David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

The Cheriton School of Computer Science is named for David R. Cheriton, who earned his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in 1978. In 2005, Professor Cheriton made a transformational gift to the school that supports named chairs, faculty fellowships, and graduate scholarships.

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

A Recap of 2025 with Computer Science

by Mayuri Punithan

Throughout 2025, researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science had a productive year of breakthroughs, entrepreneurship, and community building. From discovering cybersecurity risks to creating novel accessibility technology, Cheriton faculty, students and alumni advanced the boundaries of curiosity and discovery.

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Monday, December 22, 2025

Reimagining education via AI

Mastering Japanese, art history and linear algebra can be easy, thanks to the latest AI collaboration between Google and the University of Waterloo.

At the heart of this collaboration is reimagining education and career development in an AI-driven world, spearheaded by Waterloo’s new Future of Work Institute.

Left ot right: Yelizaveta Brus, Rungroj Maipradit, Earl T. Barr, Shane McIntosh
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Software engineering research team receives ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at ASE 2025

Recent master’s graduate Yelizaveta Brus, former postdoctoral researcher Rungroj Maipradit, Professor Earl T. Barr of University College London, and Professor Shane McIntosh of the Cheriton School of Computer Science have won an ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at ASE 2025, the 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering.

Their paper, Rechecking Recheck Requests in Continuous Integration: An Empirical Study of OpenStack, examined a common and costly issue in modern software development, namely, how developers should respond when a continuous integration system reports a failure that may not be caused by the code.

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