UBC CS PhD graduate Frederik Kunstner received the 2024 AAAI/ACM SIGAI Dissertation Honorable Mention for his thesis, “Why Do Machine Learning Optimizers That Work, Work?” Congratulations Dr. Kunstner! aaai.org/about-aaai/a...

Machine learning today learns once from a massive amount of data. In our changing world, @cs.ubc.ca prof Dr. Evan Shelhamer thinks it's useful to have ML keep learning. He's a @vectorinstitute.ai member & CIFAR AI Chair. youtu.be/q3BKoRrb7to

Calling all CS students! The CS Book Club is starting again for the new school year. September's topic is "Indigenous protocol and artificial intelligence"! RSVP and join us tomorrow at 3PM at the ICICS/CS Reading Room!

The Distinguished Lecture Series is back! Learn about topics such as generative AI in healthcare, how data can inform AI for education, and the past and future of parallel algorithms. Lectures are free to attend and open to the public. Learn more at cs.ubc.ca/DLS

I’m recruiting funded PhD students to work on intrusion detection at the intersection of machine learning, systems, and security. Deadline is Dec 15. Learn about our group at UBC: spg.cs.ubc.ca/ Some information about the application process: tfjmp.org/#phd

Congratulations to our undergraduate researchers on their successful summer projects!

@science.ubc.ca is hiring a Black scholar for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor of Teaching! Seeking applicants in data, computer, computational, environmental sciences, or stats. ❗Deadline: Oct 15, 2025❗ 🔗Details: tinyurl.com/4xxt5nww @cs.ubc.ca @ubcoceans.bsky.social

Looking for some advice as you start the new school year? Five UBC computer science professors share their best tips for success! www.youtube.com/shorts/fFs6y...

Dr. Jiamin (Carrie) Dai from UBC Computer Science will present her research at UBC iSchool's first colloquium of the year! Join to hear more about supporting aging and accessibility needs in social, financial, and digital engagements. Register here: ischool.ubc.ca/events/event...

As the field of computer science expands, researchers are publishing more and more scientific papers. With increasing numbers of studies, scientists must ensure that their results are validated and that the knowledge they generate is true.

UBC Computer Science professors Dr. Joanna McGrenere and Dr. Tamara Munzner have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada for their excellence in research and innovation. Read more about their work: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/09...

Congratulations to the UBC Science researchers named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada: Drs. William Cheung, Tamara Munzner, Ingrid Stairs, Allan Bertram & Joanna McGrenere. @src-rsc.bsky.social @ubcphas.bsky.social @chem.ubc.ca @cs.ubc.ca ubcoceans.bsky.social‬science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...da

I just published Are we expecting too much of LLMs? An analysis of prompts in NLP papers medium.com/p/are-we-exp...

Curious about how to get around UBC’s Computer Science building? Sandra is here to give you a tour of ICICS/CS! Follow along as she takes you to the best study spots, office hour rooms and more! Come visit us on Imagine Day on Sept 2nd! www.youtube.com/shorts/NnTIP...

Congratulations to UBC’s student hacking club Maple Bacon for making history at hacking convention DEF CON 2025! Read more about their win in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/08...

Our USENIX login; article presenting our two recent articles at USENIX Security is out: www.usenix.org/publication...

Imagine Day is just around the corner! To welcome new and returning students who are starting undergraduate and graduate programs, UBC’s Computer Science Department has planned many exciting events for Tues Sept 2, 2024.

The Faculty of Science at UBC is seeking a candidate who self-identifies as Black for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor of Teaching, with expertise in data science, statistics, computational science, computer science, or environmental science. Please share widely! science.ubc.ca/blackscholars

Dr. Akshay Ramachandran joins UBC Computer Science as an Assistant Professor! Read about his journey into theoretical computer science in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/08...

Are you interested in partnering with our talented data science students? @ubcmds.bsky.social is now accepting capstone proposals for our next cohort! Register for our virtual capstone information session on September 12, 2025 to learn more: bit.ly/416zaf4

UBC computer scientist Dr. Jeff Clune emphasizes the risk of #AI influencing our thoughts. “We have entered the era in which superintelligence is possible with each passing month and that probability will grow with each passing month.” @cs.ubc.ca insidetelecom.com/ai-manipulat...

Wrapped up an amazing week at USENIX Security ‘25 #USESEC25 in Seattle! Great to catch up with old friends & meet new faces in the security & privacy research community. Huge congrats to the IRBlock team on the Honorable Mention 🎉 All credit goes to the hardworking students! @cs.ubc.ca

With award-winning papers, posters, workshops and short courses, UBC Computer Science faculty and students made a splash this week at #SIGGRAPH2025, the world’s premier computer graphics and interactive techniques conference. Read more: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/08...

