As the last Space Shuttle begins preparations to return to Earth for its final landing, Manitoba primary and high school students are learning and training for the next phase of space exploration. At the University of Manitoba, the Manitoba Space Adventure Camp is designed to bring space travel and space exploration “down to Earth.”
“Even though […]

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When television journalists broadcast live from war zones or inside hurricanes, many use satellite-phone systems with compact antennas to send live images and reports back to the news desk. This technology was developed by Lotfallah Shafai, Canada Research Chair in Applied Electromagnetics. His wave-breaking technologies have made Canada a world leader in the research and […]

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Manitoba’s first energy-efficient High Performance Computing (HPC) resources were unveiled today at the University of Manitoba as part of the Compute Canada/WestGrid initiative. This system is made possible by a collaborative $8 million investment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), Manitoba Research and Innovation Fund (MRIF), University of Manitoba […]

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Manitoba’s first energy-efficient High Performance Computing resources are being launched tomorrow at the University of Manitoba as part of a Compute Canada/WestGrid initiative.
The launch of the $8 million High Performance Computer Centre will make possible advancements in science and technology (in particular, disease diagnosis, material manufacturing and climate change management) while lowering environmental costs. The […]

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More than two dozen computer science departments from universities across the country, including the University of Manitoba, are recognizing December 5 to 11 as Computer Science Education Week, the first of its kind in Canada.
The goal of the week-long celebration is to highlight the diversity of jobs and educational opportunities in computer science. Events taking […]

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From June 19 to June 26, 2010, several robots and their attendant humans from the University of Manitoba will be heading to Singapore for RoboCup 2010.This international competition pits automatons from around the world against one another as they walk, run and play soccer for world titles.
Jacky Baltes is co-director of the […]

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The word is out: a contingent of University of Manitoba graduates contributed to the (likely) Oscar win of the movie Avatar.Prime Focus, a visual effects company with offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver and Winnipeg, contributed to several scenes of the 3-D blockbuster. And, in the Winnipeg office, dozens of staff have University of Manitoba connections, […]

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