Congratulations to Jonathan Donais on his CGSM Canada Graduate Scholarship award.  This Master’s level scholarship $17,500 while Jon works on his Master’s degree. 

Jon recently graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Science Honours degree, Jon will be working with Dr Richard Frost’s SpeechWeb research group to investigate the development of a SpeechWeb voice browser that works on multiple platforms including Android, Windows and IOS devices.  Jon has already built a grammar-based prototype SpeechWeb browser using Carnegie Mellon’s PocketSphinx speech recognition library.  Jon’s Master’s thesis work will include investigating the integration of statistical-based and grammar-based speech recognition engines to create a publically-available large vocabulary speech recognition framework which executes on local devices, offering an alternative to server based recognition systems such as Google’s.

On Wednesday, June 5th, the University of Windsor unveiled a new logo, and refreshed the design of all authoritative Web pages on campus.

Unfortunately, the new row of links to new Computer Science resources was removed.  For your convenience, here are the links:

• MYWEB
• OWNCLOUD
• HELP
• SOCIAL
• LIBRARY
• CS EMAIL

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR

is seeking nominations for

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
to serve on the School of Computer Science Council

UNDERGRADUATE
There are 4 (FOUR) undergraduate positions open on council for2014-2015 and they are open to all students majoring in computer science. You must also be a student majoring in computer science in order to nominate someone for a position.

MASTER
There are 2 (TWO) MSc. positions open on council for 2014-2015 and they are open to all Computer Science MSc. students. You must also be a graduate student majoring in computer science in order to nominate someone for a position.

PHD
There is 1 (ONE) Ph.D position open on council for 2014-2015 and is open to all Computer Science Ph.D students. You must also be a Ph.D student majoring in computer science in order to nominate someone for a position.

Duties: Student representatives perform a valuable function by expressing student views on the council and various committees. The council is comprised of all faculty and student representatives. The student representatives act as a liaison between the students and council. The other responsibilities include:

1) Attending monthly council meetings, AND
2) Serving on various committees as needed, such as:  Appointments Committee, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Curriculum Committee

NOMINATIONS OPEN:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 through MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Nomination forms are available in Room 5115 Lambton Tower OR by clicking here.

COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES

The following are the Student Representatives for 2014-15:

UNDERGRADUATE   
Angana Borikar
Caitlin Facchina
John Lam
Nikola Zjalic

GRADUATE
Andrew Hlynka
Santosh Upadhyayula

PHD
Supriya Supriya
 

CONGRATULATIONS!

The School of Computer Science intends to offer the following courses during Winter 2015 which might not be staffed by full-time faculty members as part of their normal teaching load.  In accordance with section 54-07 of the 2011-2014 Collective Agreement, the School invites applications from qualified individuals interested in teaching them.  *This listing is subject to change.

03-60-104-01              Computer Concepts for End-Users
03-60-104-30              Computer Concepts for End-Users
03-60-104-91              Computer Concepts for End-Users Distance course
03-60-106-91              Programming in C for Beginners Distance course
03-60-141-30              Introduction to Algorithms & Programming II
03-60-205-01              Introduction to the Internet
03-60-205-30              Introduction to the Internet
03-60-205-91              Introduction to the Internet-Distance course
03-60-207-91              Problem Solving and Information on the Internet
03-60-209-91              Social Media & Mobile Tech. for End User-Distance course
03-60-256-01              System Programming
03-60-270-01              Advanced Website Design
03-60-280-01              Practicum
03-60-305-91              Cyber Ethics Distance course
03-60-307-01              Web-Based Data Management
03-60-322-01              Object-Oriented Software Analysis/Design
03-60-334-01              World Wide Web Information System Development
03-60-340-30              Advance Object Oriented System Design Using C++
03-60-411-01              Software Verification and Testing
03-60-420-01              Mobile Application Development
03-60-480-01              Practicum:  Selected Topics in Software Engineering
03-60-667-01              Networking and Data Security

Applicants should submit a resume along with a cover letter detailing teaching experience and skills relevant to the specific course(s) for which they are applying.  Note:  It’s likely that not all of the above courses will be offered.  Therefore, applicants should indicate more than one course if they are qualified.

For additional information, please contact the School’s Office at 253-3000 (ext. 2990 /3714).

SEND APPLICATION TO THE HEAD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014 to (csdir@uwindsor.ca).

