Courtney Y. Paquette receives 2024 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
It is a great pleasure to announce that our colleague Courtney Paquette has been named a 2024 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Computer Science.
Machine learning relies heavily on probabilistic optimization algorithms.
While machine learning papers are written at a staggering rate, there is much less foundational mathematical work that addresses the success of machine learning.
Since her PhD, Courtney has been at the forefront of this foundational work.Published: 27 February 2024
Dean Yolande Chan Leads Global Higher Ed Transformation at 2024 EFMD Conference in Amsterdam
Dean Yolande Chan chaired the 2024 EFMD Conference for Deans and Directors General, that brought together nearly 500 leaders in higher education from across the globe to Amsterdam, Netherlands from February 6-7, 2024.Published: 27 February 2024
Small dietary changes can cut your carbon footprint by 25%
The latest Canada’s Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians’ diets are unknown.Published: 27 February 2024
All External Reference Prices Are Not the Same: How Magnitude, Source, and Fairness Shape Payment for Digital Goods
Authors: Geneviève Bassellier and Jui Ramaprasad
Publication: Information Systems Research Journal
Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 1761-1774.Published: 26 February 2024
Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 1761-1774.Published: 26 February 2024
Retail Analytics in the New Normal: The Influence of Artificial Intelligence and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Y. Adulyasak, M. C. Cohen, W. Khern-Am-Nuai and M. Krause
Publication: IEEE Engineering Management Review, Forthcoming
Articles in Advance — published online: December 1, 2023 Abstract:Published: 26 February 2024
Articles in Advance — published online: December 1, 2023 Abstract:Published: 26 February 2024
Nutrition Month Kiosks at the MUHC
Discover free resources on nutrition provided by the MUHC’s medical libraries and patient resource centres!
The Neuro-Patient Resource Center and Neuro Medical Library kiosk will take place on March 12 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m at the main entrance on the first floor of The Neuro.
Enter our raffle for a chance to win a gift card from a local bookstore!
Published: 26 February 2024
Emma Stevens: Blackbird at McGill
As part of the Office of Indigenous Initiatives' Winter Speaker Series 2024, Mi'kmaq singer-songwriter Emma Stevens performed at the Schulich School of Music. Missed the performance? View the YouTube coverage here.Published: 26 February 2024
Small dietary changes can cut your carbon footprint by 25%
The latest Canada’s Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians’ diets are unknown.
Categories: Test
Seeking Canadian Adults to Participate in an International Study
The Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress and the Resilience, Adversity, and Childhood Trauma Research Lab (ReACT Lab) is inviting 18-40 years old Canadians to participate in the International Study of Parenting Norms by completing an online survey (25-30 minutes).
Participate Today!
Published: 26 February 2024
Expert: A new gold rush? The search for natural hydrogen in Canada
After helping to discover the world's first deposit of natural hydrogen in West Africa, which kick-started a search for the buried gas around the world, Denis Brière hopes his next breakthrough will be in Canada. Brière is a petrophysicist and vice-president of Calgary-based Chapman Hydrogen and Petroleum Engineering, which plans to begin testing and drilling in northern Ontario this summer in the hopes of finding enough hydrogen underground to produce and market the gas.Published: 26 February 2024
Study sheds light on how neurotransmitter receptors transport calcium, a process linked with origins of neurological disease
A new study from a team of McGill University and Vanderbilt University researchers is shedding light on our understanding of the molecular origins of some forms of autism and intellectual disability.Published: 26 February 2024
Study sheds light on how neurotransmitter receptors transport calcium, a process linked with origins of neurological disease
A new study from a team of McGill University and Vanderbilt University researchers is shedding light on our understanding of the molecular origins of some forms of autism and intellectual disability.
Categories: Test
March 3 | Planned electrical shutdown at Marvin Duchow Music Library and Schulich Library
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A major electrical shutdown scheduled to take place on the morning of Sunday, March 3, 2024* will affect multiple buildings on the downtown campus. The intervention will consist of a set of electrical shutdowns, starting at 6 a.m. and concluding by 12 p.m. (noon). Published: 23 February 2024
Planned electrical shutdowns to affect downtown campus – Sunday, March 3rd
A major electrical shutdown scheduled to take place on the morning of Sunday, March 3, 2024* will affect multiple buildings on the downtown campus. The intervention will consist of a set of electrical shutdowns, starting at 6 a.m. and concluding by 12 p.m. (noon).
*Please check this webpage again on Wednesday, February 28 for official confirmation of the intervention. Published: 23 February 2024
McGill launches legal challenge against government measures
Following a unanimous vote at a special Board meeting on February 15, McGill University today launched a legal challenge against two measures announced by the Government of Quebec on December 14, 2023:Published: 23 February 2024
McGill launches legal challenge against government measures
Following a unanimous vote at a special Board meeting on February 15, McGill University today launched a legal challenge against two measures announced by the Government of Quebec on December 14, 2023:
Categories: Test
Expert: Two years of Russia-Ukraine war
February 24 will mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Throughout the war, thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed. One-fourth of the country remains displaced. Numerous cities and villages have been destroyed, and experts predict it will take over one trillion dollars to rebuild the country. (The Hill)
Here is an expert from McGill University who can provide comment on this issue:Published: 23 February 2024
Is it possible to predict when prejudice will occur?
What if it were possible to use a scientific model to predict hate crimes, protests, or conflict? Researchers at McGill University and University of Toronto have begun the groundwork to develop a formal predictive model of prejudice, similar to meteorological weather predictions.Published: 22 February 2024
Dr. Gustavo Turecki, McGill Reporter
Decoding the effects of early life adversity on mental health. Read more
Published: 22 February 2024