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
Muhammad Sulaiman, Mahdieh Ahmadi, Mohammad Salahuddin, Raouf Boutaba, Aladdin Saleh win 2025 CNOM Best Paper Award
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 36th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium.
Craig S. Kaplan named 2025 ACM Distinguished Member
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.
Aquanty, water-modelling company co-founded by Peter Forsyth, acquired by Rocscience
Aquanty Inc., a Waterloo-based water-modelling company co-founded by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Peter Forsyth, has been acquired by Rocscience, a Toronto company specializing in 2- and 3-D modelling software for civil, mining and geotechnical engineers.
Events
PhD Defence • Algorithms and Complexity • How to Color Graphs, and How Not to Chase Pointers
Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2314 and online.
Parth Mittal, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Sepehr Assadi
PhD Defence • Systems and Networking • Efficiently Training Deep Learning Models on Elastic and Heterogeneous Cloud Resources
Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.
Runsheng (Benson) Guo, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Khuzaima Daudjee
PhD Defence • Systems and Networking • Mitigating Risks to Dependability from Vibe-Coding C for Embedded Systems
Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.
Murray Dunne, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Sebastian Fischmeister