The University of Windsor is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities and members of the visible minorities.  Applications from women are particularly encouraged.

Notes: Subject to provisions of the Collective Agreement, preference will be given to qualified applicants who are full-time faculty members.  Applications from those who have not taught previously for the School should forward a C.V. with three letters of reference to the School’s office.  Only those successful will be contacted.

THE ABOVE IS SUBJECT TO FINAL BUDGETARY APPROVAL

Dr. Yifeng Li, School of Computer Science – 2014 Governor General’s Gold Medal Recipient

In 2013, under the supervision of Drs. Alioune Ngom and Luis Rueda, Dr. Li defended his doctoral dissertation, Sparse machine learning models in bioinformatics.  Described by his supervisor as having impressive skills in mathematics and statistics, he also has the advantageous characteristic of remaining highly confident and optimistic when he meets difficulties in both research and life.  This is very important for a scientist.  He is industrious and assimilates difficult new concepts quickly.

Dr. Li has been the recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship in 2011 and 2012.  He was also one of three international winners of the IEEE Walter Karplus Summer Research Grant in 2010.  Dr. Li has published 5 Journal papers (plus one under revision) in machine learning and bioinformatics journals (BMC Systems Biology, IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Neurocomputing), and over 20 refereed conference papers in IEEE BIBM (acceptance rate 19.93%), IEEE ICDM(acceptance rate 19.97%), and more.

The research of Dr. Li focused on devising large-scale sparse machine learning models for various bioinformatics problems. He contributed to methods including sparse representations, sparse tensor factorization, sparsely regularized linear models, spectral clustering, and high-order dynamic Bayesian networks. These sparse models help to better interpret results in analysis of big biological data.  His Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Toolbox (https://sites.google.com/site/nmftool) and Sparse Representation Toolbox (https://sites.google.com/site/sparsereptool) are popularly used in the machine learning and bioinformatics community.

Dr. Li is grateful for the support of his supervisors who made it possible for Dr. Li to attend many international conferences where he received beneficial feedback on this thesis and actively interacted with some top researchers. 

As a postdoctoral fellow in the Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Dr. Li is currently working on cis-regulatory element identification in huge non-coding regions of human genome using machine learning models.  He is also the Local Arrangements Chair of the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) to be held in Vancouver 2016, which is the largest international technical event in the field of computational intelligence.

On July 25, the School of Computer Science hosted the inaugural HackUWin. The event was the culmination of hard work and persistence of Ronak Patel, Sanjay Renukamurthy and Pramod Mendonca along with 14 other cohorts. Ronak first experienced a hackathon this past summer in Illinois. 

I woke up early in the morning and got ready for an amazing journey. It was 11^th April, 2014 – the day of HackIllinois, one of the premier hackathons in the United States.  On the second day of the event, I was coding with bunch of hackers.  Suddenly, one representative of General Electric came in to the room and start talking with one hacker from Perdue University. At the end of that talk, he offered him an internship!  Without any formal interview, without any application process and of course without seeing his grades. Can you imagine how powerful that is?  People are wandering around looking for jobs or internships and that guy got one as he was running hello world program in C. That’s the power of Hackathon.

Hackathons are not just coding competitions; they create a united flow of innovation and shape culture.  As Swift, Commissioner of Major League Hacking said, you need 5 things for a hackathon:  a place, WiFi, people, food and enthusiasm and to provide these things at larger scale with some other resources, we need sponsors.  I feel tech companies don’t want to follow a conventional hiring process; they want thinkers who can think out of box, coders who can code in limited time (let say 36 hours!), and creators who can create innovative things. So I must say, Hackathons are the right place to find such people. 

After a long period of brainstorming, I had decided to launch HackUWIN – University of Windsor’s Hackathon.  The competition ran for 36 hours from July 25 to July 27 with 45 registrants.  It is an “open” competition, which means teams can build anything they want.  The winning team “The Motion” developed a motion control snake game with Leap and the runner-up team had built anti theft software with .NET.  

Before HackUWIN, there were some organizations/companies who had conducted hackathons at the University of Windsor but hackathons are a source of pride for a university where students organize the entire event from inviting sponsors to serving students. That’s why HackUWIN 2014 is the first effort in such a direction.  It was organized by the students, for the students. We learned from our mistakes; we did some awesome things.  We had lots of prizes and swag for participants but as they say, it is difficult to start and establish new things.  We faced lots of hurdles but we never stopped and we will not stop in the future. We are coming back in 2015 with a bang!

