Computer Science News Archive
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Faculty of Science
Lecture: Isaac Newton’s Alchemy
October 6, 2015 —
Why one of the most insightful scientists in history was convinced that alchemical transformations were scientifically plausible.
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Friending Machines
September 15, 2015 —
If we want to get along with robots, we need to make them more like us, says James Young.
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Faculty of Science
So what can you do with a science degree?
September 11, 2015 —
Meet science grad Ron Bowes, Computer Science major Information Security Engineer, Google a.k.a "Hacker".
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Impressive finish at RoboCup
August 7, 2015 —
U of M team takes on new robotics challenge and has great results
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Wall Street Journal: How to Manage Robots and People Working Together
June 3, 2015 —
Move over and make room for your new colleague: a robot.
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Research and International
U of M team wins international robotics competition
June 1, 2015 —
U of M's Autonomous Agents lab win the 2015 ICRA DARWIN-OP Humanoid Application Challenge
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Alumni
Google outreach stretches to campus
April 9, 2015 —
Two U of M alumni who now work at Google offer their perspectives to students
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Alumni
Google sessions
March 25, 2015 —
Two U of M alumni who work for arguably one of the most prominent companies in the world are returning to campus to speak with students.
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Faculty of Science
Mahfuzur Rahman, PhD candidate, delivers successful wiki workshop to local Women’s art group
March 12, 2015 —
Last Sunday morning, on International Women’s Day, Mahfuzur Rahman, a PhD candidate, of the Department of Computer Science, found himself hiking down to Main Street in search of a Women’s Art group.
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Faculty of Science
UofM student programmers compete at MIT
February 9, 2015 —
UofM second year Computer Science students wowed professors, peers and industry alike with their superior programming skills at the Battlecode Programming Competition held January 31, 2015, at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.