David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

The Cheriton School of Computer Science is named for David R. Cheriton, who earned his PhD in Computer Science in 1978, and made a transformational gift to the school in 2005. It has become the largest academic concentration of Computer Science researchers in Canada.  

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News

  1. Nov. 29, 2023Partnership with Rogers to revolutionize the landscape of telecommunication and network management
    photo of Professor Raouf Boutaba and his research team

    The emergence of 5G technology is transforming telecommunications, granting people and industry remarkable capabilities. With research advancements, in the future we could see 5G offer speeds of up to 20 gigabits per second, far surpassing 4G’s capabilities. This speed not only enables lightning-fast downloads, its low latency, as low as 1 millisecond, is ideal for real-time applications like remote surgery and augmented or virtual reality. 

  2. Nov. 28, 2023GraphNovo: Graph-based deep learning model may lead to highly personalized medicine to treat cancer and infectious diseases

    Computer scientists at the Cheriton School of Computer Science are using a graph-based deep learning model to analyze proteins on the surface of cells, which could lead to personalized medicine to treat cancer and infectious diseases.  

    The researchers developed GraphNovo, a new program that provides a more accurate understanding of cellular peptide sequences, linear chains of amino acids.

  3. Nov. 27, 2023University Professor Ming Li tackles cancer with personalized immunotherapy made possible by machine learning
    photo of University Professor Ming Li

    Immunotherapy is a powerful new way to treat cancer, harnessing the body’s natural defences to find and kill cancer cells.

    By applying machine learning, researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science are working to strengthen this mechanism, making it possible to develop personalized cancer-fighting drugs.

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Events

  1. Nov. 29, 2023PhD Seminar • Systems and Networking • Branch-based Power Side-Channel Analysis for Black-Box Embedded Fuzzing Instrumentation

    Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in E5 4047.

    Murray Dunne, PhD candidate
    David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

    Supervisor: Professor Sebastian Fischmeister

  2. Nov. 29, 2023PhD Defence • Bioinformatics • Improving Peptide Identification in Proteomics Data Analysis through Repeat-Preserving Decoy and Decoy-Free Retraining

    Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2314 and online.

    Johra Muhammad Moosa, PhD candidate
    David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

    Supervisor: Professor Bin Ma

  3. Nov. 29, 2023PhD Seminar • Data Systems • Recovery from Non-decomposable Distance Oracles

    Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 1304 and online.

    Shufan Zhang, PhD candidate
    David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

    Supervisor: Professor Xi He

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