Faculty of Computer Science

Dr. Arthur Sedgwick Memorial Award


About the Award


Dr. Art Sedgwick (1945-2012) joined Dalhousie in the summer of 1978 when Computing Science was a part of the Department of Mathematics.  He was the first faculty member at Dalhousie with a PhD in Computer Science, having graduated from the University of Toronto in 1973. He saw the transition of Computing Science to become a full Faculty at Dalhousie University.  In all his roles, Art was an advocate for and mentor to the students.

Art could always be counted upon to help a student who was stuck on a problem.  A few years after the Faculty of Computer Science moved into the Goldberg building, the learning centre moved to be just outside of Art’s office.  You would often find Art sitting beside a student, helping them to identify a bug in their programming logic.  When a student was in distress, Art could always be counted upon to listen to the student as an academic advisor.

After 32 years at Dalhousie, Art retired in 2010. His retirement allowed Art to invest even more time in his choral singing, his bridge games, and his puzzles, and most importantly his family. Art died on July 5, 2012 of a sudden heart attack. His wife Jane and his family established the Arthur Sedgwick Memorial Fund to continue supporting the values by which Art lived in ongoing generations of computer science students

A student is eligible for an award if:

  • The student must received his or her high school diploma in Nova Scotia
  • The student must rank among the top 25% of the class (see note a)
  • The student must have been a full-time undergraduate student in the Faculty of Computer Science in the term when CSCI 3132 was completed.
  • The student must be a registered Dalhousie student in the fall term when the award is assessed.
  • The student must not be a recipient of a gold, silver, or bronze award offered by the Faculty of Computer Science for the courses completed in the previous academic year.

Award value: $2,200
 

The award will be assessed during the fall term. Students do not need to apply for the award.