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Gift from an anonymous student

This bottle of fine Italian vinegar is a gift from an anonymous student to commemorate his/her sweet experience in the PerkLab. As a feeble attempt to curtail the number of students applying to the Perk Lab, we have commissioned a large banner to be hanged over the entrance of the Perk Lab. The banner will say "No Sugar Added". This vinegar bottle will hang on a string under the banner. Stay tuned for the photo of the composition.

Mattea Welch receives NSERC USRA Award

Mattea Welch received the Undergrad Student Research Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Mattea has been apprenticing in Perk Lab as undergraduate course student and researcher. Mattea has participated in work with the PerkTutor and contributed to a journal article in review and a conference paper as a co-author. This summer she will develop surgical performance scoring approaches for spinal needle insertion training.

Lauren Gordon receives ACM's Women in Computing Scholarship

Lauren Gordon, our recent graduate, received a scholarship from the ACM's Women in Computing (ACM-W) for her work in the PerkLab. After her graduation in 2011, Lauren has remained a collaborating member of the PerkLab.

Eric Moult receives his third NSERC USRA Award

Eric Moult received his third Undergrad Student Research Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. It is common wisdom that a student can receive this award only once. Eric is on his third now. I wonder if there will be a number four :-)

Andras Lasso receives commendation from the Principal of Queen's University

Andras Lasso received the highest commendation from the Principal of Queen's University.

Principal Woolf's letter praised the accomplishments and contributions Andras has been making to the University and the School of Computing. The Principal was particularly impressed by the world-class medical image computing research competence and the vaste industrial experience of Andras.

Andras, we are very proud of you!

Matthew Stephen Holden receives SPIE Travel Award

Matthew received the award to present his paper on Surgical motion characterization in simulated needle insertion procedures, Paper 8316-31 Author(s): Matthew S. Holden, Tamas Ungi, Derek Sargent, Robert McGraw, Gabor Fichtinger at SPIE Medical Imaging 2012.

New doctor Andras Lasso, PhD

Andras Lasso, senior research engineer in the PerkLab, has defended his PhD with flying banners at the Technical University of Budapest. We will celebrate when he comes back to Kingston in January.

End-of-the-year Perk Lab party

The end-of-the-year Perk Lab, again, was a great fun. Laughter and good food was abundant.

Some images are here: LabHolidayParty2011

Six Graces, 2011

Perk Lab at the School of Computing Open House

Thank you for those of your who volunteered your time yesterday to showcase Perk Lab. Special thanks to Thomas Chen for an outstanding job in organizing the demos. Some pictures are available here...

The PerkLab released PLUS: an open-source software library for ultrasound imaging research

Plus (Public software Library for UltraSound imaging research) is a software package containing library functions and applications for tracked ultrasound image acquisition, calibration, and processing.

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