UBC News Digest

The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line.

May 31, 2005

• Econ Prof Joins Central Bank Journal
• Students Honoured for Work in Developing Countries
• Physics & Astronomy, Triumf Open Doors to Public June 4
• Director of New Bachelor of Computer Science Program Earns Killam Teaching Prize

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Econ Prof Joins Central Bank Journal

UBC economics professor Michael Devereux has been named to the editorial team of the International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB).

A joint project of the Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank, and the Group of 10 (G-10) central banks, the IJCB is a quarterly publication that features articles on central bank theory and practice.

The objectives of the IJCB are to widely disseminate the best policy-relevant and applied research on central banking and to promote communication among researchers both inside and outside central banks.

For more information, visit www.federalreserve.gov/BoardDocs/Press/other/2005/20050519/default.htm.

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Students Honoured for Work in Developing Countries

Two UBC students received a prestigious research award last year from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

The IDRC doctoral research awards are given annually to researchers who are making significant contributions building healthier, more equitable and more prosperous societies in the developing world.

Eny Anggraini Buchary was recognized for her research on marine resources in the Bali Strait and Komodo National Park in Indonesia. Craig Candler received the honour for mapping the connections between changing land use and child health problems in rural northern Thailand.

For more information on Buchary’s and Candler’s projects, visit www.idrc.ca/awardeesprofiles.

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Physics & Astronomy, Triumf Open Doors to Public June 4

For the first time in more than a decade, UBC’s Department of Physics and Astronomy will open its doors for an open house on Saturday, June 4, 2005.

The public is invited to visit facilities such as the ground station of MOST, Canada’s space telescope, and Glacier, Canada’s largest supercomputer. Researchers will demonstrate how light can be slowed to a stop and ways to engineer nano structures one atom at a time. Also on display are the world’s largest cyclotron, state-of-the-art laser technology, and rescue robots built from scratch by UBC students.

The open house is held in conjunction with Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF), a world-class subatomic physics laboratory, to celebrate the World Year of Physics 2005.

Various lab tours at UBC and TRIUMF, and entertaining science demonstrations will be held between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. A free shuttle bus is available to transport visitors from various open house sites.

Admission is free. For a detailed schedule, maps and parking, visit: www.physics.ubc.ca/OpenHouse.

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Director of New Bachelor of Computer Science Program Earns Killam Teaching Prize

Almost 20 years after arriving at UBC from the U.K. as a graduate student, Computer Science Instructor Paul Carter was recognized at this year’s convocation ceremonies at the Chan Centre with a Killam Teaching Prize; the highest honour for recognizing teaching excellence at UBC. Prior to UBC, Carter was department coordinator for Capilano College's Computer Science Department between 1993 and 2001. In addition to his teaching duties, Carter is the director of the new Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) program and will assume the role of Chair, Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Carter has a BSc from the University of Sheffield and holds a Masters and PhD from UBC in Applied Mathematics. He became a tenured-track instructor within the Department of Computer Science in 2001.

Undergraduate Computer Science student Kevin Jamiesen received the Governor General Silver Medal for Academic Achievement receiving a 98.40 % graduating average.

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