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January 2, 2024
Winter Tech Career Fair - Jan 23, 2024
Tech employers, connect with top talent from Northeastern University Vancouver! Employers are invited to help us kick-off the 2024 hiring season at our Tech Career Fair at our downtown Vancouver campus. Our diverse and talented masters-level students possess technical skills...
moreNovember 23, 2023
Campus Connect Information Session & Student Showcase - Dec 12th
Considering a career change into tech? Or looking to upskill your technical knowledge with a Masters degree in computer science, analytics, or information systems? Join us on December 12th from 4:30-5:30 PM for a campus connect information session where you'll...
moreJune 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...
moreMay 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...
moreApril 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...
moreApril 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...
moreApril 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...
moreMay 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....
moreDecember 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...
moreJune 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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