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MSc Defence – Jai Liu

The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following MSc Defence, Using Association Rules and Logical Learning for Clustering, presented by MSc Candidate Jia Liu.

The defence will take place August 21, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 10:30 am.

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Using Association Rules and Logical Learning for Clustering

MSc Defence – Maryam Alipour-Aghdam

The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following MSc Defence, Ontology-Driven Generic Questionnaire Design, presented by MSc Candidate Maryam Alipour-Aghdam.

The defence will take place August 22, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 1:30 pm.

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Ontology-Driven Generic Questionnaire Design

Speaker Announcement – Michael Gruninger

The School of Computer Science invites you to Ontology Repositories Make A World Of Difference by Dr. Michael Gruninger, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto.

The talk will be held Monday August 25, 2014 at 11am in Reynolds 219.

PhD Defence – Hlomani Hlomani

The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following PhD Defence, Multidimensional Data-driven Ontology Evaluation, presented by PhD Candidate Hlomani Hlomani.

The defence will take place August 25, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 1:30 pm.

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Multidimensional Data-driven Ontology Evaluation

CPES Undergraduate Poster Session

Congratulations to Oliver Cook, Rick Knoop, Hugo Possani, and Peter (Frazer) Seymour - winners of the group poster presentation at this year's CPES Undergraduate Poster Session.

Peter (Frazer) Seymour, Hugo Possani, Rick Knoop, and Oliver Cook - winners of the group poster presentation.

SoCS and SoE Students Win With RedTree Robotics

In early July, Montreal was host to the International Startup Festival - an event that brought together entrepreneurs from around the world, along with potential investors, experts, and a variety of speakers. The School of Computer Science and the School of Engineering are proud to announce that PhD Candidates Jason Ernst (SoCS), and Tom Hummel (SoE) pitched their startup RedTree Robotics at the event, and were awarded $100,000 as a result.

MSc Defence - Morgan McLaughlin

The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following MSc Defence, Determining the Impact of Spatial Networks and Elitism on Coevolutionary Genetic Algorithms, presented by MSc Student Morgan McLaughlin.

The defence will take place July 21, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 1:30 pm.

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Determining the Impact of Spatial Networks and Elitism on Coevolutionary Genetic Algorithms

MSc Defence – Tom Hall

The School of Computer Science is pleased to announce the following MSc Defence, A Study of Code Inspection Performance and Personality Traits, presented by MSc Student Tom Hall.

The defence will take place July 15, 2014 in Reynolds 219 at 2:00 pm.

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A Study of Code Inspection Performance and Personality Traits

Professor Dan Gillis, recipient of a 2014 40 Under 40 award.

Community Honours

Last Wednesday the Guelph Mercury announced the 2014 recipients of the 40 Under 40 awards.

The awards honour members of the Guelph community who are under 40 years old and who exhibit "unique quality of character and exceptional contributions to their community."

Convocation 2014

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2014.

This week 24 undergraduate and 3 graduate students walked across the stage in War Memorial Hall to receive their degrees in B. Comp. or B. Soft Eng. from the School of Computer Science.

Andrew Halligan, who was in the B. Comp. co-op stream, was awarded the Governor General's Silver Medal for achieving an overall average of 96.75%.