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Thursday, September 21, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Human-Computer Interaction • Mindless Scroll: Evaluating a Colouring App for Mindfulness

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

Saralin Zassman, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Daniel Vogel, Craig Kaplan

We design and evaluate Mindless Scroll, a mobile application for mindfulness that encourages a slow and deliberate approach to colouring. The app provides a visually immersive user experience in contrast to the majority of mindfulness-based mobile apps that focus on audio-based methods.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Differentially-Private Multiparty Clustering

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

Abdelrahman Ahmed, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Florian Kerschbaum

composite photo of the 2023 CS Schulich leaders
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Four new recipients of Canada’s most prestigious scholarship to study computer science

This fall, the University of Waterloo is welcoming 10 outstanding first-year students — four of whom will be studying computer science — through the Schulich Leader Scholarships program. Awarded annually to 100 high school students across Canada, the Schulich Leader Scholarships are granted to exceptional students who show great entrepreneurial promise in science, technology, engineering and math.

Thursday, September 7, 2023 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Cryptography, Security and Privacy (CrySP) • Can Watermarking Control the Misuse of Deep Image Generators?

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 3317.

Nils Lukas, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Florian Kerschbaum

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Defence • Human-Computer Interaction • Low-resolution Customizable Ubiquitous Displays

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.

Antony Albert Raj Irudayaraj, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Daniel Vogel, Omid Abari

Friday, September 8, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Machine Learning | Natural Language Processing • SymbolicGPT: A Generative Transformer Model for Symbolic Regression

Please note: This seminar will take place online.

Mojtaba Valipour, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Ali Ghodsi