Monday, June 12, 2017

In memory of Professor Arnie Dyck (1945–2017): instructor, advisor and friend

Professor Arnie Dyck and wife Louisa

 

It is with great sorrow that we announce that our long-time friend and dear colleague, Arnie Dyck, passed away on June 8, 2017 after a brief illness. He was 72.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Rudi Chen wins Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award

The sixth annual Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research has been awarded to graduating computer science student Rudi Chen. Chen was nominated by Professor Peter van Beek, with whom he worked during the winter 2014 term as an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Waterloo computer science students top-ranking North American team in international programming competition

A trio of computer science students from the University of Waterloo were among the top programmers from 128 universities across six continents invited to battle it out in Rapid City, South Dakota on May 24, 2017 at the 41st Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Professor Dan Vogel awarded Early Researcher Award to expand potential of HCI

Professor Daniel Vogel has received an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science for his proposal to explore the potential for human-computer interaction in fully interactive physio-digital spaces.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Releasing the computational genie from the bottle

Imagine travelling back to the year 2000 and telling someone that in less than two decades we will carry slim rectangular devices that are connected wirelessly to the world. The devices will have crystal-clear screens and run dozens of computer applications, from banking and financial management programs to fitness monitoring and health games among countless others. And all of these applications will be controlled not by a keyboard or mouse but by tapping and swiping a finger across the device’s interactive display.

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