News archive - 2017

Friday, March 17, 2017

Finding the gems in troves of big data

Businesses and institutions are drenched in data and sources of data. For some large organizations, data sources number into the thousands and the data within them can be in any number of formats. This creates mind boggling challenges — from accessing and managing data to integrating, analyzing and abstracting useful information from it.

Monday, March 13, 2017

In Memory of Professor Alejandro (Alex) López-Ortiz

photo of Professor Alejandro (Alex) López-Ortiz

It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend and colleague, Alejandro (Alex) López-Ortiz, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2017, at age 49, after an 18-month battle with cancer. Alex was a professor and a central and enthusiastic force in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Improving hockey and health with artificial intelligence

Professor Pascal Poupart got hooked on computer science early. It began decades ago when he took a programming course and fell in love with the discipline. But perhaps even he didn’t foresee how this nascent interest in coding would lead to developing interactive artificial intelligence that improves hockey and physical and mental health.

Professor Pascal Poupart in his lab.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

In memory of Professor Eleanor Chin-Hwa Chu (1950–2017)

Eleanor Chin-Hwa Chu

It is with deep sorrow that we inform you of the death of Eleanor Chin-Hwa Chu. Eleanor passed away on February 28, 2017 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer.

Friday, February 10, 2017

A wish come true: Two Waterloo computer science grads found firm worth more than $1 billion

The University of Waterloo has the distinction of being the only Canadian university to have graduates who have created unicorns — start-up companies valued at more than $1 billion.

Six graduates have founded four start-up firms that have achieved unicorn status, so named because they are as uncommon as the spiral-horned creatures of fantasy and mythology.

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