David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Four teams of algorithmic programmers from the University of Waterloo placed within the top 10 at the 2025 ICPC East Central North America contest, held on November 9 at the University of Windsor.

Competing against 86 teams from universities across east central North America, Waterloo’s trios of programmers placed second, third, sixth and ninth at the 2025 ECNA, underscoring the university’s long-standing strength in competitive programming.

What if your gym routine consisted of gliding across a forest, skewing fruits like a ninja, or racing on a Formula 1 track?   

That’s the vision behind Hiro, a Waterloo-based startup that is gamifying physiotherapy exercises for children with disabilities — by including people with disabilities at the research’s core.  

A quiet lab from the outside, pure chaos from within — the trains lab, where trains whir across miniature tracks, and students spend countless hours working away.

CS452: Real-Time Programming is a renowned CS course, notorious for its difficulty but fondly remembered for the deep sense of community it fosters among those who take it.