Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning Phase 2 Launch

October 22, 2009 | The Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning will be announcing its renewed funding, plus the launch of its spinoff company, Myriad Machine Learning.

Time: 9:30am

Research Funding Information Sessions

These sessions will provide students and faculty at Alberta universities with up-to-date information on the following Alberta Ingenuity funding opportunities:

Graduate Student Scholarships

For fourth-year undergraduate students, first-year M.Sc. and PhD graduate students and professors recruiting graduate students.
Funding available: $23,000 - $36,000 per year

Nanotechnology 101: An introduction to nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the wave of the future. Come and learn more about nanoscience and nanotechnology and the potential benefits and risks that it holds for society at large.

Short course led by Paul Burrows, with guest speaker Gary Albach of nanoAlberta.

Find full details here. (pdf)

When: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 1:00 p.m.

Location: University of Alberta | Engineering Teaching and Learning Centre
Room 117

2009 National Carbohydrate Symposium | May 14 - 16, 2009

May 14 - 16, 2009 | The fifth National Carbohydrate Symposium is a two-and-half day event focusing on recent advances in the chemistry and biomedical aspects of complex carbohydrates.

Nanotechnology | Buzzword or Revolution?

Paul Burrows, a science and technology lecturer and consultant based in Washington State, will be speaking in Edmonton on how to separate the hype from reality to weigh the risks and benefits of nanotechnology.