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A leading academic computer science department in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
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Dr. Vered Shwartz collaborates with Vancouver-based tech startup to study legal research engine. The project aims to reduce false legal information from generative AI tool. Read more in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/12...
Dr. Vered Shwartz collaborates with Vancouver-based tech startup to study legal research engine
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December 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
UBC and SFU’s Computer Science departments recently hosted an event that sparked discussions on how to advance AI in BC’s industries. Read more in a new article on our website! www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/12...
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
UBC Computer Science Professor Reid Holmes has been named a 2025 Distinguished Member by the Association for Computing Machinery “for contributions to software quality and developer productivity.” Congratulations Dr. Holmes! Read more in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/12...
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
UBC Computer Science welcomes new Assistant Professor of Teaching Elham Khoda, PhD! Dr. Khoda teaches in the Master of Data Science Program at UBC. Read more about Dr. Khoda's journey into computer science and teaching: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Are we in an #AI bubble?

@cs.ubc.ca professor Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown discusses

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December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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📣Applications for the 2026 Data Science for Social Good Program now open! If you are passionate about leveraging data to create meaningful social impact and meet the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to apply✨ dsi.ubc.ca/data-science... @stat.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca @arts.ubc.ca
Data Science for Social Good
The Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Program at the University of British Columbia is an interdisciplinary summer research program that brings together data providers and domain experts to work wit...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This week, UBC Computer Science researchers will be at #NeurIPS2025! A total of 18 papers from the department were accepted at the conference, including 4 Spotlight Papers, which represent the top 3.3% of submissions. Read more: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/12...
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In a new study from UBC Computer Science, researchers developed a deep generative model to disentangle biological processes in cells. CellUntangler extracts key representations of data points in single-cell RNA sequencing data to capture cell signals. Read more: www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
CellUntangler: Separating distinct biological signals in single-cell data with deep generative models
Chen et al. present CellUntangler, a deep-learning model that utilizes a flexible latent space composed of multiple subspaces, allowing for the capture and filtering of biological signals in single-ce...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Applications for UBC’s BCS program is now open! This unique 20-month, full-time, second-degree program is designed for university graduates with a bachelor’s degree outside of computer science. Deadline for applications is January 15, 2026. Apply now! www.cs.ubc.ca/bcs/
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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In the #BlackFriday madness, which deals are legit?

@cs.ubc.ca prof Robert Xiao advises online shoppers to check the URL of any website they use to shop and watch out for deals that are too good to be true.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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UBC Computer Science invites applications for up to two full-time tenure-track positions with the following priority areas: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining. Applications are due Wed Dec 10, 2025. Learn more: www.cs.ubc.ca/our-departme...
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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"The premise of people using LLMs to do fact-checking is flawed," said Dr. Vered Shwartz of @cs.ubc.ca & CIFAR AI chair at @vectorinstitute.ai. "They don't have any notion of the truth … it just generates the statistically most likely next word."

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Fact File: X's AI chatbot claims Carney isn't PM, Russian video set in Toronto
The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok made several errors over the past few weeks when asked to verify information on the X platform.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Curious about graduate programs at UBC Computer Science? Join our virtual Q&A sessions about admissions to our MSc, PhD-track and PhD program on Wed Dec 3! Register here: www.cs.ubc.ca/graduate-pro...
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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UBC computer scientist Dr. Vered Shwartz—a member of CIFAR’s newly launched AI network on safeguarding courts from synthetic content—discusses manipulation and the need for guardrails as we adopt AI. @cs.ubc.ca
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Can AI persuade you to go vegan—or harm yourself?
Large language models are more persuasive than humans: UBC computer scientist Dr. Vered Shwartz discusses safeguards for the future of AI.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Joanna McGrenere has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her research on interactive computer technologies that can be personalized to the needs of individual users. Dr. McGrenere is Co-head of @cs.ubc.ca.

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Royal Society of Canada 2025: Dr. Joanna McGrenere
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November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Meet Enas Kosa! Enas has been a mentor in the Tri-Mentoring Program for the past 12 years. In this interview, she shares her journey from mentee to mentor and how mentorship has shaped her career trajectory. www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/11...
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week is Climate Emergency Week at UBC. The Sustainability Hub has organized events, workshops and activities for the UBC community to show support for climate action work and highlight climate justice issues. Learn more: climateemergency.ubc.ca/climate-emer...
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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UBC computer scientist Dr. Tamara Munzner has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her visualization research which involves designing systems to solve specific needs for a target group of real-world users. @cs.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social

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Royal Society of Canada 2025: Dr. Tamara Munzner
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November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Less than a month left to apply to the UBC Computer Science graduate program!

I am looking for (fully funded) graduate students.

- Admissions info: www.cs.ubc.ca/students/gr...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
UBC Computer Science welcomes new Assistant Professor Hila Gonen, Ph.D. Dr. Gonen will lead a research group on reliability and multilinguality of language models. Read more about Dr. Gonen’s journey into computer science and her research program at UBC: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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“It’s the same as losing your keys for your business front door — you definitely have multiple copies of that key available and you make sure the right people have it."

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November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us on November 11 at UBC's War Memorial Gymnasium for a ceremony to commemorate Remembrance Day.

All UBC students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend—to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Curious about graduate programs at UBC Computer Science? Join our virtual Q&A sessions about admissions to our MSc, PhD-track and PhD program on Wed Dec 3! Register here: www.cs.ubc.ca/graduate-pro...
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
From a personalized AI agent to help you communicate with your long-distance family members to a tool that gives subtle feedback on your body language during video calls, UBC’s eDAPT group presented their studies at CSCW2025 last month. Read more: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/11...
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM