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 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
Computer science researchers secure $2M ORF-RE grant to develop next-generation 5G and 6G network innovations
A multidisciplinary team of computer science researchers has been awarded $2 million from the Ontario Research Fund–Research Excellence (ORF–RE) program to develop key infrastructure technology for next-generation mobile networks. ORF–RE provides funding to support the costs of major research projects of strategic value to the province.
The project is led by principal investigator Raouf Boutaba, University Professor and Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science, with Cheriton co-investigators Professors Martin Karsten, Samer Al-Kiswany and Kate Larson, along with Professor Chui Min Yeum of Waterloo’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers awarded $440k through ORF-RI and CFI-JELF to develop scalable big data systems
Professors Khuzaima Daudjee and Sujaya Maiyya of the Cheriton School of Computer Science have been awarded $220,000 from the Ontario Research Fund–Research Infrastructure (ORF-RI) program. This amount was matched by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI-JELF), bringing total funding to $440,000.
The project, titled Scalable Infrastructure for Data-Intensive Systems, will address foundational challenges in managing and analyzing large-scale data.
Q&A: Jason Amri on balancing academics, entrepreneurship and finding a career you love
Jason Amri (he/him) is a fifth-year Computer Science and Business student. In this Q&A, he discusses how he started a social venture called 3cycle and his experience having a co-op term in Dubai.
Events
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence • DINO Features for Salient Object Detection
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.
Albert Ding, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Olga Veksler
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Large Language Models for Build System Maintenance: An Empirical Study of CodeGen’s Next-Line Prediction
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.
Akinbowale Akin-Taylor, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Shane McIntosh, Mei Nagappan
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Programming Languages • Type-Safe Tree Transformations for Precisely-Typed Compilers
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3317.
Pedro Oliveira, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Ondřej Lhoták