{"id":36,"date":"2018-07-25T18:08:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T18:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:58:51","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"acknowledgement\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">We acknowledge and respect the l\u0259k\u0313\u02b7\u0259\u014b\u0259n peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and Matrix operates, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Formed in the Spring of 2018, the Matrix Institute brings together diverse members from academia, industry and government that have an interest in working together on projects focused around applied data science. Please\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"mailto:matrixdir@uvic.ca\">contact us<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> if you are interested in becoming a member of the institute or our advisory boards and executive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lists.uvic.ca\/mailman\/listinfo\/uvic-matrix-institute\">our mailing list<\/a>\u00a0to stay up to date with announcements, funding, and talks.<\/p>\n<p>Please also see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/acknowledge\/\">Acknowledging Matrix .<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Director<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/neilernst.net\/\">Neil Ernst\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:matrixdir@uvic.ca\">matrixdir@uvic.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Executive Committee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/charlesperin.net\">Charles Perin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/celab.cs.uvic.ca\/index.html\">Sowmya Somanath<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branzanalbu.com\">Alexandra Branzan Albu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nacenta.com\/\">Miguel Nacenta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretstorey.com\">Margaret-Anne Storey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/levismith\/\">Levi Smith<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Industry Advisory Board<\/h3>\n<p>Forthcoming &#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Past Directors<\/h3>\n<p>We gratefully acknowledge our influential past directors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof. <a href=\"http:\/\/alexandra.albu.ca\/\">Alexandra Branzan Albu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Founding Director:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/tdarcie\/\">Prof. Ted Darcie<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Founding Director:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/margaretstorey.com\/\">Prof. Margaret-Anne Storey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-290\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3543\/2018\/10\/UVic_hst_4c_cmyk-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3543\/2018\/10\/UVic_hst_4c_cmyk-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3543\/2018\/10\/UVic_hst_4c_cmyk.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We acknowledge and respect the l\u0259k\u0313\u02b7\u0259\u014b\u0259n peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and Matrix operates, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 peoples whose historical relationships with the land [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6717,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/matrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}