- Ronak Patel

The School of Computer Science congratulates the Fall 2014 graduates and wishes them success in their future endeavours!

Governor General’s Gold Medal
YIFENG LI

Doctor of Philosophy

Computer Science

Tarik A. Elamsy
Auto-Calibration and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction for Zooming Cameras

Marwa F. Khater
Genomic and Behavioral Evolution in the Artificial Ecosystem Simulation EcoSim

Mina Maleki
Prediction of Protien-Protein Interaction Types Using Machine Learning Approaches

Satish Chandra Panigrahi
Geometric Optimization in Some Proximity and Bioinformatics Problems

Master of Science
Computer Science

Ripudamanlall Ramlall
Kaushik Roy

Computer Science Co-operative Education
Ganesh Santosh Akula

Bachelor of Science
Honours Computer Science with Software Engineering Specialization

Rami Khalaf

Bachelor of Computer Science

Honours Computer Science

Nicholas Tsz Hang Au *
Chance Chase **
Jeffrey Drake
Subhankar Pandit 

Honours Computer Science Applied Computing

Md Salah Uddin

Honours Computer Science Co-operative Education

Kishan Parekh

Bachelor of Computer Science
General Program

George Gabriel Kyrtsakas
Md. Shameem Momtaz
Terrence Sairsingh
Mitch Nicolas Visser

Bachelor of Computer Science – (Four-Year Major)
Computer Science Applied Computing

Matthew Aaron Lepage

* Graduating With Distinction
** Graduating With Great Distinction

We are pleased to invite applications for GA and TA positions in WINTER 2015. 

GA applicants must be registered full time and be in good standing in order to hold a Graduate Assistantship.

TA applicants must be registered and in good standing in order to hold a Teaching Assistantship

GA/TA appointments shall be offered in accordance with the criteria specified in Articles 12:03 and 12:04 of the CUPE4580 Collective Agreement

Specific Eligibility Requirements  of the School of Computer Science:

 Must have good communication skills

 Must be registered for W2015 at time of hiring

Applicants must have taken the course with a minimum of 80%

Preference will be given to applicants with more than 80%

Must be available to attend courses/labs/exams (including Final Exam) at specified times

  Teaching and other relevant experience will be considered in accordance to Articles 12:03 and 12:04

Deadline for applications: All applications must be received no later than November 7, 2014.   Late applications will not be accepted.

Application forms are available from:

School of Computer Science secretaries, LT 5113, LT 5114 or www.cs.uwindsor.ca  -

Return completed application with a current transcript to:   Graduate Secretary - Lambton Tower Rm 5113.

If your transcript is not included when applying, your application will be considered incomplete.

The following courses could possibly make use of GA/ TAs

All positions are subject to sufficient enrolment and budgetary approval.

Please note that all positions are open to GAs and TAs with GA applicants being given first priority.  Each GA position is expected to be for a total of 140 hours. A limited number of GA positions may be available for fewer hours. The total number of hours in a TA appointment will depend on the applications received and is anticipated to be 75 hours per position. Each positon can be comprised of a combination of any of the listed courses as needed. Our projected TA budget for Winter 2015 is $48,108.13  In addition to a projected  49.5  GA positions for the 2015 Winter Term.

Please note that Graduate Assistants must apply each term by the application deadline, in accordance with Article 13:

"With respect to those students who have applied for and been accepted for Assistantships, the Assistant will not be paid for any shortfall of hours at the end of their respective program, provided the University has satisfied its obligation to post available positions each term in writing and on the AAU website and to offer the minimum terms of support in accordance with Article 13:01 (a) & (b) and provided that the Assistant has applied in writing or via e-mail by the application deadline for each term until they have received the minimum terms of support in accordance with Article 13:01 (a) & (b)."

The Computer Science Commons (ER 3150) will be closed due to special events on the following dates:

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause but encourage you to get involved in these events. 

UWindsor School of Computer Science hosts ACM-ICPC ECNA Regional Programming Competition.

The Associate for Computing Machinery (ACM) annual International Computer Programming Competition (ICPC) sponsored by IBM held its 2014 East Central North American (ECNA) regional on Saturday, November 8^th, 2014.

