News archive - 2014

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Grad students place second at ACM SIGCHI Conference

Masters students Filip Krynicki, William Saunders, and Valerie Sugarman from the Human-Computer Interaction Lab in the Cheriton School of Computer Science placed second at the International Student Design Competition held at the ACM SIGCHI Conference for Human Factors in Computing in Toronto. The theme of this year's design competition was "Designing for the Qualities of the Quantified Self", and was posed as the following challenge:

Thursday, April 10, 2014

In the Chat and University of Waterloo Announce Research Partnership

In the Chat Communications Inc. and the University of Waterloo announce a research partnership focused on the continued development of machine learning and natural language processing techniques to improve brand customer service via social media globally.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Student launches new data analysis tool for scientists

Fourth-year Business Administration and Computer Science student Jack Gao met his business partners at The Next 36, a program designed to nurture entrepreneurship in 36 Canadian undergraduates. Jack got together with Eddie Kim, University of Guelph and Susie Pan, Queen’s University, with one goal in mind – to keep Canada on the cutting edge of science.

Thursday, March 13, 2014