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James Cameron's 3D film Avatar sought to revolutionize the movie-going experience when it was first released in 2009, creating an immersive world for viewers. But what if you also wanted to feel the heat and the wind, while flying on a banshee, direct from your cinema seat?

Graphics chip giant Nvidia Corp. is launching a new artificial intelligence research lab in Toronto to be headed by the University of Toronto’s Sanja Fidler, making it the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to tap the city’s rich vein of AI research.

The University of Central Asia will establish its first computer science curriculum with the support of the University of Toronto’s department of computer science.

Applied computing graduates Juliana De La Vega and David Acuna are featured.

MLPerf, a consortium of industry and academic partners including Google, Intel, Baidu, Harvard University, Stanford University and U of T (Assistant Professor Gennady Pekhimenko), are working together to offer a new benchmark suite to evaluate machine learning performance, from speed to system cost and power efficiency.

U of T computer scientists and Autodesk researchers are looking to take artistic vision from 2D to 3D with augmented reality technology.

50 Canadian women celebrated on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Monday as part of an "Inspiring Fifty" group of women in the Canadian tech and innovation sectors.

Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik, who is joining the departments of chemistry and computer science this summer, believes the mix of AI and chemistry could be even more important.

Assistant Professor Roger Grosse named Canada Research Chair in Probabilistic Inference and Deep Learning.

PhD student David Madras says many of today's algorithms are good at making accurate predictions, but don't know how to handle uncertainty well.

PhD student Dina Sabie is interested in designing technology to help Syrian refugees navigate their new lives in Canada. The first step, she says, is recognizing the barriers they face.

At an event this week co-hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City, Professor Aspuru-Guzik talked about his decision to move to U of T after 12 years at Harvard University.

Research done by computer science alumnus Professor Brendan Frey (ECE) said this week it will be working with Cambridge, Mass.-based, Wave Life Sciences.

Assistant Professor Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed is one of 30 U of T scholars sharing $7.3 million in federal funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

The pilot version of the CSC108 course – called "mastery-based" because students must master each section before moving on to the next – began in the winter term, with 60 students taking part.

U of T computer science students turned to their peers in the Faculty of Music for help making games that are as fun to listen to as they are to play. The games will be presented on April 4 at Level Up, an annual showcase for video games made by university and college students across Ontario.

Alán Aspuru-Guzik, a tenured professor at Harvard University, will arrive at U of T this summer. An expert in machine learning, quantum computing and chemistry, he is jointly appointed to the departments of chemistry and computer science as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Theoretical & Quantum Chemistry.

PhD student Carolina Gomes and alumnus Daniel Zhang are building a startup with the support of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL).

Should you consider a computer science degree? Q&A with Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Paul Gries an associate professor.

PhD student Benett Axtell is researching user speech interactions and is a member of the Technologies for Aging Gracefully lab.