The Faculty of Graduate Studies is excited to invite everyone to come out and watch the 3 Minute Thesis competition on Tuesday, March 12th. The competition starts at 5:30 pm in 242 MacDougall Hall. There will be pizza at 5:00pm for anyone who is attending the 3MT. 

The 3MT is a skills development activity which challenges thesis-based graduate students to explain their research project to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. Great prizes and lots of GREAT research.

Come out and support the Graduate Students competing and enjoy a fun-filled evening.

Speaker: Ashley McKibbon, Pathology and Microbiology
Title: Analysis of structural proteins of Atlantic salmon bafinivirus, a coronavirus of fish

Speaker: Vernon Ptycia-Lamky, Biomedical Sciences
Title: Natural Product Discovery from Bahamian Actinobacteria

This event is Tuesday, March 12 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B. 

Selected first-year students are invited via their UPEI email to participate in the CUSC-CCREU 2019 Survey of First Year Students, along with students from more than 60 other Canadian institutions. Core areas covered by the survey include
• use of and satisfaction with various facilities and services
• experiences with faculty
• students’ academic profile
• financing education
• assessment of the overall university experience

First-year students are asked to check their UPEI email to see if they have received an invitation to participate in the survey. If so, they are asked to complete it as soon as possible. The survey will close in mid-April. Responses are confidential, and participation is voluntary. To learn more about the survey, visit http://cusc-ccreu.ca.

BlackBoard Collaborate is web conferencing software that allows instructors to do many things to engage with their students. Meet with your students online instead of face-to-face. Use it to record your teaching for days when your class has been cancelled so that your students don't miss out or fall behind. You can't stop snow days but your students' learning doesn't have to stop either. Come learn more about how easy it is to use this software in a workshop on Tuesday, March 12th from 10:30 to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER

Chartwells UPEI will be participating in the island-wide bake sale on Monday, March 11 for PEI's only shelter for companion animals. We will be selling cupcakes for $3 starting at 11am at Samuel's Cafe and the AVC Cafe with proceeds going directly to the PEI Humane Society!

If you want to customize a cupcake with an edible print of your pet, send a photo to via.reyes@compass-canada.com by Saturday, March 9th.

A hackathon takes a creative and collaborative problem solving approach to addressing a real issue. In May-June, 2019, the Province of Prince Edward Island will be hosting the second annual public service hackathon, a 6-week case competition designed as a professional development opportunity that brings together multi-disciplinary teams of federal, provincial, municipal and private sector professionals working in PEI. In recognition of the value of experiential learning, the planning committee is offering one space on each of the ten teams to a UPEI student as an unpaid internship opportunity. The hackathon/internship carries 3-semester credit hours. Students must apply by March 31, 2019 by registering in ARTS 1050-1. For more information email policyhack@upei.ca.

March 8th is International Women's Day - a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. 

In celebration of International Women’s Day, WUSC UPEI Local Committee, the Rotaract Club of UPEI, and Robertson Library will be showing the documentary To Educate A Girl: Empowering Women and Girls in the Developing World, by filmmakers Frederick Rendina and Oren Rudavsky.

“What does it take to educate a girl? Framed by the United Nations global initiative to provide equal access to education for girls by 2015, TO EDUCATE A GIRL takes a ground-up and visually stunning view of that effort through the eyes of girls out of school, starting school or fighting against the odds to stay in school.” Kanopy

The purpose of the film will be to raise money for the Shine A Light Program, an initiative that provides women and girls within refugee camps the opportunity to better their educational prospects.

Admission is free, but there will be donations accepted at the door. Any amount can make a difference in someone's life.

Friday, March 8th
Robertson Library, Room 312 
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Show starts at 5:45 pm

All are welcome!

The UPEI Faculty of Arts, Asian Studies Programme, and Korean Studies Project are pleased to announce the following special lecture by a prominent international scholar, our 2019 annual speaker: 

Professor Charles K. Armstrong, Department of History, Columbia University, NYC, will give a special lecture entitled “North Korea and the Prospects for Peace” on March 25 (Monday) from 1:30 to 2:45 pm in the Faculty Lounge (room 201), SDU Main building. We will begin at 1:00 with reception and healthy refreshments. (Storm-day backup: Tuesday, March 26, 2:30-3:45 pm).

