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2021
March 30, 2021, StFX News Building robots: Computer science student’s undergraduate honours thesis looks at how we can relate human interactions to actions robots are taking
March 26, 2021, Saltwire News Building a better virus trap with artificial intelligence: Nova Scotia professor’s computer program offers new insight into vaccine delivery
January 7, 2021, Saltwire News St. F.X. researchers receive $1.5 million for projects
January 7, 2021 989 XFM Eight St. FX University Professors Receive $1.48 Million In Research Grants
January 7, 2021 StFX News Eight StFX researchers receive almost $1.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grant competition (2020)
2020
December 8, 2020 Analytics By Design Podcast Can Computers Help Cure Humans? ML used in COVID Vaccine with Dr. James Hughes
December 2, 2020 ResearchNS Podcast Coding COVID-19: Computer Scientists Create Vaccination Strategies Using A.I.
December 2020 ResearchNS New Health Investigator Grant Recipients — Using activity monitors to improve virtual care for individuals at risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease living in rural areas of Nova Scotia
November 25, 2020 StFX News StFX Faculty Elected to International Board Serving the Worldwide Community of Digital Humanists
November 6, 2020 StFX News StFX Computer Science Students Win 2020 Atlantic Canadian Programming Competition
October 26, 2020 StFX News With almost 30 per cent of classes successfully moved online, StFX faculty make monumental effort to provide best education possible
October 24, 2020 The Catholic Register St. FX student develops AI coaching app
October 5, 2020 Compute Canada Publications Compute Canada Annual Report 2019 — 2020
September 25, 2020 StFX News Athletic training and coaching made smarter from new spin-out company from St. Francis Xavier University
July 30, 2020 This Matters Podcast The ethics of a COVID-19 vaccine and who gets it first
July 28, 2020 Toronto Star How AI could help us decide who’s first in line for any COVID-19 vaccine
June 10, 2020 CTV Ethical dilemma: Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?
June 9, 2020 Guelph Mercury Tribune U of Guelph prof helping create AI program for COVID-19 vaccinations
June 6, 2020 CBC How AI and smartwatches can help us cope with COVID-19
June 5, 2020 Thorold News New paper looks at potential vaccine strategies and their effectiveness
Summer 2020 Acenet Curbing COVID with Computers
May 22, 2020 StFX News StFX Computer Science Student’s Research on Interactive Music Accompaniment Tool Accepted at Top International Conference
May 21, 2020 Saltwire News COVID-19 vaccine isn’t available yet, but a Nova Scotia researcher is using AI to help solve a potential challenge
May, 19 2020 989 XFM St. FX Computer Science Professor James Hughes Part Of A Study On How To Deploy Strategies For COVID-19
May 14, 2020 ResearchNS Using AI to provide direction on deployment of COVID-19 tests and vaccines
May 13, 2020 StFX News StFX researchers receive funding for projects to help inform best COVID-19 practices, support NS healthcare decision making and planning
Spring 2020 Acenet Creating a Non-linear Model of our Non-linear Brains
2019
October 9, 2019 StFX News Summer Research Student Bios
2018
November 14, 2018 StFX News & Saltwire News Top Honours, National Recognition for StFX Computer Science
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