Queen's School of Computing

09/01/2026

Help us share the history of computing and inspire the next generation of computing professionals. QSC has officially begun fundraising to create the Tom Bradshaw Museum of Computing!

Tom joined Queen’s School of Computing in 1979 and served our community for 42 years, collecting and preserving machines and stories that trace the evolution of computing from punch cards and early mainframes to Unix workstations, the Internet of Things, and machine learning.

Tom is remembered for his commitment to the School of Computing, his mentorship and his hard-working nature, all of which has contributed to the success of the school today. He will be dearly missed. Tom died on December 29th 2021, following a battle with cancer. He was 66.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4xx08dO

08/25/2026

Associate Professor Dr. Sara Nabil takes us behind the scenes of the iStudio Lab and explores the surprising connections between Gen-z hobbies, an ancient craft, and technological innovation.

Sara’s research in physical computing and e-textiles takes these connection a step further, using computational weaving, conductive yarns, and hybrid craft to create new possibilities for wearable technology, accessibility, and sustainable design.

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Queen’s researcher Sara Nabil explores the overlooked links between textile craft and computer programming, from punch-card looms to today’s electronic textiles.

08/25/2026

What does weaving have to do with modern computing? As it turns out, quite a lot!

Queen’s School of Computing Associate Professor Dr. Sara Nabil takes us behind the scenes of the iStudio Lab and explores the surprising connections between Gen-z hobbies, an ancient craft, and technological innovation.

Sara’s research in physical computing and e-textiles takes these connection a step further, using computational weaving, conductive yarns, and hybrid craft to create new possibilities for wearable technology, accessibility, and sustainable design.

Read the full article:

Weaving is one of humanity’s oldest crafts, but its patterns helped inspire early computing. Today, textile makers are using conductive yarns and digital looms to invent new kinds of technology.

08/25/2026

What does weaving have to do with modern computing? As it turns out, quite a lot!

Queen’s School of Computing Associate Professor Sara Nabil takes us behind the scenes of the iStudio Lab and explores the surprising connections between Gen-z hobbies, an ancient craft, and technological innovation.

Sara’s research in physical computing and e-textiles takes these connection a step further, using computational weaving, conductive yarns, and hybrid craft to create new possibilities for wearable technology, accessibility, and sustainable design.

Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4gq2aql

Weaving is one of humanity’s oldest crafts, but its patterns helped inspire early computing. Today, textile makers are using conductive yarns and digital looms to invent new kinds of technology.

08/24/2026

During this month’s CIAA 2026 Conference, Professor and Graduate Chair Kai Salomaa was honoured for his several decades of contributions to CIAA and to the theory, implementation, and application of automata and related structures. As a special thanks, Salomaa was gifted with a personal book titled, “From Possibility to Reality”.

Thank you for all you do at the School of Computing!

08/22/2026

Automata research takes centre stage at Queen’s!

From August 5–11, researchers and practitioners from academia and industry gathered at Queen’s University for CIAA 2026 and DCFS 2026.

Hosted by the Queen’s School of Computing, and organized in part by our very own Dr. Salimur Choudhury and Queen's School of Computing alumnus (PhD'21) Dr. Taylor Smith, these conferences brought together the international automata community to explore research spanning automata theory, algorithms, verification, natural language processing, quantum computing, bioinformatics, pattern matching, and more.

CIAA 2026 featured three distinguished invited speakers:

Nataša Jonoska, University of South Florida
“Traversing Crystals by Automata”

Anthony Bonato, Toronto Metropolitan University
“Burning, Cooling, and Liminal Burning Graphs”

Ian Mertz, Charles University
“Computing with a Full Hard Drive”

The conference also featured the prestigious Sheng Yu Award, research and tool-track presentations, and proceedings published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Dr. Kai Salomaa was also honoured for his several decades of contributions to CIAA and to the theory, implementation, and application of automata and related structures. As a special thanks, Salomaa was gifted with a personal book titled, “From Possibility to Reality”.

CIAA 2026 was held alongside DCFS 2026, continuing a week of international research and collaboration in theoretical computer science here in Kingston.

DCFS 2026 featured three distinguished invited speakers:

Michael Blondin, Université de Sherbrooke
"The Power and Limits of Population Protocols"

Michaël Cadilhac, DePaul University
"Formal Language Theory and Transformers"

Sandra Zilles, University of Regina
"Representing Concepts with Small Teaching Sets"

Thank you to all the researchers, speakers, organizers, and participants who made CIAA 2026 a success!

08/21/2026

This week, we celebrated our summer USRA students with a goodbye lunch. These students partnered with our faculty, worked in labs, and received personalized training as they prepare for careers (or further studies) in computing. Thank you to all who were able to attend!

For more details on what each student was focused on: https://bit.ly/3U0NCEP

08/19/2026

We’re proud to see our very own Ahmed E. Hassan among the speakers at the inaugural ACM - Association for Computing Machinery AI Leadership Summit, taking place from August 30 to September 2 in Atlanta.

A Mustafa Prize Laureate and internationally recognized expert in agentic software engineering, Ahmed will join leading voices from academia, industry, government, and beyond to explore the future of AI.

Learn more here: https://aisummit.acm.org/

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Join Turing Award laureates, United Nations and UNESCO leaders, NSF leadership, industry pioneers, educators, and researchers for four days of conversations about the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on society.

08/14/2026

The School of Computing is delighted to celebrate retired professor, Wendy Powley on receiving the prestigious A. Nico Habermann Award from the Computing Research Association (CRA).
This award recognizes Wendy's contributions that have increased the numbers and successes of women in computing across Canada and beyond.

We are incredibly proud of this well-deserved honour and grateful for the impact Wendy continues to make through her continued work in this area. Congratulations, Wendy!

08/04/2026

Strengthening global partnerships to prepare the next generation of technology leaders.

This past month, School Director Dr. Hossam Hassanein travelled to Cairo to strengthen Queen's School of Computing's partnership with the Digilians (Digital Pioneers) initiative.

Led by Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in collaboration with the Egyptian Military Academy, Digilians is equipping young innovators with advanced training in Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML), Software Design in the AI Era (SD-AI), and Cyber Security Intelligence (CSI)

As part of the initiative's Professional Master's Program, Queen's University is proud to partner in delivering internationally recognized graduate education that combines academic excellence with practical, hands-on experience.

We're excited to continue supporting talented students as they develop the skills needed to shape the future of technology.