Robertson Library Love Fest
Wednesday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day. We love and appreciate our students! Stop by the Service Desk in the Library and ask any questions you may have about our services or resources. But, have some fun too!
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with us in the Library! Take a selfie in our photo booth and make your own paper or 3D printer valentine.
Join us for free pizza and movie, My Funny Valentine, 6 – 8:30 pm in Room 312, Upper Level of the Library. Bring a date, a friend, or come on your own!
Pizza while supplies last.
Research on Tap
“Getting a Nice Glow on at Research on Tap: Luminescent
Sensors and the Fluorescence of Everyday Things.”
Research on Tap returns Thursday, February 8, at 6:30 pm, in The Wave, the UPEI campus pub in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Dr. Brian Wagner, professor of chemistry, will lead a discussion on luminescent sensors and the fluorescence of everyday things.
Research on Tap is a series of public discussions led by UPEI researchers. For more information, please email Brittany Jakubiec at gsa@upei.ca.
PhD Defence - Mary MacPhee
All are welcome to attend Mary MacPhee's PhD Defense presentation, "The Experience of Non-Francophone Parents with Children in Minority-language Schools in Prince Edward Island: A Mixed Method Study".
The examining committee includes Dr. Jules Rocque (University of St.Boniface), Dr. Scott Lee (UPEI), Dr. Miles Turnbull (Bishops University), Dr. Marianne Cormier (University of Moncton), and Jane Preston (UPEI). The defense will be chaired by Dr. Tess Miller.
Annual Asian Studies Lunch on 2018 Chinese-Korean New Year's Day
Dr. Edward Chung, UPEI's Asian Studies Coordinator and Korean Studies Project Director, invites you to the 4th Annual Lunch Event in celebration of the traditional Chinese and Korean New Year's Day.
Come socialize with our Asian/Korean Studies students, instructors, staff and supporters. We will also offer a brief information session on UPEI’s new Korean Studies Program, including: student scholarship, TAship, workshop, and international opportunity.
You are most welcome to join us on Thursday, February 15, 12:00—1:00 pm in SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge (main floor, rm. 201) for a healthy East Asian lunch and soft drinks.
Students who have taken an Asian Studies course last year, are enrolled this year, or will take one this summer or fall are welcome to attend!
Happy New Year again and best wishes for 2018!
Special acknowledgement: This event is supported by a Seed Program for Korean Studies grant (AKS-2017-INC-2230001) through the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS).
A Talk by Dr. Dorothy Smith
Dorothy E. Smith is widely acknowledged as a major feminist thinker of our time, and perhaps best known for her development of Institutional Ethnography, a theory/methodology of discovery aimed at providing a sociology for, not of, people. Smith’s lecture will focus on the interface between her development of a critical sociology aimed at exploring and explicating governance in contemporary society and its roots in feminism.
RESUMANIA - Build a stronger resume!
Need a stronger resume? Want to help your students succeed in finding work? Students can drop-in for a one-on-one resume review with Career Services staff, anytime between 10:00-2:00 in the Pit, Robertson Library, on the following dates:
Thursday, February 15
Thursday, February 22
Thursday, March 1
Monday, March 5
Resumania has been planned in conjunction with the 2018 Career and Summer Job Fair, taking place Wednesday March 7 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in McDougall Hall.
RESUMANIA - Build a stronger resume!
Need a stronger resume? Want to help your students succeed in finding work? Students can drop-in for a one-on-one resume review with Career Services staff, anytime between 10:00-2:00 in The PIT, Robertson Library, on the following dates:
Thursday, February 15
Thursday, February 22
Thursday, March 1
Monday, March 5
Resumania has been planned in conjunction with the 2018 Career and Summer Job Fair, taking place Wednesday March 7 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in McDougall Hall.
Presentation: Socially Aware Robot Navigation
The UPEI Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Presentation Series presents:
Dr. Trung Ngo, Associate Professor, UPEI
Title: Socially Aware Robot Navigation with Guaranty of Human Safety and Comfort
Date: Monday, February 26, 3:00 pm
Location: Cass 101
Presentation: Predicting Crop Loss Using Remote Sensing Data
The UPEI Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Presentation Series presents:
Dr. Kai Liu, Assistant Professor, UPEI
Title: Predicting Forage Crop Loss in the Presence of Systemic Weather Risk Using Remote Sensing Data: An Insurance Application
Date: Monday, March 12, 3:00 pm,
Location: Cass 101
Presentation: from the Beginnings to AlphaGo Zero
The UPEI Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Presentation Series presents:
Dr. Martin Mueller, Professor, University of Alberta
Title: Computer Go: from the Beginnings to AlphaGo Zero
Note: Dr. Martin Mueller is the grandfather of AlphaGo in the sense that AlphaGo is created by Dr. David Silver (Lead Researcher on AlphaGo in DeepMind Inc.) and Dr. Mueller is his PhD supervisor.
Date: Monday, March 26, 3:00 pm
Location: Cass 104