New Faculty Orientation 2005

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The University of Saskatchewan
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Fast Facts About the U of S
100 years old last year
12 Colleges, including Arts and Science,
Business, Engineering, Ag and Bioresources, Law,
Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine
20,000 students
1,000 faculty
Research funding 15th in Canada
Home to the Canadian Light Source
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Who We Are

• David Dodds Professor Head, Dept. of ECE
• Carl Gutwin Canada Research Chair Professor of
  CS
• Igor Morozov Assoc. Professor of Geological
  Sciences
• Kevin Schneider Assoc. Dean, Science,
  Professor of CS
• Rick Bunt Assoc. VP, ICT, Professor of CS

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Applicable Research Strengths (1)

• Communications
• Advanced network design Eager, McCrosky, Nguyen,
  Dodds
• Ubiquitous networks, pervasive computing mobile
  computing Dodds, McCrosky, Osgoode, Vassileva,
  Bunt
• Network intensive apps (web streaming, groupware,
  telepresence, telelearning) Eager, Gutwin,
  Vassileva, Greer, Mandryk, Makaroff
• Sensor networks Morozov, Osgoode, Dinh, Stanley,
  Mandryk
• Enabling devices Kasap, Achenbach, Klymyshyn

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Applicable Research Strengths (2)

• Management of Information
• Privacy security Gutwin, Schneider, Vassileva
• Software architecture Schneider
• Geospatial information systems Morozov, Bell
• Other Areas of Strength
• HPC Spiteri, Morozov
• Nanotechnology Achenbach, Klymyshyn
• Biomedical computing Delbaere, Pierson, Kusalik,
  Eramian, Osgoode

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Possible Partners

• SaskTel
• Vecima Networks
• SED Systems
• TRLabs

• International Road Dynamics
• Saskatoon Health Region
• Potash Corp of Sask (and other resource companies)