The award celebrates Assistant Professor Tovi Grossman’s investigations into human-computer interaction, automation and the ways in which people engage with new technologies.
Four new graduate scholarships have been established at U of T’s Department of Computer Science, thanks to a recent gift from U.K.-based artificial intelligence company, DeepMind.
Machine learning algorithms have the potential to provide huge benefits in health care, potentially providing more reliable diagnoses than human doctors in some cases.
How can deep neural networks be trained more effectively at scale? Assistant Professor Gennady Pekhimenko has received Amazon and Facebook research awards to answer this question.
In the prestigious 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the University of Toronto has been ranked 9th in the world for computer science & engineering.
Professor Emeritus Ron Baecker has co-authored an e-book that provides readers with advice on addressing the personal, financial, and emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assistant Professor Alec Jacobson has received the 2020 Significant New Researcher Award from ACM SIGGRAPH. The annual award is one of the highest honours for early-career researchers in the field of computer graphics.
Professor Marsha Chechik has started a two-year term as Chair of the Department of Computer Science, effective July 1, 2020. She will lead DCS through a critical visioning exercise at this pivotal time in its history.
Recent CS graduate Lana El Sanyoura was one of four students selected to address the country in commencement remarks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
University Professor Emeritus Stephen Cook has received the Centennial Medal, the highest honour bestowed by Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
