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
Waterloo-based graph database start-up Kùzu acquired by Apple
University of Waterloo–based graph database start-up Kùzu has been acquired by tech giant Apple.
According to a recent report in BetaKit, Apple reached an agreement in October 2025 to purchase all shares of the company and hire select members of its team.
The TTC race
A first-year Waterloo student has developed a program that tracks the real-time speed of every streetcar line in Toronto. Called the TTCLeaderboard, the app is set up like keeping score of a race, ranking the lines from fastest to slowest.
Does DNA carry an imprint of the environment?
Evolutionary biologists have long known that DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all organisms, contains a record of ancestry.
But could genomes also bear an imprint of the environments in which organisms evolved? According to a recent bioinformatics study, the answer, at least for some life forms and for some extreme environments, is an unexpected yes.
Events
Seminar • Systems and Networking • Runtime Context-Conditioned Control in Networked Systems
Please note: This seminar will take place online.
Anwar Walid, PhD
Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Derandomizing Matrix Concentration Inequalities from Free Probability
Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304 and online.
Robert Wang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Seminar • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Securing AI Systems Against Real-World Misuse
Please note: This seminar will take place online.
Xinyue Shen, PhD candidate
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security