UBC Computer Science

Undergraduate and graduate student researchers congregated for a day of talks, posters, presentations and networking at the inaugural UBC CS Student Research Conference. Read more in our new article: cs.ubc.ca/news/2026/03/c…

A talk I gave at the Apple Workshop on Reasoning and Planning 2025 is now available online. It's a 30-min version of my typical recent talk "Open-Ended and AI-Generating Algorithms in the Era of Foundation Models" Thanks to Apple for making it public! machinelearning.apple.com/video/open-end…

This Friday we will be hosting @peterchencyc from @UBC who will give a talk titled "Physical AI Needs an AI-Enhanced Physics Simulator"

“We just can't rely on the companies to voluntarily stand up,” says Dr. @AlanMackworth, UBC computer science professor emeritus. “There needs to be some public accountability by having a regulatory agency with enforcement powers to check standards.”@UBC_CS cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

The Tumbler Ridge, B.C., tragedy is raising questions about conversations with chatbots. UBC profs Drs. Vered Shwartz, Alan Mackworth (@UBC_CS) and Moira Aikenhead (Peter A. Allard School of Law) discuss buff.ly/4rPJLtx

🎙️ Our next #WiAIR_podcast guest: @hila_gonen! Assistant Professor @UBC_CS, she works at the intersection of NLP & ML, aiming to make LLMs responsible, reliable, and fair across languages and socio-demographic groups. Stay tuned 🎧 @WomeninAIResearch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@WomeninAIRese…

Tanya Prasad will be presenting "RegTrack: Uncovering Global Disparities in Third-party Advertising and Tracking" at MADWeb 2026 (co-located with NDSS).

Thrilled to be featured in the first ALife Newsletter of the year! I share about how I got into open-endedness research, the inspiration behind my recent work, and how I think open-endedness fits into the future of AI and AI researchers

"I think it should be part of the solution, I just think that it’s really tricky to draw the lines of what kind of content should be flagged versus not." @VeredShwartz on AI safety as OpenAI asked to share info on Tumbler Ridge shooter's AI interactions buff.ly/3c3VMMu

"[Duty to report] obligations are enshrined in law and/or professional ethics. Similar obligations should be placed on social media and AI companies." Dr. Alan Macworth discusses AI safety buff.ly/eHBfD9t

Computer scientist Dr. Alan Mackworth said that many professionals, such as teachers and doctors, have a "duty to report" any suspected case of harm to or abuse of a minor. "Similar obligations should be placed on social media and AI companies." @UBC_CS cbc.ca/news/politics/…

We are excited to host Tomasz Limisiewicz from Meta & University of Washington for a talk on “Pursuit of Fair and Effective Tokenization for Language Models”. 📅 Mon, Mar 2nd 🕒 10:30 AM 📍 ICCS X836 We look forward to seeing you there!

UBC Computer Science Professors Emeriti Alan Mackworth and David Poole were awarded the AAAI/EAAI Patrick Henry Winston Outstanding Educator Award for developing free online resources to learn foundations of AI. Congratulations! Read more: cs.ubc.ca/news/2026/02/m…

The second UBC–SFU AI Roundtable took place last week at SFU’s Downtown Vancouver campus, gathering leading researchers and industry voices for an evening of thoughtful dialogue and connection. A special thank you to everyone who contributed their expertise and insight. Conversations like these are how we turn potential into progress, and the momentum continues.

If you need to persuade someone, maybe let AI do the talking. @VeredShwartz discusses her work exploring persuasive #AI via NPR buff.ly/veWTdQH

Meet Renee Cheung, a UBC Computer Science alum (BSc ‘06) and Digital Solutions Manager at ICBC. In this interview, she shares how her experience with her computer science degree and her career shape how she mentors students: cs.ubc.ca/news/2026/02/m…

“I think unbiased, trusted sources of information are going to be yet more important as we go forward. Those reliable kind of watchdogs at the municipal level are really critical.” @UBC_CS Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown discusses his work on potential AI swarms buff.ly/YxtCP8s

Happy Lunar New Year! Celebrate the Year of the Horse with these events and programs happening across the university and in the community. events.ubc.ca/lunar-new-year/

After 25 years at UBC, Dr. Paul Carter is now retiring. Read more about his contributions to computer science education and the UBC community in our new article: cs.ubc.ca/news/2026/02/p…

Thrilled to introduce ALMA (Automated Meta-Learning of Memory Designs for Agentic Systems) 🚀 We explore how to automatically discover novel agentic memory designs across domains. Great to work with @shengranhu and @jeffclune! Code and website: yimingxiong.me/alma