See below for an invitation from SFU’s Cognitive Science Program: “Hello Cognitive Systems Students, Hope your end of term wrap- up and exam prep is going well. I would like to invite you to join us at SFU for the SFU COGS Undergraduate Seminar, April 25 – 27. Everyone keeps telling you to network…this will [...]

Due to popular request CUJCS has decided to extend their deadline to May 4, 2013 in order to accommodate end of term papers. Students are still eligible to submit for publication in Fall 2013. Any persons who have previously sent submissions should consider their papers still eligible for selection. Any further inquiries should be directed [...]

SENSORIMOTOR COMPUTATION SEMINAR SERIES http://www.sensorimotor.pwias.ubc.ca Presents Prof. Randy Flanagan Department of Psychology Queen’s University Planning and control of human object manipulation tasks Thursday, March 21, 2013, 11:00am-noon Room X836 (Boardroom), Department of Computer Science Map: http://tinyurl.com/gph9y Abstract The remarkable manipulative skills of the human hand are neither the result of rapid sensorimotor processes nor of [...]

COGS 402 will be offered as a 12-week course during the upcoming 2013S semester. The course will run over both summer terms, meaning you must commit to the entire summer. You are expected to spend 3 hours in the lab in lieu of every 1 hour of class time. In the normal term, there are [...]

DATE: Friday, March 1, 2013 TIME: 12:00 – 1:00 pm PLACE: Hugh Dempster Pavilion – 6245 Agronomy Road V6T 1Z4 MAP: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/?164 ROOM: DMP 301 SPEAKER: William Wong ABSTRACT: In this talk, I will discuss how principles from Cognitive Systems Engineering, CSE, might be used to design Visual Analytics systems to support intelligence analysts. In [...]

Hosted by: The Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre, the iSchool@UBC and Colloquium Date and Time: February 6th, 2013, 5:30-7pm. Location: Forestry Sciences Building, Room 1005 RSVP to: Lavana@magic.ubc.ca Digital media technologies are opening a world of possibilities in communications, in the economy and in personal relations. These technologies allow us to communicate and process information [...]

Wondering about career options? Listen to Arts Alumni speak about their careers and the transition from university to the real world at the 2013 Arts Career Xploration! This event will take place on Thursday, January 24th, 2013. Check out the ACX website for more info: students.arts.ubc.ca/acx.

Global Game Jam Vancouver, 2013, will be held at the University of British Columbia campus. It is a 48-hour event running from the evening of Friday, January 25th to the evening of Sunday, January 27th. They are still recruiting volunteers who get t-shirts and can win prizes! Check out their website for more details.