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From Exploration to Application: How the UBC Cloud Innovation Centre Brings Ideas to Life
The UBC Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) (pronounced ‘kick’) demonstrates how collaboration, innovation, and experiential learning come together. A collaboration with Amazon Web Services, the CIC leverages cloud technologies and artificial intelligence to tackle real-world challenges.
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Simulating Patient Interactions with AI
To give students more meaningful practice in patient communications, educators from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences approached the UBC Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) to create an AI-powered patient interaction scenario tool, to help fill a need.
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Call for Expressions of Interest: Work with the UBC Cloud Innovation Centre
The UBC Cloud Innovation Centre (UBC CIC) is accepting Expressions of Interest from UBC faculty, researchers and staff who wish to experiment with AI and cloud technologies to support the student and faculty experience, build on research collaborations, or enhance teaching and learning.
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Reflecting on Organizing a Successful Hackathon
Reflections on Organizing a Successful Hackathon By: Raza Sidhu, Project Assistant As participants rushed to submit their projects minutes before the deadline, I finally took a moment to pause and take in the room. Months of planning led to this, and seeing teams collaborate, innovate, and celebrate together reminded me exactly why the UBC Cloud…
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Reflecting on the UBC CIC Generative AI and Sustainability Hackathon
The UBC Cloud Innovation Centre (UBC CIC) Generative AI and Sustainability hackathon on October 5, 2024, brought together students with a shared passion for technology and sustainability. Hosted at the Sauder Learning Labs, the event was filled with energy from the outset, as participants collaborated to create innovative solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud…
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The CIC Experience: Victoria Li
Working as a Project Assistant at the UBC Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) has been a journey of transformation, marked by delightful surprises and a genuine sense of community. As I take a reflective pause on my co-op term, it becomes evident that the CIC is not merely a workplace; it is a vibrant tapestry woven…