Past Events

Join us for the 2024 Tremaine Visiting Speaker Series featuring Women in Science with our distinguished guest is Professor Joanna McGrenere, Co-head of Computer Science at UBC and HCI research specialist. Open to School of Computer Science, Tremaine family and invited guests only. Learn more and register for the Welcome Reception.

This event is open to researchers, practitioners, students, and anyone interested in how rural communities use smart technologies. It will explore the impact of new digital tools, connectivity, large language models (LLMs), and artificial intelligence, with a focus on the challenges faced by youth and marginalized groups. The discussion will cover both the benefits and risks, including social inequality, polarization, and misinformation. You will have the opportunity to:

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) and Computing & Communications Services (CCS) is running online activities all month long with so many chances to win! There are 90 U of G gift cards to be won through fun activities including an escape room, scavenger hunt, Kahoot trivia event, quizzes and more. So update your cyber savvy, have some fun…and win!

This summer and fall, Vector Institute is offering two programs for Black & Indigenous Students in AI. 1) Webinar: Navigating Careers in AI for Black & Indigenous Students, with Black & Indigenous Leaders Date: August 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET   2) Workshop: Excel to AI for Black & Indigenous Students Date: September 16, 18, 23, 25 2024 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM  

Join fellow young engineering alumni and students for this professional development day. Hear and learn from women of influence and top leaders from the engineering industry.  Learn more and register for the Conference.

Join fellow computing students for O-Week! Meet and greet with fellow first years, professors, and experienced students Discover the diverse range of clubs and opportunities available in the computing community Enjoy Domino's pizza and refreshments Participate in an exciting paper tower building competition Learn more here.

Join the Engineering Society's O-Week activities! These include:  The March - September 1st at 12:00PM EngSoc Scavenger Hunt - September 2nd at 10:00AM Tie Dye and Coverall Painting - September 3rd at 7:00PM Field Day - September 7th at 11:00AM  And so much more! Learn all of the events here. 

Join the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Student Council's O-Week activities! These include:  Grab a Freezie with CEPSSC! - September 1st at 1:00PM CEPSSC Club Day - September 2nd at 5:30PM Trivia Night - September 3rd at 7:00PM College Government Movie Night - September 3rd at 9:15PM Read more here.

The annual CEPS Undergraduate Poster Session will be an in-person event, with student presentations being judged by volunteer graduate students from 1:00-3:00 pm. Lunch will include pizza, vegetable and fruit platters, dessert platters, and drinks. We can provide options for dietary restrictions indicated on the registration form: https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d57yX6iVDirThBQ

Griffin Lacey will discuss how hardware accelerators like GPUs support modern AI/ML workloads, comparing different architectures and exploring the role of the software stack and AI platforms. He will also explain how AI/ML infrastructure scales from embedded systems to supercomputers for training LLMs with trillions of parameters. Griffin Lacey received his BEng in Engineering Systems & Computing from the School of Engineering at University of Guelph in 2014. Griffin also earned his MASc in 2016 at UoG and is currently Manager, Solutions Architect at NVIDIA.