David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Professor Jian Zhao has received the 2025 Early Career Research Award from CS-Can | Info-Can, the national organization that represents and advocates for computer science research, education and academic leadership across Canada.

Presented annually since 2009, the Early Career Research Award recognizes outstanding contributions to computer science research and is conferred upon exceptional faculty members at Canadian computer science departments, schools, and faculties who are within 10 years of completing their PhD.

On Saturday, May 2^nd, students exhibited technology at the University of Waterloo that tackled real-world problems, from helping Parkinson’s disease patients through augmented reality to creating an emergency alert system for seniors living alone.

Three computer science graduate students have received the 2026 Faculty of Mathematics Doctoral Prize.

Since 2019, the Faculty of Mathematics has recognized the achievements of its top graduating and graduated doctoral students. This year’s recipients are Nikhita Joshi, Ahmed Alquraan and Negar Arabzadeh, who have received prizes of $1,500, $1,000 and $500, respectively. Notably, this is the first time all recipients are from the Cheriton School of Computer Science.

As the first-place recipient, Nikhita has also been nominated for the University-wide Governor General’s Gold Medal, which is awarded at Spring convocation.