• Hello,

    The Coast Capital Innovation Centre’s business model competition, PlanIt, is coming up on August 18th.  Applications for the competition are due before Monday, August 16th at 12:00 noon. We have $8000 to give away for prizes. I’ve attached our PlanIt slide for promotion. For more details and what you need to apply, please visit: https://www.uvic.ca/innovation/services/competitions/planit/index.php.

     

     

     

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  • New course opened for Fall 2021:

    TOPIC:  SCIENTIFIC COMPUTNG: Introduction to Deep Learning for Image Classification - 14075 - CSC 484A - A01

    TPCS:  ARTIFICIAL INTELGNCE: Introduction to Deep Learning for Image Classification - 14077 - CSC 581B - A01

    This is an introductory course on deep learning, with a focus on image classification. Topics will include the fundamentals of deep learning, convolutional neural networks, batch normalization, residual networks, and other more recent developments in the field. Assignments will include both practical coding projects and paper reading sessions.

    Pre-requisites for undergrad section (CSC 484A): 

    •  (MATH 211 or MATH 110) and (MATH 202 or MATH 204). Permission of department required for registration in this section. Reserved for students in a Computer Science program.

     

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  • Dear UVic Instructors and Students,

    My name is Megan Graham and I am a undergraduate university student working under the supervision of Dr. David Medler, completing an independent research project in the Psychology Department at the University of Victoria. 

     As an academic member of the University of Victoria (whether as an undergraduate student, graduate student, or faculty member), your participation is being sought in a study aimed to investigate the attitudes and belief structures that underlie adherence/non-adherence to COVID-19 public health and safety guidelines. Though much research has been conducted regarding trust-in-science among the general public, your contribution will represent such attitudes among those who are assumed to have more formal academic and/or scientific training, and thus may help to inform whether attitudes towards COVID-19 guidelines are moderated by academic background.

    Participation in this study would take approximately half an hour (30 minutes) of your time. I would like to assure you that this study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through the University of Victoria’s Human Research Ethics Board.

    If you would like to participate in this study, please click the following link to be taken to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/covid-attitudes 

    We thank you for taking the time to contribute to this research and genuinely appreciate your participation.

    Sincerely, 

    Megan Graham

    Department of Psychology

    University of Victoria