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Professor Doug Stinson of the Cheriton School of Computer Science has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest honour bestowed on scholars in arts, humanities and science. Recognized internationally for his research in the fields of cryptography, combinatorics and their interaction, Professor Stinson is the fourth member of the School to be honoured this decade.

University of Waterloo students placed 1st, 2nd, and also received an honourable mention at this year's Games4Girls Competition. For this contest, teams of up to four post-secondary school women create computer games for senior public school or high school girls using the “Game Maker” platform. This PC-based game development tool allows novice designers to create interesting games with basic technical skills, while providing a built-in programming language so more advanced users can customize their game program.

PhD student, Francisco Claude-Faust, has won a Google U.S./Canada PhD Fellowship in Search and Information Retrieval. He was the only Canadian recipient of 34 fellowships given worldwide to young researchers. In addition to his research at the Cheriton School under the direction of Professor Ian Munro, Francisco will be paired with a full-time "Googler" based on shared research interests.

Waterloo Programming team, coached by Cheriton Computer Science Professor Ondrej Lhotak, won a Bronze Medal at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals held this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. The team, comprised of Tyson Andre (1A SE), Brian Bi (1A CS), and Hanson Wang (2A CS), placed 12th overall and 2nd in North America. One hundred and five teams who won their regional contest competed.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Honorary degree for CS professor

CS Professor Don Cowan will be awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Science, by the University of Guelph at Guelph's June convocation in recognition of his significant contributions to the fields of computer science and software engineering. Professor Cowan was the founding Chairman of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and continues as an active researcher. His work has focused on simplifying access to the development of software systems and their use.

Cheriton School of Computer Science (CS) undergraduate student, Jacqueline Mok and PhD candidate, Carol Fung, won two of five Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarships available to students enrolled at Canadian universities. "Both of these students have made outstanding contributions to the work of women in CS and the School in general," notes Professor Nancy Day, Chair of the Cheriton School's Women in CS committee.

Seven professors and one graduate student of the Cheriton School of Computer Science were recognized with outstanding achievement awards at a reception held at the Davis Centre during the afternoon of May 4th. The honourees include Ming Li, recipient of the Killam Prize, Richard Cleve, who was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Reza Dorrigiv, who was honoured for outstanding achievement in graduate studies.

John Champaign, a graduate student at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, has received an Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student. This is one of four awards for 2011. John also holds a Cheriton Scholarship for academic excellence in the area of artificial intelligence under the supervision of Professor Robin Cohen. The winners' names were announced at a recent Waterloo senate meeting by Sue Horton, the associate provost (graduate studies).