David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
The Cheriton School of Computer Science is named for David R. Cheriton, who earned his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in 1978. In 2005, Professor Cheriton made a transformational gift to the school that supports named chairs, faculty fellowships, and graduate scholarships.
News
Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers receive National Cybersecurity Consortium funding to advance digital security in Canada
Researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science have secured nearly $425,000 in funding to support two research projects through the National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC), a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization committed to advancing Canada’s cybersecurity ecosystem.
Professors Sujaya Maiyya and Florian Kerschbaum, members of Waterloo’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute, are among those awarded funding in this NCC round, which distributed more than $1.5 million to Waterloo researchers alone.
Meet Yuntian Deng, a computer scientist who studies natural language processing and machine learning
A conversation with Professor Yuntian Deng, where he discusses his natural language processing and machine learning research, advice for aspiring computer scientists, and his excitement about joining the Cheriton School of Computer Science.
Meet Professor Xiao Hu, a computer scientist who studies fundamental problems in database theory
A conversation with Professor Xiao Hu, where she discusses her database theory research and its applications to practical database systems, advice for aspiring computer scientists, and what excites her about joining the Cheriton School of Computer Science.
Events
DLS: Ion Stoica — An AI Stack: From Scaling AI Workloads to LLM Evaluation
Please note: This distinguished lecture will take place in DC 1302 and online.
Ion Stoica
Professor, EECS Department, University of California at Berkeley
Director, Sky Computing Lab
PhD Seminar • Computational Neuroscience | Applied Category Theory • All Concepts are Kan Extensions... and Kan Extensions are Concepts: A Categorical Theory of Vector Symbolic Architectures
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2314.
Nolan Peter Shaw, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Jeff Orchard
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Machine Learning • Reinforcement Learning for Solving Financial Problems
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.
Lufan Wang, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Justin Wan