6th Symposium on Innovations in Computer Science and Applied Computing (ICSAC)

September 26, 2022

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Research Fests are organized by the Computer Science Graduate Council (CSGC), partnered with the Department of Computer Science, celebrating research done by undergraduate, graduate, summer students, and post-docs working in the Department of Computer Science. Our goal is to bring together graduate students, faculty members, researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss and present the research and innovations in different areas of Computer Science and relevant fields. Research Fest 2022 invites high-quality contributions describing significant, original, published and/or unpublished results. Solicited topics include, but are not limited to:

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Programming Languages, Parallel and Distributed Computers
• Computer Systems, Networks and Performance
• Computational Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics
• Distributed and Parallel Computing
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Imaging, Multimedia and Graphics
• Intelligent Systems
• Multi-User Adaptive Distributed Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
• Simulation and Modeling
• Software Engineering
• Accessible Computing
• Bioinformatics
• Biomedical and Interactive Graphics
• Visualization, Geometry, and Algorithms

Research Fest 2022 Program Schedule

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Keynote Speach

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Speaker: Dr. Aaron Genest

Biography: Dr. Aaron Genest holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan. He works for Siemens Software in Saskatoon where, among other roles, he represents Siemens as President of SaskTech, an industry advisory organization to government and education stakeholders. Dr. Genest is deeply involved in the University of Saskatchewan, sitting on the Dean’s Advisory Committee in Engineering, as an appointee to the Intellectual Property Working Group to the OVPR, and as a member of the Signature Areas Steering Committee. He works closely with the U of R and Sask Polytechnic in addition to various government ministries in Saskatchewan and federally.

Dr. Genest is a committed member of the larger technology community serving as a mentor for the co.labs and Cultivator technology incubators and as Executive in Residence for Foresight Cleantech Accelerator. In these roles, he helps leaders of start-ups and early-stage companies navigate technical, governance, talent acquisition, and sales challenges. He continues that mentorship in his involvement with USask’s SIGMA entrepreneurship program and as a mentor through the USask Connects graduate mentorship program.

Dr. Genest is married to Dr. Emily Jenkins (Professor, WCVM) and has three sons.

Title: Advocating for Education; a study in mismatched policies

Abstract: Investment in education remains elusive across Canada as governments move to address presumably higher-priority issues such as health care or economic robustness. Yet the basis of our economic growth requires long term and strong investments across our entire education system, from kindergarten to graduate school. There is moral, economic, and scientific alignment on the need for a strong education system, so why are we seemingly unable to invest effectively to achieve shared outcomes? And where do industry-academic partnerships fit into this puzzle; are they able to drive a change in investment priorities?

Important Dates

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• Abstract Submission Deadline: August 26, 2022 September 02, 2022 (AoE) (Click here to submit)
• Author Notification for Abstract: September 07, 2022 (AoE)
• Submission of Presentation Slides: September 20, 2022 (AoE)
• Final Presentation: September 26, 2022

Awards

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• Undergraduate & Graduate: Top three will be awarded (Champion: $500, 1st Runner-Up: $400, and 2nd Runner-Up: $300)
• Three Women in Computer Science: $500 each

Advisory Committee

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Organizing Committee

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Reviewers

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Our Partner

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Our Sponsors

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Research Fest 2022 Award Winners

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1st place ($500): ​”Benchmarking Self-supervised Learning Methods for Image-based Plant Phenotyping Tasks” presented ​by Franklin Ogidi (Full author list: Franklin Ogidi, Mark Eramian, and Ian Stavness)

2nd place ($500): “Detecting and visualizing quality aspects in backporting pull requests” presented by Jarin Tasnim (Full author list: Jarin Tasnim, Debasish Chakroborti, Chanchal Roy, Kevin Schneider, and Debjoyti Mondal)

(This award was originally worth $400. Since CSGC introduced the Women in Computer Science Awards, which is worth $500 each and was given to self-identified women according to the abstract/poster ranks following the ranking of the first, second, and third posters. Therefore, to keep it fair for the second award winner in the regular category, who self-identified as a woman, this award has been topped up with $100 to make it at least equivalent to the women in computer science award)

3rd place ($500): ​”An exploratory study on the relationship of smells and design issues with software vulnerabilities” presented by Sahrima Jannat Oishwee

(Full author list: Sahrima Jannat Oishwee, Zadia Codabux, and Natalia Stakhanova)

(This award was originally worth $300. Since CSGC introduced the Women in Computer Science Awards, which is worth $500 each and was given to self-identified women according to the abstract/poster ranks following the ranking of the first, second, and third posters. Therefore, to keep it fair for the second award winner in the regular category, who self-identified as a woman, this award has been topped up with $200 to make it at least equivalent to the women in computer science award)

Women in Computer Science Awards ($500 each)

• ​”Predicting content manipulations by open web proxies” presented by Zahra Nezhadian (Full author list: Zahra Nezhadian, Enrico Branca, and Natalia Stakhanova)

• “Classifying Lentil Seedcoat Phenotypes Based on Unsupervised Learning” presented by Amanda Ewen (Full author list: Amanda Ewen, Keyhan Najafian, Samuel Horovatin, Kirsten Bett, Derek Wright, Ian Stavness, and Lingling Jin)

• “Exploring Relevant Artifacts of Release Notes: The Practitioners’ Perspective” presented by Sristy Sumana Nath (Full author list: Sristy Sumana Nath, and Banani Roy)

Past Research Fests

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