ICICS/Computer Science Reading Room (UBC)

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www.cs.ubc.ca/rr

Zoom drop-in hours: www.cs.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/pages/2010/openinghours.pdf
News: www.cs.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/pages/2010/news.pdf
Course reserves: www.cs.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/pages/2010/coursereserve.pdf
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icics.cs.readingroom

10/15/2026

CS Art Circle is back! The session will start with short instruction on acrylic painting, followed by plenty of time to paint and practice on your own. All CS faculty, staff, postdocs, and grad students are welcome. Materials will be provided. Looking forward to seeing you there!

09/24/2026

Need help binding loose-leaf textbooks?
We can bind them for you (and it’s free 🙂)

Available binding sizes are: 1/4" (1-20 sheets), 3/8" (40-6 sheets), and 9/16" (80-100 sheets)

09/11/2026

📌The next CS Book Club meeting is on Thur Oct 1 from 12:30 to 1:30pm. Book title: The Matter with Things (Ch11 - Science's Claims on Truth) by Iain McGilchrist. For more details and to register, please visit the CS Book Club website. Hope to see many of you there!

07/23/2026

The next CS Book Club meeting is on Friday, July 31 from 3pm to 4pm. Book title: Four Ages of Understanding. For more details and to register, please visit the CS Book Club website.

07/16/2026

The next CS Book Club meeting is on Friday, July 17 from 3pm to 4pm. Book title: The Symbolic Species (ch.3 The Symbolic Threshold) by Terrence W. Deacon. Hope to see many of you there!

07/06/2026

Thank you for joining the CS Book Club session last week! We'll be continuing our book club throughout the summer, so stay tuned for upcoming sessions!

04/17/2026

📌The next CS book club will be on Fri, May 1, 3-4PM (open to everyone). Book title: A legacy for living systems (Ch2: From Thing to Relation. On Bateson’s Bioanthropology) by Jesper Hoffmeyer. For more details and to register, please visit the CS Book Club website.

03/26/2026

🔖The next CS Book Club is on Thursday, April 2, 4:00-5:00 PM at ICICS/CS Reading Room. Book title: Native American DNA, Chapter 2:The DNA Dot-com: Selling Ancestry.📖Full text available via the UBC Library. Physical copy is also available at the Reading Room (Library Use Only). For more details and to register, please visit the CS Book Club website.

03/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined last week’s CS Book Club! We had a great discussion on "Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy" with so many thoughtful insights and perspectives shared. Really appreciate the engaging conversation! Our next session will be on Apr 2. Please stay tuned!

03/06/2026

New on our shelves ✨We’ve added a set of delightful zines by Julia Evans. These hand-drawn guides make complex technical concepts approachable and fun! Come browse them in the Reading Room!

Address

2366 Main Mall, Room, Room 262, The University Of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver, BC
V6T1Z4

Website

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/rr

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