Dr. Rob Rohling reappointed Director of ICICS
Dr. Rob Rohling has been reappointed as the director of the Institute for Computing, Information, and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) for another five-year term. Dr. Rohling is cross-appointed as a Professor in UBC’s Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments, where he pursues research on biomedical engineering, medical imaging, medical information systems, and robotics and […]
New publication tackles unstructured mesh optimization
Doctoral student Mohammad Zandsalimy and supervisor Dr. Carl Ollivier-Gooch have approached an ongoing problem in fluid simulation in their recent publication in the Journal of Computational Physics. Meshes are used to calculate complicated geometrical shapes, like topographies or computer graphics. Unstructured meshes are used to solve particularly complex problems like fluid flow, whereas structured meshes […]
Information Session: Research Opportunities in Japan – January 25, 2022
Information Session on Research Opportunities in Japan offered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is the largest research-funding agency in Japan, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Education. JSPS offers hundreds of funding opportunities that are available to all fields (social-science, humanities, […]
Call for Applications: Health System Impact Fellowship – Deadline: Feb 24, 2022
The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship (for doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows) provides highly-qualified doctoral trainees (doctoral students) and post-doctoral fellows studying health services and policy research (HSPR), or related fields, a unique opportunity to apply their research and analytic talents to critical challenges in health care that are being addressed by health system and […]
Call for Applications: TELUS Graduate Fellowship on Telecommunications Policy – Deadline: Jan 31, 2022
Applications are open for the Telus Graduate Fellowship on Telecommunications Policy. The objective of the Fellowship is to support excellence in public policy research and develop leadership and expertise within Canada on issues of telecommunications policy. The Fellowship will support graduate students who wish to undertake independent, innovative research on issues related to telecommunications policy. […]