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Congrats to our Spring 2019 Grads!

Posted by Faculty of Computer Science on May 31, 2019 in Graduate, Students, Alumni & Friends, Research, Undergraduate, Women in Tech

Past presidents of WiTS & CSS, Rebecca Ansems and Brandon Poole, graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Science degree.

On Tuesday, May 28th staff and faculty filled the stage of the Rebecca Cohn ready to cheer on our students as they received their degrees.

For the first time ever, students graduating from the Faculty of Computer Science had their own convocation ceremony - making this an extra proud moment.

Congratulations to all of our graduates for the work you've done to get to this point — we look forward to seeing and hearing all about what's next for each of you.

Over the last two weeks, we shared stories from some of our new graduates:

Hossein Salimian, PhD in Computer Science &
Matt Zimola, Master of Applied Computer Science

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As we get ready to celebrate our class of 2019 this afternoon, we chatted to soon to be #DalGrad ‘s Matt Zimola (MACS) and Hossein Salimian (PhD). They have launched an #oceans start-up together called ReelData that uses #AI and computer vision to collect and analyze data for fish farms 🌊 read more, link in bio 📷: Nick Pearce #dalfcs #innovation #dalhousieu @dalalumni

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Ariane Hanlon, Bachelor of Applied Computer Science

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Ariane Hanlon hails from the North End of #Halifax and is graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Computer Science. During her time at Dal she initiated the Halifax Chapter of Teachers Learning Code ( @clchfx ) an initiative that helps teachers learn coding concepts that they can then use in their classrooms. She also worked as a co-op student at IBM. She says of her co-op experience, "I applied because I love Deep Blue, their super-computer that battled against chess grandmasters in the 90s. Looking back, I was rooting for the computer." Even before graduating she was hired by telecommunications software company Maplewave as an automation and testing engineer. #DalGrad #CS @dalalumni

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Grace Liu, Master of Applied Computer Science

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#DalGrad Grace Liu moved from one coastal city to another when she came from her home in Dalian #China. But it was not until her arrival in Halifax that she discovered her love of the outdoors. She goes hiking with her fiancé every weekend and in the summer she enjoys kayaking and swimming at Kejimkujik. Now having completed her Master of Applied Computer Science, she's using her interest and knowledge of networks and #CyberSecurity at her work as an IT risk consultant. #Grad #CS #International

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Aqeb Hamdan, Bachelor of Computer Science

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Aqeb Hamdan grew up in Ahmadi, #Kuwait and later moved to #Halifax where he is now graduating with a Bachelor of Computer Science. He worked at a number of different companies here in #Halifax for co-op and has just completed an internship with Shopify as an Android developer. During his free time at Dal he loved to get bubble tea with his friends and developed an Android music app called Loffee that now has over 120,000 active users! Next month he is heading to Ottawa to work as a full-time Android developer at AnfinityClick Inc. #DalGrad #International @dalalumni

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Elham Etemad, PhD in Computer Science

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"I am came from a mountainous town in central Iran, called Tafresh to start my Ph.D. in Computer Science in January 2014. My research focus was on image representation and detecting objects in an image. I love living adventurously and try to experience at least one new thing every week. I have been involved with @dalcsgs as the Ph.D. representative since April of 2017, and initiated their signature Ski trips. In the following year, I became elected as President of CSGS. We have initiated the thesis representative initiative along with the Faculty of Computer Science to provide guidance and help to students from thesis-based programs. I have won the Mitacs Elevate award and after graduation, I will return to the faculty of Computer Science at Dal for my Postdoctoral fellowship. My academic, and extracurricular life at #FCS have taught me so many skills that I might have never learned otherwise." - Elham Etemad #DalGrad #CS #International

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Elliot Darbyshire, Bachelor of Computer Science

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In our final new #DalGrad profile, Bachelor of Computer Science graduate Elliott Darbyshire shares his journey to 2 top GPA awards and an exchange to South Korea 🇰🇷 full story at the link in bio ⬆️ #DalhousieU #DalProud #dalfcs @dalalumni

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Arazzoo Hoseyni, Bachelor of Applied Computer Science

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Arazzoo Hoseyni is originally Khurdish-Iranian and is graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Computer Science. She loved her Community Outreach courses where she could work on a different project every semester that allowed her to overcome challenges and learn new skills. Her favourite memory from her time as an undergrad was the day that the Mezza opened up in the SUB! She is excited to return to Dalhousie this Fall to begin her Master of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. #DalGrad #CS #CSGrad #International.

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