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Active Learning tools for developing screencasts, done as a screencast by Robert Bridson: http://books.google.ca/books/about/What s the Use of Lectures.html...
Advising Tips GradTravelAwards Procedures for starting out with a student Students are told by Joyce that they need to find a supervisor by March 15....
Apartment Renting Tips http://paulrademacher.com/housing/ has a really neat app that adds housing availability on top of Google`s map search. Choose `Vancouver...
I`ve been very happy with Adria Import Car Service, 604 872 8512, at 794 E.Broadway (at Fraser). This is a small, family run shop (Anton Roza seems to be less active...
Banking information All banks seem to charge about $5 15/month to maintain a checking account, but this is not true for credit unions (at least Van City)....
Faculty Brown Bag Luncheons Format TakeTwo TakeOne Notes 2006/10/05 scribe Kelly Booth Proposed topics Carl Weiman`s CWSEI initiative (...
Campus Info Campus maps: http://www.maps.ubc.ca Voice mail instructions: http://www.itservices.ubc.ca/voice/instructions/commands.html Faculty Relations...
Campus Tips You can find maps of the university at http://www.maps.ubc.ca To get your first paycheck, you`ll almost certainly have to go to the payroll office...
Canadian Immigration and Visa Info Caveat: this is just a place to gather the info that individuals have accumulated. Things change, so if you get to a point where...
Cell Phone info Fido does not work inside the CS building! Rogers does, and they have a store in the campus village marketplace. I don`t know about Telus or Mobility...
NOTES last of the CERC info meetings vehicle to make investments in important areas branding Canada, i.e., via external reviewers new cochair, Shirley ??, US univ...
Canada Excellence Research Chair UBC CS working group: Andy, Bill, Kevin, Alla, Anne, Michiel (chair) http://www.cerc.gc.ca/hp pa eng.shtml application...
Department Info The department fact sheet with general department info (e.g., number of faculty, students, etc, is at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/about/FactSheet.shtml...
Department Meetings and Events, 2011 2012 Planned Working Meetings faculty mentoring event Irmi Oct 27 3:30 5 DLS/FLS slot, ICCS x836 CPSC...
Resources Dealing with problems alone is hard; talking to others almost always helps a lot. UBC employees and their families can get free short term counseling...
Advice courtesy of Alla Sheffer, who was part of the NSERC committee reviewing all the CS proposals in the 2013/2014 renewal year. Short summary: Do not assume that...
Doctors and Dentists Some recommendations on doctors, dentists, and other medical specialists.. Doctors Heather Jenkins, Clinic, near Dunbar and King Edward...
General LaTeX tips Writing letters on the department letterhead The guide is at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/local/computing/software/latex/local guide/node...
Faculty Association Financial Workshops The UBC Faculty Association (http://www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca/) holds financial workshops every year. Some of those can...
Financial Services Currency Converter: http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
Funding Info Every faculty member gets $500 per year in professional development funds. This money can be used up to 3 years later, or borrowed for up to 5 years...
General Tips DocumentEditingTips The question of how to manage travel came up the other day. I recommend Fabyo Brenner at North South Travel for making travel...
This page is no longer active. Please see page on my.cs for the new version. This page collects a concise pointers to essential information/resources that one must...
Grad Travel Awards Full time grad students who present a paper or poster at a conference or symposium are eligible for $400 from FOGS (once per degree) and $700 from...
Current DACRRI Sample Description for use in Budget Preparation `The UBC Department of Computer Science charges for the direct costs of technical support to research...
Health Insurance Info All insurance is offered through the provincial run MSP (Medical Services Plan).Apply for this yourself using https://www.healthservices.gov...
Home Repair Tips Leave your home repair tips here. Home Inspections Pierre Lacombe (the `deal killer`) is fantastic and thorough. Inspections run about $...
House Buying Tips Finding a house Local listings from MLS (the Multiple Listing Service) can be found at http://www.realtylink.org/ http://www.housingmaps...
