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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photo of Professor Lila Kari and Fatemeh Alipour
Monday, April 29, 2024

Cheriton researchers and their colleagues at Western University use machine learning to identify and classify deadly astroviruses

A team of researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, along with their colleagues at Western University, have successfully classified 191 previously unidentified astroviruses using a new machine learning-enabled classification process.

photo of Nils Lukas in the Davis Centre
Thursday, April 25, 2024

PhD candidate Nils Lukas receives 2024 Mathematics Doctoral Prize’s top honour

Nils Lukas, a PhD candidate at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, is the first-place winner of the 2024 Faculty of Mathematics Doctoral Prize. Now in its sixth year, this prestigious award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of top doctoral students in the Faculty of Mathematics.

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