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Experiences as a Computer Science Graduate Teaching Assistant

 
It's almost the end of my second term of being a teaching assistant at the University of Guelph. This time around it was an intermediate c programming class. I'm really starting to enjoy being a TA, and since it was my second time, it has become...
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Coast-to-Coast Seminars

 
Today I found out about some cross-Canada computer / math seminars that are sponsored by a consortium of research / computing organizations across Canada including SHARCNET, WestGrid, ACENet, IRMACS and AARMS. Today's talk was given at the...
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Top 10 Reasons to Study Computer Science in 2009

 
The trend in blogs, the internet and news sites lately is to write articles about the economy. Instead of that however, I thought I would use the opportunity to try to encourage people who might be considering studying computer science (or related...
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CIS Career Night @ University of Guelph

 
On January 28th, the Computer Science department at the University of Guelph is having their annual Career Night. It's being put on with the help of CISters and some other campus student groups. I attended one of these events last year and met some...
Tips for Getting into Grad School and Receiving Funding

Tips for Getting into Grad School and Receiving Funding

 
Occasionally, I get asked questions on how to get into grad school, what can be done to improve the chances of making it in and how to get funding. I am by no means an expert on this, but every bit of insight helps I suppose so here’s a quick...