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Congratulations to Cheryl Chan, who received the Bit Quill Technologies Award for Women in Computer Science for outstanding academic achievement and community service!
How is AI going to affect the economy? Jobs? Relationships?
This fall, UBC has a new introductory course in AI that will explore these questions. Learn more about the new AI 100 course and UBC Computer Science’s new AI-focused curriculum: science.ubc.ca/news/2026-05...
"It's stealing intellectual property. These systems have been trained on the entire internet without any regard for copyright. So people's photos, videos, books, etc. have been essentially stolen," says UBC computer scientist Dr. Alan Mackworth.
@alanmackworth.bsky.social @cs.ubc.ca
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This fall, UBC has a new introductory course about AI! AI 100 is open to all UBC students and covers the fundamentals of what AI is and explores its ethical and social implications. Learn more: science.ubc.ca/news/2026-05...
Congratulations to Sina Mahdavi, who received the Accenture Leadership Award for achieving high academic standing and demonstrating leadership in extracurricular activities!
Congratulations to Emilie Ma, who received the Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize for
demonstrating leadership and making significant contributions to student activities in the Department!
UBC has a new introductory course about AI! AI 100 is open to all UBC students and covers the fundamentals of what AI is and explores its ethical and social implications. Read more about the new AI 100 course and UBC’s new AI-focused curriculum: science.ubc.ca/news/2026-05...
Congratulations to our outstanding undergraduate students who received the Rick Sample Memorial Award for their involvement in computer science research: Angela Chiang, Emilie Ma, Ali Salamatian, and Rain Yang!
Congratulations to Jaehwan Seok, who received the Markus Meister Memorial Prize for graduating with the highest academic standing in the final year of the Computer Science BSc program!
This week, Professor Laks Lakshmanan presented two papers and gave a workshop keynote and Professor Rachel Pottinger received a Distinguished Reviewer Award at ACM SIGMOD+PODS 2026! Learn more about the papers in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2026/si...
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As advocates rally against them, two experts warn against betting too hard on AI while acknowledging its usefulness if used ethically.
