Ryerson Faculty of Science - 2017 A Year in Review - 45

Computer Science
Both the 20th International Conference on NetworkBased Information Systems (NBiS) and the 9th
International Conference on Intelligent Networking
and Collaborative Systems (InCoS) were held at
Ryerson in August.

International Initiatives

International
Conferences at
Ryerson

NBiS featured two keynote speakers and over
80 contributed papers in network and information
systems. Topics included the latest advances in
the design and deployment of distributed, scalable
and reliable data infrastructures and information
systems, with diverse applications to areas such as
transaction processing, information management,
and decision support.

Discovery in
the Land of the
Rising Sun

Adam Adair
COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT

InCoS featured two keynote speakers and over
100 contributed papers in intelligent social networks
and collaborative systems. This conference covered
topics in the latest advances in collaborative systems
and intelligent social networks design, with focused
applications that involve the development of
adaptive, secure, mobile, and intuitive intelligent
systems for collaborative work and learning.

Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic
Mathematics (CanaDAM)
The sixth biennial CanaDAM Conference was
held at Ryerson in June, bringing together
320 researchers in discrete mathematics - the
largest conference of its kind in North America.
The program included eight keynotes by worldrenowned researchers, over 100 contributed talks,
and a public lecture by New York Times bestselling
author Jordan Ellenberg. Discrete mathematics
is a rapidly advancing area of pure mathematics that
has diverse applications to areas such as social
networks, cryptography, and computational biology.

ABOVE: Group of attendees at conferences
held at Ryerson.
OPPOSITE: 10x magnification of electrosprayed
sodium alginate into calcium chloride.

Select International Highlights

As a Computer science student,
the chance to work in Japan
as a Software Developer for
Honda is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to further the skills
I have acquired at Ryerson."

Computer science student Adam Adair
is spending a year in the Canada-Japan
Co-op Program as a software development
intern at the vision labs of the Honda
Research Institute in Wakō, Japan.
Under the supervision of Senior Scientist
Dr. Shigeaki Nishina, Adair chose to
conduct research with eye tracking. Honda
set him up with an apartment a 10-minute
walk from work and five minutes from
the Wakōshi train station, which allows
Adair to travel every weekend. He is also
learning about Japanese culture through
experiences such as the jikoshoukai
(self-introduction) he gave in Japanese at a
welcome party thrown by his supervisors.
"I've always wanted to visit Japan because
the culture is so different from what
I'm used to," says Adair. "I'm half Japanese,
so I thought it would be a good chance
to experience that part of my background
while advancing my skills through
invaluable work experience."

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