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Vicki Ha and Anthony Tang awarded 2007 Pacific Century Graduate Scholarships

July 26th, 2007

Vicki Ha and Anthony Tang awarded 2007 Pacific Century Graduate Scholarships

Two NECTAR students working at UBC with Dr. Kellogg Booth have each been awarded Pacific Century Graduate Scholarships. This scholarship was created by a $10 million investment by the BC government to attract the best and brightest graduate students to universities in British Columbia.

Vicki Ha completed her bachelor’s degree in computer science at Dalhousie, working with NECTAR researcher Dr. Kori Inkpen. Vicki is now in the master’s program in Architecture at UBC and working on the ARTIFACT project led by Dr. Sheryl Staub-French in the Department of Civil Engineering. ARTIFACT is investigating how collaboration technology can be deployed in the construction industry, supported by a three-year NSERC strategic grant that grew out of research partially funded through NECTAR. Booth and former NECTAR postdoctoral fellow Dr. Melanie Tory are co-investigators.

Anthony Tang completed his master’s degree in computer science at Calgary, working with NECTAR researchers Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale and Dr. Saul Greenberg. Tony is now in the doctoral program in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC working with Dr. Sidney Fels, a frequent collaborator on NECTAR research. Tony’s dissertation research is looking at collaboration patterns for shared displays.

Each award is for $10,000 per year. The University of British Columbia is contributing an additional $7,000 per year for the duration of the scholarships.

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