CS-Can/Info-Can Awards 2018
Photo Gallery
- From left: Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen’s), Selim G. Akl (Queen’s) with CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup.
- From left: Pierre Poulin (Montréal), Pierre L’Ecuyer (Montréal) with CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup.
- From left: Mark Giesbrecht (Waterloo), Tamer Özsu (Waterloo) with CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup.
- From left: CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup with Jacob Slonim (Dalhousie) and Christian Blouin (Dalhousie).
- From left: Michael Domaratzki (Manitoba), Andrea Bunt (Manitoba) with CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup.
- From left: Kevin Stanley (Saskatchewan), Carey Williamson (Calgary), Chanchal Roy (Saskatchewan) with CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup and Vice-President Kate Larson.
- From left: Mark Giesbrecht (Waterloo), Daniel Vogel (Waterloo) with CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup.
- From left: Chen Greif (UBC), Julie Nutini (UBC) with CS-Can/Info-Can President Doina Precup.
- From left: Pierre L’Ecuyer (Montréal), Chanchal Roy (Saskatchewan), Selim G. Akl (Queen’s), Daniel Vogel (Waterloo), Andrea Bunt (Manitoba), Tamer Özsu (Waterloo) and Julie Nutini (UBC). (Missing: Jacob Slonim.)
News
- Congratulations to Julie Nutini (UBC), inaugural Awardee for the 2018 Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Awards. Award recognizes excellence in research and writing by a computer science doctoral student completing their degree at a Canadian institution.
- Announcing the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award and Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Award recipients. An Awards Dinner will be held at the upcoming 2019 CS-Can / Info-Can Annual Meeting.
Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Awards
The Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes excellence in research and writing by a computer science doctoral student completing their degree at a Canadian institution. One award is given annually based on nominations prepared by a nominee's supervisor in consultation with the nominee's department chair. Nominations are assessed by a panel of computer scientists chosen from a variety of sub-disciplines in the field for originality, potential impact, technical depth and significance, and quality of presentation.
Congratulations to the Awardee for 2019
- Leqi Zhu, University of Toronto
Lifetime Achievement Awards
These awards recognize current or former faculty members in Canadian Computer Science Departments, Schools, Faculties who have made outstanding and sustained contributions to computing over their careers. The awards can be for achievement in research, teaching, service, or any combination of these.
Congratulations to the Newest Awardees for 2019
- James R. Cordy, Queen’s University
- Morven Gentleman
- Wesley Graham
- Laurie Hendren, McGill University
- Hugh Williams, University of Manitoba
Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Awards
These prizes recognize excellence in research, and are made to top young faculty members in Canadian Computer Science Departments, Schools, Faculties who are within the first ten years of their career beyond the completion of their PhD.
Congratulations to the Newest Awardees for 2019
- Audrey Girouard, Carleton University
- Florian Kerschbaum, University of Waterloo
- Foutse Khomh, Polytechnique Montréal
- Emad Shihab, Concordia University