Department of Computer Science - University of Manitoba

Department of Computer Science Seminar Series

The following seminars are scheduled for 2010-2011. Talks will be added to the schedule throughout the year.

All talks are free of charge and are open to all members, affiliates, and colleagues of the university community.

speaker
title (click for abstract)
date
time
location
Matthew Skala
Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, and Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Words in Space: Applying Geometry to Language August 13, 2010 2:00 pm EITC E2-304
Hamish Carr
School of Computing, University of Leeds
Contour Trees in Visualisation October 14, 2010 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Hosna Jabbari
Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
RNA Secondary Structure Prediction including Pseudoknots October 28, 2010 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Michael Terry
Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Usability in the Free/Open Source Software Community November 4, 2010 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Ortrud Oellermann
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Winnipeg
Convexity in Graphs November 25, 2010 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Alexander Okhotin
Department of Mathematics, University of Turku
Formal Grammars are not Dead: Models of Syntax Beyond the Context-Free Grammars November 30, 2010 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
James Currie
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Winnipeg
Abelian Powers and Patterns December 9, 2010 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Deborah Stacey
School of Computer Science, University of Guelph
Ontology-Driven Compositional Systems and User Expectations December 20, 2010 2:00 pm EITC E2-304
Randall Jamieson
Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
Sophisticated Behaviour in Simple Systems: Humans January 20, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Stephane Durocher
Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Linear-Space Data Structures for Range Mode Query in Arrays February 3, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Jason Alexander
Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol
Designing the Next Generation of Mobile Haptic Interfaces February 24, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Alan Mackworth
Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
Designing Constraint-Based Agents March 3, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Andrew J.D. Buck
Pitblado LLP
Intellectual Property and Privacy: Legal Issues for Computer Scientists March 3, 2011 2:30 pm EITC E2-304
Kamran Sedig
Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario
Design of Human-Information Interaction for Cognitive Tools: Enhancing their Epistemic Utility March 11, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
John van Rees
Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
3-Uniform Friendship Hypergraphs March 17, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Julien Arino
Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba
The Global Air Transportation Network and the Spread of Infectious Diseases March 31, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Angela Demke Brown
Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Online File System Consistency Checking with Low Overhead April 28, 2011 1:00 pm EITC E2-304
Rui Shen
Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
Towards Solving Labeling Problems in Computer Vision July 4, 2011 11:00 am EITC E2-304
Wolfgang Stürzlinger
Department of Computer Science, York University
Is 'Iron Man 2' Right? Re-Investigating 3D User Interfaces July 22, 2011 10:30 am Industrial Technology Centre, 200 - 78 Innovation Drive (SMARTPARK)
Nicolai Marquardt
Department of Computing Science, University of Calgary
Prototyping Proxemic Interactions in Ubiquitous Computing Ecologies July 25, 2011 11:00 am EITC E2-304

If you would like additional information or if you might be interested in presenting a seminar, please contact Steph Durocher or the Department of Computer Science.

The list of available seminar dates for 2010-2011 can be found here.