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.

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Alum is bridging the health-care visit gap via AI

Modern health care support patients at crisis points: during a visit, around a procedure and after discharge. However, the gaps between care can fuel readmissions, emergencies and preventable decline. Velocity startup Doro is developing clinically guided AI tools to ensure that connection with patients continues long after appointments end, filling the gap health practitioners do not have the capacity to reach.

PhD candidate Pulkit Sinha in the Davis Centre
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Pulkit Sinha wins 2026 Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award

Pulkit Sinha, a PhD candidate at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, specializing in quantum information, has received a 2026 Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award.

Funded through alumni and community support, the $5,000 award celebrates outstanding research by emerging scholars in the Faculty of Mathematics.

an abstract image depicting an AI coding assistant
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Top AI coding tools make mistakes one in four times

New research from the University of Waterloo shows that artificial intelligence still struggles with some basic software development tasks, raising questions about how reliably AI systems can assist developers.

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