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
2024 Cheriton Research Symposium poster winners
On Friday, September 27, the School of Computer Science held its annual Cheriton Research Symposium, a showcase of research excellence made possible by David R. Cheriton’s generous investment in computer science research. In the afternoon, the School hosted a well-attended poster session featuring the work of 12 graduate students.
Freda Shi and Victor Zhong appointed Canada CIFAR AI Chairs at Vector Institute
Cheriton School of Computer Science Professors Freda Shi and Victor Zhong have been named Canada CIFAR AI Chairs and appointed as Faculty Members at the Vector Institute. They are two of three distinguished researchers in the latest cohort to receive this prestigious national recognition.
Hack the North is back!
Hackers find inspiration, invention and community at the weekend-long Hack the North event
Events
PhD Seminar • Natural Language Processing • MixSumm: A Topic-based Data Augmentation for Text Summarization
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.
Gaurav Sahu, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Olga Vechtomova
DSG Seminar Series • User-friendly Explanations for Graph Neural Networks
Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Arijit Khan, Associate Professor
Aalborg University, Denmark
PhD Seminar • Machine Learning • zkLLM: Zero Knowledge Proofs for Large Language Models
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Haochen Sun, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Xi He