Monday, November 25, 2019

Florian Kerschbaum comments on $2.1 million social engineering cyberattack on Waterloo Brewing

photo of Florian Kerschbaum

Waterloo Brewing has lost millions in an impersonation scheme, an incident the company described as a “social engineering cyberattack” by a sophisticated third party. In its November 21, 2019 media release, the Kitchener firm announced that the attack occurred earlier this month and it has not yet recovered any of the $2.1 million wired to the fraudulent third-party account.

Monday, November 18, 2019

PhD candidate Matthew Lakier, Professor Daniel Vogel and their colleagues bring gaming to autonomous vehicles

photo of Daniel Vogel and Matthew Lakier

Researchers have designed multiplayer games that occupants of autonomous vehicles can play with other players in nearby self-driving cars. 

A new study, led by researchers from the Cheriton School of Computer Science in collaboration with Waterloo’s Games Institute, details three games created for level three and higher semi-autonomous vehicles. The researchers also made suggestions for many exciting types of in-car games for future exploration.

Friday, November 15, 2019

Dan Brown to be next FAUW president

photo of Dan Brown

The Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo — FAUW — is pleased to announce that Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Dan Brown will be the next FAUW president, starting a two-year term on July 1, 2020.

Congratulations, Dan!

A message from Dan Brown, FAUW president-elect

Friday, November 8, 2019

Johnny Wong and colleagues receive most influential paper award for work presented 10 years ago at CASCON 2009

photo of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Johnny Wong

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Johnny Wong, his former master’s student Ye Hu, and colleagues Marin Litoiu from York University and Gabriel Iszlai have received the most influential paper award for research they presented 10 years ago at CASCON 2009, the 19thannual IBM Centre for Advanced Studies Conference.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Designing IoT devices to benefit society

photo of David Radke, Amelia Holcomb, Omid Abari and Farzan Dehbashi

A device that detects if someone is drowning in a pool to help relieve a parent’s worry. A wireless gadget to more quickly identify fires, so everyone gets to safety. A system to track and assist people with Alzheimer’s to help calm a family’s fears when they’re not present. These are just a few examples of projects designed for social good by students in the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics graduate course, IoT and Intelligent Connectivity.

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