In Q Reviews, you will hear from various graduate students and
postdocs in the GRAND network as they take on the world of digital
media. Find out about the latest technological advances and networking
events in this regularly contributed to series.
Computing Science PhD student Naureen Nizam (Dalhousie) reports on her visit to the 2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies Summer Institute (University of Maryland), July 28-August 1, 2013. GRAND was a sponsor of the event.
PhD student Claude Fortin (SFU) reports on her visit to the 2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies Summer Institute (University of Maryland), July 28-August 1, 2013. GRAND was a sponsor of the event.
Computing science PhD student Farjana Eishita (Saskatchewan) reports on her visit to the 2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies Summer Institute (University of Maryland), July 28-August 1, 2013. GRAND was a sponsor of the event.
This summer, 10 students and recent graduates were tasked with using their technical skill and creative flair to produce a working videogame prototype as part of the 2012 GRAND-Funcom Games Initiative.
The catch? They only had 10 weeks to go from the original Funcom concept to a high-quality prototype of the game, titled Dungeons of Londree.
Five GRAND doctoral students representing universities across the country were selected to attend the Summer Social Webshop, a 4-day interdisciplinary workshop hosted by the University of Maryland, College Park.
GRAND Ph.D Candidate Claude Fortin reviews the 2012 Computer Human Interaction Mentoring (CHIMe) Workshop, a discipline-specific workshop for mentoring underrepresented students in HCI.
Six GRAND doctoral students representing universities across the country were selected to attend the Summer Social Webshop, a 4-day interdisciplinary workshop hosted by the University of Maryland, College Park.
GRAND Masters student Alan Goldman (ECUAD) shares his thoughts on the first annual Toronto 3D Stereoscopic Conference, a one of a kind international gathering of experts in the stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment arena.
Four GRAND Ph.D students from across the country were selected to participate in the SoCs symposium. Find out who they met, what they learned and how the experience improved their research.
GRAND PhD student Tiffany Inglis participated in a demo session attended by Joe Marks, Vice President, Disney Research. Later in the day, she heard Joe's presentation, part of the University of Waterloo's Distinguished Lecture Series. Here is her review.
GRAND graduate student Lesley Northam attended a 3D stereoscopic workshop that focused on the history, theory and challenges of filming documentaries in 3D.