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Announcements:

WiCS Annual Networking Night

posted by Chun Kei Li on Jan. 12, 2021, 4:23 p.m.

Hi Members,

Our friends over at the Women in Computing Science (WiCS) are hosting their annual Networking Night.

Networking Night is an opportunity for all SFU students (male and female) to meet industry professionals in Computer Science and Engineering from companies including Arista and Skip the Dishes.

The event will be held on the 21st of January 2021 from 6pm to 9pm over Zoom.

Register at https://bit.ly/39bMUtf as soon as possible as space is limited.

Best Regards,

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CS Excellence in Teaching Award

posted by VJ Bakhshi on Jan. 10, 2021, 11:32 a.m.

Hi Everyone,

The following is from the Director of Computing Science. Please read and nominate your favourite profs!!

Best,

VJ

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the creation of the annual School of Science Excellence in Teaching Award.

The Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes exceptional instructors in the School of Computing Science who deliver high-quality materials, design innovative and engaging teaching methods, and create respectful and inclusive learning environments for students. The award is given annually to one of the faculty members in the School who goes "above and beyond" the normal teaching activities. The award considers teaching activities in the two most recent academic years. A faculty member may receive this award only once in any five-year period.

The award is adjudicated by the Teaching Awards committee in the School, which includes multiple faculty members as well as one graduate student and one undergraduate student, nominated by the Graduate and Undergraduate Students Societies in the School, respectively. The Teaching Award committee may also include one of the prior winners of this award.

Selection Criteria:

The Teaching Awards committee will evaluate candidates using the following criteria:

Quality of teaching, including the ability to clearly present complex information, the creation of an engaging, supportive learning environment, and student success.
Innovation of teaching, including updating course material, adoption of innovative teaching methods, and development of tools.
Impact on the community, including leading teaching initiatives, delivering talks on teaching innovation, and contribution to outreach activities.

Nomination Process:

Any faculty member or student in the School of Computing Science can submit one or more nominations to the Teaching Awards committee by sending an email tocs_teaching_awards@sfu.ca group of students and/or multiple faculty members can submit a joint nomination. The nomination should describe the nominee’s contributions to one or more of the above criteria.

Timeline (for this year):

Nominations accepted from December 15^,2020 to January 15, 2021
Review process conducted between January 16^th to January 30^th
Award announced at the School meeting in February

Best regards,

Mohamed

Mohamed Hefeeda

Professor and Director

School of Computing Science
Simon Fraser University, Canada

http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mhefeeda/

CSSS Award ($2000)

posted by Chun Kei Li on Jan. 9, 2021, 5:23 p.m.

Hello Members,

The Computing Science Student Society (CSSS) award is now available for Spring 2021.

The $2000 award will be given to up to two students based on their contributions to the CSSS or the Computer Science undergraduate body. The criteria for this award are:

A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 at SFU and be in good academic standing.
- If the student is a first term or transfer student, they must have an equivalent secondary school or college standing.
Registration in a minimum of 9 units of standard graded courses.

You should include in your application:

A letter directed to the Director of the School of Computing Science which details your involvement with the CSSS or CS undergraduate body.
(Optionally) your resume

Send your application to csss-exec@sfu.ca.
Please note that the deadline to register is 11:59pm PST Jan 18 2021.

After the applications are received, the awards will be made by the Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Computing Science in consultation with the undergraduate Computing Science Student Society.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this email.

Best Regards,
Argus Li

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SFU Surge's First Hackathon

posted by Chun Kei Li on Jan. 8, 2021, 8:27 p.m.

Hello again members,

SFU Surge is hosting their first hackathon, storm hacks. The event will be a 24 hour virtual hackathon taking place from Feb 20-21 2021. There will be workshops before and during the event. The only requirement to attend this hackathon is that you are a current university student, regardless of the university you attend.

For more information, please visit www.stormhacks.com or reach out to the stormhack team at info@stormhacks.com.

Best Regards,

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Multi-Factor Authentication required by December 2021

posted by Chun Kei Li on Jan. 8, 2021, 6:42 p.m.

Dear Members,

SFU has recently introduced a new security requirement for student accounts wherein all student accounts must enroll in multi-factor authentication (MFA) by December 2021.

To learn how to do so, please visit https://www.sfu.ca/itservices/info_security/multi-factor-authentication/set-up-mfa.html.

To learn more about MFA, please visit https://www.sfu.ca/itservices/info_security/multi-factor-authentication.html.

Best Regards,

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