Computer Science News Archive
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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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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".
Impressive finish at RoboCup
August 7, 2015 —
U of M team takes on new robotics challenge and has great results
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.