Howard J. Hamilton

Current Department and University Duties:

• Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science, January 2026 to present.
• Member, Peer & Sessional Teaching Evaluation Committee, Department of Computer Science, January 2026 to present.
• Director, Laboratory for Computational Discovery, January 2003 to present.

Department and University Duties
(Previous to June 30, 2004):

• Member, Faculty Search Committee, September 2024 to April 2025.
• Chair, Graduate Co-op Committee, Department of Computer Science, January 2022 to December 2024.
• Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Computer Science, September 2022 to August 2024.
• Member, Seminar Committee, Department of Computer Science, September 2022 to December 2024.
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Computer Science, September 2023 to March 2024.
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Computer Science, December 2021 to March 2022.
• Member, Canada Research Chair Search Committee, Department of Computer Science, November 2020 to June 2021.
• Chair, External Relations Committee, July 2019 to December 2021.
• Special Advisor to Vice-President of Research for the Digital Future cluster, Jan. 2015 to December 2018.
• Member, Web Committee, Department of Computer Science, July 2012 to June 2017.
• Head, Department of Computer Science, July 2013 to June 2016
• Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science, July 2012 to June 2013.
• Member, External Relations Committee, Department of Computer Science, July 2012 to June 2013.
• Assistant Department Head, Department of Computer Science, July 2011 to June 2012.
• Chair, Web Committee, Department of Computer Science, July 2011 to June 2012.
• Member, Web Committee, Department of Computer Science, January 2010 to July 2011.
• Research Coordinator, Department of Computer Science, July 2011 to June 2012.
• Technical Reports Officer, Department of Computer Science: July 2011 to June 2012.
• Department Head (Acting), Department of Computer Science: July 2010 to December 2010.
• Research Funding Coordinator, Department of Computer Science: July 2002 to June 2010.
• Canada Research Chair Search Committee, Department of Computer Science: January 2008 to June 2008.
• Graduate Committee, Department of Computer Science: July 2007 to June 2008.
• Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science: July 2003 to June 2005.
• Coop Committee, Department of Computer Science, Member: July 2002 to June 2003
• Honours Coordinator, Department of Computer Science: July, 2000 to June 2003.
• Nominating Committee, Department of Computer Science, Only Member: July, 2000 to June 2003.
• Director, Institute for Computational Discovery, January 2002 to December 2002.
• Unit Review Team, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, March to June 2002.
• Faculty Review Procedure Committee, Faculty of Science, April to September 2002.
• Executive of Council, University, July, 2000 to present.
• Advisory Committee on Research and Instructional Computing, University Council Committee, Advisory to the Directory of Computer Services, July, 2000 to June 2002.
• Faculty of Science Representative to the Faculty of Fine Arts: July, 2000 to June 2002.
• Introductory Stream Coordinator, Department of Computer Science: July, 2001 to June 2002.
• Graduate Committee, Department of Computer Science: Chair: June 2001 to July 2002, Member: July 1999 to July 2002.
• Acting Director, Institute for Computational Discovery, July 2000 to December 2001.
• Planning Committee, Department of Computer Science, Chair: July, 1999 to June, 2000.
• External Relations Committee, Department of Computer Science, Member: July, 1999 to June, 2000.
• Nominating Committee, Department of Computer Science, Only member: Sept., 1994 to June, 1999.
• Accreditation/ Ph.D. Committee, Faculty of Grad. Studies, Chair: Sept., 1997 to June, 1998. Member: July, 1994 to June, 1998.
• Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science, Chair: July, 1996 to June, 1998.
• Honours Officer, Department of Computer Science: July, 1995 to June, 1996.
• Faculty Search Committee, Department of Computer Science, Member: January, 1995 to June, 1996; Acting Chair: May, 1995.
• Introductory Stream Review Committee, Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science, Chair: April, 1995 to June, 1996.
• Technical Reports Officer, Department of Computer Science: Nov., 1993 to June, 1996.
• Scholarship Officer, Department of Computer Science: May, 1992 to June, 1995.
• Pres. NSERC Committee, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Member (substitute for Christine Chan), January, 1995 to June, 1995.
• Scholarship Committee, Faculty of Science, Member: July, 1992 to June, 1995. Chair: Sept., 1994 to June, 1995.
• Internal Review Committee, Department of Computer Science, Undergraduate section, Member: Sept., 1994 to January, 1995.
• TARGET'94 representative, Department of Computer Science: June, 1994.
• Faculty Review Committee, Faculty of Science, Member: Nov., 1992 to June, 1994.
• Department Seminar Series Coordinator, Department of Computer Science: Feb., 1992 to Apr., 1993.
• Graduate and Honours Seminar Series Coordinator, Department of Computer Science: Jan., 1992 to Apr., 1993.
• TARGET'92, co organized Regina program (with Alan Law): June, 1992.

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