the chinese food corner, brought to you by: Qin Zhu, Shuai He, Jie Yan, Xuan Du, and Yanyan Zhuang
the persian food corner, brought to you by: Aras Balali Moghaddam, Narges Mahyar, Ali Sarvghad, Maryam Ahmadi, Mohammad Haji, and Kazem Jahanbakhsh
also thanks to those donated to food corners and made them possible
nice idea, but we actually have many asian faculty/staff members and students other than chinese and indian. should it be region, instead of country, based? e.g., eastern/cjk, southern, *mideast*, etc
being the canadian univ closest to asia, we should be proud of it
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/10/too-asian/
and there is an event tonight 6pm in dsb c103
http://thinknotfear.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/
i guess dec 16 is toward the end of final exam, so undergrads should be
invited to the faculty of engineering party as well. thanks
Six (6) undergraduate students from different departments at the University of Victoria (UVic) competed in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Pacific Northwest regional programming competition on November 13, 2010, hosted by Simon Fraser University (SFU) on its Surrey, British Columbia (BC), Canada campus.
The competition involves teams, each of which has three (3) students, working together to solve problems with algorithm design and program implementation over a five-hour period. Time penalties are given to teams when they give wrong answers to the problems. The team that solves the most problems in the least amount of time wins. The Pacific Northwest region consists of teams from universities in Alaska, Hawaii, BC, Washington, Oregon, northern/central California and western Nevada. 76 teams took part in the competition this year at five different locations.
UVic’s top team, UVic White, consisting of third-year students Tim Song, Jennifer Debroni and Dan Sanders, all from Computer Science, finished 9th with five (5) problems solved. The second UVic team, UVic Blue, consisting of Jared Griffis (second-year Software Engineering), Brodie Roberts (second-year Physics) and Corey Binnersley (second-year Computer Science), finished 24th with three (3) problems solved. The UVic teams have been coordinated by Computer Science graduate student Tyler Cadigan.
The teams were selected after two individual qualifiers in September, and the teams have practice sessions every Friday afternoon since then. They also participated in practice competitions every weekend since October.
For UVic ICPC activities, see http://www.csc.uvic.ca/icpc and join the UVic programming club at http://groups.google.com/group/uvicicpc
Congratulations to the UVic teams and thanks a lot to Tyler!
i have time conflict that day, but we all want to know and participate, one way or the other. if you go, please bring some notes for me. thanks!
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http://thinknotfear.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/
“Understanding Difference, Challenging Anti-Asian Racism”
Members of UVic and the greater Victoria community are invited to a teach-in organized by an ad hoc group of students, faculty and staff concerning the “‘Too Asian’?” article in the November 11 edition of Maclean’s, http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/10/too-asian/
Date: Wednesday, December 1
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Place: David Strong Building C103, http://www.uvic.ca/buildings/dsb.html
Tentative Program
1. Opening Remarks
2. Students “Talking Back” and Discussion
Students – domestic and international, undergraduate and graduate – will share 5-minute presentations about the Maclean’s article and lived experiences as “Asian” and/or “Canadian,” followed by audience responses.
3. Video Presentation, “An Audio-Visual Analysis of W5 ‘Campus Giveway’” (1980)
Audience will watch clips of a rebuttal to the CTV W5 show in 1979, in which Chinese Canadians were portrayed as stealing the rightful places of the “real” (white) Canadians in postsecondary education. The show sparked a well-known struggle for equality led by the Chinese Canadian National Council.
4. Panel Discussion: “An Open and Responsible Dialogue about Race and Diversity”
Members of UVic and the Greater Victoria community will give 5-minute presentations on topics such as the history of immigration and racism in B.C., recruitment of international students on Canadian campuses, and diversity and equity issues.
5. Concluding Plenary Session: “What can we do next?”
Audience share views of collective vision and goals.
i collected some material last year. hope it helps
http://panlab.cs.uvic.ca/webb/viewtopic.php?t=3308
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, George Robinson wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The department is hosting an advising event on November 23rd from
> 1:30-2:30 in ECS 660 to advertise combined programs and options. Could you
> please share the attached slide with any second and third year classes you
> teach?
>
> Thank you,
>
> George Robinson
> Acting Administrative Officer
> Department of Computer Science
> Faculty of Engineering – University of Victoria
> T: 250-472-5854
> F: 250-472-5708
looks great! let’s all add the link to our websites and email signatures
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, micaela serra wrote:
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> I had missed the video and it is wonderful!
> George, you are quite the star dancer!!!!
>
> **********************************
> Micaela Serra
> Professor
> Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Victoria
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Kui Wu wrote:
> Thanks to Jane?s recommendation, which I could not help sharing with you.
> The puzzle why ECS has so many colorful paper airplanes is now solved.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpKMIGoUGe0&feature=related
thanks a lot for the heads-up. meanwhile, i am strongly against any types of stereotype against our prospective, current or former students from any particular countries. if we can only do one thing for our students, that’s an open, fair and uplifting environment for them to excel further
it’s nothing unusual to see some cheaters showing up in any societies or sectors, but it is those who have violated integrity, ethics and/or laws should be punished, not the ones share the same color, gender or country of origin! just as we also have “dr kube” and “dr dr walker” here
the solution is not to gossip or whisper around; the solution is to make our system more effective and efficient, identify one or two cheated and punish them accordingly and make it public to educate others, not punish all others. just look at what saanich police did to “dr dr walker”
overall, i believe the majority of the society knows good vs bad
after a public apology, mr walker at least deserves a second chance—he’s now back to university and hopefully is really working toward his degrees. from saanich news, wednesday, sept 22, 2010:
“Non-doc apologizes to Victoria
As part of the conditions of his sentence, Jason Walker made a public apology this weekend for inflating his academics and claiming to be a doctor.
In an ad published in the Times Colonist Sunday, Walker said the apology is for the “serious mistake” he made.
“It is important that you know I take full responsibility for my actions,” he wrote. “Although there are extreme events in my life which led to extremely poor judgment, there is no excuse for having misled you. I am deeply sorry and equally ashamed for my actions.”
Walker was arrested on Dec. 31, 2009 after an investigation by Saanich police uncovered he had been calling himself a doctor, and had falsified two degrees.
Last month, he was found guilty of two counts of perjury and one count of uttering forged documents. He was released on a conditional sentence that includes community service and the public apology.
In the ad, Walker said he’s working to improve and refocus his life. He says he is once again pursuing post-secondary education.
“I will work whole-heartedly to amend the catastrophic error in judgment I have made,” he wrote. “This experience will most definitely guide my conscience throughout my future.””
some resources:
the resources tab on http://www.csc.uvic.ca/icpc
http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~skiena/392/
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~simonsyd/acm/index.html
hope it is not too late—could you please remind your students that the second qualifier contest will come up this sunday (sept 26), in ecs242 for uvic students. practice starts at 12pm, contest 1pm
prereg required. see http://www.cs.sfu.ca/news/events/ACM/ for details
thanks to sue—pizza&drink will be provided after the contest, and we will also hand out some small prizes to the qualified team members (if you have prizes to donate, e.g., souvenirs from confs/trips, let me know. thanks!)
