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
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.
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.
Events
PhD Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Query-Efficient Locally Private Hypothesis Selection via the Scheffe Graph
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 1304 and online.
Matthew Regehr, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Gautam Kamath
Seminar • Artificial Intelligence • Building Robotics Foundation Models with Reasoning in the Loop
Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Jiafei Duan, PhD candidate
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
Seminar • Software Engineering • The True Cost of AI Assistance to Programming of Software
Please note: This seminar is offered twice to accommodate schedules —
at 11 a.m. on March 5 and at 10 a.m. on March 6. Both sessions will be in DC 3317.
Daniel M. Berry, Professor
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science