The Waterloo Black Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest competition team has placed 13th overall at the 2016 world finals in Phuket, Thailand. The team was awarded a bronze medal for solving 9 of 13 problems and $1,500 for the team.
Four University of Waterloo researchers have recently received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor and Cheriton Chair in Software Systems, Jimmy Lin, wrote a piece about his experience teaming up with Altiscale to bring Hadoop-as-a-Service to his course on Big Data.
Each year, UWaterloo celebrates one student from each faculty for outstanding achievement in co-operative education. To be considered for one of the prestigious awards, a co-op student must go above and beyond their employers’ expectations, be involved with their community, maintain a high academic standing and contribute positively to the co-op program.
Two students from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science are recipients of the 2016 Amit and Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student. The awards were presented to PhD candidates John Doucette and Hadi Hosseini at Monday’s meeting of the University of Waterloo’s senate. Doucette and Hosseini join two PhD candidates - one from engineering, one from science.
Kate Larson, Associate Professor with the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science has been named an Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher by the Canadian Association of Computer Science. This award recognizes excellence in Computer Science research by an academic researchers within 10 years of finishing their PhD.
Luisa D'Amato spoke with Jo Atlee, the School's Director of Women in Computer Science ahead of International Women's Day.
The article "A great Women's Day gift — girls in computer science" was published in today's Record. They talk about:
The Women in Computer Science (WiCS) Committee supports the success of women in their studies in computer science, and prepares them for a future career in computing.