April 2020

In an era when digital transformation is rapidly changing industries around the world, Dal's new Master of Digital Innovation program draws on expertise from four Faculties to help train digital professionals that can work in any sector.

New smartphone apps being developed could help track and trace where people with the virus have been and alert others who might be at risk of coming into contact with it. But Stan Matwin, director of Dal's Institute for Big Data Analytics, says decision-makers must grapple with how to make these programs both effective and respectful of people’s privacy.

Computer Science researchers are using algorithms and machine learning to listen for the distinct calls of one of the world’s most endangered animals in a bid to identify where they are and shield them from one of their greatest threats.

Drs. Thomas Trappenberg and Sageev Oore comment on Canadian company Draganfly Inc.'s plans to adapt drones and CCTV to use machine learning for COVID-19 detection.

Code-makers and code-breakers alike come together at the Communications Security Establishment — Canada’s national cryptologic agency. Learn how Dal students, through co-op, have been helping CSE improve data security on a national scale.

Dr. Stan Matwin shares his views on tracking and tracing and it's impacts on privacy during COVID-19

Taking place early next month, the COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon will see teams of students and professionals come together remotely to find solutions to some of the challenges brought by COVID-19.

Even though classes and exams have moved online, Dalhousie students and alumni across the country have found amazing ways to contribute to COVID-19 efforts.