Computer Science News Archive
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Faculty of Science
Honoured Faculty of Science Alumni Awards Celebration
February 2, 2017 —
On Thursday, January 26th, the Faculty of Science celebrated seven outstanding alumni at the second annual Alumni Awards event.
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Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Computer Scientists Place in International Competitions
February 1, 2017 —
Computer scientists from the U of M are fresh off of impressive performances in international robotics competitions overseas.
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CTV News: U of M students working to prevent child sex abuse images from hitting internet
February 1, 2017 —
Two student researchers at the University of Manitoba have teamed up with a Kelowna company called Two Hat Security to develop new software aimed at keeping child sexual abuse images off the internet.
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Faculty of Science
Meet Charles (Chuck) Loewen, recipient of the Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award 2017
January 19, 2017 —
Chuck Loewen always knew he would start his own business one day. He just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly – or so successfully.
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Making smarter devices
November 21, 2016 —
A big part of Pourang Irani’s job is to dream – making technology that’s often seen as science fiction a reality
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Faculty of Science
Wall Street Journal: Pourang Irani Part of Team That Invents a Smartwatch That Works With One Hand
October 24, 2016 —
Scientists at Dartmouth College and the University of Manitoba are using the wrist as a human joystick.
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Robotic soccer team wins big at RoboCup
July 11, 2016 —
Students just finished competing at RoboCup, the world's largest and most prestigious competition for intelligent soccer robots, with more than 3,500 participants from across the globe
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Faculty of Science
Hossein Pourreza Takes Home Award from Annual High Performance Computing Symposium
June 30, 2016 —
Hossein Pourreza was one of seven recipients honoured for their contributions in advanced research computing support
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Faculty of Science
Team of Winnipeg Computer Scientists in the Running for Manning Award
February 18, 2016 —
Winnipeg Team Develops Robotics Simulator, gets Nominated for Manning Award
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UofM’s “Team Canada” Wins International Robot Competition Award
February 12, 2016 —
Team from UofM's Autonomous Agents lab competes in Korea and takes home the most prestigous award