Recognizing Excellence Summit

Thursday, June 13, 2019 8:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

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Join us on Thursday, June 13th for a day of captivating discussions presented by faculty and alumni.

8:00 am - 10:00 am in DC 1302

Time Talk/Speaker Location
8:00 am Morning Refreshments DC 1302
8:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mark Giesbrecht, Professor and Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
DC 1302
8:30 am Emotional Identity in Assistive Technology for Aging
Jesse Hoey, Inaugural Graham Research Fellow, 2017–2019, University of Waterloo
DC 1302
9:00 am Improving Perceived Humanness of Virtual Agents Through Emotions
Moojan Ghafurian, ​Inaugural Graham Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo
DC 1302
9:20 am Early Detection of Cancer (Multiple Myeloma) Relapse from Blood with Mass Spectrometry and Computation
Bin Ma, Inaugural Graham Research Fellow, 2017–2020, University of Waterloo
DC 1302