Our two papers are being presented today at USENIX Security. Paper 1: www.usenix.org/conference/... Paper 2: www.usenix.org/conference/... A big thanks to the two fantastic graduate students Baoxiang and Tristan who are presenting!

From internet censorship to intrusion detection systems to cryptographic algorithms, UBC Computer Science researchers had several papers accepted at the USENIX Security Symposium 2025! Read more about their work in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/08...

🚨Exciting research from Jonas Tai and Karthik Nishanth (my first MSc students @cs.ubc.ca) & Peter Whiting (intern from @uwaterloo.ca) This week, at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium in Seattle, WA, they’ll present: "𝐈𝐑𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤: 𝐀 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧"

Dr. Susanne Bradley joins UBC Computer Science as an Assistant Professor of Teaching! Read about her journey into teaching computer science in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/07...

Read this article on how AI is contributing to its own development, featuring UBC Computer Science Professor @jeffclune.com!

@viawesome.bsky.social mentioned the UBC Smart Structures lab, where AI-powered robotics are already being used to assemble simple buildings.

‪Paywall: @cs.ubc.ca‬ prof Dr. Nguyen Phong Hoang discusses China's new government-run digital ID system via @washingtonpost.com‬ www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Congratulations to Shruthi Chockkalingam, Seyed Hossein Alavi, Raymond Ng & @veredshwartz.bsky.social for receiving an Outstanding Paper Award at the Social Influence in Conversations (SICon) Workshop at the 2025 Association for Computational Linguistics Conference! #ACL2025

The Security & Privacy Group will be hiring multiple fully-funded Master's and PhD students next year. For more information about funding: www.cs.ubc.ca/students/gr... To apply: www.cs.ubc.ca/students/gr... Explore our latest publications: spg.cs.ubc.ca/publication/

UBC CS student @yuweiyin.bsky.social (from Giuseppe Carenini’s group) was recently interviewed about his work on improving the accuracy and coherency of AI-generated answers.

JOB POSTINGS: 1. Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling 2. Canadian Excellence Research Chair in AI for Improving Patient Outcomes and Enhancing Health Service Delivery 3. Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement science.ubc.ca/about/careers

I am pleased to announce that our paper, which attempts to reproduce provenance-based intrusion detection, has been accepted at ACM REP 2025. This is a collaboration spearheaded by Ashish Gehani from SRI! Paper: tfjmp.org/publication...

🚨 When women aren’t offered technical roles, they stop seeing themselves in them. New research shows how biased opportunities don’t just limit careers—they reshape ambition. Full Q&A with the lead researcher: news.ubc.ca/2025/07/tech... #STEM #GenderEquity

Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position. Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/ #IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards! Jianhao Cao, Rosalyn Carr, Kyle Chin, Finn Hackett, Raymond Liu, Karthik Nishant, Joe Poremba, Pretty Vyas, Yuwen Yin

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Faculty Incredible Instructor Awards! Patrice Belleville, Anne Condon, Cinda Heeren, Thomas Pasquier, Bruce Shepherd, Vered Shwartz

@cs.ubc.ca prof Vered Shwartz says she’s taking #AI hype with a grain of salt. She discusses her book Lost in Automatic Translation, about the widespread adoption of large language technologies like Siri, Alexa and ChatGPT with @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

“In our health care system, there really is a lot of text data that we never really have the time and the power to dig into,” says Dr. Raymond Ng of @cs.ubc.ca. “This is where AI large language modeling is going to help us.” www.healio.com/news/pediatr...

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Student Community Building Awards for Graduate Students! Sean Bocirnea, Shivam Chandhok, Devyani McLaren, Mayant Mukul, Matt Oddo, Rocco Ruan, Teerpaun Tanprasert Pictured: Matt Oddo, Sean Bocirnea, Shivam Chandhok, Teerpaun Tanprasert

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Awards! Kaiser Chen, Mina Chong, Susan Chung, Leo Foord-Kelcey, Matthew Kang, Ricky Lau, Gary Li, Anna Luo, Thomson Mai, Abigail McPhee, Lucas Qin, Priyanka Sangha, Robert Wang

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Rajan Family Award in Computer Science, Sandra Radic!

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Project to Product Award in Computer Science, Cecilia Soroco!

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Maria Klawe Service Award, Cheryl Chen and Cindy Cui!

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Bit Quill Technologies Award for Women in Computer Science, Yeojun Han!

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science! Arun Balamurali, Kuter Bora, Leo Foord-Kelcey, Karen Shen

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Award for Academic Excellence in Computer Science! Award recipients: William Zhou, Boqiao Zhang, Karen Shen, Arvin Sahami, Elizabeth Earle, Carolyn Huang, Matthew Smith, Kent Chen

Is humanity close to building digital #superintelligence? Is self-improving #AI safe? Read Sam Altman's take here, and check out Professor Jeff Clune's Darwin Goedel Machine Research. 1) Article: fortune.com/2025/06/19/o... 2) Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.22954