CS @ uWaterloo announcements

The Department of Psychology at Ryerson University is seeking undergraduate students who might be interested in participating in a survey examining the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on undergraduate university students. It is funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and has been reviewed and approved by the Ryerson University Research Ethics Board [2021-409]. The survey is administered using the online platform Qualtrics. Either a computer or a phone can be used to complete this survey. The survey is anonymous; there is no way to identify your responses in any way.  The project aims to recruit 2000 undergraduate students who are enrolled in a full-time undergraduate university program in Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia.  The survey takes approximately 10 minutes. Your participation is completely voluntary, and your decision to or to not participate will not impact your relationship with us, with any of your community organizations or Ryer...

  Are you an undergraduate student working on a project in Artificial Intelligence? The Canadian Undergraduate Conference on AI is the best opportunity you have to show off all that hard work. Design Team applications open until March 21st. Apply now:  https://forms.gle/1aWTM9fjoWPgNXke9 . 

The Taimaka Project - ending multidimensional poverty in northern Nigeria with evidence-based solutions About Taimaka’s Computer Science Internship: Gombe State, Nigeria has one of the highest rates of stunting and malnutrition for under-five (U5) children in the world, resulting in between 1,000 and 2,000 estimated avoidable deaths each year. Despite efforts by the government, we estimate that over 32,000 children in Gombe suffer from acute malnutrition. Your skills would support us towards our ultimate goal: ending acute childhood malnutrition in Gombe through an innovative, government-co-financed program. Beginning in February of 2022, the Taimaka Project will be piloting a Community Management of Malnutrition (CMAM) program in partnership with a state government in Northeastern Nigeria to treat 2,700 children experiencing moderate and severe acute malnutrition. Taimaka is attempting to drive down program costs and treat more children by building dedicated case management soft...

The sixth annual Government of Canada Data Conference , “Driving Data Value and Insights for All Canadians,” is fast approaching and staff and students from your organisation are invited.    Date and time: February 23 to 24, 2022, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET  Programme   Registration link (closes February 22, 4:00 pm ET)  Hashtag: #GCData2022  Co-hosted by Statistics Canada and the GC Data Community at the Canada School of Public Service, this year’s Data Conference responds to the urgent need to fill data knowledge gaps in areas such as diversity and inclusion, the environment, and economic recovery. Participants will have a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts about:  data foundations;  data as a public good;  data insights through collaboration; and  other related topics.  This free virtual event features:  more than 50 speakers;  a virtual exposition with kios...

MindsDB is an open-source Machine Learning platform that enables ML in the database ( https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb ). They are seeking feedback and student contributors. Please check out their repo and if you are interested, then please fill in this form  https://mindsdb.typeform.com/to/VDg4zDnf  or have any feedback please send an email ac@mindsdb.com .