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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/image001_0-134x170.jpeg)
Ricardo Baeza-Yates: UPF, Spain & UChile
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016
Location: DC 1302
Title: Data and Algorithmic Bias in the Web
![Rick Haldenby](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/rick-134x183.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/hengartner-134x188.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/george-beard_0-134x202.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/buhr_0-134x201.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/oct2012_med_bw-135x212.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/brad-myers-2006_0-134x178.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/johnson_ds72dpi-135x135.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/shai_ben-david_for_web.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/jo_atlee_for_web.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/keshav_for_web-136x178.jpg)
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