Science in the News

Hackathon win grants students permission to board navy ship

After wowing the judges at a recent hackathon, a winning team of computer science students got to set sail aboard a Royal Canadian Navy vessel.

The Royal Canadian Navy Hackathon 2024 invited five teams to join their Windsor problem-solving and design competition, which challenged students in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — to come up with innovative...

Join the School of Computer Science for CS Demo Day

More than 20 student presentations on research and real-time projects by both undergraduate and graduate computer science majors are on offer during the 11th CS Demo Day.

It will run 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today — Wednesday, Dec. 4 — at the School of Computer Science Advanced Computing Hub, located at 300 Ouellette Ave.

The event creates networking opportunities for...

Contest a chance to show Canada your research

Would you like to show your research to the whole country? Submit a vibrant image of your research to the Science Exposed contest for a chance to win $2,000 and showcase your work Canada-wide!

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has launched a new edition of the research...

Researchers using AI to address social isolation

Artificial intelligence often gets a bad rap. But professor Pooya Moradian Zadeh of the School of Computer Science argues AI has a critical role to play in supporting societal challenges and contributing to domains like the health-care sector.

His research team is exploring how technology tools and AI can be leveraged to address social isolation, a key factor in determining health...

Fund supports development of environmental stewards

To help protect the land, the water, and future generations, Clint Jacobs, Candy Donaldson, and Catherine Febria — all from the Department of Integrative Biology — together created the Indigenous Guardians Endowment Fund to support training programs for youth, research and stewardship jobs,...