Dr. Nashid Shahriar has won the 2021 Mathematics Doctoral Prize. Now in its third year, these prestigious awards are conferred annually to recognize the achievements of top graduating and graduated doctoral students in the Faculty of Mathematics.
Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Kate Larson and her international colleagues have published a commentary in Nature about the need for cooperative artificial intelligence — beneficial AI with social understanding.
Shivasurya Sankarapandian, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Mei Nagappan
Iman Akbari, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Raouf Boutaba
Recent PhD graduates Mike Schaekermann, Hong Zhou and Fiodar Kazhamiaka have each received a Cheriton Distinguished Dissertation Award. Established in 2019, the dissertation award was created to recognize excellence in computer science doctoral research. In addition to the prestigious recognition, each awardee receives a cash prize of $1000.
Eliciting curiosity — the intrinsic desire to explore and to find new information — enhances learning, promotes information-seeking and improves memory. Understanding how to elicit and maintain curiosity in students could help us design educational robots that stimulate interest, engagement and a quest for knowledge.
Shikhar Sakhuja, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Sebastian Fischmeister
Thomas Lu, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Chris Eliasmith
This thesis explores continuous spatial and temporal representations in machine vision.
Zheyang Li, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Chengnian Sun
Mohammadali Niknamian, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Ihab Ilyas