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Thursday, July 28, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Human-Computer Interaction • Evaluating Singing for Computer Input Using Pitch, Interval, and Melody

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given in person in DC 3317 and online.

Graeme Zinck, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Daniel Vogel

photo of M. Tamer Özsu and Anil Pacaci
Monday, June 20, 2022

Anil Pacaci, M. Tamer Özsu, colleague Angela Bonifati receive best paper award at ICDE 2022

PhD student Anil Pacaci, University Professor M. Tamer Özsu, and their colleague Professor Angela Bonifati from Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University in France have received a best paper award at ICDE 2022, the 38th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering. 

Friday, June 24, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Machine Learning • Out-of-distribution Detection with Flow Generative Models

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Dihong Jiang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Yaoliang Yu

Out-of-distribution (OOD) data come from a distribution that is different from training data. Detecting OOD data contributes to secure deployment of machine learning models. Currently, deep generative models have been widely used as an unsupervised approach for OOD detection.

Thursday, June 23, 2022 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

DSG Seminar Series • A Vision for Data Alignment and Integration in Data Lakes

Please note: This seminar will be given in person in DC 1302 and livestreamed.

Renée Miller, University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Beyond the deepfake: Computer science alum pushing boundaries of AI in cinema and metaverse

A former postdoctoral researcher at the Cheriton School of Computer Science is leading the charge in artificial intelligence in the entertainment and film industry with her company, Kroop AI.

Jyoti Joshi, Kroop AI’s cofounder and CEO, worked as a Waterloo researcher in the specialized fields of computer vision and affective computing in 2016. She collaborated with Professor Jesse Hoey, whose research in emotional artificial intelligence and affective computing complimented her interests.

photo of the eight 2021 Outstanding Performance Awardees
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Eight Cheriton School of Computer Science faculty members receive 2021 Outstanding Performance Award

Cheriton School of Computer Science faculty members Robin Cohen, Khuzaima Daudjee, Ian Goldberg, Jesse Hoey, Florian Kerschbaum, Jimmy Lin, Victoria Sakhnini and Dave Tompkins have each received a 2021 Outstanding Performance Award. 

Established in 2005, these prestigious awards recognize University of Waterloo faculty members for their outstanding contributions.

photo of University Professor Ming Li
Monday, June 13, 2022

University Professor Ming Li elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

University Professor Ming Li has been elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He is one of 47 Fellows in Canada, along with six international Fellows, who will be officially inducted into the Academy at a June 17, 2022 ceremony in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

University Professor Li was elected to the Academy for his significant research contributions that span many areas, including —

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Data Systems | NLP • Backward-compatibility for Neural NLP Models

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Yuqing Xie, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Ming Li, Jimmy Lin

I would like to share the work I did during the internship with AWS AI about Backward-Compatibility NLP models. Behavior of deep neural networks can be inconsistent between different versions. Regressions during model update are a common cause of concern that often over-weigh the benefits in accuracy or efficiency gain.