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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Unlocking human potential through a universal basic income

Photo of CS Alum Floyd Marinescu

Growing up in a family where money was scarce, Floyd Marinescu (BMath ’02) saw firsthand the impacts of working class poverty. “Money was a source of a lot of conflict in my house,” he said. “I knew that if there was financial security, it would have been a lot better for my family.” 

A fan of Star Trek, Marinescu yearned for the egalitarian, poverty-less society depicted on the show, often wondering, “How do we get to that future?”  

Monday, April 29, 2024

Cheriton researchers and their colleagues at Western University use machine learning to identify and classify deadly astroviruses

photo of Professor Lila Kari and Fatemeh Alipour

A team of researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, along with their colleagues at Western University, have successfully classified 191 previously unidentified astroviruses using a new machine learning-enabled classification process.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

PhD candidate Nils Lukas receives 2024 Mathematics Doctoral Prize’s top honour

photo of Nils Lukas in the Davis Centre

Nils Lukas, a PhD candidate at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, is the first-place winner of the 2024 Faculty of Mathematics Doctoral Prize. Now in its sixth year, this prestigious award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of top doctoral students in the Faculty of Mathematics.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Two teams of Waterloo coders take on the global competition at simultaneous 46th and 47th ICPC World Finals

photo of the Waterloo team at 47th ICPC

Representing the University of Waterloo, two trios of algorithmic programmers put their coding skills to the test on the global stage at the 46th and 47th International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals. Held in Luxor, Egypt, from April 14 to 19, the simultaneous global coding competitions marked the final contests among the world’s top programming talent from some 124 universities across more than 110 countries.

Monday, April 22, 2024

University of Waterloo names Cheriton School of Computer Science Director Raouf Boutaba a University Professor

University Professor Raouf Boutaba in front of the Davis Centre

Raouf Boutaba, Professor and Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science, has been named a University Professor. Conferred by the University of Waterloo, this rare and prestigious recognition celebrates professors of international acclaim for their exceptional scholarly contributions.

Monday, April 22, 2024

Decades of Water Data: Doug Mulholland reflects on the environment, his research, and Earth Day

Photo of Doug Mulholland posing in front of a stream

For Doug Mulholland (BMath’82), a Research and Technical Manager at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, his work flows like water.

Friday, April 19, 2024

Computer Science startup SheepIt wins Velocity $5K Pitch Competition

Photo of team holding a $5,000 cheque

Congratulations to Computer Science student-led startup SheepIt, which won one of four $5000 prizes in the winter 2024 Velocity $5K Pitch Competition. 

The team was one of 26 that competed in the semi-finals and finals, out of more than one hundred applicants. 

"SheepIt is developing a tech solution for Canadian sheep farmers, who currently rely on pencil and paper for data tracking,” said Computer Science student Josiah Plett, pitching on behalf of his team.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Generative AI and the legal system

photo of Research Professor Maura R. Grossman in DC

Maura R. Grossman, JD, PhD, is a Research Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, cross-appointed to the School of Public Health Sciences, at Waterloo; an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School; and an affiliate faculty member of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. She is also Principal at Maura Grossman Law, an eDiscovery law and consulting firm in Buffalo, New York.

Thursday, April 11, 2024

CS at Waterloo rises to 21st spot internationally, according to the 2024 QS World University Rankings

photo of the Davis Centre bathed in light from a sunset

Computer Science, the University of Waterloo’s top-ranked subject internationally, has risen in the global rankings to the 21st position, according to the latest edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject released on April 10, 2024.
    
This is the fourth year in a row that Computer Science was in the top 25 internationally and the top-ranked subject at Waterloo.

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Florian Kerschbaum receives $2 million grant from ORF to enhance data security in fintech and manufacturing

photo of Professors Florian Kerschbaum and N. Asokan

Professor Florian Kerschbaum has been awarded $2 million through the Ontario Research Fund to develop innovative data science and machine learning techniques aimed at safeguarding Ontario’s financial technology and manufacturing sectors from inadvertent data leaks. The project, led by Professor Kerschbaum as principal investigator and Professor N. Asokan as co-principal investigator, will enhance data security in these critical industries.

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