The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science is home to numerous outstanding faculty members who have been recognized over the years for their many accomplishments — both through internal fellowships and external awards.
Winners of these distinguished awards can be found through the following links
David
R.
Cheriton
Chairs
in
Software
Systems
The
David
R.
Cheriton
Chair
in
Software
Systems
welcomes
prominent
senior
researchers
or
very
promising
researchers
still
early
in
their
careers
to
the
transformational
research
environment
provided
by
the
David
R.
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science.
The
Cheriton
Chair
in
Software
Systems
will
have
the
opportunity
to
connect
and
collaborate
with
research
and
industry
partners
in
innovative
ways
that
push
boundaries.
The
Cheriton
Chair
is
supported
by
the
David
R.
Cheriton Endowment
for
Excellence
in
Computer
Science,
which
was
established
in
2005
to
support
faculty,
fellowships,
and
graduate
scholarships.
David
R.
Cheriton
Faculty
Fellowships
in
Computer
Science
The
David
R.
Cheriton
Faculty
Fellowships
are
a
prestigious
form
of
recognition.
The
awards
support
the
work
of
leading
faculty
in
Computer
Science
with
an
emphasis
on
supporting
research
that
addresses
problems
associated
with
designing
and
implementing
efficient
and
reliable
computing
systems,
along
with
their
effective
integration.
In
this
way,
the
Fellowships
will
help
the
University
of
Waterloo
and
the
David
R.
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science
continue
its
innovations
in
Information
Technology
teaching
and
research.
Ross
&
Muriel
Cheriton
Faculty
Fellowship
The
Ross
and
Muriel
Cheriton
Faculty
Fellowship
supports
the
work
of
a
full-time
faculty
member
in
the
David
R.
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science
whose
research
is
in
the
general
areas
of
computer
systems
and
computer
networking.
The
title
of
Faculty
Fellow
is
intended
to
recognize
the
faculty
member
whose
scholarly
work
is
widely
known
and
respected
internationally,
who
is
an
accomplished
teacher
at
all
levels,
and
who
has
displayed
a
high
level
of
commitment
and
dedication
to
her/his
department
or
school,
the
Faculty
of
Mathematics,
and
the
university.
Marsland
Fellowship
in
Information
Technology
The
Marsland
Fellowship
in
Information
Technology
provides
a
visible,
enduring
legacy
for
the
Marsland
family’s
support
of
information
technology
at
the
University
of
Waterloo.
The
fellowship
also
provides
a
key
element
in
supporting
the
expansion
and
maintenance
of
the
David
R.
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science.
Graham
Research
and
Graham
Postdoctoral
Fellowships
The
Graham
Research
Fellowship
and
the
Graham
Postdoctoral
Fellowship
take
their
name
from
J.
Wesley
“Wes”
Graham
(1932–1999),
the
first
director
of
the
University
of
Waterloo’s
computing
centre,
a
humble
visionary
known
as
the
father
of
computing
at
the
University
of
Waterloo,
and
an
academic
who
devoted
his
career
to
making
computers
available
to
everyone.
In honour of his many contributions to the University of Waterloo, the Waterloo community and the tech sector, a number of his colleagues established the J.W. Graham Information Technology Trust in 2000, an endowment housed at the University of Waterloo. In 2018 the Trust in conjunction with the Faculty of Mathematics and the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science launched two fellowships — the Graham Research Fellowship, which supports a faculty member’s research in artificial intelligence, data science and bioinformatics, including applications to healthcare and health informatics, and the Graham Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, which supports an outstanding postdoctoral researcher.