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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Data Systems • Don’t Be a Tattle-tale: Preventing Leakages through Data Dependencies on Access Control Protected Data

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Shufan Zhang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Xi He

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 10:00 am - 10:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Defence • Data Systems • Universal Data System Analysis for Insight and Adaptivity

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.

Brad Glasbergen, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Khuzaima Daudjee

Database systems are ubiquitous; they serve as the cornerstone of modern application infrastructure due to their efficient data access and storage. Database systems are commonly deployed in a wide range of environments, from transaction processing to analytics.

Friday, November 4, 2022 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Performance Anomalies in Concurrent Data Structure Microbenchmarks

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2310 and online.

Rosina Kharal, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Trevor Brown, Peter Buhr

Monday, October 3, 2022 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • New Lower Bounds for Private Estimation and a Generalized Fingerprinting Lemma

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online and in DC 2310.

Argyris Mouzakis, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Gautam Kamath

photo of Professor Fahiem Bacchus
Monday, September 26, 2022

In memory of our colleague, Professor Fahiem Bacchus, 1957–2022

We are saddened to announce that our colleague, Professor Fahiem Bacchus, passed away on September 22, 2022. 

Professor Bacchus was a faculty member from 1988 to 1999 at Waterloo’s then Department of Computer Science, after which he joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto to assume the position of Professor.

photo of Professor Fahiem Bacchus
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Friday, September 23, 2022

Ninth annual Hack the North back live and in person at the University of Waterloo, catalyzing current and future student innovation

After two years of virtual hackathons, more than 1,000 students returned to the University of Waterloo’s campus for this year’s Hack the North, Canada’s biggest hackathon. The annual event brings together student hackers and innovators at all levels of experience with technology experts and industry leaders from across the nation.

Thursday, October 20, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Machine Learning | Self-driving AI • A lecture on “Classifying travelers’ driving style using basic safety messages generated by connected vehicles: Application of unsupervised machine learning”

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2568.

Connor Raymond Stewart, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Krzysztof Czarnecki, Paulo Alencar

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers awarded more than $283k in CFI funding

Researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science have been awarded more than $283k from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation to tackle national and global challenges.