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Can robots help with loneliness?

UM Graduate students examine the effects of robots on mental health

Advancing state-of-the-art techniques for security and privacy protection

2020 Rh Award Winner - Noman Mohammed

UM researchers develop app for use in disease outbreaks

Users share their location history with health authorities

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Bringing data to life

Promoting interdisciplinary research and collaboration, driving innovation through optimal decision-making, and training future data scientists

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HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION LAB

IMPROVING THE USABILITY OF COMPLEX SOFTWARE

Dr. Andrea Bunt - 2019 recipient of CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Awards

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Making devices smarter

Dr. Pourang Irani is bringing to life the wearable technologies and hologram projection devices of tomorrow, that could give new tools to disaster-response workers, doctors and educators

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Robots as co-workers?

Dr. James Young explores how companies can introduce robots into our work environments and how they can be better integrated into our homes

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25.May.2021 News

Wpg Free Press: U of M study examining effects of robots on human mental health

MAY 20, 2021 — As the Winnipeg Free Press reports: Can robots curb human loneliness and boost mental health? A team of Winnipeg researchers is hoping to find out. A 10-week study from the University of Manitoba’s human-computer interactions lab will look at the impact of a social robot on a person’s mental health. The study will use...

25.May.2021 News

Meet Noman Mohammed, 2020 Rh Award Winner in the Applied Sciences category

MAY 17, 2021 — Noman Mohammed is an associate professor of computer science in the Faculty of Science who uses sophisticated computational tools that can be employed in different application areas, including health care, financial records, personal genomic information, social networking, and location services. Mohammed is the 2020 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh...

Computer Science Faculty of Science Research

20.May.2021 News

Computer Science Graduate Students Place First

Computer Science graduate students Japjeet Singh, Songdi Hu and Soheil Changizi placed first in the Faculty of Science Data Science Challenge. Congratulations on a job well done!

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19.May.2021 News

NEW Minor in Leadership for Undergrad Students

Leadership involves a well-developed set of cross-functional skills that can serve students’ careers as organizations increasingly call for effective leadership in teams, decision-making, conflict resolution, understanding how to lead and contribute to innovation and change, and other areas. Newly created by the James W. Burns Leadership Institute and the Asper School of Business to non-business...

Faculty of Science Undergraduates LEADERSHIP MINOR NEW ORGANIZATION SCIENCE UNDERGRAD

19.May.2021 News

NEW Minor in Leadership for Undergrad Students

Faculty of Science LEADERSHIP MINOR NEW ORGANIZATION SCIENCE UNDERGRAD

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Researcher Profiles

John Anderson

Multi-Robot Systems, Multi-Agent Systems, Dynamic Heterogeneous Teamwork, robot interaction, mapping and space management, learning in…

James Young

human-robot interaction (HRI), human-computer interaction (HCI), domestic robots, social human-robot interaction, aging and robots, gender…

Stephane Durocher

My research is in computational geometry, data structures, geometric optimization, and discrete algorithms. My recent…

Ben Li

My research interests lie in combinatorics and theoretical computer science. More specifically, I am interested…

Carson Kai-Sang Leung

Data mining and analysis (including data analytics, data science & business intelligence solutions) Big data,…

Pourang Irani

Research Involves: Designing and implementing software tools to facilitate interaction with information in a ubiquitous…

Peter Graham

Parallel and Distributed Systems Pervasive and Mobile Computing Computational Grids and Advanced Computing Environments Compiler…

Franklin Bristow

Teaching & pedagogy, bioinformatics

Heather Matheson

Andrea Bunt

Dr. Andrea Bunt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the…

Christina Penner

Courses I teach include: Introduction to Computer Science Technical Communication in Computer Science Professional Practice…

Shahin Kamali

I have a broad interest in design, analysis and limitations of algorithms. I am particularly…

Mike Domaratzki

Bioinformatics

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Global News Morning meets “Snugglebot” created by a @umanitoba student to offer companionship during isolating times. @umanitobasci

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs Retweeted 4 months ago

We're hiring a tenure-track position: https://t.co/xR0AOUoBpd

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 7 months ago

Announcing a Science elective course for Winter 2021: SCI 2000 Assessing Global Change in the Anthropocene. Details about the content can be found on the course website: https://t.co/ORekqjnODi

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 10 months ago

Announcing a Science elective course for Fall 2020: SCI 2000 Image Processing Theory and Applications. Details about the content can be found on the course website: https://t.co/3Nw0XWPeev

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 10 months ago

UM Science Co-op student lands job at Apple - Faculty of Science https://t.co/FvX3vlaiRc

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

Security and privacy risks with patient portal accounts in US hospitals; see what Dr Latulipe @clatulip discovered: https://t.co/RsbuVoghTw

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

Summer course schedules will be made available May 4 with registration starting May 19.

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

We’re hiring a term position Instructor: https://t.co/8nkEQUdOxB

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

Congratulations to Professor Hugh Williams, one of the department's founders, on receiving a much deserved Lifetime Achievement award: https://t.co/QQhCgHQoeg

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

New special topics grad course: "Technology & Aging" offered in Winter 2020. Contact @clatulip

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

Thank you Dr. Mike @umanitoba @umanitobasci for stopping by to give us a run down on CS at UM #fascinating #neighbours #anotheroption

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs Retweeted 1 year ago

New course offering! COMP 3190 (Intro to AI) will be offered in Winter 2020 with a limited number of spots!

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

International success for U of M Robot Team at FIRA HuroCup https://t.co/WNSD4nBiig

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

We're hiring a tenure track position in Neuroscience (joint with Biological Sciences): https://t.co/zrn64Avwhf

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

We're hiring a tenure-track professor: https://t.co/ot1Ixqi80I

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

We're hiring an Instructor: https://t.co/Dyl2PjP2Ao

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

Congratulations to Mia Battad – we're looking forward to meeting you soon. https://t.co/oGsRe2NOjJ

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 1 year ago

Congratulations to Dr Andrea Bunt on being a recipient of this year's CS-Can|Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Award! https://t.co/aqn8EmRlbs

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 2 years ago

Happy #AdaLovelaceDay18 https://t.co/6DxcOhIkz0

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 2 years ago

Congratulations to Dr. Pourang Irani and everyone involved in this NSERC Create program: New program will help us manage and prevent chronic and infectious diseases https://t.co/Tq3GyCmlqk

UofManitoba Comp Sci @uofmcs 3 years ago

Computer Science Co-op Program

Integrates academic studies with paid work experience. Beginning in their third year of Computer Science studies, Co-op students alternate four month academic terms with four month Computer Science relevant work terms.

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