Blockchain@UBC Summer Institute 2020 Moves Online
Due to COVID-19 concerns, this year’s Blockchain@UBC Summer Institute is moving online, with some important changes: Elements of the training workshops and the Blockathon for Social Good will be facilitated ONLINE under the course names: “LIBR 559U: Topics in Computer-Based Information Systems” and “ARST575N: Topics in the Management of Records”. The course will run from May 11-22. More information will […]
ICICS Building Closed Due to COVID-19
Please be advised that the ICICS building is closed until further notice due to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In accordance with the University’s directive, all research activities have been curtailed until at least April 15. For instructions on returning books, please see the ICICS/CS Reading Room website. For urgent matters, please contact info@icics.ubc.ca. For […]
Former ICICS Director Rabab Ward Elected to U.S. National Academy of Engineering
Dr. Rabab Ward, Professor Emerita in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected as a Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Professor Ward is one of only 18 new international members elected in 2020. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy […]
Donor Funding Helps Equip HATCH Makerspace (and detect neutrinos)
Many UBC tech-based startups progress through entrepreneurship@UBC (e@UBC) intake programs and graduate to the HATCH accelerator in the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS). There they receive the mentorship, intern support, and investor access that helps them succeed. Now, thanks to the support of donors, they can refine their prototypes in a fully […]
Blockchain@UBC Launches Graduate Training Program
In January 2020, the ICICS research cluster Blockchain@UBC launched the Blockchain@UBC Graduate Training Pathway, funded by the NSERC CREATE program. This two-year, non-degree multidisciplinary training program offers existing master’s and doctoral students personalized learning in the blockchain field. The initial cohort of students hails from engineering, computer science, business, publc policy, and archival and information […]
ICICS Researchers Awarded Supercluster Project: Intelligent Network for Point-of-Care Ultrasound
January 20, 2020
Drs. Purang Abolmaesumi, Robert Rohling and Teresa Tsang have been awarded funding for their Intelligent Network for Point-of-Care Ultrasound project through Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster.
Turning Over A New Artificial Leaf
ICICS and the Clean Energy Research Centre co-hosted a talk by Professor Yimin Wu of the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Nanotechnology on December 9. Professor Wu described novel techniques pioneered in his lab that combine X-ray and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to understand 2-dimensional materials such as graphene at the atomic level, then modify […]
HATCH Accelerator 2019-20 Venture Cohort
The newest cohort of ventures joined HATCH in 2019. Here the founders describe some of the problems they are trying to solve.
Rogers Lights Up First 5G Smart Campus in Canada at UBC
November 5, 2019
Rogers and UBC turn on country’s first 5G-powered smart campus as part of strategic partnership to advance 5G research in Canada.
Rogers 5G Edge Codeathon
Oct 29, 2019
UBC and Rogers Communications have partnered to set up the first 5G smart campus in Canada.