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# After more than a decade working with Atomic Energy of Canada, Dr. Kennedy joined the department in January 1966 as Director of the Computing Centre, a position he held until June 1980. The Computing Centre served computing needs across the university, including Computer Science. In addition, he became a professor in the Department of Computer Science in 1968.
# After more than a decade working with Atomic Energy of Canada, Dr. Kennedy joined the department in January 1966 as Director of the Computing Centre, a position he held until June 1980. The Computing Centre served computing needs across the university, including Computer Science. In addition, he became a professor in the Department of Computer Science in 1968.
# Hugh Dempster was one of the founding members of the department of Computer Science in 1968. Prior to that, Hugh had worked at UBC in the Computing Centre.
# Hugh Dempster was one of the founding members of the Department of Computer Science in 1968. Prior to that, Hugh had worked at UBC in the Computing Centre.
# Edward Argyle, another founding member, had worked at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Lab in Penticton, and published widely on computer science and astrophysics.
# Edward Argyle, another founding member, had worked at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Lab in Penticton and published widely on computer science and astrophysics.
# Founding member, Wilfred J. Hansen wrote one of the founding texts on data structures, "Data Structures" and "Data Structures in Pascal".
# Founding member, Wilfred J. Hansen wrote one of the founding texts on data structures, "Data Structures" and "Data Structures in Pascal".
# John L. Allard was a founding faculty member.
# John L. Allard was a founding faculty member.
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*[http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cs-research/lci/research-groups/natural-language-processing/ PLAI (Programming Languages for Artificial Intelligence)]
*[http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cs-research/lci/research-groups/natural-language-processing/ PLAI (Programming Languages for Artificial Intelligence)]
*[https://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/scl/ SCL (Scientific Computing Laboratory)]
*[https://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/scl/ SCL (Scientific Computing Laboratory)]
*[https://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/spin/ SPIN (Sensory Perception & interaction Research Group)]
*[https://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/spin/ SPIN (Sensory Perception & Interaction Research Group)]
*[https://spl.cs.ubc.ca/ SPL (Software Practices Lab)]
*[https://spl.cs.ubc.ca/ SPL (Software Practices Lab)]
*[https://sensorimotor.cs.ubc.ca/ SSL (Sensorimotor Systems Lab)]
*[https://sensorimotor.cs.ubc.ca/ SSL (Sensorimotor Systems Lab)]
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*[[Cristina Conati]] - Multiple papers and awards, previous President of AAAC ([https://aaac.world/ Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing)]
*[[Cristina Conati]] - Multiple papers and awards, previous President of AAAC ([https://aaac.world/ Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing)]
*[[Anne Condon]] – [[bioinformatics]] and [[Computational complexity theory|computational complexity]], former department chair.
*[[Anne Condon]] – [[bioinformatics]] and [[Computational complexity theory|computational complexity]], former department chair.
*[[Gregor Kiczales]] – His best known work is on [[Aspect-oriented programming]] and the [[AspectJ]] extension for [[Java (programming language)|Java]] at [[Xerox PARC]]. He contributed to the design of the [[Common Lisp Object System]], and is the author of the book ''[[The Art of the Metaobject Protocol]]'', along with Jim Des Rivieres and [[Daniel G. Bobrow]]
*[[Gregor Kiczales]] – His best known work is on [[Aspect-oriented programming]] and the [[AspectJ]] extension for [[Java (programming language)|Java]] at [[Xerox PARC]]. He contributed to the design of the [[Common Lisp Object System]] and is the author of the book ''[[The Art of the Metaobject Protocol]]'', along with Jim Des Rivieres and [[Daniel G. Bobrow]]
*[[Kevin Leyton-Brown]] - Canada CIFAR AI Chair and Director of the UBC ICICS [https://www.caida.org/ Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making and Action (CAIDA)]
*[[Kevin Leyton-Brown]] - Canada CIFAR AI Chair and Director of the UBC ICICS [https://www.caida.org/ Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making and Action (CAIDA)]
*[[Alan Mackworth]] – Founding director of the UBC Laboratory for Computational Intelligence. He is Past President of the [[Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence]] (AAAI).
*[[Alan Mackworth]] – Founding director of the UBC Laboratory for Computational Intelligence. He is the Past President of the [[Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence]] (AAAI).
*[[Joanna McGrenere]] - An expert in [[Human–computer interaction|Human-Computer Interaction]], and founder of the [https://dfp.ubc.ca/ Designing for People] initiative at [[University of British Columbia|UBC]]
*[[Joanna McGrenere]] - An expert in [[Human–computer interaction|Human-Computer Interaction]], and founder of the [https://dfp.ubc.ca/ Designing for People] initiative at [[University of British Columbia|UBC]]
*[[Tamara Munzner]] - Expert in [[Data and information visualization|information visualization]] and author of several books on the subject matter
*[[Tamara Munzner]] - Expert in [[Data and information visualization|information visualization]] and author of several books on the subject matter

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The Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia was established in May 1968. UBC CS is located at the UBC Point Grey campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of September 2022, it has 65 faculty, 62 staff, 248 graduate students, and 2,763 undergraduates.[1]

History

The Computer Science department was established in May 1968 by six founding UBC faculty members:[2]

  1. After more than a decade working with Atomic Energy of Canada, Dr. Kennedy joined the department in January 1966 as Director of the Computing Centre, a position he held until June 1980. The Computing Centre served computing needs across the university, including Computer Science. In addition, he became a professor in the Department of Computer Science in 1968.
  2. Hugh Dempster was one of the founding members of the Department of Computer Science in 1968. Prior to that, Hugh had worked at UBC in the Computing Centre.
  3. Edward Argyle, another founding member, had worked at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Lab in Penticton and published widely on computer science and astrophysics.
  4. Founding member, Wilfred J. Hansen wrote one of the founding texts on data structures, "Data Structures" and "Data Structures in Pascal".
  5. John L. Allard was a founding faculty member.
  6. John J.E.L. Peck was the first Department Head and remained so until 1977.

Research activities

The department's research activities are organized around a number of collaborative research groups:[3]



Ratings

The department is rated by Maclean's 2022 annual rankings as tied for the best computer science university program in Canada.[4]

The department is ranked 21st in the world by the QS World University Subject Rankings.

UBC is ranked as the 34th best university in the world by QS World University Rankings.

Notable faculty


See also

References

  1. ^ "Canada's Top 10 Universities to Pursue a Computer Science Degree". Canada Study News. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. ^ "Historic milestones". UBC Computer Science.
  3. ^ "Research". UBC Computer Science.
  4. ^ Maclean's. "Canada's Best Computer Science Programs: University Rankings 2023". Maclean's. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

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