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Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) — PUPy: A Generalized, Optimistic Context Detection Framework

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Matthew Rafuse, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Urs Hengartner

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Friday, March 19, 2021

Mei Nagappan receives 2020 Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award

Professor Mei Nagappan has received a 2020 Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award from CS-Can/Info-Can, the nation’s professional society dedicated to representing computer science and the interests of the discipline to Canadians. He is the ninth faculty member at the Cheriton School of Computer Science to receive this prestigious award. 

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Data Systems — Evaluating Complex Queries on Streaming Graphs

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Anil Pacaci, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Tamer Özsu

Modern applications in many domains now operate on high-speed streaming graphs that continuously evolve at high rates. Efficient querying of these streaming graphs is a crucial task for applications that monitor complex patterns and relationships. 

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

CrySP master's student Lindsey Tulloch makes the digital world a better place

Before landing in Waterloo, Lindsey Tulloch’s drive to make the world a better place took her around the globe, from tackling environmental sustainability initiatives in India to training teachers in Nigeria. When she returned, she was inspired to pursue an undergraduate degree in computer science from Brock University. “My experience abroad definitely shaped my thinking and perspective,” she said.

Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Systems and Networking — Resource-Efficient Execution for Deep Learning

Please note: This seminar will be given online.

Deepak Narayanan, Department of Computer Science
Stanford University

Deep Learning models have enabled state-of-the-art results across a broad range of applications; however, training these models is extremely time- and resource-intensive, taking weeks on clusters with thousands of expensive accelerators in the extreme case.

Monday, March 22, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Machine Learning — The Surprising Power of Little Data

Please note: This seminar will be given online.

Weihao Kong, Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Computer Science, University of Washington

In this talk, I will discuss several examples of my research that reveal a surprising ability to extract accurate information from modest amounts of data.

image depicting efficient oblivious database joins in the cloud
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Simeon Krastnikov receives prestigious 2021 Huawei Prize for Best Research Paper

Recent master’s graduate Simeon Krastnikov has received one of two 2021 Huawei Prizes for Best Research Paper by a Mathematics Graduate Student. The prestigious annual award comes with a prize of $4,000 and is conferred to recognize exceptional papers that present original results with the potential to make a significant and lasting impact in the field. 

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Data Systems — To Catch a Blowfish Alive: Policy-Aware Differential Privacy for Interactive Data Exploration

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Karl Knopf, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Xi He