Tim Brecht

Professor

Davis Center, Room 3508
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

E-mail: brecht AT uwaterloo DOT ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 x35892

Information for Prospective Graduate Students

Please read this entire page there is important information in it and instructions that you should follow.
This is a test to weed out students who won't bother to read the rest of this and/or who aren't able to follow instructions.

Thank you for your interest in my research and in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science.

I am on sabbatical and have reduced the number of student I am accepting and supervising. I am currently not accepting Ph.D. students.

I am looking for highly motivated masters students (or Waterloo undergrads interested in a co-op URA) who enjoy designing, implementing, and improving software systems. In particular I have an ongoing project with a need for students who are interested in researching and developing real-time advanced analytics for ice hockey using puck and player tracking data.

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SENDING ME EMAIL,
BE SURE TO READ THE SECTION BELOW ABOUT CONTACTING ME VIA EMAIL FIRST.

Applications, Admissions, Fees and Funding

When you apply for graduate studies at Waterloo you are automatically considered for funding. Our program funds all Ph.D. and M.Math. thesis and project option students (course work M.Math. students are not funded). Our level of funding is quite competitive when compared with other institutions. Our very top students receive an additional $10,000/yr of funding through Cheriton Scholarships.

Lots of useful information regarding financial support, fees, living costs, and reasons for choosing the University of Waterloo can be found at: Future graduate students

Some of the details that can be found on that page are:

Contacting Me Via Email

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME EMAIL TO ASK ME ABOUT YOUR CHANCES OF ACCEPTANCE.

I'm sorry but it is not possible for me to respond to these types of requests because:

I get a large number of requests from students asking me to evaluate their background and suitability for graduate studies. I'm unable to handle these types of requests. The only way to find out if you'll be accepted is to apply. I can tell you that if you are a top student, from a top school in your country, with good letters of reference, your chances increase significantly.
Which students are accepted can depend on how many students I currently have and when I think they might graduate, the amount of funding I have for different projects, how many students apply and the skills, background, interests, and strengths of ALL of those applications. So I can't possibly tell you about your chances in advance.
If you want to apply there is no need to contact me first. Simply apply through the system used for applications. If you really want to work with me say something about that in your statement of purpose.

Please feel free to contact me:

If you have a question that isn't answered in my web page?
You are contacting me to inform me that you are a strong student, with a strong background, have completed your application and would like to work with me. This will allow me to watch out for your application.

If you choose to send me email please:

Clearly indicate the reason for your email. Why are you contacting me?
If you are expecting a response, clearly state what you would like from me? Be specific otherwise there won't appear to be any need for me to respond to the email and I won't.
Put the string WgradPgm in the Subject line.
Doing this will indicated to me that you've seen this note and followed the instructions. It's an easy way to distinguish students who are actually interested in working with me from students who just send email to every professor on the planet.

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