News archive - 2020

Friday, April 24, 2020

Priyank Jaini wins second place in the Mathematics Doctoral Prize competition

photo of Priyank Jaini

Recent PhD graduate Priyank Jaini has been awarded second place in the Faculty of Mathematics Doctoral Prize competition. Now in its second year, these prizes are awarded annually to recognize the achievements of top graduating doctoral students in the Faculty of Mathematics. As a silver recipient, Priyank will receive $1,000.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

PhD candidate Anastasia Kuzminykh looks into why it’s so hard to pay attention during video conferences

photo of Anastasia Kuzminykh

As global COVID-19 lockdowns have us sitting through days of video conferences, it becomes clear that paying attention online is hard work.

In two new papers, researchers from the Cheriton School of Computer Science and Microsoft Research explore people’s attentiveness in video conferences to understand how to make the online meetings more comfortable and effective.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Computer science student Shivam Sharma, creator of Reflect, wins Concept $5K pitch competition

photo of Shivam Sharma

The University of Waterloo’s first-ever virtual Concept $5K competition challenged entrepreneurs to pitch to an online audience instead of a packed auditorium. Confident in the value of their creation, the founders of Reflect rose to the occasion and walked away with $5,000 to invest in their growing business.

Friday, April 17, 2020

Building systems based on problem-driven research

photo of Professor Ihab Ilyas

The following was excerpted from an article published on the website of CS-Can/Info-Can, the nation’s professional society dedicated to representing all aspects of computer science and the interests of the discipline to Canadians.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Q and A with Professor Florian Kerschbaum: privacy vs. tracking COVID-19

photo of Professor Florian Kerschbaum

Some jurisdictions in Canada and around the world are using cell phone data to track the spread of COVID-19. How would this work? What are the privacy concerns around using personal data for this purpose?

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