News archive - May 2024

Monday, May 27, 2024

CS student sets sights on visionary tech

group photo of co-op students posing in front of a wall with AdHawk Microsystems's logo

Co-op students at the University of Waterloo are helping AdHawk Microsystems to develop technology that can advance eye health and behavioral research. 

Recently, the startup unveiled MindLink Air™ ─ glasses that use research-grade, camera-free eye-tracking technology to read its wearer’s eye health and cognitive state. This data provides insights that help the wearer adjust their daily routine to improve productivity and avoid mental fatigue.

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Professor Jo Atlee receives the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award in Computer Science

photo of Professor Jo Atlee in the Davis Centre

Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Jo Atlee has been named a recipient of the 2023 CS-Can | Info-Can’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Computer Science.

Friday, May 17, 2024

CS student ‘turns up the heat’ in latest data science hackathon

Photo of winning team

Last week, students at the University of Waterloo were invited to participate in the GOODHack24 challenge. This event was held at Communitech in downtown Kitchener and was co-hosted by the City of Kitchener, Go Open Data (GOOD) and GreenHouse, a social incubator at United College.

This hackathon challenge offered a space for students to brainstorm, explore and develop innovative solutions at the intersection of open data, technology and local sustainable resources to support affected communities experiencing heat inequity.  

Friday, May 10, 2024

Marian Forster: UWaterloo Math’s ‘Hidden Figure’

a black and white photo of 4 people: 3 men. but the women's silhoutte is in pink. theyre surrounded by computers

“I decided to do mathematics out of defiance,” Marian Forster says, chuckling and leaning forward in her chair. “I pretty much got a message from society, my school, and my family that I was not very smart, and that I should take typing in Grade 10 and become a typist like my mother. And then that would be it.”

Friday, May 10, 2024

Jason Amri explores ‘Economic & Sustainable Futures’ in latest UWaterloo podcast

Black background with various shapes (circles, squares) in blue or purple. Black and white icon of Dominic Barton and Jason Amri

Jason Amri, a fourth-year Computer Science student, was featured in two episodes of the Global Futures podcast.

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