BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c9745610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260515T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260515T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-ai-ml-enhancin g-symbolic-regression-with-dimensional-analysis LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 2314 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning •\nEnh ancing Symbolic Regression with Dimensional Analysis CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2314.\n\nLE NA PODINA\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\ n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Mohammad Kohandel\, Ali Ghodsi DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c9749090 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-ai-ml-visual-segmentation-explanations-medical-decision-making-cnn-archi tecture-with-transformer-attention-extension LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online master’s thesis presentation Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machin e\nLearning • Visual Segmentation with Explanations for Medical\nDecisio n Making: A CNN Architecture with a Transformer-Attention\nExtension CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E\nONLINE.\n\nMAHMOUD KHALAF\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton Sc hool of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Robin Cohen DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c9749da8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T120000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-quantum-comput ing-circuits-codes-and-capacity LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Hybrid: QNC 2 101 | Online PhD defence Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Quantum Computing • Circuits\, Codes and Capacity CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN QNC 2101 AND O NLINE.\n\nAMOLAK RATAN KALRA\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Michele Mosca DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c974aab7 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-ai-ml-catalyst -gflownet-for-electrocatalyst-design LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 2314 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning •\nCat alyst GFlowNet for Electrocatalyst Design CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2314.\n\nLE NA PODINA\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\ n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Mohammad Kohandel\, Ali Ghodsi DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c974b6f8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260610T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260610T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-crysp-deployme nt-concerns-in-ml-systems-unintended-interactions-and-accountability LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online PhD defence Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Cryptography\, Security\, and Privacy (CrySP) •\n Deployment Concerns in Machine Learning Systems: Unintended\nInteractions and Accountability CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE.\n\nVASISH T DUDDU\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\ nSUPERVISOR: Professor N. Asokan DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c974c2d8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260520T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260520T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/dls-margaret-anne-storey LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 1302 | Online distinguished lecture Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:DLS: Margaret-Anne Storey — How Generative and Agentic AI is\nDis rupting Software Development CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 1 302 AND\nONLINE.\n\nMARGARET-ANNE STOREY\, PROFESSOR\n_Canada Research Cha ir in Human and Social Aspects of Software\nEngineering\nComputer Science\ , University of Victoria_ DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c974d0c9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260528T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260528T183000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/rhetoricon-symposium-figur es-constructions-constructions-figures LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 1301 (Welcome\, meals & social events) | DC 1302 (Presentations ) Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Rhetoricon Symposium: Figures & Constructions\, Constructions & Fig ures CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Rhetoricon Symposium brings together leading scholars of\nrhetorical stylistics\, construction grammar\, and computational\nling uistics to contribute to an approach at the intersection of\nfigurative pa tterns and grammatical constructions in the context of\nneurocognitive exe mplar models and machine learning. DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c974df79 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260529T083000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260529T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/rhetoricon-symposium-figur es-constructions-constructions-figures LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 1301 (Welcome\, meals & social events) | DC 1302 (Presentations ) Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Rhetoricon Symposium: Figures & Constructions\, Constructions & Fig ures CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Rhetoricon Symposium brings together leading scholars of\nrhetorical stylistics\, construction grammar\, and computational\nling uistics to contribute to an approach at the intersection of\nfigurative pa tterns and grammatical constructions in the context of\nneurocognitive exe mplar models and machine learning. DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c974ea4d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260424T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260424T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-syn-scaling-hierarchical-coordination-fabric-for-geo-distributed-consens us LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 2310 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • Scali ng\na Hierarchical Coordination Fabric for Geo-Distributed Consensus CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E IN DC\n2310.\n\nSHASHANK JOSHI\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cherito n School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Bernard Wong\, Wo jciech Golab DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c974f86d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260622T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260622T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-syn-efficient- high-precision-monitoring-of-network-slices-for-5g-and-beyond-networks LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 1331 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Systems and Networking • Efficient High-precision \nMonitoring of Network Slices for 5G and Beyond Networks CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 1331.\n\nNI LOY SAHA\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n \nSUPERVISOR: Professor Raouf Boutaba DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35c97506e8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T110000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-ai-ml-information-extraction-for-low-resource-schemas LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 2310 | Online master’s thesis presentation Waterloo O N N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machin e\nLearning • Information Extraction for Low-Resource Schemas CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E IN DC\n2310 AND ONLINE.\n\nJUSTIN XU\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. C heriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Pascal Poupar t DTSTAMP:20260430T134351Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR