David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Waterloo Blockchain flew 18 students from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University to South America to compete at ETHGlobal Buenos Aires.

ETHGlobal is one of the largest developer-focused communities in Ethereum. It supports blockchain enthusiasts, regardless of their background, by providing guides, job opportunities, and hackathons. Since 2017, it has hosted more than 40 hackathons across the globe, from Tokyo to Paris to Waterloo.

PhD candidate Muhammad Sulaiman, former postdoctoral researcher Mahdieh Ahmadi, Assistant Research Professor Mohammad Salahuddin, Cheriton School of Computer Science Director Raouf Boutaba, and Aladdin Saleh from Rogers Communications Canada have received the 2025 CNOM Best Paper Award for their research presented at NOMS 2023.

Their paper, Generalizable Resource Scaling of 5G Slices Using Constrained Reinforcement Learning, was published in the proceedings of the 36^th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium.

The Association for Computing Machinery has named Professor Craig S. Kaplan a 2025 Distinguished Member in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the design and modelling of computational geometric patterns and non-photorealistic rendering.

He is among 61 individuals worldwide honoured this year for outstanding scientific achievements in computing.