IEEE SPS / UBC ICICS Summer School on Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Big Data
ICICS co-sponsored the IEEE Summer School on Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Big Data, held at UBC from July 29 to August 1, 2014. For more information, please see the school website.
Rethinking Sustainability Symposium
ICICS and the Peter Wall Institute co-hosted a free symposium in downtown Vancouver from April 24–25, 2014, with a focus on sustainability technologies that improve our quality of life while protecting the environment. Please see the symposium website for more information.
2014 ICICS Graduate Scholarships Awarded
The ICICS Graduate Scholarships recognize very promising incoming doctoral students who will be supervised by an ICICS member, and whose proposed research aligns with ICICS’ mandate to promote multidisciplinary research among its members and students, and with industry. The ICICS Graduate Affairs Committee has selected the following students to receive a $5,000 scholarship for two […]
“Connecting Everything under the Cloud”: ICICS co-hosts Future Communications Systems and Multimedia Workshop
On Friday, March 14, 2014, ICICS co-hosted a full-day workshop entitled Connecting Everything under the Cloud, featuring sessions on Mobile Cloud Computing; Smart Grids; and Wireless Communications. For details, please see workshop website.
2014 Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship Awarded
Computer Science doctoral student Dereck Toker is the 2014 recipient of the Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship. The $5,000 annual award is granted to a second-year Masters or PhD student who is supervised by an ICICS member, and who demonstrates excellence in multidisciplinary, application-oriented research. Supervised by Professor Cristina Conati, Dereck is currently working on creating […]
New UBC Partnership with Qualcomm Celebrated
ICICS and the University-Industry Liaison Office (UILO) have recently negotiated a novel 10-year blanket research agreement between UBC and global wireless device semiconductor company Qualcomm, Inc. Under the agreement, UBC researchers and the University receive research funding for Qualcomm-funded research projects, as well as cash payments for specific patents as they are realized. This prototype […]
“Translating Ideas into Practice”: ICICS Co-hosts Biomedical Engineering Workshop
On January 30, 2014, ICICS and UBC’s Biomedical Engineering Program co-hosted the fourth annual Biomedical Engineering Workshop, entitled “Translating Ideas into Practice”. Researchers, industry personnel, health care professionals, and students attending the workshop had the opportunity to learn about biomedical engineering research in BC, meet academic and industry experts, and be introduced to a broad […]
Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Digital Media Research and Innovation
In 2012, ICICS led a successful application for a $10M Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Digital Media Research and Innovation. An associated Centre for Innovation in Digital Media will be housed in ICICS. The Centre, under the leadership of the Chair, will collaborate closely with colleagues and with industry to envision and direct a […]
Wireless World Research Forum Meeting 31
ICICS co-hosted and co-organized the 31st Meeting of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF 31) at UBC Robson Square from October 22–24, 2013. A number of high-profile speakers from industry, academia, and national laboratories presented talks addressing this year’s theme, “Wireless-Enabled Smart Societies in the 2020s”. Please see event website for more details.
AUTO21 Connected Vehicle Workshop
On May 17th, 2013, ICICS co-hosted a day-long AUTO21 Connected Vehicle Workshop featuring the work of national academic/industry automotive research networks exploring the use of wireless technologies to connect vehicles with each other or with roadside infrastructure. Representatives of the NSERC national university/industry network DIVA (Developing Next Generation Intelligent Vehicular Network and Applications) were important […]