Computer Science News Archive
Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Computer Scientists Place in International Competitions
February 1, 2017 —
Computer scientists from the U of M are fresh off of impressive performances in international robotics competitions overseas.
CTV News: U of M students working to prevent child sex abuse images from hitting internet
February 1, 2017 —
Two student researchers at the University of Manitoba have teamed up with a Kelowna company called Two Hat Security to develop new software aimed at keeping child sexual abuse images off the internet.
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Meet Charles (Chuck) Loewen, recipient of the Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award 2017
January 19, 2017 —
Chuck Loewen always knew he would start his own business one day. He just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly – or so successfully.
Making smarter devices
November 21, 2016 —
A big part of Pourang Irani’s job is to dream – making technology that’s often seen as science fiction a reality
Faculty of Science
Wall Street Journal: Pourang Irani Part of Team That Invents a Smartwatch That Works With One Hand
October 24, 2016 —
Scientists at Dartmouth College and the University of Manitoba are using the wrist as a human joystick.
Robotic soccer team wins big at RoboCup
July 11, 2016 —
Students just finished competing at RoboCup, the world's largest and most prestigious competition for intelligent soccer robots, with more than 3,500 participants from across the globe
Faculty of Science
Hossein Pourreza Takes Home Award from Annual High Performance Computing Symposium
June 30, 2016 —
Hossein Pourreza was one of seven recipients honoured for their contributions in advanced research computing support
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Team of Winnipeg Computer Scientists in the Running for Manning Award
February 18, 2016 —
Winnipeg Team Develops Robotics Simulator, gets Nominated for Manning Award
UofM’s “Team Canada” Wins International Robot Competition Award
February 12, 2016 —
Team from UofM's Autonomous Agents lab competes in Korea and takes home the most prestigous award
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Lecture: Isaac Newton’s Alchemy
October 6, 2015 —
Why one of the most insightful scientists in history was convinced that alchemical transformations were scientifically plausible.





