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
- May 10, 2024Marian Forster: UWaterloo Math’s ‘Hidden Figure’
“I decided to do mathematics out of defiance,” Marian Forster says, chuckling and leaning forward in her chair. “I pretty much got a message from society, my school, and my family that I was not very smart, and that I should take typing in Grade 10 and become a typist like my mother. And then that would be it.”
- May 10, 2024Jason Amri explores ‘Economic & Sustainable Futures’ in latest UWaterloo podcast
Jason Amri, a fourth-year Computer Science student, was featured in two episodes of the Global Futures podcast.
- May 9, 2024The Art of Computing
If Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh lived in the 2020s how different would their art be? Would they use any computer science principles just like students taking CS 383: Computational Digital Art Studio?
Events
- May 10, 2024Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence • Navigating Identities in Text: Towards an Approach for Dementia Care
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.
Jess Gano, Master's candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Jesse Hoey
- May 10, 2024PhD Defence • Bioinformatics • Deep Unsupervised Learning for Biodiversity Analysis: Representation Learning and Clustering of Bacterial, Mitochondrial, and Barcode DNA Sequences
Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2310 and online.
Pablo Millán Arias, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Lila Kari
- May 10, 2024Seminar • Systems and Networking • DNA-based Nanonetworks: Realizing the Internet of Bio-Nano Things
Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Stefan Fischer
Professor, Computer Science
Director, Institute for Telematics
University of Lübeck, Germany