Opportunities

MICAI-2015: Artificial Intelligence – Springer LNAI – Mexico‏

MICAI-2015 14th Mexican International Conference on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE October 25 to 31, 2015, Cuernavaca (near Mexico City), Mexico Publication: Springer LNAI (EI, ISI), IEEE CPS (anticipated), journals Submission: June 23 draft abstract / 30 full text www.micai.org/2015 == GENERAL INFORMATION Topics: all areas of Artificial Intelligence, research or applications. Workshops. Tutorials. Doctoral Consortium. Best papers […]

Call for Nominations: Rio Tinto Alcan Research Scholarships‏

If you plan to apply for this award, the deadline for having your application to Sharon is May22. _________________________________________________________________________________ Please distribute the following competition announcement to your students, and set your internal deadlines as appropriate: Rio Tinto Alcan Research Fellowships As part of its ongoing commitment to innovation and research, Rio Tinto Alcan offers an […]

Potential series of talk of interest for bioinformaticians‏

In July, Eric Tannier (see bio information at the end of the email),  from INRIA and LBBE in Lyon will visit SFU for a month, funded by PIMS,  and has planned a series of 4 lectures on models and algorithms for  evolutionary genomics. Below are the title and topics of these talks.  The first one […]

Hi, If you are planning to attend the VanBUG “meet with the trainees” session this afternoon, please note that the session will start at 5pm instead of the usual 4:30pm. Thanks Cheers Will

Hi, If you are planning to attend the VanBUG “meet with the trainees” session this afternoon, please note that the session will start at 5pm instead of the usual 4:30pm.  Thanks Cheers Will

Employment Opportunity – TFRI‏

Senior Research Programs Manager

Call for Applications – UBC Sustainability Scholars Summer 2015‏

Good Afternoon, The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is pleased to offer UBC graduate students the opportunity to work in funded sustainability internship projects this summer. Projects are available with both on and off-campus sustainability partners. Current graduate students at UBC Vancouver, from all academic disciplines, are eligible to apply. We hope this opportunity will be […]

TA Applications for 2015-2016 Winter Session – BIOC 301 and BIOC 302‏

BIOC 301 TAapplication2015-2016 BIOC 301 TAapplication2015-2016 BIOC 301 TAposting2015-2016 BIOC 302 TAapplication2015-16 BIOC 302 TAapplication2015-16 BIOC 302 TAposting2015-2016 Dear Grad Staff, Please redirect and advertise to your grads.   Biochemistry has posted BIOC 301 & BIOC 302 TA opportunities for 2015-2016 Winter Session.  If you are interested in TA’ing please fill out and submit your […]

Friedman Scholars Program – deadline is March 31‏

About the Program:   The Friedman Scholars Program is open to any UBC graduate student or UBC Medical Resident Trainee in the health-related sciences or complementary disciplines. Friedman Scholars are expected to travel to other areas of the world to seek new perspectives and learn from experts in their fields. In order to be considered, […]

New Group Content: Call for Nominations: Spring Graduate Awards Competition‏

If you are interested in any of these awards (check for eligibility first), please have completed applications in my office by Tuesday, April 7 by 4 pm. We are therefore pleased to announce the Spring Graduate Awards competition; please forward the following announcement to your students: Spring Graduate Awards Competition Each year, the Faculty of […]

Call for Nominations: Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship – Friday 10 April 2015 (my deadline is March 30th)‏

If you are interested in being nominated for this award, please have all your application materials to me by March 30th. See link for instructions and eligible countries. ________________________________________________________________________________ The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships enable promising leaders from developing countries to pursue doctoral studies at UBC. The fellowships are to support international students showing outstanding […]