The SCS Colloquium Series hosts lectures aimed at a broad Computer Science audience of graduate students, faculty, and anyone interested in a great talk by our leading researchers. The goal is to foster discussion and collaboration around active topics of research in the school.
Past Colloqiua
Ricardo Baeza-Yates: UPF, Spain & UChile
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016
Location: DC 1302
Title: Data and Algorithmic Bias in the Web
Rick Haldenby: School of Architecture, University of Waterloo
Date: Friday, January 22, 2015
Location: DC 1302
Title: Design and the Davis Centre: a personal and irreverent account
Urs Hengartner: David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Location: DC 2585
Title: On Implicit Authentication
George Labahn: David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Location: DC 1302
Title: Experiments in developing Pen Math systems
Peter Buhr: David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Location: DC 1302
Title: High-Performance N-Thread Software Solutions for Mutual Exclusion (Creating Mutual Exclusion out of Thin Air)
Jeff Orchard: David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Date: Monday, October 20, 2014
Location: DC 1302
Title: Computing Between Your Ears
Brad A. Meyers: Human Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Location: DC 1304
Title: Improving Software Development through Human-Centered Approaches
David S. Johnson, Columbia University
Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Location: DC 1302
Title: The Traveling Salesman Problem for random points in the unit square: An experimental and statistical study
Shai Ben-David, University of Waterloo, Cheriton School of Computer Science
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Location: DC 1302
Title: Understanding machine learning — a theory perspective
Jo Atlee, University of Waterloo, Cheriton School of Computer Science
Date: Monday, December 9, 2013
Location: DC 1302
Title: Feature Interactions: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
S. Keshav, University of Waterloo, Cheriton School of Computer Science — Cisco Systems Research Chair in Smart Grid
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2013
Location: DC 1302
Title: Information Systems and Science for Energy
