The Faculty of Mathematics and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science are partnering with the Student Success Office to invite students to the student portal starting February 9.
This new online communications tool is enhancing the student experience by delivering just-enough, just-in-time information for current students.
Robert Bridson (BMath '98, MMath '99) has been awarded a Science and Technical Academy Award for "early conceptualization of sparse-tiled voxel data structures and their application to modeling and simulation."
Danny Yaroslavski, a graduate from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science (2014) was named to the Forbes "30 under 30: Education" list, for his work in founding the company Lightbot. Lightbot teaches children ages four and up how to code though gaming.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Raouf Boutaba, former PhD student Qi Zhang, and former post-doctoral fellow Mohamed Faten Zhani were awarded Best Paper at the IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last week.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Reid Holmes and PhD candidate Laura Inozemtseva have won an Association for Computing Machinery Distinguished Paper Award for their paper Are Mutants a Valid Substitute for Real Faults in Software Testing? at the 22nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering.
The Waterloo Black team finished 1st at the East Central North America Association for Computing Machinery Regional Programming Contest in Windsor, Ontario this past weekend. The Waterloo Red and Gold teams, which comprised of only first and second year students, placed impressively 7th and 8th place respectively.
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Mobile-payment company Square is holding a code camp at its newly opened downtown Kitchener office this Wednesday evening for 40 young women studying computer science at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science.
This is the only code camp that Square is running for computer science students in Canada. During the camp, students will learn about developing their technical brand online by working on open source software with Square engineers.
The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science has been ranked the top Computer Science university in Canada, 18th globally, by US News & World Report.
The US News & World Report rankings are based on schools' academic research and reputation, and allow students to compare universities around the world.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Craig Kaplan is getting exposure in the Jewish community by manufacturing yarmulkes through 3D printing.
Kaplan's application of mathematical specification in the creation of the iconic symbol is one more example of how mathematics plays a role in our day to day lives.
Read more on Kaplan's artistic adventures in 3D printing of yarmulkes via The Jerusalem Post.