Category: Article
June 2, 2023
Can forest fires be predicted? How drones, data and computer science are being used in western Canada
Trees charred by wildfires on the outskirts of Lytton, British Columbia, on September 1, 2021. – On the front lines of global warming, evacuees from Lytton, a western Canadian village destroyed by wildfires in June, are detached and bitter about...
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May 25, 2023
Northeastern recognizes resiliency of computer science graduates at Vancouver convocation
Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University This post originally appeared at Northeastern Global News. By David Nordman VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Northeastern University celebrated 121 master’s degree recipients during Thursday’s Vancouver campus convocation at The Centre for Performing Arts. The lively ceremony included...
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April 27, 2023
The importance of human-centred leadership
This post originally appeared at University Affairs. By Jodi Szimanski & Dr. Bethany Edmunds Showing gratitude, providing professional growth opportunities as well as community-building are all vital to being a good leader. Postsecondary institutions are not immune to losing staff...
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April 13, 2023
Don’t be surprised by AI chatbots creating fake citations
This post originally appeared in Marketplace Tech. Bethany Edmunds of Northeastern University says these systems are built to generate text and language, not to be factually accurate — however plausible their references may seem. By now a lot of us...
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April 3, 2023
hey freya x Northeastern Vancouver: A partnership fueling innovation and creating a community for local tech startups
If you had asked Thara Vayali five years ago what she thought she would be doing today, leading a technology startup would not have been on her list. An experienced naturopathic physician (among other qualifications including nutritionist, herbalist, health informatics...
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May 31, 2022
Why Creating an Inclusive Culture is Key to Attracting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce
This post originally appeared at Digital Supercluster. By Dr. Bethany Edmunds, PhD – Director of Computer Science and Teaching Professor at Northeastern University’s campus in Vancouver, BC We all know that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) matter greatly in the tech sector....
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December 9, 2021
Balancing Schedules is Abject Chaos. Unless You're Khoury College Professor Richard Hoshino.
This post originally appeared at Khoury College of Computer Sciences news.By Aditi Peyush Anyone who has attended college in recent years is extremely familiar with the process of course registration. You pick out your classes in advance. You’re excited for the...
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June 4, 2021
From Atari Games to AR/VR, Michael Running Wolf is Revitalizing Indigenous Languages
This post originally appeared at Khoury College of Computer Sciences news. By Aditi Peyush Michael Running Wolf never met a stranger until he was 18 years old. He grew up in a small rural village in Montana, “Almost everyone in the village was family...
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August 6, 2020
Q&A with Bethany Edmunds: how she got to where she is today, the challenges she had to overcome and the advice she has for women going into STEM
This post originally appeared at Athena Pathways. By Dr. Bethany Edmunds, Director of Computer Science and Teaching Professor, Northeastern University Vancouver Dr. Bethany Edmunds is a recognized leader in Computer Science and STEM education in North America. She has a...
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August 29, 2019
Why Northeastern University is eyeing Vancouver tech talent (BIV Today No. 322)
This post originally appeared at Business in Vancouver. [embed]https://omny.fm/shows/biv-today/why-northeastern-university-is-eyeing-vancouver-te[/embed] Steve Eccles (1:35), dean of Northeastern University’s new Vancouver campus, dives into how the city’s emerging tech sector makes it a ripe target for developing talent. Then, McMillan LLP associate Ravi...
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