The Cheriton School of Computer Science is named for David R. Cheriton, who earned his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in 1978. In 2005, Professor Cheriton made a transformational gift to the school that supports named chairs, faculty fellowships, and graduate scholarships.
News
International Women’s Day: Celebrating women researchers and entrepreneurs
This Sunday, March 8 is International Women’s Day, a global event that recognizes the achievements of women around the world.
To celebrate, the Cheriton School of Computer Science is highlighting the research discoveries, achievements and entrepreneurial successes of women students, faculty members and alumni over the past year.
Pascal Poupart and Luis Ricardez-Sandoval receive $480k grant from BMO and Mitacs to develop reinforcement learning tools for rare earth element recycling
Professors Pascal Poupart of the Cheriton School of Computer Science and Luis Ricardez-Sandoval of the Department of Chemical Engineering have received $480,000 to strengthen Canada’s supply of critical minerals by applying artificial intelligence to the recycling of rare earth elements.
From computer science to Grammy nominations
Today, George Seara is an award-winning mix and recording engineer. He has been nominated for multiple Juno and Grammy awards, including winning the 2012 Juno for Recording Engineer of the Year, and collaborated with household names like Shawn Mendes, Rihanna, Drake, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift.
For a long time, however, he was just a kid who loved music and computers and couldn’t figure out a way to combine the two.
Events
PhD Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Classes of Graphs with Sub-linear Twin-width
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in MC 5479.
Taite LaGrange, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Therese Biedl, Sophie Spirkl
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Computer Graphics • Physically-Based Simulation and Visualization of Optical Phenomena Elicited by Negative Refraction
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3317.
Scott Steinfield, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Gladimir Baranoski
PhD Seminar • Human–Computer Interaction | Artificial Intelligence • Leveraging Interactive Human–AI Collaboration Methods to Enhance Key Stages of Programming Workflows
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.
Xuye Liu, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Jian Zhao