethink what and how we teach and conduct assessments.</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:44:52 +0000 webfull 199283 at /channels /channels/channels/event/edugenai-panel-artificial-intelligence-learning-356657 <p><strong>Panel Overview</strong>: Students learn in formal and informal settings and ways. Generative AI will challenge our assumptions about the way learning happens and what it means to have learned something.</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:06:00 +0000 webfull 199278 at /channels /channels/channels/event/edugenai-shaping-tomorrows-learning-generative-ai-356066 <p><img src="/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/040-03-24-edugenai_fb.jpg" style="height:419px; width:800px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>DATE: </strong>May 13th & 14th 2024 </p> Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:24:12 +0000 webfull 198517 at /channels /channels/channels/event/research-software-engineering-forum-355442 <p><strong>Context:</strong> This past year, we at the Faculty of Science's <a href="/cdsi/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Computational and Data Systems Initiative (CDSI)</a> have been spending some time talking with</p> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:57:39 +0000 webfull 197806 at /channels /channels/channels/event/introduction-r-using-rstudio-350538 <p><strong>Overview: </strong>This workshop will give an overview of the foundations of programming in R.</p> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 18:17:21 +0000 webfull 192220 at /channels /channels/channels/news/ri-muhc-and-mcgill-researchers-make-breakthrough-understanding-brain-nanoarchitecture-using-computer-346609 <p><strong>A new study published in <em>Current Biology</em> reveals the nanostructure of brain cells at an unprecedented level of resolution.</strong></p> Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:57:57 +0000 webfull 187825 at /channels /channels/channels/event/cdsi-speaker-series-andre-vachon-345193 <p>The CDSI Speaker Series welcomes Andre Vachon for a talk titled <em>Data Science of the Cloud</em>:  "The cloud is a collection of millions of individual computers, loosely connected across the world.</p> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 18:34:57 +0000 webfull 186264 at /channels /channels/channels/news/revolutionary-identity-verification-technique-offers-robust-solution-hacking-334564 <p>A team of computer scientists, including Claude Crépeau of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and physicist colleagues from the University of Geneva, have developed an extremely secure identity verification method based on the fundamental principle that information cannot travel faster than the speed of light. The breakthrough has the potential to greatly improve the security of financial transactions and other applications requiring proof of identity online.</p> Wed, 03 Nov 2021 19:11:31 +0000 webfull 174473 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-professor-jin-guo-awarded-research-grant-alfred-p-sloan-foundation-332306 <p><a href="https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~jguo/index.html">Jin Guo</a>, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº's School of Computer Science, was awarded $382,020 in research funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's <a href="https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology/better-software-for-science">Better Software for Science</a> program to study and improve the usability of large-userbase scientific open source software through early engagement of software users.</p> Tue, 10 Aug 2021 19:03:09 +0000 webfull 172121 at /channels /channels/channels/news/five-mcgill-teams-awarded-funding-new-genomic-integration-program-331618 <p>Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five Æ»¹ûÒùÔº teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:24:00 +0000 webfull 171241 at /channels /channels/channels/news/training-next-generation-leaders-responsible-use-artificial-intelligence-331551 <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world in powerful ways, from improving medical care and changing the retail landscape to enabling convenient features on our smartphones. But as AI increasingly underpins our daily lives, important questions about its application – and potential misuse – will continue to arise.</p> Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:17:21 +0000 webfull 171169 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.</p> Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:10:15 +0000 webfull 170250 at /channels