Importing cars from the US The Canadian site that can help is: http://www.riv.ca/english/ I can`t vouch for this site: http://www.pcb.ca/vimp.asp, but it has phone...
International Students (Visitors) TONS of info at: http://students.ubc.ca/international/download/handbook international.pdf See pp. 25 26 (for housing)...
KelloggBooth 05 Mar 2009 A number of faculty members have expressed interest in the mechanics of accepting an intern from another country (in particular from one of...
The page that used to live here has moved to https://bugs.cs.ubc.ca/cgi bin/twiki/view/BETA/LaTeX Main.kevinlb 13 Apr 2005
Tips on applying for landed immigrant status The final authority is CIC Canada. Their webpage can be found at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.html...
Life Tips CampusTips CanadaImmigrationAndVisaInfo LandedImmigrantTips (aka permanent residency) ImportingCars from the US Employer Bus Pass...
Mailing Lists A take on which mailing list is for what. Faculty faculty@cs the folks on the faculty conf mailing list, sessional faculty members (including...
NEWS postings TEACHING More on the future of universities, online teaching: Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail, http://tinyurl.com/8xb8jl9 Larry Summers, NYT, www...
NSERC Discovery Grants 2012 per bin funding amounts for CS, in k$/year: 14 17 22 28 34 42 52 62 78 2011 per bin funding amounts for CS, in k$/year: XX...
Internal Grant Review for Fall 2011 NSERC Discovery Grant Applications Applicant Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Carenini Mackworth Lakshmanan...
Internal Grant Review for Fall 2012 NSERC Discovery Grant Applications Applicant Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Robert Bridson Pai Conati Michael Friedlander...
Online Learning and MOOCs Working meeting: Thurs Nov. 29, 3:30pm 5:00pm What do we want to achieve? I`d be interested in hearing about: (a) status quo on Coursera...
Current documents related to the Professor of Teaching rank Guidelines for Promotion to Professor of Teaching Timeline Notes: Candidates should strongly...
Publicity Information Why publicity? We all want UBC CS to be the best department in the world. In order to make it there, we need people to perceive UBC CS as...
Research Tips The NSERC website login can be found at https://ebiz.nserc.ca/nserc web/nserc login e.htm The `normal` NSERC program that everyone applies...
Sabbatical Tips sabbaticalhomes.come is a great place to advertise your house and find a new one You can elect to pay for UBC`s extended health care when...
Service Tips The current list of local committee info is at https://secweb.cs.ubc.ca/local/affairs/committees/. Parts of this list are clearly out of date....
How much is student support? 2013/14 Updates: MSc first two terms: $6166.67/term $18,500/year MSc in research mode: $6667.67/term $20,000/year...
Tablet PCs HP Compaq tc4400 duo Core, 1.86 Ghz, 1Gb, 80Gb, XGA, 4.6 lbs, $CDN 2,199 http://laptopmag.com/Review/HP Compaq tc4400 Tablet PC.htm...
From: Alan Mackworth To: `faculty internal@cs.ubc.ca` Subject: Brown Bag Experiment Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:20:29 0700 Hi all, At the last Faculty Brown...
From: Tamara Munzner To: faculty conf #64;csDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca Subject: new brown bag format, take Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:07:38 080 Hi folks, Another brown...
Teaching Dicussion What is your reaction to new online classes? See http://www.ai class.com/ Also see the twitter feed if you`re interested in following this saga...
Teaching Tips (including Best Practices) Table of Contents Multiple Choice Exams Multiple choice questions (choose one answer from among 4 5 choices for each...
Tenure and Promotion Information Due to concerns about ensuring accuracy of information about this highly sensitive issue, only information that`s gathered from official...
US Folks Here`s an attempt at a list of folks who might know or care about US/Canada issues, especially about finances and taxes. Either because they`re a US citizen...
Developing Screen Casts Adobe Captivate Paul Carter has used this. However, to take full advantage of interactive elements, it produces Flash movies,...
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