IT Takes Center Stage during Tech Week 2019

Organized largely by students of the Innovators in Technology (INT) student association, Tech Week is an event where students meet with industry professionals to discuss a variety of topics related to information technology.

From November 13 to 19, students, professors, industry professionals and employees came together in the Jean-Paul-Morin Room to participate in Tech Week conferences, activities, workshops and mini-courses.

Professors and industry members (CISCO, David’s Tea, Stradigi AI, EXO Montréal) conducted workshops and conferences on a variety of topics, including:

• Networks and Security: Case Study of David’s Tea
• Machine Learning for Combating Climate Change
• Test Driven Development Technique
• Artificial Intelligence
• Amazon Web Services (AWS, a cloud computing platform)
• Git and GitHub
• Developing a 2D video game with C# and Unity

This year’s new Tech Talks (modeled on TED Talks) were short 15-minute presentations aimed at piquing people’s curiosity on a new topic:

• New Information Revolution: Quantum Supremacy 
• Introduction to Firebase (application development platform)
• Why NOT to Buy an Electric Car

In addition to this variety of innovative and informative workshops, this year Tech Week included a gaming tournament, a showroom of video games produced by our Video Game Programming students and an IT help desk run by Computer Science Technology - Network and Security Management students.

Several prizes provided by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, EA games, Ubisoft, IBM and other major brands were raffled off.

“The event was a great success and it generated a real sense of pride and belonging. Students were able to learn, meet industry professionals, connect with their peers, interact with their professors on a more personal level, solve puzzles and discuss topics,” said Nariman Mansoor, the professor in charge of the Innovators in Technology (INT) student association.

Congratulations, and see you next year!