This is a wonderful opportunity to understand or discuss “the latest development in US-Korean relations especially after the 2nd Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam, as well as the history of conflict on the Korean peninsula and the prospects for peace between North and South Korea under the leadership of Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in.”

Everyone is invited. You are most welcome to attend. Read more about this event.

 

All students are welcome to attend the 2019 UPEI Career & Summer Job Fair to meet employers face-to-face and learn about employment opportunities.

Date: Wednesday, March 13th
Time: 10:30am-3:00pm
Location: W.A. Murphy Student Centre, McMillan Hall
Storm date: Thursday, March 14th, same time and location
Including free headshots for students from 12:30-2:30

Visit the Career Services Website or a list of the employers that will be at the fair: http://www.upei.ca/experientialeducation/upei-career-and-summer-job-fair

The Search Committee for the University Librarian position is posting the video presentations for candidates Donald Moses, Brenda Mathenia and Brad Eden. They can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmxZwRFqDGKKSyPkRbbY980EaCljtEl-F

The committee welcomes your feedback on the three candidates and requests that it be forwarded by email to rgilmour@upei.ca by 4pm on Wednesday, March 13th.

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences welcomes the campus community to a public research presentation by Catherine Inibhunu, candidate for tenure track position in Data Analytics, on Monday, March 11th at 3:00 pm in Room 101 of the Cass Science Hall.

Presentation Title: Temporal Pattern Recognition in Time Series Data Streams and its Application in Critical Care

Abstract: In critical care, complex systems and sensors continuously monitor patients physiological features resulting in significant amounts of data generated every second. It’s an immense challenge for anyone trying to utilize this time oriented data when making critical decisions about care of the patients. Temporal abstraction and data mining are two research fields that have tried to synthesis time oriented data and bring out an understanding on hidden relationships that may exist between time oriented data. In clinical settings, having the ability to understand hidden relationships in time series patient data as they unfold could help save a life by aiding in detection of conditions that are not obvious to clinicians and healthcare workers. Various researchers have looked at techniques for generating abstractions from clinical data, however, the variety and speed of data streams generated in healthcare often overwhelms the current systems which are not designed to handle such data. Another attempt has been to understand the complexity in time-series data utilizing data mining techniques, however, existing data mining models are not designed to handle temporal relationships that might exist in time series data. To address this challenge, this research proposes innovative techniques and methodologies in temporal pattern recognition augmented with frequent pattern mining to understand temporal behaviors and relationships in time series data. The research premise is that discovery of any hidden relationships and patterns in underlying time series data would be valuable in building a classification system that can automatically characterize physiological data streams as they are generated. Such a characterization could help in detection of normal and abnormal behaviors in patients that might be associated with life threatening conditions.

All are welcome.

Next meeting: Friday, March 22, 12:30-1:15, AVC 286N, to discuss: 
Graham C, von Keyserlingk M, Franks B. 2018. Zebrafish welfare: Natural history, social motivation and behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 200:13-22.
Available at ttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159117303192?via%3Dihub 
The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets approximately once a month to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare. Everyone is welcome to attend and to propose articles for future discussion. 
The club is co hosted by AVC’s Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and Animal Welfare Club. Email acrook@upei.ca or jdamico@upei.ca to be on the e-mail list for future information.

The Academic Integrity Working Group launched the Academic Integrity Portal on the Robertson Library website Fall semester 2018. 

Our goal is that students and faculty may understand the importance of academic integrity, and be able to confidently apply this understanding to all aspects of their academic lives. The portal includes a variety of resources for both learning and teaching about academic integrity. 

