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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Computer Graphics • A Modular Framework for the Plausible Depiction of the Starburst Patterns

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3317.

Yuxiang Sun, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Gladimir Baranoski

Friday, March 21, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Streaming and Communication Complexity of Load-Balancing via Matching Contractors

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

Robert Wang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Lap Chi Lau

Thursday, March 27, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Symbolic Computation | Cryptography • Bit Size Estimates for Computing Roadmaps in Smooth Bounded Real Hypersurfaces

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2306.

Jesse Allister Kasian Elliott, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors David Jao, Éric Schost

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Data Systems • MIRAGE-ANNS: Mixed Approach Graph-based Indexing for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search

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

Sairaj Voruganti, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Tamer Özsu

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Machine Learning | Reinforcement Learning • Feature Selection for Inverse Constraint Learning in Reinforcement Learning

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Ashish Gaurav, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Pascal Poupart

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Artificial Intelligence • Algorithmic Stability for Trustworthy Machine Learning and Statistics

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

Lydia Zakynthinou, FODSI Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, UC Berkeley

Co-founders crouching in front of the Y Combinator sign (white sign. The "Y" is in an orange block, with white font. Combinator is in orange font). Photo taken outdoors in front of a white building
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Waterloo startup migrates to the Y Combinator

Three childhood friends from the University of Waterloo have secured $500,000 from the Y Combinator (YC) for GALE, an innovative immigration software. 

YC is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious startup accelerators, with an average acceptance rate of one per cent. Every year, recipients receive $500,000 in seed funding and other resources like alumni talks and mentorship. With alumni including Airbnb, DoorDash, and Twitch, YC can help kickstart a young business.