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Using AI to support law students and expand access to justice
At the Peter A. Allard School of Law, professors Jon Festinger, K.C., and Nikos Harris, K.C., are exploring how technology can better support students as they navigate the demands of clinical legal education. These programs offer invaluable hands‑on experience serving clients with limited means, but they also require students to manage complex facts, evolving legal…
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AI Adoption: British Columbia pharmacists experiment with new tools
A project of the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, GENRx is a virtual patient simulation platform led by Fong Chan, co-assistant director of the E2P PharmD Program, and Jamie Yuen, assistant director of the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. The idea was inspired by the emergence of AI large language models such as ChatGPT…
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UBC Cloud Innovation Centre’s role in advancing UBC’s Strategic Directions
With the launch of its refreshed strategic plan UBC’s Strategic Directions 2025-2030 earlier this fall, UBC has a renewed vision for research, teaching, innovation, and community impact. At the same time, the UBC Cloud Innovation Centre (UBC CIC or CIC) continues to grow and emerge as an influential driver of many of the new strategic priorities. Here’s how CIC is helping bring the UBC’s strategic plan to life:
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5 Reasons To Choose Flutter for App Development
Timothy Jin developed two apps using the Flutter framework. With features attracting a wide range of developers from industry professionals to students like Timothy with cross-platform development support and several compelling features, here are 5 reasons to choose Flutter to develop your next mobile app.
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How To Publish an iOS App to TestFlight
In the article, Timothy Jin explains TestFlight, an essential tool used to both internally and externally test the two iOS apps he has developed. Since we were connecting virtually with our clients, TestFlight was a crucial tool in delivering our apps over the air to our clients for testing and feedback.
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Predicting epileptic seizure onsets with Heart Rate Variability (HRV) features and Machine Learning (ML)
Seizure is defined as a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain and can cause changes in one’s behaviour, movements, feelings, and in levels of consciousness. In this blog post, Harshinee Sriram writes about an experiment done to determine the best predictors for a seizure onset using multiple heart rate variability (HRV) features and classical…