Gregor Kiczales

@marktmaclean Mr Pol… as Prime Minister would be harder than UBC’s current budget problems.

Unsurprising, and one of the reasons Mr Poilievre will fight to the end to remain leader of the CPC.

Meet Enas Kosa! Enas has been a mentor in the Tri-Mentoring Program for the past 12 years. In this interview, she shares her journey from mentee to mentor and how mentorship has shaped her career trajectory. cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/11/m…

Congratulations to the nine UBC faculty members who have been announced by The Royal Society of Canada (@src_rsc) as new Fellows and as Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Learn more: bit.ly/3VligGp

Dr. Caroline Lemieux and Dr. Xin Tang from UBC’s Department of Computer Science have been appointed as new Canada Research Chairs. Congratulations! Learn more about their research: cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/10/t…

I am super-pleased to be serving on the PC of the excellent and much-needed "Undone Science in CS" 2026: "to provide an opportunity to pause and reflect on the epistemological and ethical aspects of computer science". For much more information, please see: undonecs.org/2026/

We are so proud!! 🤩🤩 @UBC_Systopia @UBC @UBCNews @margo_seltzer #ComputerScience #ComputerSystems @ubcprez

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Congrats to Dr. Robert Xiao for winning a Lasting Impact Award ( paper at least 10 years old) at the '24 ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces Conference. "Estimating 3D Finger Angle on Commodity Touchscreens" was written in 2015. ow.ly/J8x550TVTeO @dfp_ubc @nneonneo #UBC

Only you need to know who you vote for. Just ask Melania.

Congrats go out to our own William J. Bowman for winning a Distinguished Reviewer Award for his work on the OOPSLA Artifact Evaluation Committee 🏆🏆 #OOPSLA #DistinguishedReviewer #TechCommunity #UBC @ubc_spl @UBCScience @oopsla

#UBC Computer Science is proud to welcome our new faculty member, Dr. Reto Achermann. Read all about his history, what he's working on, and his thoughts on working in the department and living in #Vancouver. cs.ubc.ca/news/2024/10/n… @UBC_Systopia @achreto @UBCNews @UBCScience

The Security and Privacy group at @UBC_CS is looking to hire multiple fully funded graduate students (at PhD and master level). Find out more on our website: spg.cs.ubc.ca

Congratulations to our own Dr. Alex Summers for being recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer at OOPSLA 2024. Only 7 reviewers were honoured from over 100 committee members. ow.ly/ytxA50TAEKi #OOPSLA #ComputerScience #OutstandingReviewer @UBC_Systopia @UBC_SPL

@_RustyRooster pas du tout

@gregork Yes!

C is Latin, the root of all modern languages, the whole universe used to speak it. C++ is French, it’s Latin with fancy rules, used by the elite around the world & in specific circles. JavaScript is English, everybody speaks it, most speakers speak it poorly and others don’t bother learning another language. Java is German, it’s verbose, over-complicated and it made me cry several times. I won’t elaborate. Python is Esperanto, it was created to be so easy everyone could speak it. Its speakers could benefit from a shower once in a while. Rust is Russian, most speakers have an authoritarian left background and want to spread it worldwide.

@ShriramKMurthi @UBC @KathiFisler Mission accomplished.

Wife is going to Vancouver. I assume there must be really great Punjabi food? What are favorite places for chole bhature and other veg food? (And yes, everyone knows Vij's…) Also go hear her invited talk at @UBC on Sep 19! CC @KathiFisler cs.ubc.ca/event/2024/09/…

Incredible 🤯 Wait for it

@rg9119 I’ve been doing my best to introduce them through before class music. So far this term Santana and Ry Cooder. I save the boys till later in the term.

Reality check: I asked a class of ~100 students if they know who The Grateful Dead are: a handful of students raised their hands. Then I asked them if they knew who Phish are and even fewer did.

@ShriramKMurthi They go in the pond at the park.

I was woken up early by the endless sound of a cat coming through our bedroom window. As an immigrant… (Okay, okay, don't worry, I sent my NON-immigrant wife to go check. Turns out it was some blasted bird. Not yet clear what I should do with a bird. Awaiting instructions.)