Welcome to the 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. Feb 26 2014Waterloo's Computer Science ranked 24th in the world by QS
  2. Jan 8 2014Boutaba awarded the 2014 McNaughton Medal
  3. Dec 10 2013Former graduate student awarded Best Student Paper Award at Buildsys Workshop
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Events

  1. Mar 10 2014March Break Faculty Tours
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