Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
Students’ image tool offers sharper signs, earlier detection in the lab or from space
August 11, 2025
A group of UBC Okanagan students has helped create technology that could improve how doctors and scientists detect everything from tumours to wildfires.
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Posted in College of Graduate Studies, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release, Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal)
The math behind bees, blooms and better harvests
July 29, 2025
Researchers at UBC Okanagan have created a mathematical model that […]
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Posted in College of Graduate Studies, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Using technology to get ahead of wildfires
July 28, 2025
Predictive tools help communities respond quicker to wildfires and build resilience throughout the year.
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Posted in All In Story, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Engineering
Reducing the side effects of cancer therapy
May 26, 2025
How a research cluster is advancing personalized radiation therapy while empowering undergraduate researchers.
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Posted in All In Story, Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
How one student connects AI innovation to wildfire research
April 28, 2025
Computer science undergraduate Shreya Saxena helps protect her community through data.
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Posted in All In Story, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
Robotics, AI advancing wildfire, agricultural research at UBCO
April 15, 2025
Robot could navigate rough landscapes and assist in targeted fire suppression, making wildfire management safer and more precise
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Posted in Campus Feature, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal), School of Engineering
Students use virtual reality to transform stroke recovery
January 27, 2025
Psychology, computer science students incorporate VR, AR into brain injury rehabilitation
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Posted in All In Story, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K Barber School of Arts and Sciences (prior July 2020), Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Psychology
Taking physics beyond space and time
December 13, 2023
UBCO researcher joins international team to mix Einstein’s famous theory with quantum gravity
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Posted in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Advanced wildfire research could save billions, protect vital power supply
October 19, 2023
UBCO researchers join international team to improve fire prediction modelling, especially for western North American power grid
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Posted in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
UBC experts on wildfires and associated issues
August 30, 2023
Topics range from wildfire preparedness, mapping and recovery
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Posted in Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, History and Sociology, Irving K Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Advisory, School of Engineering