ICICS/Computer Science Reading Room (UBC)

📌The next CS book club will be on Fri, May 1, 3-4PM (open to everyone). Book title: A legacy for living systems (Ch2: From Thing to Relation. On Bateson’s Bioanthropology) by Jesper Hoffmeyer. For more details and to register, please visit the CS Book Club website.

🔖The next CS Book Club is on Thursday, April 2, 4:00-5:00 PM at ICICS/CS Reading Room. Book title: Native American DNA, Chapter 2:The DNA Dot-com: Selling Ancestry.📖Full text available via the UBC Library. Physical copy is also available at the Reading Room (Library Use Only). For more details and to register, please visit the CS Book Club website.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week’s CS Book Club! We had a great discussion on "Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy" with so many thoughtful insights and perspectives shared. Really appreciate the engaging conversation! Our next session will be on Apr 2. Please stay tuned!

New on our shelves ✨We’ve added a set of delightful zines by Julia Evans. These hand-drawn guides make complex technical concepts approachable and fun! Come browse them in the Reading Room!

The next CS Book Club is on Thursday, March 12, 4:00-5:00 PM 🔖Book title: Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy — Chapter 6: Indigenous Self-Determination and Data Governance in the Canadian Policy Context📖 Full text is available via the UBC Library. For more details and to register, please visit the CS Book Club website.

Another great book club session yesterday! It was a pleasure to welcome many new members and to see our community expanding. Thank you to everyone who participated, and we look forward to the next session!! 👋

Thank you to everyone who joined last week's CS Art Circle! We hope you enjoyed the chance to learn something new and to connect with others! Please stay tuned for our next session!! 🖍️

The next CS Book Club meeting is on Thursday, February 12, 4pm - 5pm. Book title: The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic Age — Do We Need Bodies? See CS Book Club website for more details and to RSVP📖

It was a great meeting all of you yesterday at the first CS Book Club session of the year! Looking forward to many more conversations ahead. Please keep checking our website for upcoming sessions!

The first CS Book Club meeting of 2026 is on Thursday, January 15th from 3pm to 4pm. Book title: Imagining AI: Ch13. Imagining Indigenous AI. Hope to see you there!!