Prof. Grossman promoted to Full Professor

Congratulations to Prof. Tovi Grossman on his promotion to full professor in the Dept. of Computer Science!  Prof. Grossman joined the Dynamic Graphics Project as an associate Professor in 2018.

Prof. Buxton appointed to the Order of Canada

Congratulations to Prof. Buxton, who has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his work in HCI and user-centred design! Prof. Buxton has been a member of the DGP since the early years of the group and has published and collaborated with students and faculty here in the decades since. There is a great write-up of Bill’s history with the department and DGP on the Computer Science website and the official announcement of his appointment on the Governor General’s page.

Prof. Jacobson awarded Sloan Fellowship

This year’s 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship award recipients include dgp’s Prof. Alec Jacobson!  In UofT’s Computer Science dept. both Prof. Jacobson and Prof. Duvenaud were chosen for this award.  Computer Science’s website has a write-up of the award here.

Prof. Grossman awarded Steacie Fellowship

Congratulations to Prof. Grossman on being recognized for his early career achievements with an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship!  Some of the research highlighted in award included AI drone navigation and wearable sensors to capture intricate hand grip and touch movements in VR.

Recipients of this year’s NSERC Prizes will be celebrated today at a ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.m. EST and streamed live on Facebook and YouTube.