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.

Discover our latest achievements by following our news. Upcoming talks on a range of computer science topics are found under events.

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News

Professor Robin Cohen in Waterloo's Davis Centre

Professor Robin Cohen has received the 2024 Excellence in Online Teaching Award, an honour conferred by Waterloo’s Centre for Extended Learning.

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Coming from a family of teachers, Norwegian exchange student Christian Garmann Sørli has long been interested in using technology to support human intelligence.

Through the International Work-Integrated-Learning in Artificial Intelligence (IWIL AI) program, a joint initiative between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the University of Waterloo, Christian is leveraging AI to enhance and accelerate student learning.

Sepehr Assadi in front of blackboard with Vizing's Theorem

Professor Sepehr Assadi and his international collaborators — Soheil Behnezhad, Sayan Bhattacharya, Martín Costa, Shay Solomon and Tianyi Zhang — have received a Best Paper Award at STOC 2025, the 57^th ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing.

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News

Robin Cohen receives 2024 Excellence in Online Teaching Award

New AI tool can make grading faster, fairer, stronger

Sepehr Assadi and international collaborators receive STOC 2025 Best Paper Award

Events

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • What Slows Down FMware Development? An Empirical Study of Developer Challenges and Resolution Times

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • OasisDB: An Oblivious and Scalable System for Relational Data

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3301.

Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Can SGD Select Good Fishermen?

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