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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Stanley Miao (he/him) is a fourth-year Computer Science student. Sharing his experience, he talks about co-op broadening his perspective and the excitement associated with research.

How would you describe your co-op experience in one word?

“Eye-opening. It opened my eyes to being in a professional environment. Co-op has allowed me to have such varied and amazing experiences in different parts of the world, which has helped me grow as a person and given me perspective. It’s taught me so much about myself and what I’m passionate about.”

Brewtrack was among four teams that took home the Velocity $5k grant.

Every year, Velocity, Canada’s most successful incubator, hosts pitch competitions. This allows student-led teams to showcase their cutting-edge ideas and receive feedback, pitching experience, idea validation from a network of experienced entrepreneurs and Velocity Coaches— and a chance of winning $5,000. Recently, the Summer 2024 Velocity Pitch Competition, took place on July 25.

Professor Gautam Kamath, and his colleagues Professor Florian Tramèr, a computer scientist at ETH Zürich, and Nicholas Carlini, research scientist at Google DeepMind, have won a best paper award at ICML 2024, the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning, for their paper, “Position: Considerations for Differentially Private Learning with Large-Scale Public Pretraining.” 

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