Chronology - 2000s: Remembering a Legacy of Innovation
2002
UW established the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).
Mike Lazaridis, President of RIM, gave a $6 million donation to UW's new IQC.
The Ontario Provincial Government added $3 million to Lazaridis' gift.
The Computer Science Department became a school within UW's organizational structure.
The end of an era was marked on August 29, 2002 when the last IBM mainframe on the campus, an ES/9000, was shut down.
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