The University of Windsor School of Computer Science is one of the four volunteer schools from across the region to host the competition, being the only Ontario site for the 5^th year in the row – where 22 teams from 11 different institutions competed.  There are 9 problems in the competition to be solved within 5 hours by writing a solution in the form of a computer program.

In the ECNA region there were 126 teams participating from 61 colleges and universities throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, eastern Ontario, and Indiana (excluding the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area). Each team is composed of 3 undergraduate students.

Winners selected from the ECNA Regional Programming Competition (RPC) will advance to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) World Finals. Prizes, scholarships, and bragging rights are at stake for some of the world's finest university students of the computing sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

Dr. Ziad Kobti, director of the Windsor site and the School of Computer Science attributes the success of this event to the ongoing commitment of dedicated students and coaches who practice diligently throughout the year. Three teams represented the University of Windsor this year.

“This is a critical time for us, the demand for skilled computer programmers is increasing and there is a pressing need for highly competitive candidates to fill the job market”, Dr. Kobti states.  “…by hosting the competition at Windsor provides our students with a unique and exceptional experience that no other university in Ontario is providing. Students can participate as contestants or volunteer organizers. Such practical skills are not taught in a classroom setting”.

The School of Computer Science employs a handful of exceptional technical and administrative staff and dedicated students who volunteered late hours to support this event.

Congratulations to teams Waterloo Black; Waterloo Red; University of Toronto Blue; Brock Badgers and Gnu Yorkers – placing in the top five standings. 

11^th Annual Regional Secondary School Programming Competition

The School of Computer Science recently concluded the 11th Annual Windsor Regional Secondary School Programming Competition (SSPC).

The competition is preceded by a training session and mock competition.  The top 5 teams receive awards. There were 5 questions to be solved in any programming language within 3 hours. 

This year we were joined by a record number of 26 teams, 78 students overall, from 12 area high schools from the Windosr/Essex/Chatham/Kent and as far as Halton County.

Many thanks to the secondary school teachers who took the time to bring their students to the competition. They came from Aldershot, Belle River, Chatham-Kent, General Amherst, Kennedy Collegiate, W.F. Herman, Holy Names, V. Massey, Sandwich, St. Anne’s, Ursuline, and Wallaceburg.

The top team solved all 5 problems!

Congratulations to the winners:

1st + 2nd Massey
3rd Ursuline
4th Sandwich
5th Belle River

Special thanks to the School of Computer Science staff both technical and administrative for making all of the logistics possible. We run a highly technical competition with a lot of advance preparation.

Thanks to all the student volunteers - it amazes me to see our students just walk by, see an event going on and immediately pitch in and start helping. This is an amazing opportunity for all the students and volunteers.

Evolution is slow, so scientists studying its long-term processes find it helpful to speed it up. That’s where UWindsor computer science professor Robin Gras comes in.

His generic simulation platform, called EcoSim, can manage several hundred thousand agents simultaneously in an artificial world, allowing researchers to examine broad ecological questions—including evolution, speciation, extinctions and invasive species.

EcoSim generates vast amounts of data representing all the information about the world, every species and individual (including mental states) at every moment. Such detail gives the program great advantage over real data gathering, which is limited by the large spatial and temporal scales involved.

In a simulation, more than a billion agents can be born, and thousands of species can emerge and become extinct. This novel approach of ecosystem simulation is a promising area of research and almost unique in the world. 

Dr. Gras is an associate professor of computer science and Canada Research Chair in Learning and Simulation for Theoretical Biology Science. 

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

NOTICE RE: GRADUATE ASSISTANT (GA) & TEACHING ASSISTANT (TA) POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR

INTERSESSION/SUMMER 2015

In accordance with Article 12:01 of the CUPE 4580 Collective Agreement the Department of Computer Science invites applications for Graduate Assistantship (GA) and Teaching Assistantship (TA) positions for the INTER/SUMMER term.

Please note that all positions are open to GAs and TAs with GA applicants being given first priority.  Each GA position is expected to be for a total of 140 hours. A limited number of GA positions may be available for fewer hours. The total number of hours in a TA appointment will depend on the applications received and is anticipated to be 75 hours per position. Each positon can be comprised of a combination of any of the listed courses as needed. Our projected TA budget for 2015/16 is $29,721.25 in addition to a projected 46 GA positions for the 2015-16 Academic year.

List of courses that may utilize Graduate Assistants/Teaching Assistants for
INTERSESSION/SUMMER 2015. 
 

