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
Hack the North is back!
Hackers find inspiration, invention and community at the weekend-long Hack the North event
Waterloo coders top Canadian team, fourth in North America, at 48th ICPC World Finals
A trio of Waterloo’s top algorithmic programmers showcased their expertise at the 48th International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from September 15 to 20, 2024. This prestigious global competition attracted elite programming talent from over 140 universities, representing more than 50 countries.
Nikhita Joshi named Rising Star in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
This prestigious career-building workshop invites outstanding researchers of historically marginalized or underrepresented genders to explore life in academia.
Events
PhD Defence • Human-Computer Interaction • Pervasive Desktop Computing by Direct Manipulation of an Augmented Lamp
Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 3317.
Yuan Chen, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Daniel Vogel, Géry Casiez, Sylvain Malacria
PhD Seminar • Systems and Networking | Programming Languages • Hardware-Software Codesign Approach to Reclaiming Memory in Concurrent Data Structures
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Ajay Singh, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Trevor Brown, Peter Buhr
PhD Seminar • Bioinformatics • CGRclust: Chaos Game Representation for Twin Contrastive Clustering of Unlabelled DNA Sequences
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.
Fatemeh Alipour, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Lila Kari, Yang Lu