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.
News
Interop Labs pledges US$1 million to advance blockchain and AI research at University of Waterloo
Interop Labs, the initial developer of the Axelar Web3 interoperability network, announced today a US$1,000,000 donation to grow the Computer Research Endowment at the University of Waterloo.
This generous contribution will support the creation of an AI and blockchain research laboratory at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, the largest and top-ranked academic computer science research centre in Canada. The laboratory will be named the GENESIS Lab, standing for Generative AI for Secure, Interconnected Systems.
First computer science teach-off a success
The Math Teach-Off was back again last Friday, this time with a focus on computer science.
On January 31, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., three computer science professors — Dave Tompkins, Troy Vasiga and Carmen Bruni — competed to see who could most improve a group of students’ understanding of an unfamiliar concept in only one hour.
mathASKS 157.1 | Featuring Professor Lila Kari
A Q&A with Professor Lila Kari featured in mathNEWS, the freewheeling Faculty of Mathematics undergraduate newsletter
Events
Seminar • Systems and Networking • Pushing the Boundaries of Modern Application-Aware Computing Stacks
Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Christina Giannoula, Postdoctoral Researcher
Computer Science Department, University of Toronto
PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence • Preventing Arbitrarily High Confidence on Far-Away Data in Point-Estimated Discriminative Neural Networks
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2310.
Ahmad Rashid, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Pascal Poupart
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • A Study of the Opportunities and Challenges of Using Edge Computing to Accelerate Cloud Applications
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2564.
Hala Qadi, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Samer Al-Kiswany