College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (University of Guelph)
CEPS operates on the University of Guelph main campus, one of four across Ontario, and has one of the largest faculty, staff, and student populations of the seven colleges at U of G. CEPS offers four undergraduate degrees spanning 16 majors, and master's and PhD graduate programs spanning disciplines in: Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Chemistry, Computational Sciences, Computer Science, Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, and Toxicology.
"[6] In late 2018, the University of Guelph established the Centre for Advancing Ethical and Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI).
[7] One of just a few groups of its kind, the research and teaching centre aims to improve life through artificial intelligence and address ethics in AI.
Its strategic plan[8] lists the college's mission as “to become a national leader in student experience and impactful research by inspiring innovation in teaching and excellence in multidisciplinary partnerships.” The plan lists six guiding principles: The Department of Chemistry[9] focuses its activities and education on chemistry theory and research, including analytical, inorganic, nanoscience, organic, theoretical, polymer, biological or biochemistry, physical chemistry, and more.
[5] The Department of Mathematics and Statistics[18] focuses its activities and education on mathematics theory and research including bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, modelling and simulation, imaging, dynamical systems, simulation models, game theory, quantum computing, climate change, networks, statistical learning, infectious disease, data science, biostatistics, and more.
Faculty member Ralf Gellert is a lead scientist for the Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) that is on board the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER).
The department's faculty, staff, and students create content for the Guelph Physics YouTube channel,[24] which has educational series including “Ask Me Anything Science Edition”, “Tips and Tricks with Mel” as well as instructional videos.
Through this, she has made a large impact, forming outreach plans that include events such as the annual RISE conference.
Go CODE Girl[33] is an annual event organized by Guelph Women in Computer Science[34] (GWiCS), Creative Encounters[35] and Women in Engineering,[36] to introduce grades 7-10 girls and gender diverse yotuh to career possibilities in technology, computing and software engineering.
This half-day event is a collaborative effort, being organized and run by Women in Engineering (WiE), Royal City Science,[39] Creative Encounters and Guelph Physics.
The free event engaged over 1,000 educators from 54 different countries and was a placeholder for the community to gather until they can resume the in-person conference.
Since then, they have been active in STEM outreach efforts with UofG, such getting their very own portable planetarium[43] and hosting a Curiosity Carnival.
[48] The Let's Talk Science Outreach program is partnered with post-secondary institutions across Canada delivering interactive STEM activities in classrooms or at community events, in-person or virtually.
One of U of G's most popular Let's Talk Science events, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry started in 2015 and is attended by over 2,000 guests on campus each November.
[49] The hub of CEPS is in the Summerlee Science Complex, where weekly meetings occur and offices of council members reside.