All positions and hours are subject to sufficient enrolment and budgetary approval.

Eligibility requirements:
GA and TA appointments shall be offered in accordance with the criteria specified in Article 12:03 and 12:04, respectively, of the Collective Agreement. The following are essential qualifications required for the appointments above:

Specific Hiring Practices of the School of Computer Science:

•   Must have good communication skills
•   Must be registered for IS2015 at time of hiring
•   Applicants must have taken the course with a minimum of 80%
•   Preference will be given to applicants with more than 80%
•  Must be available to attend courses/labs/exams (including Final Exam) at specified times

Note that a student must maintain fulltime registration throughout the term and must be in good standing in the degree program in order to hold a Graduate Assistantship. A full graduate assistantship requires an average of 10 hours per week for a maximum of 140 hours per semester. Refer to Articles 12, 13, and 14 of the CUPE 4580 Collective Agreement for eligibility details.

Deadline for applications:
All applications must be received no later than Monday, April 6, 2015.   Late applications will not be accepted.

Application forms are available from:
School of Computer Science secretaries, LT 5113 or LT 5114

Return completed application with a recent transcript to:  
Karen Bourdeau, Graduate Secretary - Lambton Tower Rm 5113.
If your transcript is not included when applying, your application will be considered incomplete.

Graduate Assistants are reminded of the following provision in Article 13:

"With respect to those students who have applied for and been accepted for Assistantships, the Assistant will not be paid for any shortfall of hours at the end of their respective program, provided the University has satisfied its obligation to post available positions each term in writing and on the AAU website and to offer the minimum terms of support in accordance with Article 13:01 (a) & (b)

and provided that the Assistant has applied in writing or via e-mail by the application deadline for each term until they have received the minimum terms of support in accordance with Article 13:01 (a) & (b)."

• GA Application form
• TA Application form

On Thursday April 2, the School of Computer Science celebrated the successes of not only those students who have achieved a cumulative GPA over 78% with a major GPA over 80%, but also those undergraduate students who have made an impact in research, industry and in their undergraduate community.

Awards were also given for the Highest GPA in General or Honours degree programs.  Cole Gilbert – 4th  year Computer Science Honours student, was recognized for his academic excellence, the Director’s Honour Roll and the  Outstanding Scholar Award.   Adham Ayman recently earned his B.Sc.(General)-B.Ed. Concurrent and has received the Highest GPA award for the BCS (General) for University Graduates program. 

In addition to honouring our hard working students for their outstanding academic achievements, we were also delighted to have Dr. Phillip Olla address the students as the Keynote Speaker. 

Dr. Olla is an Information Technology (IT) specialist with over 18 years’ experience working at the leading edge of technology and innovation. He has also worked in the space, healthcare and Energy sectors. He has worked with a wide spectrum of organizations such as Oracle, 02 Telefónica UK, British Telecom, NASA, Roche Diagnostics, CLSA and International Renewable Corporation.  Dr. Olla is the CEO and co-founder of Mobile Diagnostic Services, which is an international consortium created to address the Global Health challenges. Dr. Olla is currently the VP of mHealth for a start-up called iSTOC (Interactive Scan to Cloud).

The following awards were presented at the event.  

Director's Honour Roll - April 2015

Outstanding Scholars Awards

NATIONAL GRANT AWARDS

HIGHEST GPA

SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT

Congratulations to all the students for their hard work and dedication to academics.

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The School of Computer Science intends to offer the following courses during Winter 2015 which might not be staffed by full-time faculty members as part of their normal teaching load.  In accordance with section 54-07 of the 2011-2014 Collective Agreement, the School invites applications from qualified individuals interested in teaching them.  *This listing is subject to change.

03-60-104-01              Computer Concepts for End-Users
03-60-104-30              Computer Concepts for End-Users
03-60-104-91              Computer Concepts for End-Users Distance course
03-60-106-91              Programming in C for Beginners Distance course
03-60-141-30              Introduction to Algorithms & Programming II
03-60-205-01              Introduction to the Internet
03-60-205-30              Introduction to the Internet
03-60-205-91              Introduction to the Internet-Distance course
03-60-207-91              Problem Solving and Information on the Internet
03-60-209-91              Social Media & Mobile Tech. for End User-Distance course
03-60-256-01              System Programming
03-60-270-01              Advanced Website Design
03-60-280-01              Practicum
03-60-305-91              Cyber Ethics Distance course
03-60-307-01              Web-Based Data Management
03-60-322-01              Object-Oriented Software Analysis/Design
03-60-334-01              World Wide Web Information System Development
03-60-340-30              Advance Object Oriented System Design Using C++
03-60-411-01              Software Verification and Testing
03-60-420-01              Mobile Application Development
03-60-480-01              Practicum:  Selected Topics in Software Engineering
03-60-667-01              Networking and Data Security

