News for Current students

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Microbial organisms living in extreme environments have similar genomic signatures even though they are unrelated

photo of Professor Lila Kari, PhD student Pablo Millán Arias

Extremophiles are species that are adapted to live at the edges of biological tolerance, in a range of environments that seem inhospitable to life by human standards. These extremely hardy organisms are found in all three domains and all six kingdoms of life, the highest and second highest levels of classification biologists use to categorize living things based on common ancestry.

Thursday, December 21, 2023

For milk pasteurization start-up Safi, 2023 changed everything

photo of Miraal Kabir, Martin Turuta and local dairy farmers

For Safi, a milk pasteurization start-up, 2023 was the year their dreams became reality.

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Cheriton researchers find that large language models validate misinformation

photo of CS professor Dan Brown in the Davis Centre

New research into large language models shows that they repeat conspiracy theories, harmful stereotypes, and other forms of misinformation.

In a recent study, researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science systematically tested an early version of ChatGPT’s understanding of statements in six categories: facts, conspiracies, controversies, misconceptions, stereotypes, and fiction. This was part of the researchers’ efforts to investigate human-technology interactions and explore how to mitigate risks.

Monday, December 18, 2023

All that jazz

photo of David Hao, Andrew Lee and Ray Kong

In an interview with Down Beat magazine, the jazz legend Thelonious Monk once said, “All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.”

For the University of Waterloo Jazz Ensemble, that connection between music and math is explicit. This fall term, 16 students and one alum were in the Jazz Ensemble. Eight of those students were from the Faculty of Mathematics, with two from the Cheriton School of Computer Science.

Monday, December 11, 2023

Predictive rendering of bluish colourations that can be observed when light is transmitted through snow

image of a winter scene

A duo of Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers has digitized snow into a new model that can be applied to better understand the impact of climate change.

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