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Thursday, April 10, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Human-Computer Interaction • Drum Menu: Bimanual Controller Command Access Techniques in Virtual Reality

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online only.

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

Supervisors: Professors Jian Zhao, Keiko Katsuragawa

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Symbolic Computation • Modular Arithmetic with Trinomial Moduli

Please note the new date, time and location: This seminar will now take place on Wednesday, April 9 at 2 p.m. in DC 1304.

Robert Dougherty-Bliss, Applied and Computational Mathematics
Dartmouth College

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • What Do You Mean? Using Large Language Models for Semantic Evaluation of NL2SQL Queries

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3301.

Harrum Noor, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Tamer Özsu

Professor Edit Law in the Davis Centre
Friday, March 28, 2025

UR2PhD program at Waterloo opens doors to meaningful CS research for students

Launched by the Computing Research Association in 2023, the UR2PhD program is designed to broaden access to undergraduate research experiences and inspire students to pursue graduate studies.

Among its institutional partners is the University of Waterloo, where Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Edith Law coordinates the program locally.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Scientific Computing • A Deep Learning Approach to Probability of Shortfall in Defined Contribution Plan Optimization

Please note: This master’s research paper presentation will take place in DC 2310.

Zeyu Zhang, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Yuying Li, Peter Forsyth

Monday, April 7, 2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Systems and Networking • Designing the Next Generation of Computer Systems for Sustainable AI

Please note 1: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.

Please note 2: This seminar has been postponed to Monday, April 7. It was originally scheduled for Monday, March 31.

Noman Bashir, Computing & Climate Postdoctoral Impact Fellow
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Climate & Sustainability Consortium
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Friday, April 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Systems and Networking • Active Learning for Fault Diagnosis in 5G and Beyond Mobile Networks

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 1304.

Soheil Johari, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Raouf Boutaba