A feature which may be of particular interest is our Academic Integrity Tutorial, which is an interactive video hosted on Moodle, teaching students the basics of plagiarism, citing, and paraphrasing. Completing the tutorial with correct answers will award students with the Academic Integrity Badge. By following the instructions on our Course Design page, faculty may set up their Moodle course so that assignment submissions are not allowed until the student earns the badge.
The portal can be accessed at the following url: https://library.upei.ca/academic-integrity

The Search Committee for the University Librarian position is posting the video presentations for candidates Donald Moses, Brenda Mathenia and Brad Eden. They can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmxZwRFqDGKKSyPkRbbY980EaCljtEl-F

The committee welcomes your feedback on the three candidates and requests that it be forwarded by email to rgilmour@upei.ca by 4pm on Wednesday, March 13th.

Scheduled Outage: DNS maintenance (March 13, 2018) beginning at 10 pm.
Current Status: Initial Posting
Campus Affected: UPEI Campus
Systems Affected: All
Outage Times: Mar 13 2019, 10:00 pm - Mar 13 2019, 11:59 pm 


Details

On Wednesday March 13th, 2019, ITSS will be performing maintenance on our campus DNS servers between 10pm and Midnight. Devices on campus that are connected to wireless or the wired network may experience a delay when communicating with websites or services during this time. Off-campus access to UPEI websites and services will be unaffected. If you receive an error message and are unable to access a service during this window, please wait at least 5 minutes and try again until you are successful. If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences welcomes the campus community to a public research presentation by Catherine Inibhunu, candidate for tenure track position in Data Analytics, on Monday, March 11th at 3:00 pm in Room 101 of the Cass Science Hall.

Presentation Title: Temporal Pattern Recognition in Time Series Data Streams and its Application in Critical Care

Abstract: In critical care, complex systems and sensors continuously monitor patients physiological features resulting in significant amounts of data generated every second. It’s an immense challenge for anyone trying to utilize this time oriented data when making critical decisions about care of the patients. Temporal abstraction and data mining are two research fields that have tried to synthesis time oriented data and bring out an understanding on hidden relationships that may exist between time oriented data. In clinical settings, having the ability to understand hidden relationships in time series patient data as they unfold could help save a life by aiding in detection of conditions that are not obvious to clinicians and healthcare workers. Various researchers have looked at techniques for generating abstractions from clinical data, however, the variety and speed of data streams generated in healthcare often overwhelms the current systems which are not designed to handle such data. Another attempt has been to understand the complexity in time-series data utilizing data mining techniques, however, existing data mining models are not designed to handle temporal relationships that might exist in time series data. To address this challenge, this research proposes innovative techniques and methodologies in temporal pattern recognition augmented with frequent pattern mining to understand temporal behaviors and relationships in time series data. The research premise is that discovery of any hidden relationships and patterns in underlying time series data would be valuable in building a classification system that can automatically characterize physiological data streams as they are generated. Such a characterization could help in detection of normal and abnormal behaviors in patients that might be associated with life threatening conditions.

All are welcome.

Please ensure that all outgoing mail is identified by department, this will help determine where the postage is to be charged.

The 2019 UPE/Holland College Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life, scheduled to take place on March 15, 2019 at UPEI at 6pm. As in prior years, the campus is supporting this event and our team are collecting pledges and selling Luminaries, if you would like to purchase a Luminary in memory or recognition of a loved one who is (was) affected by cancer, please see the staff listed below to fill out the required form. 

Luminaries are candles that are placed in special bags that bear the names of cancer survivors and loved ones who have lost their battle with cancer. These luminaries will be displayed during the entire duration of the relay and will be the feature of a special ceremony honoring all the caregivers who support(ed) individuals with cancer. Luminaries sell for $5.00. Payment by cheque, cash or credit card.

We are fortunate to have the following staff assisting us in selling Luminaries. Here is a list of staff/buildings who will be collecting funds until 11:00 am on Friday, March 15, 2019. Please see them to purchase Luminaries.

Dalton Hall - Jenna Gaudet - Room 209
Dalton Hall - Sondra Gantner - Room 308
Robertson Library - Pauline MacPherson - Room 287