Applicants should submit a resume along with a cover letter detailing teaching experience and skills relevant to the specific course(s) for which they are applying.  Note:  It’s likely that not all of the above courses will be offered.  Therefore, applicants should indicate more than one course if they are qualified.

For additional information, please contact the School’s Office at 253-3000 (ext. 2990 /3714).

SEND APPLICATION TO THE HEAD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014 to (csdir@uwindsor.ca).

The University of Windsor is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities and members of the visible minorities.  Applications from women are particularly encouraged.

Notes: Subject to provisions of the Collective Agreement, preference will be given to qualified applicants who are full-time faculty members.  Applications from those who have not taught previously for the School should forward a C.V. with three letters of reference to the School’s office.  Only those successful will be contacted.

THE ABOVE IS SUBJECT TO FINAL BUDGETARY APPROVAL

Dr. Yifeng Li, School of Computer Science – 2014 Governor General’s Gold Medal Recipient

In 2013, under the supervision of Drs. Alioune Ngom and Luis Rueda, Dr. Li defended his doctoral dissertation, Sparse machine learning models in bioinformatics.  Described by his supervisor as having impressive skills in mathematics and statistics, he also has the advantageous characteristic of remaining highly confident and optimistic when he meets difficulties in both research and life.  This is very important for a scientist.  He is industrious and assimilates difficult new concepts quickly.

Dr. Li has been the recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship in 2011 and 2012.  He was also one of three international winners of the IEEE Walter Karplus Summer Research Grant in 2010.  Dr. Li has published 5 Journal papers (plus one under revision) in machine learning and bioinformatics journals (BMC Systems Biology, IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Neurocomputing), and over 20 refereed conference papers in IEEE BIBM (acceptance rate 19.93%), IEEE ICDM(acceptance rate 19.97%), and more.

The research of Dr. Li focused on devising large-scale sparse machine learning models for various bioinformatics problems. He contributed to methods including sparse representations, sparse tensor factorization, sparsely regularized linear models, spectral clustering, and high-order dynamic Bayesian networks. These sparse models help to better interpret results in analysis of big biological data.  His Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Toolbox (https://sites.google.com/site/nmftool) and Sparse Representation Toolbox (https://sites.google.com/site/sparsereptool) are popularly used in the machine learning and bioinformatics community.

Dr. Li is grateful for the support of his supervisors who made it possible for Dr. Li to attend many international conferences where he received beneficial feedback on this thesis and actively interacted with some top researchers. 

As a postdoctoral fellow in the Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Dr. Li is currently working on cis-regulatory element identification in huge non-coding regions of human genome using machine learning models.  He is also the Local Arrangements Chair of the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) to be held in Vancouver 2016, which is the largest international technical event in the field of computational intelligence.

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
SESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS FALL 2015

The School of Computer Science intends to offer the following courses during Fall 2015 which might not be staffed by full-time faculty members as part of their normal teaching load.  In accordance with section 54-07 of the 2014-2017 Collective Agreement, the School invites applications from qualified individuals interested in teaching them.  This listing is subject to change.

*Applicants should submit a resume along with a cover letter detailing teaching experience and skills relevant to the specific course(s) for which they are applying.

*Note:  It’s likely that not all of the above courses will be offered.  Therefore, applicants should indicate more than one course if they are qualified.               

For additional information, please contact the School’s Office at 253-3000 (ext. 2990 /3714).

SEND APPLICATION TO THE HEAD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ON OR BEFORE THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 to (csdir@uwindsor.ca).

The University of Windsor is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities and members of the visible minorities.  Applications from women are particularly encouraged.

Notes: Subject to provisions of the Collective Agreement, preference will be given to qualified applicants who are full-time faculty members.  Applications from those who have not taught previously for the School should forward a C.V. with three letters of reference to the School’s office.  Only those successful will be contacted.

THE ABOVE IS SUBJECT TO FINAL BUDGETARY APPROVAL