Governor General's Gold Medal winners honouredThe Gold Medal winner files across the stage, accepts recognition of the exceptional achievement, then – without a word – disappears into a sea of mortarboards. Or at least that’s the way it’s been for 145 years.
The Governor General's Academic Medal recognizes Canada’s finest scholars, and winners of the Gold Medal have broken new ground in their fields, but they haven’t been given a platform to share it, until now. Click here for full text |
3-Minute Thesis winner examines harm pesticides cause to frogsHundreds of hours of reading, thousands of words typed . . . then revised, and then typed again. And to sum it all up? 180 seconds.
The 3-Minute Thesis competition originated at Australia’s University of Queensland in 2008, but it has long since gone global. The competition presents graduate students with a daunting task: distill your dissertation or thesis into a short presentation that can be digested by a non-specialist audience. Oh, and one more thing . . . you only get one PowerPoint slide. Click here for full text |
Biomedical engineering students harness the power of AICarleton engineering students are conducting biomedical research on the vanguard of a data-driven health-care revolution. By using Artificial Intelligence (AI), they are mining, processing and analyzing data on an unprecedented scale.
Kevin Dick, a Biomedical Engineering PhD student, is using machine learning AI to explore protein interactions, and identify problematic bindings that lead to illness. His research aims to forge a path to therapeutic treatments to prevent those illnesses from occurring in the first place. Click here for full text |
The legal implications of cyborgs
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Data mining Jane Austen
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Are giant lecture halls conducive to learning math?The new economy isn’t so new anymore, and by now, it’s no secret that Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) graduates are its ultimate commodity. They are the talent that spurs innovation, enhances productivity and builds our ever accelerating high tech future.
But there’s a persistent shortage of STEM graduates, and fixing the problem isn't as simple as flicking a switch and instantly generating a talent pipeline. Click here for full text |