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Best Paper Award at the Indian Conference on Computer Vision Graphics & Image Processing

Best Paper Award at the Indian Conference on Computer Vision Graphics & Image Processing

December 20, 2014

Dr. Dinesh Pai and alumni Martin Lesmana, Axel Landgren, and Per-Erik Forssén were the recipients of the Best Paper Award at the 2014 Indian Conference on Computer Vision Graphics and Imaging Processing (ICVGIP’14). Vision systems in robots have to []

Idea to Innovation Grant awarded to Dr. Dinesh Pai

April 16, 2014

Dr. Dinesh K. Pai has received an NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grant for his work on developing realistic computer models of skin and skin-like materials.[]

Alumnus wins “Technical Oscar”

Alumnus wins “Technical Oscar”

March 23, 2013

Professor Doug James has been awarded a Technical Achievement Award at this year’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. James and his colleagues were recognized for their work in inventing Wavelet Turbulence software, a tool that makes it easier []

Dr. Pai wins the UBC Killam Research Prize

Dr. Pai wins the UBC Killam Research Prize

February 25, 2013

Dr. Dinesh Pai received the 2012 UBC Killam Research Prize. Every year, up to ten UBC Killam Research Prizes are awarded to top campus researchers. This prize is awarded to faculty members from all fields of research in recognition of their outstanding []

Martin Lesmana wins Best Thesis Award at the Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Martin Lesmana wins Best Thesis Award at the Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence

May 28, 2012

Master’s student Martin Lesmana was recognized for his thesis at the 25th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence held at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He was awarded the CAIAC 2012 Master’s Thesis Award. []

Dr. Dinesh Pai Awarded NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement

April 7, 2012

Dr. Dinesh Pai was one of this year’s recipients of the 2012 Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) for his work on Computational Models of Human Movement. The DAS program is funded by NSERC and provides resources to researchers who have a superior research program []

Dr. Pai co-hosts an interdisciplinary workshop on multimodal and sensorimotor bionics

Dr. Pai co-hosts an interdisciplinary workshop on multimodal and sensorimotor bionics

July 2, 2011

On July 25-28, Dr. Dinesh Pai will be cohosting a workshop on multimodal and sensorimotor bionics in Munich, Germany, sponsored by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Technical University of Munich’s Institute for Advanced Studies. []