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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

M. Tamer Özsu receives ACM Presidential Award

photo of M. Tamer Özsu with ACM Books series

University Professor M. Tamer Özsu has received the ACM Presidential Award for long-standing and significant contributions to the computing field and its scientific community in general, as well as to ACM in particular. He is one of seven individuals recognized for exemplary service to the computing field.

Thursday, June 6, 2024

PhD student Liam Hebert awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

photo of Liam Hebert presenting his research at the 2023 Cheriton Research Symposium

Liam Hebert, a PhD candidate at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, has been awarded a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Co-advised by Professors Robin Cohen at the Cheriton School of Computer Science and Lukasz Golab in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (cross-appointed to Computer Science), Liam is one of seven doctoral students at Waterloo to receive this honour. 

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Cheriton School of Computer Science systems and networking researchers receive 2024 CNOM Test of Time Paper Award

composite photo of the CNOM test-of-time award recipients

A team of systems and networking researchers from the Cheriton School of Computer Science has received the 2024 CNOM Test of Time Paper Award for “Dynamic Controller Provisioning in Software Defined Networks,” work that was presented originally at the IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management in 2013.

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Waterloo places eighth at 2024 ICPC North America Championship, advances to 48th ICPC World Finals

photo of Wen Yuen Pang, Kevin Wan, Professor Troy Vasiga and Max Jiang

A trio of Waterloo coders will advance to the 48th International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals. 

Monday, May 27, 2024

Alum Q&A: Tower discusses their Y Combinator and UWaterloo experience

Headshot of Tower's co-founders: CEO Adam Dorfman (left) and CTO Andy Zhang (right)

Tower, a startup with unique ties to the University of Waterloo, is revolutionizing the legal space.

Using the power of AI, they are helping in-house counsels triage and handle incoming legal requests automatically. Their company, which was founded in 2024, is further bolstered with recent seed funding from the Y Combinator (YC).

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